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美国国家公共电台 NPR Tom Petty's Legacy Lives On As 'An American Treasure'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here's a little-known version of a well-known song by Tom Petty. He's playing live in Hollywood in 1977. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BREAKDOWN) TOM PETTY: (Singing) It's all right if you love me. It's all right if you don't. INSKEEP: It'

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这次主题叫「警匪片」, 顾名思意就是要来跟各位谈一谈警察和匪徒之间有关的用语. 这些用字也许在日常生活中不会太常见, 但是当你走到电影院去看警匪

NPR 2011-03-19

The US will not go it alone in Libya, but President Obama says it will join the international community in enforcing a UN resolution aimed at stopping the Libyan regime's attacks on demonstrators. It authorizes the use of force with an explicit commi

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by Adam Freedman Last year saw some high profile blackmail cases, including those involving talk show host Dave Letterman and actor John Travolta. The crime of extortion is reportedly on the rise--and you dont have to be famous to be targeted by a bl

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A 39-year-old woman admitted that she had lied. She claimed that she bought the latest winning lottery ticket in Massachusetts, but then lost it. The ticket was worth $18 million after all deductions. Jean Fenn was charged with grand larceny. A convi

英语背诵80篇 57

What a great job! If youre fortunate, youre a part of cultural events, more immediate, more lasting and even more enlightening than most anything else is that man has ever created. You get to make movies. The truth is that I have been blessed beyond

NPR 2009-10-03

Plenty of excitement in Rio de Janeiro today, though not so much in Chicago, Tokyo or Madrid, the three other cities that had been in the running to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Rio beat out surprise finalist Madrid to host the Games after Chicago

365个英语简短小故事-215. Theft Occurs Everywhere

An elderly woman told the police that, as she entered a restroom, she was jostled by a woman behind her. A few minutes later, as she was about to pay for a moustache remover at a nearby store, she discovered that her wallet was missing from her purse

美国国家公共电台 NPR Francine Prose's 'Mister Monkey' Novel Inspired By Her Granddaughter's Cheeky Comment

Francine Prose's 'Mister Monkey' Novel Inspired By Her Granddaughter's Cheeky Comment play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0006:42repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version

365个英语简短小故事-231.Gets Booked, Writes a Book

A man convicted of writing bad checks to casinos has written a book that he predicts will become a national bestseller. Entitled A Casino Is Born Every Minute, the 250-page book details James Duncans successful and unsuccessful attempts to beat casin

生活大爆炸第二季第十四集_2

-Leonard: He's not lying. He does, find that fascinating. lie: 说谎【lying是现在进行时】 fascinate: 使着迷 他说真的他真觉得那玩意不错 -Penny: Okay, whatever. 好了随便了 It's not like I'm running up and down, the streets

【荆棘鸟】第二章 01

When the Clearys went to church on Sundays, Meggie had to stay home with one of the older boys, longing for the day when she, too, would be old enough to go. Padraic Cleary held that small children had no place in any house save their own, and his ru

绿箭侠第一季 第29期:放不下他

Do you have the depos on the Jergens case? 你有杰根斯那案子的取证资料吗 Yeah, they're around here somewhere. 有的，在这附近 I was just surfing the 'net. 我只是上网随便看看 Really? 真的吗 Joanna, I'm over him. 乔安娜，

VOA常速英语2007年-Scholar Blasts Russia's Leaders, Predicts Downf

By Barry Wood Washington 20 November 2007 Prominent Swedish scholar and Russia specialist Anders Aslund Monday said Vladimir Putin is rebuilding Russia as an authoritarian regime and runs a corrupt government. VOA's Barry Wood has more. Aslund says t

Controling Petty Cash 小额财务管理

Key Sentences(重点句子) 860．I wonder whether you are getting bored dealing with such petty cash transaction. 我想你对处理这样的零用现金交易不烦吗？ 861．As a secretary, he or she is expected to keep the office cash transacti

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语调（intonation），即说话的腔调，就是一句话里声调（pitch）高低抑扬轻重的配制和变化。世界上没有一种语言是用单一的声调说出的，以英语为例，英语有五种基本语调:升调（?）、降调（

犯罪现象英语对话

犯罪现象英语对话 凯西: Is there a lot of crime in your city? 你们国家犯罪现象多吗? 杰克: There`s some, but I don`t think it`s a big problem. A lot of it is petty crime, burglary and car theft. There`s very little major crime. 有是

源于天气的英语习语

英国人见面寒暄的开场白，十之八九是从天气开始的。作为四面环海的岛国，由于受到四季海风的影响，英国的天气变化很快，英国人甚至认为在英国本土没有气候，只有天气（There is no clim

绿箭侠第一季 第269期:罗伊·哈勃被抓

I was waiting for this. 我正等着呢 Waiting for what? 等什么 The whole You can change, I can see the real you speech. 你的长篇大论，你可以改变、我会认识到真正的你 Look around, Thea. This is home sweet home for me. 看看这