The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, Part Two We continue the story of The Open Boat by Stephen Crane. As we told you last week, the story is based on true events. In eighteen ninety-six, Crane was traveling to Cuba as a news reporter. On his way there, h

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(十)月

PARIS, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Jeffrey Sachs, special advisor for UN Secretary General(秘书长), envisioned Thursday a three-pillar monetary system in place of U.S. dollar dominance in post-crisis world at an economic forum in Paris. We can't go to a gl

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1) blabbering 瞎说,胡扯 2) nonsense 废话 3) jibber-jabber 碎碎念,扯淡 有一个说法叫左耳进右耳出,是不是别人在瞎说的时候你的状态呢?

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A crane and a crow made a league on oath,providing that the crane should protect the crow against other birds,and that the crow should foretell the future,so that the crane could be on her guard.After this,they flew as usual into the fields

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A wolf was eating his supper one day when a bone stuck in his throat.Choking and coughing,he howled about the countryside asking every animal he met to help him.There's a good reward for anyone who can save me,he spluttered.A crane heard ab

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A peacock,spreading its gorgeous plumage,mocked a cranethat passed by,ridiculing the ashen hue of its feathers,I am robed,like a king,in gold and purple,looking as splendid as the rainbow;while you have not a bit of colour on your win

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