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electricity The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flic

04 Electricity

04 Electricity The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope(摸索) abo

家用太阳能促使净能的使用

Solar Home Tour Promotes Clean Energy Alternative 家用太阳能促使净能的使用 Last year solar energy surpassed wind power as the fastest growing alternative energy source in the world. While

AP 2010-10-24

Things are bad for Democrats. All signs are pointing to huge Republican gains across the board, from coast to coast, at all levels of government. The poll shows that Republicans are leading on just about every measurement, from handling the economy t

VOA慢速英语2013 The White House: Center of Power, Home for Families

The White House: Center of Power, Home for Families Welcome to This Is America from VOA Learning English. Im Steve Ember. And I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. This week on our program, we look at the history of the White House, the presidents home in Washington

VOA慢速英语 2007 0104b

VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) The House of Representatives of the Congress closed for business early on the rainy afternoon of April twelfth, nineteen forty-five. The House Democrat

温馨夜读 PART2 12 The Underestimated Power Of Kindness 被轻视的友善之力

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:00.80] The Underestimated Power Of Kindness 被轻视的友善之力 [00:05.61]It was a bright Saturday morning in the late fall. [00:09.11]I had stopped at a cafe' to enjoy a cup of coffee and scan the morning newspaper.

【美国精神】第21期

Explanation: Americans live all over the United States, but some places are much more popular than others. For example, more than 35 million people live in California, but only about 500,000 people live in Wyoming. One of the challenges (or difficult

【突破英文词汇】bi--two semi--half

1. bicentennial /ˈbaisenˈtenjəl/ -- two hundredth anniversary The bicentennial of George Washington's birth was celebrated in 1932. 乔治华盛顿200周年生日纪念于1932年举行。 2. semicircle /ˈsemɪˌsɜ:kəl/ -- half of a circle At th

pbs高端访谈:因不能满足基本需求 受灾群众开始失去耐心

JUDY WOODRUFF:This was another difficult day in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The U.S. death toll rose to at least 102, and for millions of people, basic needs became increasingly urgent. Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ:Four days after Sandy

商务英语口语每天三句半 购物 第61期:家用电器

5 家用电器 3句英文任你选 I want to buy an air conditioner. 我想买台空调。 Is this washing machine automatic or semi-automatic? 这款洗衣机是全自动还是半自动的? This refrigerator is of low noise design. 这款冰箱是低噪

SSS 2009-10-16

It's all about the meters. As any would-be installer of solar rooftop panels knows, having the right meter to count how much power your photovoltaics are producing is key. So perhaps it's no surprise that Team Germany snatched victory on the last day

NPR 2008-12-13

The White House says it's exploring new options to save the auto industry after a 14-billion-dollar bailout bill collapsed in the Senate yesterday. Congressional Democrats want the Bush Administration to act quickly. NPR's Debbi Elliot reports. Whit

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-26

1. Floridians line up for water, gas, ice and generators outside the few stores opened after Hurricane Wilma cuts a costly deadly swath across the peninsula. 2. Election officials say Iraq's constitut

美国第三任总统--托马斯·杰斐逊

Thomas Jefferson: The Nation's Third President 美国第三任总统--托马斯杰斐逊 In 1962, President John F. Kennedy welcomed Nobel Prize winners to the White House. He said I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human

VOA标准英语2013--Effort Under Way to Expand US Parks, Playgrounds

Effort Under Way to Expand US Parks, Playgrounds At the Environmental Charter Middle School in the Los Angeles community of Gardena, several hundred volunteers are building a play area, sanding down benches, putting up swings and slides, and adding a

2006年VOA标准英语-White House Says It Will Not Reach Out to Raul

By Paula Wolfson White House 01 August 2006 White House reaction to the news of Fidel Castro's illness has been cautious and restrained. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, officials say there will be no change in policy now that his brother Raul, Cuba's d

美国国务院停电 新闻发布会靠手机照明

Power outages across the Washington area knocked out electricity at the U.S. State Department and briefly disrupted activities at the White House, the Capitol and the citys tourist attractions. 华盛顿地区停电波及美国国务院，并短暂影响

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Electricity The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flick

CNN 2012-03-25

CNN radio, I'm Paul Chambers. Voting in the Louisiana, GOP primary is well under way, CNN's Joe Johns is in New Orleans, and he says so far turn out is light. Very slow, we are in the Jefferson Parish area at *, and we've been watching, actually ther