VOA慢速英语2009-AMERICAN MOSAIC - SpeakeasyDC Celebrates the Art

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We play music by the comedian, actor and singer Wayne Brady ... And answer a listener question about the most literate cities in the United States ... But

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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 15 June 2007 Ambassador Bridge The busiest truck border crossing in North America is the Ambassador Bridge.It connects the U.S. Midwest city of Detroit, Michigan with the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario. U.S. Customs

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Unrest Engulfs Parts of Middle East After Friday Prayers Large demonstrations were reported in over half a dozen Syrian cities Friday, as opponents of the government demanded more freedom and called on the government to release political prisoners. L

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Topics: American cities: Nashville, Grand Ole Opry; school fund-raisers, to hold on to your hat, to be put inside, a blow-by-blow account Words: Hall of Fame to be inducted into dialect fund-raiser funds raffle to grow weary to do away with to get ri

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Topics: Cities: Tucson, Arizona (Interview with Dr. Lucy Tse) Harpers Index, to get a kick out of (something), to commute, to not stand for (something), Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise Words: landmark border canyon

2006年VOA标准英语-Italians Celebrate World Cup Win

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 10 July 2006 Huge celebrations are being held in Italy after the national team's victory over France at the World Soccer Cup championship in Germany. --------- Italian soccer fans cheer and wave their flags by the Vittori

2006年VOA标准英语- Italians Celebrate Win Over Ghana

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 June 2006 Italian fans watch Italy vs Ghana, Group E, World Cup 2006, soccer match, on a giant screen set up in downtown Duomo square in Milan Italians celebrated their victory over Ghana in the first soccer game in th

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Topics: Migrant Farming in the U.S.; American Cities: Palm Springs, CA; patronizing versus condescending; to right every wrong; to belong to versus to belong with Words: migrant worker manual labor slave plantation to deport tactic boycott toxic play

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Topics: Cities: Anchorage, Alaska; John Henry; you might as well, to hit the ground running, the caf in English Caf, what goes around comes around, breaking news Words: folk hero spikes railroad tracks hammer working class to displace to chop down ax

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Topics: Classic childrens television: Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood; American Cities: Washington, D.C.; mix, combine, stir, and beat; stock photography Words: series episode animation puppet make-believe values founding fathers Congress f

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Topics: American Cities: San Francisco/Bay Area; the ACLU; using back to refer to the past; failure versus error versus mistake Words: image strait bay living expenses steep cable car liberal costume civil liberties litigation to lobby to infringe up

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Topics: Famous Americans: William Randolph Hearst; what to call people from the top five cities/states in the U.S.; please as the magic word; using an apostrophe () for possessive cases, remember versus remind Words: magnate publisher to put a lot of

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Topics: American Cities: Albuquerque; Survivor Reality TV Show; yet; differentiation versus distinction; so near and yet so far Words: desert to settle to occupy Old West outlaw folklore hot-air balloon reality television stranger shelter reward alli

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Topics: American Cities: Columbus, Ohio; Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII; limit versus limitation; for X person to undercut set targets; to sponge off (someone) Words: to thrive arch diversified to make it to to touch on allegedly mistress besott

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Topics: Make-a-Wish Foundation; American Cities: Key West and the Florida Keys; must versus ought to versus need to; nuts and bolts; to buy (something) Words: foundation wish to come true to grant to be (something) when one grows up honorary archipel

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Topics: American Cities: Indianapolis; Malcolm Gladwell and his books; to brush up on versus to polish up; to come off; a matter of Words: to observe spectacle to count (something) as (something) racetrack lap canal second only to based in implicatio

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Topics: American Cities: Milwaukee; Neighborhood Watch/Citizens Arrest; to look versus to look like; not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin; pretty + (adjective) Words: brewery on the shores of waterway per-capita violent crime suspicious to interven

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Topics: Classic game shows; the sister cities program; beyond a reasonable doubt; infinite versus permanent versus eternal; forward versus forwards Words: game show classic on the air to make a comeback contestant showcase deal newlywed to make whoop

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Topics: Types of prisons and the parole system; American cities: Austin; using prepositions with the days of the week; for the world to owe (one) something; late/early morning, afternoon, and evening Words: prison to pose a threat solitary confinemen

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Global View - Crime Scene Forensics, ingerprints, and yellow tape are all common things seen at a crime scene. Today we explore the interesting world of the crime scene.