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ComingtoTermsWithAcademicTitlesatUSColleges
ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishEducationReport.Noteveryonewhoteachesinacollegeoruniversityisaprofessor.Manyareinstructorsorlecturers.Infact,notevenallprofessorsarefullprofessors.Manyofthemareassistantorassociateprofessorsoradjunctprofessors.SowhatdoallofthesedifferentacademictitlesmeanatAmericancollegesanduniversities?Getreadyforashortlecture,especia...[
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ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishAgricultureReport.Todaywehaveatestforyou--avocabularyquiz.Thewordsareallrelatedtoagriculture.Westartwithtwoquestionsabouttermsforplants.Ready?Firstquestion:Whatdowecallaplantthatlivesonlyoneyearoronegrowingseason?Thatkindofplantiscalledanannual.Youcanprobablyguessthenextquestion.Whatdowecallaplantthatproducesnewgrowthy...[
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Announcer:FromNewOrleans,fiveyearsafterHurricaneKatrina,thisisaspecialeditionofMEETTHEPRESSwithDavidGregory.Substitutingtoday,BrianWilliams.
.MR.BRIANWILLIAMS:August29th,2005,HurricaneKatrinatouchesdownontheLouisianacoast.Thecity'sleveesfail,thenextmorningnearly80percentofNewOrleansisunderwater.Abotchedgovernmentresponse,apoorlocalevacuationplan,thousandsareleftwithoutfood,water,shelteror...[
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Sleepsong
Artist:SecretGarden
Laydownyourhead
AndI'llsingyoualullaby
Backtotheyears
Ofloo-li,lai-ley
AndI'llsingyoutosleep
AndI'llsingyoutomorrow
Blessyouwithlove
Fortheroadthatyougo
Mayyousailfair
Tothefarfieldsoffortune
Withdimondsandpearls
Atyourheadandyourfeet
Andmayyouneednever
Tobanishmissfortune
Mayyoufindkindness
Inal...[
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WordsandTheirStories:EasyasFallingOffaLog
Now,theVOASpecialEnglishprogramWORDSANDTHEIRSTORIES.Everypeoplehasitsownwayofsayingthings,itsownspecialexpressions.Someoftheseexpressionsareeasytounderstand.Thewordscreateapictureinyourmind.“Aseasyasfallingoffalog”isonesuchexpression.Itdescribesajobthatdoesnottakemucheffort.Ifyouevertriedtowalkonafallentreelog,youunderstandwhattheexpressionmeans...[
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SevereWeather:HowOceanStormsWork
BARBARAKLEIN:ThisisSCIENCEINTHENEWSinVOASpecialEnglish.I’mBarbaraKlein.BOBDOUGHTY:AndI’mBobDoughty.TodaywerememberHurricaneKatrinaandtellaboutthescienceofsevereoceanstorms.(MUSIC)BARBARAKLEIN:ManyAmericansareobservingthefifthanniversaryofoneofthenation’sworstnaturaldisasters.HurricaneKatrinareachedthestateofLouisianaonthemorningofAugusttwenty-ninth,twot...[
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謎中謎
维基百科,自由的百科全书
《谜中谜》(Charade)是由環球影業于1963年出品,由奧黛麗·赫本和加里·格蘭特主演的一部经典影片。又名《花都奇遇结良缘》。影片讲述的是由奧黛麗·赫本出演的少妇瑞姬·蓝伯特(ReggieLambert)在丈夫被谋杀后,因为丈夫生前贪污了一笔战时赃款而卷入充满凶险的巨大谜局之中的故事。
Charade
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclop[
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