By Mil Arcega Washington 04 December 2007 A decommissioned coal mine in the Rocky Mountain state of Wyoming is about to get a new lease on life. Although it no longer produces enough coal to generate electricity, the company that owns the land has fo...
By Scott Bobb Huambo, Angola 17 September 2007 International civic groups are in Norway to mark the 10th anniversary of the treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. The Treaty has been signed by 155 countries and activists say it has brought thousand...
Marcos Mcpeek Villatoro : My father worked in the coal mines of Kentucky. It was his last job before he retired. After a life moving from one mechanic's shop job to another, this was a real job, said the friend who offered it to him. Sure, it was ri...
《他是我的一个朋友》一首60年代的老歌，原唱Bob Dylan，用于李安导演的电影《断背山》的片尾曲，乡村民谣超级巨星威利-尼尔森重新诠释在这部同性恋爱的电影中。我的朋友死去了，除了哭泣我还能做什么呢？细细品味歌词，就会明白失去最爱的人是人生的大悲 He was a fri...
Any man of mine Shania Twain This is what a woman wants... Any man of mine better be proud of me Even when I'm ugly he still better love me And I can be late for a date that's fine But he better be on...
By George Dwyer Washington, DC 06 March 2006 watch Mining Workers Mexican mine worker Thousands of miners in Mexico have begun returning to work after walking off the job last week to protest working...
Lesson 88 Trapped in a mine 困在矿井里 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why is the rescue taking so long? Six men have been trapped in a mine for...
By Jill Moss DEVELOPMENT REPORT - January 21, 2002: Clearing Land Mines in Afghanistan This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, thousands of people are killed or injured by explo...
Teacher: Whose test paper is this? Bob : It's mine, ma'am. Teacher: And whose test paper is this? Bob : It's Tony's, ma'am. Teacher: And why are your answers exactly the same as his? Bob : Because Tony...
This is my English book. It belongs to me It is mine. That is your English book. it belongs to you, It is yours. Those books aren't ours. They belong to those boys over there. They are theirs. Why do we all have different books? Because we belong to...
