风云人物   慢速英语

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London. The year is 1789. Bright sun shines through the large windows of a beautiful, old building. The Houses of Parliament — the centre of government for Britain and its colonies. Inside, government...

伦敦。这一年是 1789 年。灿烂的阳光透过美丽古老建筑的大窗户照进来。国会大厦 — 英国及其殖民地的政府中心。在里面，政府成员正忙着讨论重要的事情。主厅两侧的长木椅上挤满了人。房间一端的一把高架椅子上坐着一个男人。他敲打着面前的桌子。每个...

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At last, Britain defeated the French. Each ship’s captain received prize money. The captains were supposed to share this money among all the sailors. Equiano believed that he would receive some prize ...

最后，英国打败了法国。每艘船的船长都获得了奖金。船长们应该把这笔钱分给所有水手。艾奎亚诺相信他也会得到一些奖金。他想存钱来买他的自由。但他没有收到任何钱。而且，情况变得更糟。帕斯卡将艾奎亚诺卖给了另一艘船——船长。 艾奎亚诺再次前往西...

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“We arrived at the coast. The first thing I saw was the sea. And then a ship for carrying slaves. The slave ship was waiting for the sailors to load goods onto it. What I saw filled me with great surp...

“我们到达了海岸。我首先看到的是大海。然后是一艘运载奴隶的船。奴隶船正在等待水手将货物装上船。我所看到的景象使我感到非常惊讶。这种惊讶很快就变成了恐惧。我无法真正描述我内心的感受。很快，我就被抬上了船。立即，一些水手开始把我扔来扔去。他们想...

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There is good news for Natalie! Her Olympic dream is about to come true! She does not use any aids to help her swim. So, the authorities permitted her to try and reach the level needed to compete in t...

Natalie 有个好消息！她的奥运梦想即将成真！她不使用任何辅助工具来帮助她游泳。因此，当局允许她尝试达到参加奥运会所需的水平。Natalie 在 5 月份的比赛中成功达到了这个水平！因此，她现在将参加 10 公里的公开水域比赛——这是有...

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One young man and one young woman who hope to achieve their Olympic dreams. But these two people have had to rise above extreme difficulty, even just to compete. Natalie du Toit and Oscar Pistorius...

一位年轻男子和一位年轻女子希望实现自己的奥林匹克梦想。但这两个人不得不克服极端困难，即使只是为了竞争。 Natalie du Toit 和 Oscar Pistorius 都来自南非。他们都是顶级体育运动员。Natalie 是一名游泳...

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Ryan answered quickly. He said that he would collect the money for the drill. It was a lot of money. But Ryan was not worried. He wanted everyone in Africa to have clean water. So the Hreljacs started...

Ryan 很快回答。他说他会收取演习的钱。这是一大笔钱。但 Ryan 并不担心。他希望非洲的每个人都能拥有干净的水。所以 Hreljacs 又开始收集了。一家大报纸写了一篇关于 Ryan 的故事。Ryan 甚至出现在电视新闻节目中。很快，信...

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Ryan Hreljac sat in his school classroom in Kemptville, Canada. He was just six years old. He listened closely to his teacher. His school was collecting money for people in Africa. His teacher explain...

Ryan Hreljac 坐在加拿大肯普特维尔的学校教室里。他只有六岁。他仔细听老师讲课。他的学校正在为非洲的人们筹集资金。他的老师解释说，世界上很多人没有药品或干净的水。每年有数十万非洲儿童死于脏水中的疾病。Ryan 的老师告诉全班同学，...

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During the nineteen fifties,Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn began working together in theaters in New York City.Their first appearance together in a major Broadway theater was the hit play "The Fourpost...

在二十世纪五十年代，杰西卡·坦迪和休姆·克罗宁开始在纽约市的剧院合作。他们第一次一起出现在百老汇的一家大剧院是热播剧《四人帮》。多年来，他们一起出现在了百老汇的其他九部戏剧中，包括《微妙的平衡》、《杜松子酒游戏》和《狐狸火》。他们最后一次一...