[00:25.58]Great Grandma's Strange Story [00:36.86]曾祖母的奇怪故事 [00:50.83]I love listening to my great-grandma's stories, [00:54.27]so I didn't object when she started to tell me a story [00:57.78]about one of her strange experiences [01:00.14]ove...
A fallen tree crushes a car in London On 16th October 1987, southern Britain was hit by hurricane force winds , the worst storm to occur in Britain since 1703. Twenty years on, Britain is remembering the devastation caused by what came to be known a...
By Ade Astuti and Susy Tekunan Washington 17 October 2007 Islam is the second-largest religion in the world after Christianity, and it is also one of the fastest-growing faiths in the United States today. Some Muslim women in America are working to f...
China's largest trading partner, the European Union, is paying great attention to the Party Congress. EU Ambassador to China, Serge Abou, spoke highly of the the event, highlighting the political and economic strength that China has gained through r...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili, East Timor 26 June 2007 Two former allies turned political enemies in East Timor are battling it out for votes in Saturday's parliamentary elections. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins is in the capital Dili and brings us this...
President Hatcher, Governor Romney, Senators McNamara and Hart, Congressmen Meader and Staebler, and other members of the fine Michigan delegation, members of the graduating class, my fellow Americans: It is a great pleasure to be here today. This u...
When the British arrived at the emperor's summer residence, they were lavishly entertained and spent days touring its beautiful parks and temples. Macartney(马戛尔尼), a good Englishman and loyal...
The new Manchu dynasty tried something different with their neighbors, diplomacy. Here in their lovely Summer Palace, they greeted delegations from all over the Eastern world. Attendance was compulsor...
The tombs all followed the same basic design, a temple in front and a walled enclosure with the underground tomb behind. Because Wanli(万历) ruled for so long, he constructed a huge tomb. And in 195...
Here on a steep slope, defensive walls rise in steps up to the watchtower. So if the enemy did make it to the top of the wall, the crucial watchtowers could be fiercely defended. The watchtowers thems...