This is Phil Murray with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English on the Voice of America.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

So, if you want to estimate how many grammatical sentences under twenty words in English, the answer is, "A lot."

如果你想估计一下,用二十个英文单词,可以组成多少个符合语法的句子,答案会是,"很多"

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I'll just tell you that Tennyson thought cellar door the two most beautiful words in the English language were "cellar door" and that audible beauty was his preoccupation in the making of poetry.

我想说的是，塔尼森认为,英语中最动人的两个词是“,这是他对于追求诗歌听觉效果的执念。

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I'm Susan Clark with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English on the Voice of America.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

And then we hand you 140,000 English words in the form of a big text file much like our aspiring pre-med students in recent months, and we challenge you to implement the fastest spellchecker possible.

然后我给你一个包含1万4千单词的超大文本,就跟前段时间那位,有抱负的医学预科班的学生一样,我想让你在最短时间内实现拼音检查。

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The leading English poet of Newton's time, Alexander Pope,honored the scientist with these words: "Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.

VOA: special.2011.06.01

And so, an English speaker can hear the difference between "Lip" and "Rip" and that corresponds to two different words in English.

所以,英语说话者可以听出,"Lip"和"Rip"之间的差别,而这两种声音在英语中对应了不同的单词

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You might recognize it as the theme music for the Special English program Words and Their Stories.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

Later,the famous American songwriter Johnny Mercer was asked to write English words to the music.

VOA: special.2009.11.09

Well,no one really knows. The Oxford English Dictionary lists about six hundred fifteen thousand words.

VOA: special.2011.01.12

Now,Words and Their Stories, a program in Special English by the Voice of America.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

You have been listening to the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes?

VOA: special.2010.05.02

I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

VOA: special.2009.10.25

One of these words is even in the Special English Word Book.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program Words and Their Stories.

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Now the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

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Now the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

VOA: special.2010.07.04

Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

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Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories.

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Now,the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

Now,the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories.

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Now,the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Now,the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

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