VOA慢速英语2011--A Social Network Aims to Speed Up Progre

Education Report - A Social Network Aims to Speed Up Progress in Science This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A few years ago, a university researcher was having problems with an experiment that involved medical imaging. His adviser and

AP 2010-03-31

1. President Barack Obama gets a first-hand look at the 8-year-old war he inherited and ramped up. During a surprise visit to Afghanistan, Obama applauded US troops and Afghanistan's campaign against insurgents, but told Afghan leaders they need to d

NPR 2010-05-20

Senators are voting this afternoon on whether to wrap up debate on a financial regulatory overhaul bill. There's NPR's Audie Cornish. If senators vote to limit debate, then only amendments that are key to the issue of the financial industry bill will

VOA标准英语2008年-Chicago Musician Travels to Mideast, Plays in I

The leader of a small suburban village near Chicago made his name as a small town politician and big city prosecutor. Little did his constituents know that by the time he had entered college, nearly two decades earlier, Mark Damisch was an accomplis

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1. The most common letter in English is e. 1、英语里最常见的字母是e。 2. The most common consonant in English is r, followed by t. 2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是r，接着是t。 3. Only two English words in current use end in -

VOA标准英语2008年-Seoul Wants to Rein in Online Media

In South Korea, anti-government protests that erupted this summer following a deal to import American beef were born on the Internet. Rumors that South Koreans were going to be served meat tainted with mad cow disease spread across chat rooms and me

VOA标准英语2011--Supercommittee Failure to Rein In US Debt Threatens Global Recovery

Supercommittee Failure to Rein In US Debt Threatens Global Recovery A so-called U.S. Congressional supercommittee has less than one week before a deficit-cutting deadline on November 23. Some economists say the prospects for success are poor while ot

VOA标准英语2011--'Facebook' for Scientists Could Speed Ad

'Facebook' for Scientists Could Speed Advances Social networks like Facebook allow users to keep in up with their friends. Now, a social network for scientists hopes to use the technology to speed up scientific progress. As he worked on a medical ima

乔布斯传 第133期:我们当海盗吧!

Let's Be Pirates! 我们当海盗吧！ As the Macintosh team grew, it moved from Texaco Towers to the main Apple buildings on Bandley Drive, 随着麦金塔团队的不断扩大，它从德士古塔搬到了位于班德利大道的苹果公司主办公

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Science and Technolgy. 科技。 Social networking for scientists. 科学家的社交网络。 Professor Facebook. Facebook教授。 More connective tissue may make academia more efficient. 更多联系性的方面可以让学术界更加高效。 GI

Chinese cities rein in home prices

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More than 53,000 couples in Beijing have applied for a second child since the city changed its birth control policy in early 2014. 自2014年年初北京实行新的二胎政策以来，已有53,000对夫妻申请生育二胎。 By the end of Septemb

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering moving the rowing and canoeing events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to South Korea in an attempt to cut soaring costs. 国际奥组委正考虑将2020年东京奥运会的赛艇及皮划艇赛事移

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A disabled lion who was reared by a double amputee zookeeper has formed an unlikely bond with a miniature sausage dog with the pair inseparable ever since the cat was a cub. 一名双腿截肢的动物园管理员抚养了一只残疾的狮子，这只

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The asymmetry in the trade war is another uncomfortable fact. 这场贸易战中的不对称是另一个让人不安的事实。 Since America buys far more from China than vice versa, America has more scope to impose tariffs. 由于美国从中国进口

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CARACAS, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan Finance Minister Nelson Merentes said Sunday that his country needs to rein in the difference between the official U.S. dollar exchange rate and the unofficial street value. The parallel dollar is disruptive, h

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WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns was leaving for Egypt on Sunday to discuss the Arab country's return to an inclusive civilian government, the State Department said. During his three-day visit, Burns will m

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2867 rein in

今天我们要学的词组是rein in。Rein in，意思是控制、放慢。Trump administration officials urged China and other nations to band together to confront North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic-missile ambitions, with Vice President M

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1. The shortest complete sentence in the English language consists of only one word and that is Go. 英语里由一个单词组成的最短的完整的句子就是GO. 2. The oldest word in the English language is town. 英语里最有年头的一个词