The Gem State, the Land of Lincoln and the Crossroads of America... Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. As we told you last week, every American state has a nickname. Here are some more of them. Idaho is known as the Gem Sta

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AS IT IS 2014-07-14 China Looks to Open New Silk Roads 中国开放新丝绸之路 In recent months, Chinese officials have been campaigning for the establishment of two new trade routes they call the Silk Roads. One of the routes would be a land-bas

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AS IT IS 2014-07-14 Aid Groups, Volunteers Help US with Immigrant Crisis 援助组织和志愿者帮助美国解决移民危机 Many people have left Central America with hopes of coming to the United States. About 57,000 children have crossed the U.

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AS IT IS 2014-07-14 NGOs Work to Stop the Spread of Ebola 援助团体,志愿者帮助我们移民危机 The aid group Plan International says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa could become a health crisis in other areas. The group is calling on West

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AS IT IS 2014-07-14 NGOs Work to Stop the Spread of Ebola 非政府组织努力制止埃博拉病毒的传播 The aid group Plan International says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa could become a health crisis in other areas. The group is calling on

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The Garden State, the Granite State, the Empire State and The Land of Enchantment 花园之州,花岗岩之州,帝国之州和迷人之地 Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Nebraska is the only state to have a nickname tha

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AS IT IS 2014-07-20 US: No Rush to Move in Iraq 美国称不急于在伊拉克展开行动 The United States Defense Department has confirmed that it has received reports from U.S. teams sent to Iraq to examine the military and security situation the

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AS IT IS 2014-07-20 Los Angeles to Fine Illegal Watering 洛杉矶细化禁止非法用水 California is in its third year of drought, or lack of rain. Farmers in Californias Central Valley have suffered major reductions in the amount of water they c

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Malaysian Airliner Shot Down by Missile in Ukraine 马来西亚航班在乌克兰被导弹击落 All 298 people on a Malaysia Airlines flight died when a missile apparently struck the plane on Thursday. It was traveling from Amsterdam, Holland to Kua

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AS IT IS 2014-07-19 Space Race is No More, 45 Years after Moon Landing 在登陆月球45年后,太空竞赛已经不复存在 Forty-five years ago, humans visited another world for the first time. Two American astronauts stepped out of their spacecra

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Pharsalia Plantation Celebrates 200 with Old Time Music 法萨利亚种植园庆祝200周年 Thats old time American music to celebrate an anniversary -- for a house. Pharsalia Plantation is on a beautiful mountain country road in Virginia. You can u

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AS IT IS 2014-07-18 Deadly Typhoon Hits Philippines, Heads Toward China 致命台风袭击菲律宾后,转向中国 The powerful ocean storm Typhoon Rammasun is heading toward China after killing 38 people in the northern Philippines. Philippine offi

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AS IT IS 2014-07-18 Boko Haram Attacks Cost Human Lives 博科圣地袭击带来的生命损失 Human Rights Watch says the Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram has killed more than 2,000 people in the first six months of this year. It says the groups att

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Ebola: Staying Safe Against a Killer Disease From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The World Health Organization, the W.H.O., says the disease Ebola is spreading in West Africa. Thesituation frightens both local citizens and travelers

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AS IT IS 2014-07-16 Middle East Cease-Fire Fails 中东停火协议失败 Israeli forces and Palestinian militants intensified attacks on each other Tuesday. Earlier, the Palestinian group Hamas rejected an Egyptian cease-fire plan. Hamas governs the

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AS IT IS 2014-07-16 Congress to Focus on US Border Crisis 国会将关注美国边境危机 Congress soon may vote on whether to approve funds requested by President Barack Obama to deal with a rise in immigrants from Central America. President Obama

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Senegal Threatened with Loss of Lions 狮子的死亡威胁到塞内加尔 From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Anna Matteo. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today on the program, we tell about problems facing lions in West Africa. Wi

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AS IT IS 2014-07-15 Japan Outlaws Owning Child Pornography 日本将拥有儿童色情材料为非法 The International Center for Missing and Exploited Children says 99 countries in the world still do not make possession of material showing children

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AS IT IS 2014-07-15 Nigerian President Promises Malala to Find Kidnapped Girls 尼日利亚总统承诺找到被绑架女孩们 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan met on Monday with Malala Yousafzai. The young Pakistani activist for womens rights b

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AS IT IS 2014-07-18 Syrian Widows Face Harder Time as Refugees 叙利亚难民寡妇的艰难处境 From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. A United Nations study says women are now heading more than 145,000 refugee families from the conflict in

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