Tortoise Not Seen for Over 110 Years Found on Galapagos Island A kind of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years has been found in the Galapagos Islands. 加拉帕戈斯群岛发现了一种110多年未见的乌龟。 A female from a species known a

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Higher Student Dropout Rates Along Cambodia's Border with Thailand A Cambodian official reported last week that about 23 percent of children in three provinces along the border with Thailand have stopped attending school. 一位柬埔寨官员上周报

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Wealthy Americans Renting Homes Instead of Buying A study by the apartment search website RentCafe finds that more wealthy Americans are choosing to rent living spaces instead of buying them. 公寓查找网站Rentcate的一项研究发现,更多美国

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Would Americans Let Edible Insects Come to Dinner? It may sound sickening to some of you, but many people can and do eat insects. Edible insects are a great source of high quality protein and minerals known to be important to good health, like calciu

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Researchers Find Clues that Depression May Speed Brain Aging Memory and thinking skills naturally slow with age. Scientists are now looking inside living brains to tell if depression might speed aging. The scientists report that some of the signs the

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Wow, I sure do love cats! I suppose I didnt know how much until my social media service informed me I had liked eight pictures of cats this week. Maybe I should get a cat or stay off of social media. If you listened closely, you may have noticed that

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Olympic Volunteers: Great Chance or Exploitation? Unpaid Olympic volunteers do almost everything: guide athletes around, welcome important people and help lost visitors. International Olympic Committee officials say the games could not be held withou

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People Unsure About 'Virtual' Doctor Visits From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活报道。 Being able to find high quality health care at an affordable price is an issue in many countries

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New Study: Life in Space Puts Bodys Defenses on Alert Living in outer space for nearly a year had some interesting effects on American astronaut Scott Kelly. Scientists found signs of increased activity in his immune system, the bodys natural defense

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Vietnam Airlines Can Now Fly Directly to US United States officials decided last week to let Vietnam fly passenger airplanes directly to U.S. airports. The decision is seen as another sign of international recognition for the Southeast Asian country.

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Magnetic North Pole Moving Faster Than Scientists Expected Earths north magnetic pole is moving, researchers say. It has moved so much, so quickly that a group of scientists hurried to change a model that helps guide shipping, airplanes and submarine

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Earths Earliest Mobile Organism Lived 2.1 Billion Years Ago Scientists have discovered the oldest fossil evidence of organism motility, or the ability of an organism to move independently. The discovery shows that development of motility began more t

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Meet Ai-Da, the Robot Artist Can robots be creative? 机器人能有创造力吗? British art gallery owner Aidan Meller thinks so.He hopes to begin answering that question with a robot called Ai-Da. 英国美术馆馆长艾丹梅勒是这么认为的

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One day, a man named Bartholomew, not an important man, stopped at the Nopalito ranch house. It was noon and he was hungry. He sat down at the dinner table. While he was eating, he talked. Mrs. Yeager, he said, I saw a man on the Seco Ranch with your

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In todays Ask a Teacher, our reader Leopoldo asks about three commonly confused travel words. Here is the question: Question: Hi! Can you explain when it is correct to use trip, journey or travel? Thank you for your answer. Leopoldo Answer: Hello, Le

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Israeli Spacecraft Makes History with Successful Moon Launch An Israeli spacecraft is on its way to the moon. 一艘以色列太空飞船正在飞向月球。 The unmanned moon landing vehicle was launched Thursday night from Cape Canaveral Air Force

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Vietnam Welcomes Trump and Kim In Hanoi, Vietnam Friday, cars stopped and tourists took a second look at what appeared to be North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and American President Donald Trump. In front of the historic Metropole Hotel, Kim hugged Tru

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Olympic Organizers Want Breakdancing for Paris 2024 Organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have called for breakdancing to be added as an official sport. Paris organizers also proposed Thursday that climbing, surfing and skateboarding be included in t

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States Look to Increase Governance of Struggling Colleges For 185 years, Green Mountain College has been educating students in the small town of Poultney, Vermont. The college announced last month it is closing at the end of the current school year.

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Safety Concerns Delay US Effort to Restart Human Spaceflight NASA reportedly has warned SpaceX and Boeing of its concerns over the design and safety of their astronaut launch systems. The Reuters news agency says the problems could threaten efforts b

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