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国际足联面临不确定的未来 When the US criminally indicted some top FIFA executives,it was welcomed by many in Europe and around the world,according to British football writer Keir Radnedge,who spoke VOA via Skype. 英国足球专栏作家凯

VOA常速英语2015--俄国支持叛军发誓要解放乌克兰更多地区

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土耳其总理辞职以组建新政府 WASHINGTON Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has handed his formal resignation to the president after Turkey's ruling party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 13 years. The Justice and D

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为登火星做准备 NASA碟形登陆减速器测试再遇挫 After several weather related delays,the world's largest helium balloon was launched from a military base in Hawaii to test a saucer-like device called the Low-Density Supersonic Decelera

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智能鞋帮助减少医院感染 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that, in 2011, about 75,000 hospital patients in the U.S. died of causes related to healthcare-associated infections, or HAI for short. One French hospital is t

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美国副总统乔拜登或加入美国总统选战 He has an extensive political resume:vice president for nearly seven years after 36 years as a U.S. senator. 他有着一份广为人知的政治履历:36年的美国参议员政治生涯后又是近

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世界市场动荡的一周结束 Despite better-than-expected U.S. growth in the second quarter, Wall Street finished a tumultuous week with key indexes mostly unchanged. Meanwhile, Asian markets closed in positive territory for a second day as Beij

VOA常速英语2015--总统候选人周末继续竞选

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World Action Needed to Prevent Widespread Antibiotic Resistance Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, we have used antibiotics against a host of infections. But now, doctors are finding that more and more bacteria are resistant to even the stron

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VOA常速英语2015--全球开展月球车竞赛

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VOA常速英语2015--美国干旱西部将迎来多雨冬季

美国干旱西部将迎来多雨冬季 As the drought continues for another year in southern California, more and more people, including Jan Muntz, are replacing all or parts of their yards with unconventional garden plants. 随着干旱在加利福尼

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知名博主建议美国减少干涉 The Civil War in Syria and the Islamic State groups rapid seizure of land in both Syria and Iraq have challenged and confused Western policymakers. One way of understanding what is happening there is to look at Ce

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战争,干旱威胁伊拉克沼泽地 Drought that has stretched for two decades means less fresh water flowing into the marshes. As water levels fall, salinity goes up, leading to fish kills. The lack of fresh water has also pushed Marsh Arabs who o

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美国总统选战特朗普与桑德斯在爱荷华州异军突起 In towns across Iowa,the crowds supporting Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders,a U.S. senator from Vermont,are growing. 在爱荷华州各地,支持佛蒙特州参议员民主党候选人