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VOA标准英语2016--Top 5 Songs For Week Ending June 4

Top 5 Songs For Week Ending June 4 These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending June 4, 2016. In and out, here and then gonethe musical deck really gets shuffled in this weeks lineup. Number 5:

VOA常速英语2016--克里前往巴黎希望重启中东和谈

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VOA常速英语2016--克林顿周二或将赢得民主党总统候选人提名

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VOA常速英语2016--直布罗陀担心英国脱欧之举会使直失去欧盟保护

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VOA常速英语2016--斯林斋月来临 城市为穆斯林延长营业时间

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VOA标准英语--巴基斯坦加强阿富汗边境管理

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VOA常速英语2016--亚裔美国人成新闻媒体里的弱势群体

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VOA常速英语2016--苏丹说唱歌手以歌为剑反对政府腐败

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VOA常速英语2016--Cosplay,精彩你的人生

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VOA常速英语2016--感应线圈助力清晰听力

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VOA常速英语2016--美方无人机误入伊朗国境

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VOA常速英语2016--三位女性获诺贝尔和平奖

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