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Voting got off to a slow start in the uncontested presidential runoff poll in Zimbabwe in which President Robert Mugabe is seeking to entrench himself as president for an another five years. The outcome is unlikely to be recognized, even by Mr. Mugab

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Topic1-Student study tour outside China It's summertime! School's out and so is the sun. For most kids, summer vacation is the time to chill and relax. Some Chinese parents are sending kids abroad to travel and study on a so-called study tour. Accord

英伦广角 每年约14万儿童死于溺水

On average, every hour of every day more than 40 people drown around the world. Thats 372,000 fatalities annually. Drownings are one of the top 10 killers of kids and young adults, with the highest rate of drowning deaths among children under five ye

棒球伤员数据显示赛季早期更易受伤 其中投手受

A study of all injuries resulting in Major League Baseball players being put on the disabled list finds that most injuries occur before the All-Star break, and that pitchers are more at risk than non-pitchers. New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte h

震惊! 美国专家称掏耳朵会带来重大影响!

Cleaning the ears is often considered to be a sign of good personal cleanliness. 清理耳朵通常会被认为是良好个人卫生的一大标志。 But manually removing earwax could actually damage a person's hearing, according to new guidelines

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Here is the breaking news right now. Comes from the papal aircraft. Pope Francis making a significant statement showing conciliation to gay priests and gays and lesbians all around the world. George we just got it from the aircraft. Yes. This is Pope

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Forget the Federal Reserve. Forget the European Central Bank. The institution whose decisions will matter most to the world economy over the next five years is China's State Council. 忘记美联储(Federal Reserve)，忘记欧洲央行(European Cent

VOA慢速英语--1500万美国人自主工作

AS IT IS 2016-09-11 Fifteen Million Americans Work for Themselves 1500万美国人自主工作 About 15 million people in the United States work for themselves. That finding comes from the Pew Research Center, a not-for-profit research group. The cen

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美国7月份增2.15万就业岗位 Yet more signs of an improving job market. The U.S. Labor Department says employers added 215,000 jobs last month. Thats the third consecutive month of job gains above 200,000 following weaker than expected job gro

VOA标准英语2013--胡子越来越受美国人的欢迎

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英豪宅玻璃多于墙面 售价近1300万

A stunning 1960s home that has more windows than walls has been put on the market for ?1.4million. 英国一幢上世纪60年代建造的豪宅挂牌出售，要价140万英镑（近1300万人民币）。这幢豪宅的特别之处在于，建筑表面

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Despite the downturn in the global economy, wedding planners and photographers say theyve never been busier. At this years wedding expo in Hong Kong, people are planning for one of the most important days of their lives. And the hottest ideas have a

C罗开通微博引爆网络 1天内粉丝数超28万!

Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the biggest names in world's soccer, further extended his stardom to China by joining Sina Weibo, China's answer to Twitter. 世界顶级足球运动员克里斯蒂亚诺罗纳尔多通过开通新浪微博（中国版本的

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A company in Shanghai is offering an annual salary of 100,000 RMB to recruit professional sleepers. 日前，上海一家企业开出了年薪10万人民币的价码，只为招聘职业睡眠师。 Since a major part of the job description is sleepi

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Chinese President Hu Jintao has cut short a visit to Italy for the G8 summit amid ongoing unrest in Xinjiang. Troops are on the streets after a curfew in Urumqi, Xinjiang's provincial capital, where ethnic riots （骚乱，闹事） on Sunday left 15

VOA双语新闻：缅甸判昂山素季继续软禁 受多方谴

Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to 18 more months of house arrest. The sentence drew condemnation from foreign governments and human rights groups. 缅甸民主派领袖昂山素季被判处继续软禁18个月。这项判决

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Donald J. Trumps charitable foundation will not be paying any of the $25 million settlement to resolve a series of lawsuits concerning Trump University, 为解决一系列与特朗普大学有关的诉讼而达成的和解协议所涉的2500万美元，

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When the Nautilus returned to the surface of the ocean, I could take in Reao Island over its whole flat, wooded expanse. 当诺第留斯号回到海面上来的时候，我可以望见这个低洼的和多树的克列蒙瑞尼岛发展的全部过程。