Why Some People Are Poor The poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living.People with incomes below the poverty line are consisdered poor. As the general standard of living rises,the poverty line does,too.T

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Rock and roll is one of the biggest cultural phenomena of the past century. It totally changed society. It had a huge influence on our fashion and lifestyle. Before rock n roll, life was slower. Children respected their parents and wore sensible clot

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今天我们要学的词是take-home message。 The take-home message, 意思是得到的教益。常听人说,上年纪了,酒量大不如前了。当事人也许是在谦虚,但是最近有研究恰恰证明了这一点。 The take-home messa

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Now to that surprising health news from Angelina Jolie. Here she is explaining why she has to miss the L.A. Premier of her new film Unbroken. Take a look. I found out last night that I have chicken pox. So, I will be home, itching and missing everyon

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Freeing the Mind to Forget Young brains can forget painful memories, but old ones tend not to. An animal study in the journal Science finds that it may be possible to restore the old brain to its younger, more pliable state. Karen Hopkin reports Som

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The World Health Organization says by the year 2015, more than two billion adults will be overweight and 700 million will be classified as obese. In recent years, doctors have focused on the growing rate of diabetes among children and young people. B

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AS IT IS 2013-07-25 Chinese Law Requires Adults to Support Aging Parents中国法律规定子女赡养父母 Welcome again to the daily magazine show As It Is. For VOA Learning English, Im Mario Ritter. 欢迎来到本期的慢速英语新闻杂志,我

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 You know a child is growing ol

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This is a nice song,I think it will catch on quickly. 这是首好歌,我想它一定会很快就流行起来。 catch on指流行,受欢迎;如果要说明受哪些人的欢迎可用介词with。 Cartoons are catching on with adults these days

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Heart Rate: What A Babys Heart Rate Should Be 婴儿的心率应该为多少呢? Picture new parents cooing at their baby on the couch. The babys quiet and calm, and everyones at rest. So their heart rates are low, maybe 60 or 70 beats a minute for

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Lisa grew up in a huge family. She had six older sisters. All of them were very beautiful. This made Lisa feel very bad. She knew she looked nothing like them. Lisa had even heard people say she was the ugly sister. As teens the girls spent every wee

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Weekly Address: President Obama Praises the Benefits and Successes of Health Reform Already in Effect 每周电视讲话:奥巴马总统赞扬医疗改革的成功实施及其带来的好处 WASHINGTON In his weekly address, President Barack Obama

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Web Boosts Grandpa's Brain In a study presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, researchers reported that older adults exposed to Web surfing for the first time showed increased brain activity in regions associated with languag

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One in four American adults cannot read or write well enough to function on the job and in everyday life Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 04 May 2010 Volunteer tutors at the Nashville Adult Literacy Council work individually with adult learners. One in

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According to survey results released on Monday, the number of books read per year by Chinese adults has essentially stayed the same, but newspapers and magazines are falling out of favor. The survey polled over 40,000 adults in 29 provincial-level re

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今天我们要学的词是shuteye。 Shuteye, 是睡眠的意思。Catch a little shuteye, 是小睡一会儿的意思。美国全国睡眠基金会的最新研究发现,Roughly one-third of those surveyed admitted catching some shuteye or becomin

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今天我们要学的词是 proportion. Proportion 有部分的意思。A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that only a small proportion of American adults, less than 15%, eat enough fruits and vegetables. 美国疾病控

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It's two in the morning, and like most people you're fast asleep. But then your eyes pop open and your three year old is standing there, tugging her ear and saying, Mommy, my ear hurts. If you're a parent with a young child, this scenario is probably

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You probably already know that blueberries are delicious. And you may have heard that theyre healthful, too.But did you know that blueberries boost memory in older people at risk for memory loss? A study looked at how drinking wild blueberry juice af

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: The second most common cause of fatigue comes from lack of physical activity and a poor diet. Study after study finds that adults who began light exercise a few times a week reported more energy

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