IN THE NEWS - John Kerry Chooses John Edwards for Vice President By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, July 10, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with In the News, in VOA Special English. The Democratic Nationa

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The number of refugees seeking shelter in Turkey from the Islamic state group advanced across Northern Syria has hit a hundred thousand. Turkeys security forces fired tear gas and water canon to disperse syrian refugees at the border. Police say a ma

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Causes and solutions remain in dispute Michael Bowman | Washington, DC 01 December 2009 Droughts, floods, hurricanes, typhoons, retreating glaciers, and melting polar ice caps are just some of the occurrences scientists say are becoming more common a

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Blood, directed by Chris Nahon and starring Korean actress Gianna Jun, is an expansion of the 48-minute animated film of the same name. In the movie, Saya (Gianna Jun), a 400-year-old half-human half-vampire, cooperates with a secretive organization

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December 12th, 2000More than a month after the votes cast, Americans finally know who their next president will be. Republican George W. Bush becomes president elect after the divided U. S. Supreme Court effectively halts recount in Florida contest p

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President Clinton, distinguished guests, and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings. 尊敬的克林顿总统、各位嘉

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今天我们要学的词是headline。 Headline, 意思是头条新闻。今年六月的全球气温打破了最高记录。 Heat warnings have been topping weather headlines in the United States for more than two weeks, 过去两个多星期以来,高

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By Jim Malone Washington 31 March 2008 Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton is sounding a defiant tone in response to calls from some supporters of rival Barack Obama that she quit the presidential race. Meanwhile, the presumptive Republ

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Vice Presidential Picks Part of US Election Strategies I have selected this man to be my running mate because I want to change Washington and get America back on track, said 2012 Republican Presidential contender Mitt Romney, unveiling his choice for

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Johnny Depp reunites with his Pirates of the Caribbean director, Gore Verbinski, for a witty animated western set in a dusty frontier town where all the inhabitants are animals - talking animals, of course. Here's a look at Rango. Here in the Mojave

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Students Aim for Aviation History with Human-Powered Helicopter Within reach What seemed impossible when William Staruk began his PhD studies at the University of Maryland three years ago, is now within reach. He's part of a 50-member team developing

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Ten years ago, Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, argued forcefully that climate change should be a mainstream concern. The world seemed to hear that argument, though the current U.S. administration appears to have som

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Northern California is famous for two intoxicants - wine and marijuana. Recreational marijuana is about to be legal here in California, so some marijuana entrepreneurs are looking to the wine industry as a model. NPR's John Burne

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 October 2007 Former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, calls climate change one of the most critical and threatening issues in the world today. Annan Wednesday launched a new organization, the Global Humanitarian

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By Jim Fry Washington 05 October 2007 Gun control issues have faded into the background of national politics in the United States -- since Democrat Al Gore lost a close election for president in 2000. Many in his party blamed the defeat on a backlash

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今天还是要继续讲两个在2000年大选期间新闻界时常常用来报道竞选运动的习惯用语。这些习惯用语以它们特有的幽默和风趣在某种程度上润滑了政界严肃甚至是严酷的权利斗争。 我们今天要学

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Achim: Check out this new game I just got! Marcia: Let me see. Oh, its a fighting game. Im not into those. I like role-playing or simulation games a lot better. Achim: This isnt just a fighting game. You have to use strategy for each mission. Check o

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December 12th, 2000More than a month after the votes are cast, Americans finally know who their next president will be. Republican George W. Bush becomes president elect after the divided US Supreme Court effectively halts recounts in Floridas contes

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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize last month for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it. Gore'

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The winner of the Young Farmer of the Year Contest is Stuart McNaughton from the Tasman region. About 300 young men and women entered the contest earlier this year. Each region had one finalist. They each got good prizes. Then those seven finalists c

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