A suicide bomber blew himself up among worshippers outside a mosque loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad, killing 12 people and wounding 15 others. The blast came just one day after the Iraqi parliament

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A look at the city, its history, and its future with possible foreign ownership of the top U.S. beer company. Transcript of radio broadcast: 13 July 2008 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I

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Hes famous for giving a V sign for victory.But hes most famous for leading the United Kingdom during the Second World War. If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years men will still say this was their finest hour. A clip ther

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经典背诵 Recitation TopAdam: I take many courses every semester. I like most of my teachers except my Chinese teacher. She is young but boring. And my favorite class is oral English. My oral English teacher is an American. He is from a small town

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I haven't ever had a reason to visit a podiatrist (which is what we call a foot doctor), until recently. I don't have any problem with my feet, thankfully. I suppose, over the years, the shoes that I have worn have been good enough to keep me out of

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McDonalds is one of the most famous brands in the world. It is the worlds largest chain of hamburger restaurants with 31,000 eateries. It operates in 119 countries, serving 47 million customers a day. The company employs over 1.5 million people. The

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A Casement High and Triple-Archd There Was A casement high and triple-archd there was, All garlanded with carven imagries Of fruits, and flowers, and bunches of knot-grass, And diamonded with panes of quaint device, Innumerable of stains and splendid

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By Cynthia Kirk ENVIRONMENT REPORT - February 22, 2002: Monarch Butterfly Deaths in Mexico This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. A severe winter storm in central Mexico last month killed

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil 13 June 2007 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has moved quickly to prevent any escalation of sectarian violence following the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine north of Baghdad. An attack on the same shrine last year triggered

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By Simon Marks London 05 October 2006 watch Blair's Political Status Britain is in the midst of political uncertainty, after Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that he plans to step down within the next 12 months....but stopped short of endorsing a

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By Zulima Palacio Washington, DC 27 January 2006 watch Gene report Mapping the Human Genome has been one of the most complex research projects of recent decades. Its findings could open many windows,

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By Efam Dovi Accra 28 June 2006 It has been very anxious moments for fans in Ghana as they watched the Black Stars on television lose to Brazil 3 to 0. Ghana was the last African country to be eliminated from the World Cup. Despite the somber mood a

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By David McAlary Washington 22 June 2006 Archeologists have identified what might be the world's oldest known jewelry. It consists of 100,000-year-old shells from the Middle East with holes bored in their centers. If the shells were used as beads fo

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GeographyMeetsSocialMediaonGeosocialSites Theres a well-worn phrase in real estate: location, location, location, meaning that where a property is located, alone, means more than anything else when it comes to assessing its value. But location is get

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Louis Khan Helped Define Modern Architecture By Dana Demange Broadcast: Sunday, August 21, 2005 VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with the VOA Special En

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By Elizabeth Lee Washington 06 November 2009 Patriarch Bartholomew Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of close to 300 million Orthodox Christian around the world, recently visited Washington, D.C. to speak about environmental issues. The Pa

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排球场地 volleyball court 鱼跃 fish dive 一方场区 court 钩手飘球 over float 对方场区 opponent’s court 一次扣杀 direct spike 发球区 service area 上手传球 overarm pass 进攻

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今天我们要学的词是root。 Root, 做为动词,是为某人打气,捧场的意思。The whole town is rooting for the local high school football team, 整个小镇都为当地高中橄榄球校队加油。I always root for the underdog, 我总

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今天我们要学的词是unbeaten。 Unbeaten, 是未被击败的意思。美式足球赛季已经过半。新英格兰爱国者队星期天再次获胜,以连赢11场的战绩保持不败记录, The New England Patriots remain unbeaten at 11-0

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 02 December 2006 A powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric has dismissed a United Nations call for an international conference on Iraq. Abdul Aziz al-Hakim says it is unreasonable to discuss issues pertaining to his country in

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