THIS IS AMERICA By Shelley Gollust Broadcast: Monday, February 21, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to This is America in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. Today,

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Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 10 Were coming to grips with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending December 10, 2016. Its been an active week, with two of our Top Five positions seeing newcomerst

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A.I. 《人工智能》 Any Steven Spielberg film is eagerly anticipated by his millions of fans, and his upcoming movie A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) is no exception. Since many of its details have

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Wallace and Gromit celebrate their Oscar in their Paul Smith bow ties. Aardman 2006 The Oscars are the biggest movie event of every year, and are always a star-studded , glamorous occasion. Their full title is Academy Awards, and the first awards to

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Most people would say they disapprove of breaking rules. But one highly respected university in America is offering a big prize for exactly that. The Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge will award $250,000 to an indivi

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1. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been granted bail. But he is not out of jail yet. British court determined he can't be free as he awaits an extradition hearing. However he is remaining behind bars as Swedish prosecutors appeal. 2. Officials s

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小编导读:第67届艾美奖已完美落下帷幕。这是可是美剧(还有部分英剧)界的最大盛世。今天除了《权力的游戏》大获全胜,《副总统》和《透明人生》成为了本届最大两匹黑马。不过关于艾美

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1. The military's top uniformed officer says gays should be allowed to openly serve in uniform. Admiral Mike Mullen tells the Senate Armed Services Committee that he is troubled by a policy that forces people to lie about who they are in order to def

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I feel so stupid,I swear I'm not.No,take another guess,take your time,take another, 我觉得我好笨啊 实际上我真的不笨 别急 再猜一次 慢慢来 I'm just like completely breaking.Bell?Bell.No.Alexander Graham Bell. 我感觉完全乱了

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Manbun Fights With Dadbod For 'Word' From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Does a manbun look good on top of a dadbod? Or would it be a good hairstyle for an ammosexual? And do you really want your kids to Netflix and chill while y

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英语学习笔记: Golden Globe Awards 金球奖 Grammy Awards 格莱美 Academy Awards(The Oscars) 奥斯卡 Best Actor 最佳男主角 Best Actress 最佳女主角 Best Original Song 最佳电影配乐 Presenter 颁奖人 acceptance speech 获奖感

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IN THE NEWS - Iraqis Get Full Cabinet; Forces Hunting Zarqawi Get Their ManBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: 2006骞?鏈?0鏃? I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Photo of Abu Musab a

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VIENNA, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The Austrian Olympic Committee (OeOC) nominated a further 13 athletes for its 2012 London Olympic Games team on Wednesday, bringing the total to 37 athletes across 12 sporting disciplines. OeOC President Karl Stoss said he p

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has chosen a total of 104 scores from feature-length motion pictures to vie for nominations in the Original Score category of the 85th Academy Awards, it was ann

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WASHINGTON, DCDemocrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump have strengthened their grip on their parties' presidential nominations, racking up a series of wins in key states on Super Tuesday, the primary election's most important day of votin

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今天我们要学的词是contender。 Contender, 是竞争者的意思。 A strong contender, 是强有力的竞争者。He is a gold medal contender in the Olympics, 他是一个很有可能在奥运会上夺取金牌的选手。 再过一个月,美

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LOS ANGELES, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Actor Peter Falk, who played detective Lt. Columbo in the long-running television series Columbo, has died at his Beverly Hills home, his family announced Friday. He was 83. A family representative did not provide det

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The nomination ballots for 84th Annual Academy Awards were mailed Tuesday to the 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the academy announced. The voters have until Jan. 13 to

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Oscar host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone will announce the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards early Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) said here on Monday. MacFarlane will p

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WASHINGTON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens have been shortlisted for the selection of the new managing-director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the fund annou

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