SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The new season of Saturday Night Live debuts tonight. Stand-up comedian Melissa Villasenor will debut as a full cast member. She's been called an impression machine for impersonations of celebrities both real and imagined, includin

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

By Paula Wolfson New Delhi 01 March 2006 President Bush has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Mr. Bush made a secret detour to Kabul on his way to talks in India and Pakistan. President Bush says

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Medical science has eliminated only one disease, smallpox. Bill and Melinda Gates called last year for a campaign to stop malaria. But experts differ on the idea. Some say existing measures could reduce cases by 90 percent. Transcript of radio broad

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By Naomi Schwarz Casamance, Senegal 05 September 2006 Women in West Africa have implemented many types of informal banking as a result of not having access to regular credit. Some of these innovations are used to start or expand local businesses whi

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 21 September 2007 Israelis are observing the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur under tight security. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the holiday coincides with a major Muslim observance, raising tensions in

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Since the food crisis of a few years ago, much attention has been paid to improving agriculture and conserving the land. But land is not the only source of food. The oceans provide food and jobs for millions of people, yet very little is being done t

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Agriculture report - Project in DRC Aims to Increase Fertilizer Use This is the VOA Special English Agriculture report. North Kivu is a war-torn province that used to be called the breadbasket of the Congo. Now, some farmers are being trained to incr

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By Ana Ward Washington, D.C. 26 February 2007 watch Exercise report Many Americans are facing serious health issues associated with unhealthy eating habits and a lack of exercise. With growing health concerns, more people are joining gyms for exerci

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 10 February 2007 Senegal's campaign for a presidential election later this month has been mostly peaceful, but candidates have started trading nasty accusations. By far, the candidate facing the harshest criticism is the incu

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 14 January 2008 Two men have become the first kayakers to paddle between Australia and New Zealand. James Castrission and Justin Jones battled rough weather and heavy seas for 62 days to complete the journey. From Sydney, Phil M

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 20 January 2006 The government of Nepal has imposed a dawn to dusk curfew across the capital and put opposition leaders under house arrest to stop an anti-government rally

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Pakistan's election commission has announced that the parliament and the country's four provincial assemblies will elect a new president on September 6. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the election to replace former president Pervez

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By Tom Rivers London 19 May 2008 British lawmakers voted Monday to allow the use of animal-human hybrid embryos in stem cell research. These new embryos will be created in labs injecting empty animal eggs with human genetic material. For VOA, Tom Riv

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Liberia Prepares for Voting Amid Security Concerns, Refugee Crisis Liberia's electoral commission is working to safeguard voting along the border with Ivory Coast, where hundreds of mercenaries from the recent Ivorian political crisis are under arres

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Have you ever wondered how those hard-shelled mollusks known as mussels anchor themselves to rocks on lake and river bottoms? How they stick to sea walls, or resist pounding waves? Scientists at the University of Chicago have done more than come up w

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 October 2009 A refugee girl in Dodel, a Mauritanian refugee camp in Senegal (file photo) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says it has begun the final stage of the organized voluntary repatriation of Maurita

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Beginners. Do you love to shop? Some people are addicted to shopping; they love to go out and buy things. Others enjoy window shopping, which is safer for your wallet. I am not a big shopper; I have to love something before I am willing to buy it. Ho

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泰勒斯威夫特(Taylor Swift)携着她的单曲《White Horse》刷新了一项记录,这首歌出自她的新专辑《Fearless》,曾被选做大热美剧《实习医生格蕾》听歌 第五季首播的剧中插曲。本周,这首充满感情的《White Horse》一上榜就跻身美国公告牌热歌100单曲榜的第13名,这样

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今天我们要学的词是surprise。 Surprise, 出人意料的。 U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Monday, 美国国防部长盖茨星期一突如其来访问阿富汗。女儿生日快到了。 We plan

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 15 October 2009 U.N. Security Council (file photo) Bosnia, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria were elected Thursday to non-permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. They will serve two-year terms starting Janua

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