From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia are electing governors today and several major cities including New York, Houston and Atlanta are choosing mayors. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports. Virginia helped elected Ba

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In what is only his second prime-time Oval Office address to the nation, President Obama at this hour is expected to declare Operation Iraqi Freedom to be over with the end of US combat mission. Mr. Obama excerpts some of his speech released by the W

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1. A claustrophobic woman got into a confrontation with a flight crew, causing a United Airlines jet from London to divert to Boston. The flight was escorted in by fighter jets and all 182 passengers

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Recently, my friend John lost his wife Janet. For eight years she fought against cancer, but in the end her sickness had the last word. 最近,我的朋友约翰失去了他的妻子珍妮特。珍妮特与癌症抗争了八年,最终还是让病魔

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今天我们要学的词是diagnose。 Diagnose, 是诊断的意思。研究人员最近考查了俄亥俄州1万4千个孩子的健康记录后发现,Only one-fourth of children with high blood pressure were correctly diagnosed, 只有四分之一血

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Actress Angelina Jolie has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed as a preventative measure against cancer. 女星安吉丽娜朱莉摘除了卵巢和输卵管,以预防器官癌变。 Writing in the New York Times, Jolie said she chose to hav

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1.The Dow Jones is continuing its volatile ride at the time when the Dow was down over 500 points putting it below 10000 for the first time in four years. Despite the government's Wall Street bailout plan, credit markets are still strained.The Feder

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Research is often a slow, maddening search for answers where each new finding only seems to raise more questions. This is the case with a story we told you about last month. It offers a good example of

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The word metastasize means to change form, state or position. It is not a word cancer patients want to hear. Cancer can spread in a body two ways. As a tumor grows it may invade neighboring tissue or or

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Ovarian cancer is known as a silent killer because it is usually discovered too late to save a woman's life. But three cancer groups in the United States have now agreed on a list of possible early sign

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3-D Technology Saves Lives 3D技术拯救生命 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Three-dimensional technology -- known as three-D -- gives depth to objects that would otherwise appear two-dimensional, or flat. Three-D makes movie

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Salmonella Turned Into Cancer Killing Super Bug 沙门氏菌已转化为杀死癌细胞的超级战士 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle Report. Not many people consider a bacterium that makes millions of people sick a frien

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American Teenagers Making a Difference Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. Today on the show, we tell about some unusual young people who work to make a difference in the world. Most teenagers in the United States spe

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AS IT IS 2016-06-16 It May Be His Last Chance to Cover the NBA Finals 这可能是他最后一次报道NBA总决赛 This is Whats Trending Today: 现在是《正在发生》节目。 The National Basketball Association is in the middle of its champio

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New Test Could Find Cancer Earlier 新的测试可以发现早期癌症 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world. When it comes to cancer, the sooner you know you have it, the

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The World Health Organization (WHO) lists colon cancer among the deadliest diseases. In 2004, some 639,000 people around the world died from colon cancer. If caught in time, surgery and chemotherapy are effective treatments. But a new randomized tria

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The poison was in the wound, and the wound wouldn't heal. 语音讲解: 单词发音: 1.poison 英 /ˈpɔɪzn/ 美/ˈpɔɪzn/ 2.wound 英/wuːnd/ 美/wuːnd/ 3.wouldn't 鼻爆音 4.heal 英/hiːl/ 美/hiːl/ 词间连读: was in /wɒzɪn/ 词汇讲

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Todd: Jeff, I noticed you're sporting a very nice look. Nice little mustache you got going there. Jeff: Yeah, this month I don't usually have mustaches. I find them only certain men can wear a mustache and look good. I'm not one of those men. I look

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From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Avi Arditti. And Im Faith Lapidus. Today, we report on caffeine and two popular drinks: tea and coffee. We tell about a study that found black tea is better for your health

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Some cutting-edge research is giving new hope to cancer patients. Researchers are zeroing in on the causes of specific cancers and are finding dramatically different ways to fight the disease. To explain the latest findings, I'm joi

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