She relished the novelty and thrill of having been summoned to this prestigious man's home. The sheer beauty of the place far surpassed her expectations. However, she was becoming suspicious about the reason for this visit. Now that she had received

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The line of immigrants applying to become U.S. citizens has become longer. There's been a backlog of citizen applications for years, but it has increased dramatically since President Trump took office. As NPR's Richard Gonzales rep

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: By some estimates, at least 700,000 ethnic Rohingya refugees are living in sprawling camps on the Bangladesh side of the border with Myanmar. It's one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time. Whether or not they can return

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Prisoners in California Help Fight Wildfires Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. Today on the show we play summery music suggested by listeners. We also look a New York City program that provides information to immigr

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Newly-sworn-in Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban waves to attendees of a pro-government mass rally organized in Budapest, Hungary, 29 May 2010 Viktor Orban has returned to power as Hungary's prime minister after eight years in opposition, but, M

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US Senate Passes Landmark Immigration Bill The Senates comprehensive reform bill provides a long and arduous path to residency and eventual U.S. citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. Democrat Richard Durbin helped craft the bill and ex

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This is AP News Minute. President Trump said in an interview he may use an executive order to deny citizenship to babies born to non-citizens in the US. Legal scholars say only a constitutional amendment could make that change. White House Press Secr

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New Jersey governor Chris Christie has won a second term in office. The Republican defeated the Democrat Bob McDonnell. NPR's Joel Rose has more. Chris Christie cruised to an easy victory. Christie was popular even before Hurricane Sandy, but his app

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美国国会共和党人驳回移民改革法案 House Republicans are rejecting the push by President Barack Obama and the Senate to pass comprehensive immigration reform that would provide legal status and a path to citizenship for the estimated 11

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That feeling, he's a real card. Alright, first up today, an issue that's getting a lot of attention in Washington, immigration reform. President Obama talked about it yesterday, he says it's a top priority for his second and he thinks the time is rig

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Now, today, eight senators, four Democrats, four Republicans, floated a sweeping immigration reform plan, that would among other things give illegal immigrants already in United States a path to citizenship without first sending them home, they seems

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Extremely hot, dry and windy conditions will put southern states on the most extreme fire alert for several years. In Tasmania, fire crews have already been out in force, battling fires in the south and the northeast. There's(口误) been no injuries

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Ghassan Salame, member of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State, briefs media on the commission's interim report and recommendations in Yangon on March 16, 2017. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun] A 9-member international commission set up to monitor issu

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今天我们要学的词是 acrimonious. acrimonious 的意思是尖刻的、充满火药味的。An acrimonious meeting of world leaders in Papua New Guinea failed to deliver a final communique, highlighting widening divisions between global powers

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It was Bob Diamond, recently of Barclays, who defined business culture as how people behave when no one is watching. Speaking in a lecture sponsored by the Today programme last year, he declared that business corporations like Barclays had to learn h

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What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not s

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Chet and Eliot had been running around all day. It had been hot. They were unshaved, and wearing shorts, T-shirts, and flip-flops. At about 6 p.m., they felt like eating something. They were on south Lake, which had several restaurants. Eliot suggest

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EDUCATION REPORT - For Blind Students, College Means Learning to Help Themselves By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, April 28, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Education Report. We

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AS IT IS - Relations between Burma's ethnic Rohingyas and Rakhine Buddhists From VOA Learning English, welcometo AS IT IS! Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today we look at relations between Burmas ethnic Rohingyas and Rakhine Buddhists, which have been tense

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