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VOA标准英语2008年-Americans Honor Their War Dead

By Paula Wolfson White House 25 May 2008 Americans are marking the Memorial Day holiday weekend - a time set aside to honor the nation's war dead. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, in Washington, this is also a time for the roar of motorcycle engines - as

VOA标准英语10月-Three Shot Dead in Afghan Capital

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Lesson 53 Dead tired! 1.Dead tired!累死我啦！ 2.Too tried!太累了！ 3.Sorry,I'm tired!不好意思，我累了。 4.A little tired now.我现在有点疲倦。 5.I'm tired of your conversation.你的话我都听腻了。

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Hollywood lost two of its stars this weekend - George Romero and Martin Landau. More about Landau in a couple of minutes. First, director George Romero - he died at age 77 after a career in which he invented the modern zombie gen

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2007年VOA标准英语-At Least 450 Dead in Peru Earthquake

By Brian Wagner Miami 16 August 2007 Rescue workers in Peru are searching for survivors in the rubble of an earthquake that killed at least 450 people. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the quake toppled buildings and homes south of the capital. I

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学个词Learn a Word 第670期 Dead-end

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VOA标准英语2008年-As Many as 10,000 Dead in Burma Cyclone

By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 05 May 2008 Burmese state media say it is now believed that as many as 10,000 people are dead and thousands more missing after Tropical Cyclone Nargis ripped through parts of the country, destroying homes, bringing down power

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 November 2007 A powerful cyclone has battered Bangladesh, causing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands. Local media reports say as many as 1,100 people were killed. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, officia

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