Marissa 和同事 Hank 正在讨论吸烟的问题。Hank 说,有不少研究都发现,涨价确实能起到一定的抑制作用,促使一部分人戒烟。Marissa 说, M: I see. The high prices act as the straw that broke the camel's back.

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President Donald Trump addressed a group of African leaders during his trip to New York. He told them, We hope to extend our economic partnerships with countries that are committed to self-reliance and to fostering opportunities for job creation in b

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In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump repeated his promise to defeat Islamic terrorism: 特朗普总统在其就职演说中反复承诺要打击IS恐怖主义: We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized wo

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AS IT IS 2014-07-03 Civil Rights Activists Remember Struggle for Equal Rights 纪念马丁路德金争取平等的权利 Americans are marking the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The act became law on July 2nd, 1964. The measure banned

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Paul Brown. European Union Ministers are to meet today to determine how to react to Kosovo's declaration of independence yesterday and the UN Security Council plans to meet again. A number of countries in Europe are

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Broadcast: Apr 08, 2003 The World Health Organization has intensified efforts to eliminate the crippling disease polio in India following a dramatic increase in cases during the past year. Health offi

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By Douglas Bakshian Jolo 22 February 2007 Far from the headlines and the rest of the world a drama in the global war on terror is playing out on Jolo island in the southern Philippines. A Muslim guerrilla group called Abu Sayyaf is on the run from th

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Indonesia Returns to Normal Despite Threats of New Attacks 印尼已恢复正常尽管遭再次袭击的的威胁 JAKARTA In Indonesia authorities are intensifying efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks in the wake of last weeks deadly siege by

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Before Tomas dumped a massive amount of rain on Haiti, doctors treated cholera patients in hospital tents. Flooding from the storm could cause cholera to spread as sewage and other refuse seeps into tents where many people have been living since Janu

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Secretary-Generals Message on International Day of Happiness秘书长国际幸福日致辞 20 March 2014 2014年3月20日 The twin concepts of happiness and well-being increasingly feature in international discussions of sustainable development and t

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非洲之角再现小儿麻痹疫情 The global community came tantalizingly close earlier this year to ridding the world of polio. But then in May, the eradication effort took a powerful blow. The virus turned up again in the Horn of Africa, first i

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肯尼亚:疟疾疫苗带来新希望 Malaria control efforts currently depend mostly on things like chemically-treated mosquito nets and spraying against the disease-carrying insects. But scientists in Kenya say that next year, a new malaria vacci

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Premier Li Keqiang has made the comments while chairing the symposium on sustainable development at the UN General Assembly. The foundation of sustainable development is development. The core of development is growth, because without development and

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In the early 1950s a worldwide epidemic of polio was in full swing. In the United States alone, 58,000 cases of this highly infectious and crippling disease were reported in 1952. Vaccines - which can prevent, but not cure polio - halted its spread i

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China's economy slowed in third quarter China's economy grew 9.1 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, the slowest pace since early 2009, on monetary tightening and weaker export demand. The data, released by the National Bureau of Statis

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Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a referendum proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income. Under the proposal, adults,whether they work or not,would receive some twenty five hundred dollars per month and more than six hundred dollars for

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China has certainly been sparing no effort to eradicate poverty. According to a report issued by National Statistics Bureau, in 2015, the number of people in poverty in rural areas was reduced to about 55 million, a drop of more than 14 million on th

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