Texas Teen Examines the Music of the Backyard At this year's South By Southwest Festival, the Saxon Pub put established Texas singers and their musical offspring onstage together. For singer John Dee Graham's 13-year-old son, William, this was a debu

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今天我们要学的词是credibility. Credibility 名词,信誉,可信度。The U.S. government is shutting down a planned study testing whether moderate drinking has health benefits over concerns that its funding by the alcohol industry would

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Report Examines Forces Changing the World By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, November 21, 2005 I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Future Soc

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The violent and unstable situation in Somalia was the subject of a U.S. congressional hearing on Thursday. Testimony by officials from Somalia, the United Nations and the African Union, and experts came as the Obama administration confirmed it has d

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Documentary Examines The Ordeal of Bullied Children Tyler Long was a happy little boy. But at 17, he committed suicide because he was bullied at school, says his father David Long. We had heard that he had his head shoved into a wall locker. So kids

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'Terrorists in Love' Examines Islamic Radicals How does a young man transform from a law-abiding middle-class citizen into a terrorist? Ken Ballen, a former federal prosecutor, spent five years trying to find answers to that question. The result is a

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Richmond Re-examines its Confederate Past As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, many Americans are re-examining the conflict, especially in Richmond, Virginia, former capital of the Confederacy. During the Ci

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'Drones' Examines Complexities of Remote-control Warfare In his drama Drones, filmmaker Rick Rosenthal poses complex security, political and ethical questions about drone attacks in the ongoing war against global terrorism. Rosenthal builds a tense c

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23. Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children: We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for 10 or 15 years and come out at last with a

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. What do a baseball cap, a sari and a little black dress designed by Chanel have in common? They are all on display in a new exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art. MOMA calls them garments that change the world.

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Most of us remember our status in high school. You were either in the, like, theater nerd, yearbook editor, band camp, or you were more in the world of cheerleaders and prom queens and quarterbacks. And we like to think that none

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SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Joe Paterno's fall from grace was swift, sudden and completely unexpected. In November 2011, the Penn State coach set the record for the most wins in the history of Division 1 college football. Then less than two weeks later, it a

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听力题目: 3. (A). The books wont cost anything. (B). There wont be any writing. (C). There wont be more than three students. (D). Three books are required. 4. (A). Pam is taking a test. (B). Pam asked the man many questions. (C). Pam is seeing

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By Carolyn Weaver New York 17 October 2007 In the last 15 years, a new kind of journalistic theater has emerged: plays based on interviews, with multiple characters, all performed by the playwright. At 27, Dan Hoyle is one of the youngest and, critic

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - UN Study Examines Disaster Risks By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, February 23, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report. A United Nations report sa

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 10 June 2008 A former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation says U.S. interrogators' use of coercive techniques against suspected terrorists has not produced reliable intelligence and may have helped recruit a n

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By Deborah Tate Washington 18 July 2006 The Bush administration's nuclear accord with the Indian government was the focus of a Senate committee hearing Tuesday, with witnesses underscoring the benefits to both the United States and India. ---------

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By Joana Mantey Accra, Ghana 07 April 2008 Experts in the field of water and sanitation have gathered to share their knowledge at an international conference opening Monday in Accra, Ghana. The meeting is a collaborative effort by Ghanas Ministry of

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STACEY VANEK SMITH, HOST: In the caste system of India, the family you're born into can determine a lot - where you live, who you marry, the jobs you'll have. Sujatha Gidla was born in untouchable - the lowest caste in Indian society. SUJATHA GIDLA:

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Three wishes 三个愿望 A federal office worker finds a lamp in an old file drawer, and as he examines it a genie pops out. For his first of three traditional wishes, he wants to be on a beautiful deserted Island. Poof! There he is. Next, of course

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