Night time in Pomona, California and early autumn is marked by a thousand bright faces carved into pumpkins big and small all ready for Halloween night. There are at least 3000 jack-o-lanterns on display for California Pumpkin Nights each with its ow

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(十一月)

Libya'sNTCFacesImmediate,Long-TermChallenges A week after declaring it had moved to Tripoli, Libya's National Transitional Council has yet to establish a firm footing in the capital. It looks like it will be a long road ahead for the provisional auth

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Hagel Faces Tough Questions at Nomination Hearing If Hagels goal for his confirmation hearing was to win the backing of Republican lawmakers, his exchange with Senator John McCain seemed ominous. McCain repeatedly asked if Hagel regretted his opposit

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Everyone faces challenges in life. It's a matter of how you learn to overcome them and use them to your advantage. 每个人都会在生活中面对挑战。问题在于怎样学会克服挑战,再把这些经验转化成你的优势。 图片1

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We marvel as babies develop. Yael tells Don about some fascinating things researchers have discovered about infants. Y: Today, on a Moment of Science, it's time for another round of Baby Skills, that fun and wacky guessing game that shows your baby i

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 26 December 2007 Areas of Indonesia devastated by the Indian Ocean Tsunami are marking the third anniversary of one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. As the effort to build housing and roads wraps up, reconstr

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Libya Faces Economic Challenges in Post-Gadhafi Era Moammar Gadhafi is dead, but Libyans still face many difficulties now that their long time leader is gone, including how to repair a battered economy. Before the uprisings, Libya produced roughly 1.

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Global Health Faces Big Industry Challenges The 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion is underway in Helsinki, Finland. The meeting focuses on how public policy can meet the health challenges of a growing and changing global population. WHO Direc

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And this evening Abra and I were joining them. You must stop for flower and fire to Ganga. Flowers and fire. Yeah. Flowers? Yes, those are meant for that. So do we get one of these? It's a honor, it's on me. There is a fire, okay 100 Rupees, less tha

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Mama Stamberg's Relish Faces Its Toughest Critics: NPR Staffers play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:48repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash

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Towns were destroyed, children were orphaned, great wizard from Kansas, Ive waited for you to come set thing right. So it was really cool, you know, to get to be a part of this moviethe Oz the Great and Powerful, because its just crazy to be part of

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By Deborah Tate Washington 11 January 2006 watch Alito Day 2 report Samuel Alito President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Samuel Alito, returns to Capitol Hill Wednesday for a second

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By Carol Pearson Washington 24 October 2007 October 24th is World Polio Day. Since 1988, national governments, public health organizations and civic organizations have slashed the number of polio cases by more than 99 percent. But now the eradication

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 26 December 2007 Watch Operation Smile Operation Smile is an international group of medical professionals who perform reconstructive surgery, free of charge,for children with facial deformities. This year, Operation S

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 09 March 2007 Democrats controlling the U.S. Congress are confronting President Bush on a broad range of issues regarding his handling of the war in Iraq, and the larger war on terrorism, as well as domestic issues. Cong

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By Nico Colombant Bensonville, Liberia 11 March 2008 Liberia's health sector is facing a rebuilding task of colossal proportions after years of civil war and neglect left behind a destroyed infrastructure and very little staff. This created condition

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By VOA Sports Washington, DC 07 February 2008 The United States begins defense of its Davis Cup tennis title this week when it takes on Austria in a World Group first round series indoors on clay in Vienna. American Andy Roddick will play the opening

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President Barack Obama faces a major political test in the weeks ahead as opinion polls show fading public support for his top two priorities - health care reform and the war in Afghanistan. President Obama (file photo) Health care reform remains Pr

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Daylight appeared. The morning mists surrounded us, but they soon broke up. 天亮了。朝雾笼罩着我们,但不久就消散了。 I was about to proceed with a careful examination of the hull, whose topside formed a sort of horizontal platform

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 10 December 2007 Liberia's former transitional leader, Gyude Bryant, has appeared in court, after being arrested for missing earlier appearances in his continuing embezzlement trial. The court has given him until Friday to find

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