By Nancy Steinbach HEALTH REPORT -May 8, 2002: Hormone Replacement Questioned This is the VOA Special English Health Report. An international team of health experts says there is no scientific evidenc

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 健康与环境

More US Companies Warn Tariffs will Lead to Higher Prices A growing number of major American companies are warning that President Donald Trumps tariffs on U.S. imports are raising their costs and prices. Jim Hackett, head of Ford Motor Company, said

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Study: More Education Increases IQ Score 挪威研究表明额外教育有助于智商增加 Staying in school really can make you smarter. A new study from Norway finds that students who remain in school longer than their counterparts have higher IQ

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Danger to West Increases From Al-Qaida Threat in Yemen Video obtained from al-Qaida-linked militants in Yemen shows missile launchers, automatic weapons, heavy ammunition and vehicles with machine guns. All, they say, were captured from the Yemeni Ar

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NOEL KING, HOST: A basic principle of economics is that when demand for something goes up, the cost of it goes up, too. So economists wonder why today's high demand for workers isn't translating into bigger increases in pay. Even Federal Reserve Chai

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Stocks in Hong Kong and Japan fell and the U.S. dollar rose a day after China raised interest rates for the first time since December 2007. Economists interpret the move as a sign that authorities are taking a more aggressive stance against inflation

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Smitha Raghunathan | Washington, DC 25 June 2010 Harvard researchers found that white rice consumption increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes while brown rice consumption actually reduces the risk. Reducing your risk of diabetes may be as simple as ha

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By Delia Robertson A one-day nationwide strike of civil service workers in South Africa has brought education to a standstill and affected many other state agencies. Tens of thousands of civil service

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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is considering whether to sign a price control bill into law that would allow the government to set prices on basic items such as maize, wheat, cooking oil and petrol. Kenya's parliament approved the measure in June. Supp

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Stocks in Hong Kong and Japan fell and the U.S. dollar rose a day after China raised interest rates for the first time since December 2007. Economists interpret the move as a sign that authorities are taking a more aggressive stance against inflation

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Obama: Spending Cuts Are 'Dumb,' Unnecessary Obama called the $85 billion in automatic cuts dumb and arbitrary, and he said Republicans could have stopped them. Lets be clear. None of this is necessary. It is happening because [of] a choice that Repu

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Ebola Increases Threat to Sierra Leone Pregnancies KAILAHUN, SIERRA LEONE Sierra Leone has one of the worlds highest infant mortality rates, and the Ebola outbreak is likely to push it even higher. Health officials say almost all pregnant women infec

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The emergence of low-cost personal computers gave rise to a powerful network that has transformed opportunities for learning and communicating. 低成本的个人电脑的出现,使得一个强大的互联网诞生,它为学习和交流提供了很

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By Jessica Berman Washington 14 August 2007 The cells in certain cancers, like breast cancer and colon cancer, have been shown in labs to start with a high level of genetic instability and then in later stages this level goes down A new study has fou

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 24 December 2007 Indonesian security forces increased security across the archipelago as Christians in this Muslim majority country prepare to celebrate the Christmas holiday. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has

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Study: Warmer Planet Fuels More Wildfires 研究:全球变暖导致更多野火发生 A warmer planet is helping to fuel more wildfires in the United States, according to a new study. Environmental scientists at Harvard University predict that by 2

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(九月)

今天我们要学的词是text messaging。 Text messaging发短信。Text messaging continues to grow in popularity, 发短信现在越来越流行了。最新研究显示,Text messaging while driving greatly increases the risk of crashes, 开车发

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今天我们要学的词是cognitive. Cognitive 形容词,意思是认知的。最新研究显示, Women with mild cognitive impairment deteriorate twice as fast as men with the same condition. 患有轻微认知能力缺失的女性病情恶化速

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By Paula Wolfson White House 16 July 2007 President Bush is making a new push for Middle East peace. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports he is calling for an international conference this year to move the peace process forward, and is

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The World Health Organization warns about two-million internally displaced people in Pakistan's Swat Valley are at increased risk of getting ill during the upcoming monsoon season. The World Health Organization said it may not be able to help all th

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