I arrived in America one sunny morning. But I did not feel I was here yet. Flying on an airplane from Lagos, Nigeria to New York City, to Los Angeles, California did not carry my mind with me right away. I had to catch up with my body. The United St

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1. Hurricane Dolly has left behind muddy waters and downed power lines. But residents in south Texas are thankful the storm did not pack more of a wallop. Early damage estimates put losses at 750 million dollars. 2. Barack Obama draws more than 200,

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1. Mindy McCready's ex-boyfriend says she threatened to kill herself earlier this month after she lost custody of her sons, but was somehow released from rehab. he said it was a big mistake to allow McCreedy to leave. 2. Los Angeles Lakers' owner Jer

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This is AP News Minute. An Afghan official says that 14 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near Kabul's airport. The attack happened shortly after the country's controversial First Vice President landed on his return from abroad. Author

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DOUG JOHNSON: Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to music from the soundtrack of Eclipse, the latest film in the Twilight series. We also answer a question about a famous former soccer player. But first we go to a sports bar in Washington for the final

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08 Telling People Where Youre From GLOSSARY from around here from the local area; born in the surrounding area; born inthis town or city * Ive lived here most of my adult life, but Im not from around here. originally from referring to the place where

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Former captain of the English national football team David Beckham is moving to Los Angeles this summer to play with the LA Galaxy team in the United States Major League Soccer league. As the biggest star ever to play in this league, the 31-year-old

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Larry's Lawn Chair Ride 梦想起飞,别一飞冲天 Larry Walters boyhood dream was not an unusual one: He wanted to fly. What was unusual, though, was the way he fulfilled it. After finishing school, Larry joined the U.S. Air Force, but was rejec

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David Beckham moved to Beverly Hills in 2007 with his wife Victoria and their three sons, and the soccer star has no plans to move back to the UK. 万人迷大卫-贝克汉姆在2007年拖家带口,搬到了美国好莱坞的贝弗利山庄,转眼三

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1. President Barack Obama has proposed sweeping changes to the way the nation's financial system is regulated. He says the current system is unprepared for the crisis that swept the nation and the world. He wants to give the Fed more authority and c

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1. A group of passengers trying to use their cell phones while their plane was rolling down the runway at Amsterdam caused the crew to turn the plane around. The passengers were seen passing cell phon

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1. Former US Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania has died. The Republican-turned-Democrat, who played a key role in many Supreme Court nominations, was 82. Specter died Sunday morning from complications of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. 2. Extreme athlete

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More than a dozen xx reported in Ferguson Missouri on Monday night. Protestors attempted to block the street. It was a force-stricken night of protest marking one year since the police shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Japan restarted a nu

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Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for Los Angeles 词汇典故:洛杉矶别名 Now the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 A nickname is a shortened form of a person's name. A

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Technology Report - Navigation App Helps Predict Traffic Conditions 科技报道 - 可以预测交通状况的导航应用程序 From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: The 1990s STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we take a look at life in the United States during the last decad

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AS IT IS 2014-08-22 US, Japan to Connect with Fiber-Optic Cable 美国与日本建设更快的链接光纤 Work will begin immediately on a new fiber-optic cable between the United States and Japan. The $300 million project, called FASTER, is to be f

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 26 April 2006 President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic says he is worried by European state intervention in the economy. Mr. Klaus, an economist by training, told a

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Former sports star Brian Taylor has taken a message of hard work that he learned on the basketball court to the inner city classroom. In this week's installment of Making a Difference we introduce you to Taylor, who was a top basketball player at Pri

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Author Lisa See takes readers on turbulent journey from China torn by war in 1930s to Los Angeles' Chinatown Mike O'Sullivan | Los Angeles 15 April 2010 Author Lisa See In her novel Shanghai Girls, author Lisa See takes readers on a turbulent journey

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