Racial profiling or good police work, thats the basic debate in Arizona over controversial new immigration bill, a protest caravan n. 旅行队;大篷车 on the way to Phoenix from L.A, illustrating how the local issue is fanning flames across the

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ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Lots of people have a favorite city. Maybe it is the city where they were born, or the place of their happiest memories. Or maybe it is just a place they would like to call home. Today, we

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A: I would like to book a flight. B:I can help you with that. Where are you traveling to? A: I am traveling to Singapore. B: What date will you be traveling? A: I want to fly on June 14th. B: Do you want to fly out of Los Angeles International or Bur

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A: I would like to book a flight. B: I can help you with that. Where are you traveling to? A: I am traveling to Singapore. B: What date will you be traveling? A: I want to fly on June 14th. B: Do you want to fly out of Los Angeles International or Bu

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THIS IS AMERICA -December 9, 2002: Songs About American Cities By Shelley Gollust (Theme) VOICE 1: Most Americans have a city they like best. It may be the city they were born in. It may be the city t

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Murals Add Color and Character to Los Angeles 洛杉矶的壁画 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. On the show today, we play new music from country star Keith Urban. We also roll down some old train tracks in Misso

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People sell goods and food on the streets of many American cities, often without permits. Many of these sellers are immigrants, and some are in the United States without government permission. Street vending is illegal in Los Angeles, California. Peo

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- San Antonio Spurs' French star Tony Parker scored 31 points in 28 minutes with seven assists and zero turnover, lifting the team to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 116-90 for their fifth straight victory on Thursday. Th

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Former Democratic Congressman Bill Jefferson was convicted today on 11 felony counts, including charges of taking bribes. NPR's Peter Overby has details. A jury at Federal District Court in Alexandria, Virginia returned a verdict after nearly four d

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AS IT IS 2014-11-20 A Los Angeles Christmas 洛杉矶的圣诞节 The end of December is a time when many Americans are thinking about snow and cold weather. Yet the city of Los Angeles, California is almost always warm and sunny, even during the win

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April 8th, 2005. At the Vatican, world leaders join pilgrims in Roman Catholic clergy in St. Peter Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. 1973. Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century dies at his home in France at age 91.

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April 8th, 2005. At the Vatican, world leaders join pilgrims in Roman Catholic clergy in St. Peter Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. 1973. Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century dies at his home in France at age 91.

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April 8th, 2005. At the Vatican, world leaders join pilgrims in Roman Catholic clergy in St. Peter Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. 1973. Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century dies at his home in France at age 91.

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THIS IS AMERICA - Investigative Reporting Earns Several Honors Among This Year's Pulitzer Prizes By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, April 18, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VO

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Japan is the United States' fourth-largest trading(贸易) partner, and trade had increased the first two months of this year -- before the earthquake and tsunami. Now the two busiest container ports in the United States are seeing the effects of

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Actress Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for Silver Linings Playbook at the 70th annual Golden Globes Awards ceremony which is taking place at the Beverly Hilton in Hollywood, California S

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LOS ANGELES, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor, who was widely considered as of the great actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age, passed away in Los Angeles early Wednesday. She was 79. The glamorous(迷人的) queen of American

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今天我们要学的词是traffic。 Traffic 是交通、路况的意思。在美国,开车上班最让人头痛的就是 traffic. 专门报告路况的记者是 traffic reporter, 上班时段的路况是 rush-hour traffic,正好赶上塞车是

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THE object in question is really just a very large granite boulder. It weighs 340 tons and is the size of a house. It sat unappreciated in a California quarry until Michael Heizer, an artist, spotted it. He decided to haul the rock to a museum in Los

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss died of cancer at age 80 on Monday. The NBA has lost a visionary owner whose influence on our league is incalculable and will be felt for decades to come, NBA commissioner David Ste

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