Many British 70-74-year-olds are working. Around 10% of them work. This is the highest figure ever. Over 250,000 have jobs. In 2005, it was just 100,000. People are retiring later because pensions are more difficult to live on. Many people cannot ret

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[00:00.00] 6. We're older than he is [00:07.60]A. Let's read [00:11.76]1.Anne and Peter were at the beach. [00:17.19]Ken was in the water alone. [00:21.45]A huge wave came towards him. [00:26.10]It was bigger than Ken [00:29.86]2.Crash! Ken was under

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AS IT IS 2013-12-16 UN: Little Progress In Reducing AIDS In Asia 联合国称呼减少艾滋病工作在亚洲进展甚微 Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we report

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THIS IS AMERICA - In the United States, Some Companies Provide After-School Programs for Children of Employees By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Monday, April 04, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to This is A

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My new love is you see Tied to the dock and waits for me Older than it appears to be Saving one last trip for me Roughly treated with a broken pole For love only it's been sold Saw the leak under the surface and Said hold on we will sail again I'm re

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Social Security, Part 2 By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, February 04, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Economics Report. One out of six Americans receive money fro

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AS IT IS - Issues affecting the elderly and those who care for them This is AS IT IS. Hello, Im Caty Weaver. On the show today, we discuss issues affecting the elderly and those who care for them. We start with a report from Karen Leggett about a Bri

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AS IT IS 2015-03-13 Older Ukrainians Threatened by War with Russia 乌克兰老人受到战争威胁 Old people in eastern Ukraine are suffering from the conflict between government forces and Russian-supported rebels. The United Nations estimates 60

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've all heard that old advice to writers - that you're supposed to write what you know. Well, by the time people are in their 70s, 80s or even 90s, they know a whole lot, and they're often eager to express it, either in writing

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The older we get, the faster time goes: the only way to slow it down is to be grateful for each moment. 年龄越大,时间走得越快。 放慢时间的唯一方法就是感激每一刻。

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Nothing fits like an old shoe -- especially if that shoe walked the earth five thousand five hundred years ago. Researchers in Armenia found the world's oldest leather shoe, and they say it was in surprisingly good condition. Doctoral student Diana Z

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? If you answered more happy, then you were right, based on a study in 2008. It found that people generally become happier

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HEALTH REPORT - PSA Levels and Prostate Cancer By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Many older men are tested each year for cancer of th

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HEALTH REPORT - Prostate Cancer: What It Is and How Doctors Treat It By Caty Weaver Broadcast: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. A listener in Vietna

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今天我们要学的词是bedrock。 Bedrock, 是基础、基石的意思。Middle-class families and older Americans are the bedrock of support for Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, 中产阶级家庭和老年人是民主党总统参

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Clothes: u like what clothes? Clothes aren't only used to keep us warm. It has become a important part ofmodern civilization. Different nations have different styles clothes. Anddifferent styles cloth

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世界杯可口可乐wavin flag 《旗帜飘扬》 Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher 给我希望,给我力量,给我目标,飞向更高。 See the champions, take the field now, unify us, make us feel proud 看那奖杯

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At the opposite extreme 在对待老人的另一个极端 in treatment of the elderly, the happy extreme, 这个快乐的极端, are the New Guinea farming societies 是在新几内亚的农耕社会 where I've been doing my fieldwork for the past

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未来闪影第二集悲伤插曲:Nick Drake - Place To Be 美国ABC电视台金秋热门美剧《未来闪影》FlashForward第二集中的片尾曲选用了英国民谣歌手Nick Drake的一首舒缓歌曲《Place To Be》。 Artist:Nick Drake

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Scientists conducted a range of cognitive tests with older adults in their 60s and 70s. They then chose two smaller groups from those subjectsthose who performed high on the tests, and those who performed low. The scientists administered two of the s

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