Earth and Sky:By Lisa Bryant Paris

Paris Conference to Discuss Climate Change, Rising Oceans Some of the world's leading experts on oceans and climate change are meeting in Paris this week to discuss why oceans are rising, and where to channel scarce research funds to study the pheno

Children at US School Show Their Support for Victims in Japa

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Cranes are large birds with long legs and necks. In Japan and other East Asian cultures, they represent luck and long life. Japanese tradition says a person who folds one thousand paper cranes gets th

兰色的爱love is blue--page

Love Is Blue 歌手：Lemon Tree Love Is Blue Blue, blue my world is blue Blue is my world now I m without you Grey, grey my life is grey Cold is my heart since you went away Red, red my eyes are red Crying for you alone in my bed Green, green my jealo

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说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 kyat [ kjB:t ] Kyat is a basic unit o

VOA标准英语2010年-Iranian Leaders React to Increasing Pa

Iran is reacting to the increasing pain of economic sanctions. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is urging greater efficiency and motivation, and Iran's vice president is threatening to stop doing business in dollars and euros. As new U.S. and U.

VOA标准英语2012--PACs Boosted by Supreme Court Ruling

PACs Boosted by Supreme Court Ruling The contest for control of the White House is not limited to just the presidential candidates' own campaigns. There are also outside groups that want to affect the results of the election. And in the 2012 presiden

VOA标准英语2010-Pakistan's National Airline Deals with Pa

Sean Maroney | Islamabad 23 April 2010 Officials with Pakistan's national airline, PIA, say they are working to overcome a backlog of thousands of passengers delayed since a cloud of volcanic ash closed much of the airspace across Europe. Manzoor Hus

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Unveils Strategy for Afghanistan, Pa

President Barack Obama has announced his plan to send about 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and increase diplomacy with Pakistan. He said his strategy has a clear and focused goal. Pres. Obama, flanked by Sec. of State Clinton, Defense Sec. Ga

VOA标准英语--Asian Government Subsidies Ease Inflation Pa

Consumer prices are rapidly rising in Asia, and many people are trying to stretch their budgets. As governments are giving out cash and increasing subsidies on fuel and staple goods to soften the blow on consumers. In Thailand, food vendors say infla

VOA双语新闻 Bush, Kerry Campaign Following Debate

President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are back on the campaign trail after their second debate Friday evening. 在星期五晚上举行第二次辩论后，布什总统和民主党总统候选人克里又重新回到竞选旅途中。 P

VOA双语新闻 Iraqi Political Leaders Plan to Re-Convene Pa

Negotiators for the major political groups in Iraq say they plan to reopen the Iraqi parliament by Tuesday and announce the new government's top leaders. Negotiators are trying to include as many groups as possible in the new government, but they are

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Finding could lead to more effective, longer-lasting pain treatment Faith Lapidus | Washington, DC 07 June 2010 Researchers are closer to unlocking the mysteries of acupuncture, learning more about why the ancient Chinese needle treatment eases pain.

epilepsy drug Topamax increases risk for oral birth defects

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Xinhua) -- New data suggest that the epilepsy drug Topamax (topiramate) and its generic versions increase the risk for the birth defects cleft lip(兔唇) and cleft palate in babies born to women who use the medication during pre

2007年VOA标准英语-Keep What You Find at the Crater of Diamonds Pa

By Yi Suli Murfreesboro, Arkansas 13 February 2007 watch Crater of Diamond report Each year thousands of visitors go to a small town in rural Arkansas in search of diamonds. The Crater Diamonds Park claims that it is the world's only diamond site wh

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Paua poachers are fish thieves, says the Ministry of Fishing. They steal paua which should belong to everyone. Paua are shell fish which are called abalone in the US. You find them on rocks all around New Zealand, at low tide, usually in water just a

VOA标准英语2010年-Iranian Scientist Said to Request Repa

An Internet video supposedly showing missing Iranian nuclear physicist Shahram Amiri Share This A man who Iran claims is a missing nuclear scientist has turned up at the Iranian interests section of the Pakistani embassy in Washington. Pakistani fore

VOA标准英语2010年-Pentagon Intelligence Chief Urges Paki

The top US defense intelligence officer says it is not clear how successful Pakistan's military operations have been in reducing the Taliban threat to US and NATO troops. The chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency tells VOA the Pakistani army shoul

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3 A.M. and my neighbors hate me 凌晨三点 有点扰民的我 Music blasting shaking these walls 音乐声震耳欲聋 This time Mary Jane won't save me 这次连Mary Jane也救不了我 I've been working later I've been drinking stronger 工作至深

英文歌曲天天唱：Its Not Goodbye - Laura Pausini

Now what if I never kiss your lips again 如果我现在无法再吻你 Or feel the touch of your sweet embrace. 或无法感受你甜蜜的拥抱 How would I ever go on?, 那我要如何活下去 Without you there's no place to belong 没有你 没有

学个词Learn a Word 第589期 Campaign

今天我们要学的词是campaign。 Campaign, 有选战的意思。美国总统大选虽然已经结束，但是 The 2008 presidential campaigns will certainly be discussed for years to come, 2008年总统选举在今后很多年里依然会是人们