Little Albert came home from school with a new book under his arm. It's a prize, mother, he explained. A prize? What for, dear? For natural history. Teacher asked me how many legs an ostrich has, and I said three. But an ostrich has only two legs. I

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Broadcast: May 9, 2003 By Caty Weaver This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Seven activists are this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Foundation awards. The winners received t

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. A group of students from Kenya was among winners of the 2017 Zayed Future Energy Prize. The 10-member team is receiving a $100,000 award to make their school a green energy institution. The Zay

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Sorghum is an important grain for Africa. Millions of Africans have more to eat because of Gebisa Ejeta. The Ethiopian scientist developed sorghum seeds that can resist long dry periods. The seeds

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By Greg Flakus Detroit 18 January 2008 At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, there are hundreds of new cars on display that achieve high fuel efficiency and reduce pollution. Also on hand are representatives of the priva

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The world's biggest humanitarian prize has been awarded to BRAC, the largest non-profit organization in the developing world. The 2008 Hilton Humanitarian Prize of $1.5 million honors BRAC, a Bangladeshi-based NGO, for its achievements in helping to

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 13 August 2007 A Senegalese non-profit group, which has fought against female genital mutilation for more than 15 years, has won a humanitarian prize of$1.5 million dollars. For VOA, Phuong Tran has more from Dakar. The non-profi

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英语俚语天天说 第87期: Ellen DeGeneres 在 Mark Twain Prize 颁奖礼上的演讲

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I wonder why the Nobel Prize is so famous. Sure, the people who win it are very clever, but theyre not really superstars. Ive usually heard of the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize because theyre always in the news. But have you ever heard of the Nobel

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THIS IS AMERICA - Pulitzer Prizes By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, April 19, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - World Food Prize Winners By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists from China and Sierra L

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Nobel Prize in Physics The 2009 Nobel Prize in physics goes to Charles Kao of Standard Communications Labs in England and the Chinese University of Hong Kong for the invention of practical optical fiber communication, and George Smith and Willard Boy

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ENVIRONMENT REPORT-May 3, 2002: Goldman Environmental Prize This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Eight environmental activists from around the world have been awarded the Goldman Enviro

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The Swedish Academy awarded one of Swedens most famous living poets, Tomas Transtr?mer, the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday - making him the first Swede in nearly 40 years to win the award. The Nobel prize in literature for 2011 is awarde

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Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims share the 2011 Nobel prize in economics for providing ways to understand the impact of policy changes on the economy. The prize is based on old research that is of great interest in the current global fin

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Three European scientists who discovered the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer shared this year's Nobel prize for medicine. Lisa Bryant has more on the prestigious award for VOA from Paris. French scientists Luc Montagnier (file photo) The Nob

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By Kevin Billinghurst Stockholm 11 October 2007 In Stockholm, the Swedish Academy has chosen the British author Doris Lessing for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Kevin Billinghurst is in the Swedish capital. The selection of Doris Lessing for a N

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China's Mo says his Nobel Prize a victory of literature GAOMI, Shandong, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan on Friday said his prize was a victory of literature, but not a victory of political correctness. Speaking in his hometo

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CANNES, France, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican drama Despues de Lucia has won the top prize of the 65th Cannes film festival's new talent section, or the Un Certain Regard, as the world's top movie showcase is set to close on Sunday. The jury of the

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The world's top honor in food and agriculture this year goes to two former presidents who led dramatic reductions in hunger and poverty in their countries in the past decade. Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor and Brazilian President Luis Inacio L

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