Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the

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US Drought Linked to Climate Change Parched earth In Texas, the earth is parched. Rivers have dried up, and pasture land has turned brown from the heat. Its been this way since January 2011. The southwestern state is the fourth largest producer of ri

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Online Classes May Force Changes at Universities This is pretty amazing, said the University of Virginia's David Evans, teaching an online introduction to Computer Science. Online classes are now taught by many top universities and offer everything f

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为了参加政府举办的风俗文化节,雪莉和好朋友简商量着社区该出个什么样的传统表演节目,一起来看看吧! Listen Read Learn Jane: The government is going to organize a folk-custom activity at the end of the month. And our community is supposed to put on a pe

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George Gershwin: More of the Life and Music of One of America's Great Songwriters Written by - Shelley Gollust (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we continue our rep

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Giving the wrong change 找错钱 The casher short change me 100$. 收银员少找我100美元 I didn't find the situation until I got home. 我直到回家才发现这个情况 I went back to the store quickly for telling the casher. 我急忙赶回商

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James Q. Wilson Changes Policing in America Welcome to This Is America with VOA Learning English. Today, we are talking about political and social scientist James Q. Wilson. Wilson was interested in a great many subjects. But he was best known for hi

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Agriculture Report - Study Links Climate Change to Changes in Crop Yields This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A new study says climate change has reduced the world's wheat and maize production. The study says rice and soybean yields h

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Global Warming Could Delay Next Ice Age The next ice age could be delayed by tens of thousands of years due to excessive amounts of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which disrupts Earths natural cycle of warming and cooling, according

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Somalis in US Optimistic About Changes Back Home After taking office this week, Mohamud said he is ready to lead. The former professor and longtime civil society activist defeated incumbent Sharif Sheikh Ahmed by a legislative vote of 190 to 79 votes

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PursuingAcademicAdequacyinCollege College students are back in class across America. But not all of their courses involve the rigor of, say, paleontology or advanced calculus. Every American college has what are called gut courses. Theyre ones in whi

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Papua New Guinea, with one of the world's highest rates of new HIV infections, has made gains in reducing the spread of AIDS. However, AIDS advocates and counselors, meeting at a UNAIDS conference in Bangkok, say changing male behaviors and ensuring

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Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Algeria's capital and other main cities demanding the government's ouster, mirroring protests in fellow North African countries Egypt and Tunisia. A day after pro-democracy protesters drove Egypt's longt

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Jaime: I dont know whats wrong with Liam lately. The guy is short-tempered and jumps down my throat about every little thing. Debra: [laughs] Jaime: Whats so funny? Debra: I have a feeling that hes not getting enough sleep. Jaime: You dont mean you a

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The TransAsia crash is Taiwans first deadly civil aviation accident in more than 10 years. It left 48 people dead. And their grieving relatives gathered at a funeral home on Penghu island on Friday to mourn their loved ones. Full story Rescue and rec

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By Cynthia Kirk ENVIRONMENT REPORT - April 26, 2002: Arctic Refuge Drilling This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. The Democratic-controlled United States Senate has voted to block explor

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - November 12, 2002: Oldest Evidence of Jesus? / Mapping Genes that Cause Disease / 2002 World Health Report VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with

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全世界的父母都会对自己的孩子宠爱有加,甚至有些会越俎代庖替孩子处理很多事务。为了让新生尽快开始独立生活,美国一所大学特意为他们举办了一个正式的父母告别仪式,仪式结束后,

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By Noelle Esquire New York 16 February 2006 George Washington is celebrated February as the first president of the United States, and a leader of the U.S. Revolutionary War. The Morris-Jumel Mansion i

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In Colorado, Solar Industry Faces Challenges Colorado's San Luis Valley, an alpine desert, is rapidly becoming a leading producer of solar energy in the United States. The sun shines more than 340 days a year in the San Luis Valley. So the solar indu

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