Why I had to help my sister in suicide A man who comforted his terminally ill sister while she attempted to commit suicide will not face charges . Graham Lawson faced the possibility of 14 years in jail because he watched his 48-year-old sister Sue .

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(145) / 评论(0) 分类 听美文故事记6级单词

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Increasingly, the VA and other organizations are recognizing that women leaving military service have unique needs which aren't being met. Here's one telling statistic. Female veterans are nearly 2 1/2 times more likely than civi

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This is What's Trending Today. 这里是今日热点。 Chris Cornell, the lead singer of Soundgarden, died Wednesday night. He was 52 years old. 周三晚间,声音花园乐队主唱克里斯康奈尔(Chris Cornell)突然离世,享年52岁。

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(五)月

New Zealand has rejected a Federal Government proposal to take some of the asylum seekers from an Australian Customs ship. The proposal is part of the governments plan to try to resolve the standoff involving 78 asylum seekers on the Oceanic Viking.

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1. People around the world rang in the New Year with cheers and smiles, and events ranging from New Yorks dropping ball, to Atlantas dropping a peach, and Key Wests dropping Drag Queen. 2. The US Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of the part of t

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(一)月

South Korea Tries New Approach to Reduce Suicides It only took a single generation for the country to go from an impoverished nation to one of the worlds top economies. It is a fast-paced society, where people have a hard time slowing down. Some obse

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十月)

Topic1-Pregnant woman commits suicide after family allegedly refuses to let her have C-section The tragedy happened in Yulin, Shaanxi Province. A young pregnant woman committed suicide by jumping off the 5th floor of a maternity ward after her reques

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下午3点,阿美和古奇都感到有些饥饿,古奇是个很时尚很西化的女孩,又爱吃巧克力,于是就建议阿美两人去吃巧克力火锅。巧克力火锅?感觉很诱人哦! Listen Read Learn Gucci:Hey,I'm starving. I can eat a horse. May: May it be a chocolate horse. Waitress: Can

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美国全国公共广播电台:一直以来男人选择自杀的几率都大于女人.如今,一群新的自杀高危人群出现了-那就是中年男人. 中年男性成为自杀高危人群 NPR News: Men have historically been more likely to commi

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Designer Kate Spade Found Dead From Apparent Suicide American fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead Tuesday in her New York City home. Police said the cause of death appears to be suicide by hanging. Spade was 55. Police said a housekeeper disco

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(六)月

美联社,新闻一分钟,NASA,shuttle,Columbia,1. NASA call s off Wednesday's launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a faulty fuel-tank sensor , delaying America's first manned space shuttle since the Columbia disaster 2 and a half years ago

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1. A curfew was in effect in Baghdad after a deadly attack left more than 150 people dead. Suicide car bombers exploded devices in the Sadr City neighborhood. Police say Sunni militants are to blame.

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Police say Kansas city chiefs Land backer Jill Billt has failedly shot his girlfriend early Saturday, he then drove to Aeroheads stadium commits suicide, and found by his coach and general manager, used to be a force player. Two people were killed in

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(十二月)

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In Russia this week, a series of suicide bombings increased concerns about terrorism. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev made a surprise visit Thursday to the North Caucasus. He called for more severe measur

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(四)月

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. This Friday is World Suicide Prevention Day. This year's observance is meant to bring attention to the differences among suicidal individuals and their situations around the world. But the organizers als

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More People Die from Suicide than Wars, Disasters 每年自杀人数超过战争和灾难遇难人数 Every year more than 800,000 people die by killing themselves, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO is launching its first global rep

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(九)月

In the United States someone attempts suicide every minute. In a single day roughly eighty Americans kill themselves. What compels so many people to end their lives prematurely? Countless elements factor into the fatal decision that leads to suicide.

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By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 28 December 2007 The death of one of the most liberal figures in Pakistani politics ends a turbulent year for one of the U.S.' staunchest allies in the war on terrorism. It could also mark the beginning of another tumultuous ye

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The village is like so many others across Iraq, the place of planting and harvesting, but Bashia has lost its people. Now Kurdish snipers watch for the ISIS fighters who've taken over Bashia. 这个村庄跟其他围绕伊拉克周围的村庄没有什

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Topics: It's a Wonderful Life; Cape Cod; backward versus backwards; to agree with versus to agree to versus to agree on; howdy Words: unselfishness fraud to take (one's) anger out on (someone) to commit suicide guardian angel inspirational cape year-

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