VOA标准英语2012--California's Silicon Beach Is Growing Hub for Tech Start-Ups

California's Silicon Beach Is Growing Hub for Tech Start-Ups On the west side of Los Angeles, people from around the world come for the beach, year-round sunshine and warm weather. This also is where Gregg Spiridellis and his brother operate the onli

VOA常速英语2018--美国中部“新硅谷”表现抢眼

Lets start with the numbers, technology companies here pumps 7.7 billion dollars into the citys economy and hire 75000 people. Job postings for emerging tech are up 40 percent over last year and unemployment is only 3 percent. No, this isnt Silicon V

VOA双语新闻：俄总统访奥巴马前先参观硅谷

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev will be in the United States in the next few days. His visit will focus on economic and trade matters. 俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫即将来美国访问，这次访问重点将集中在经济和贸易方面。 The

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By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 19 July 2007 Silicon Valley in northern California originally referred to the corporate homes of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers, and the high tech businesses in the San Francisco Bay area. Today that region i

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev uses a touch screen during a video-link at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow, 07 Jun 2010 US Defense Department Backs Quick Ratification of New START Treaty with Russia Russian President Dmitri Medvedev

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Bedouin Woman Runs Successful Business in Palestinian City 贝都因女人在巴勒斯坦成功经营企业 A Bedouin woman is breaking social taboos by running a successful vacation resort in the Palestinian town of Jericho. Bedouins are a sub-group

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LA's Silicon Beach: Upstart Rival to Famed Silicon Valley 洛杉矶硅谷海滩著名硅谷的潜在竞争对手 LOS ANGELES America's high tech industry is centered in California's Silicon Valley, a sprawling region on the San Francisco Bay that is

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Views Of Tech Turn Negative, Remorse Comes To Silicon Valley

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Facebook says that starting today it will begin sending a message to roughly 87 million people. These are people whose information may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica - the political data firm - without any consent. Dis

美国国家公共电台 NPR China Makes A Big Play In Silicon Valley

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: There is a trade war underway between the U.S. and China, and it is a big concern to the global economy. But there's another deeper rift brewing between Washington and Beijing. And that stems from China's effort to unseat t

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SouthAfrica is a country that always creates an impression. We know of its diversepopulation, the troubled history of apartheid, and its rebirth as a globaltravel destination. I've been a fan of this country for many years. Butthis is my chance to go

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And before that the arriver of the zolos had already caused the indigene sun prople to be driven out up into the high mountains. What I may look pretty into dominating, Casiru peak is actually a fairly where laid on mountain for walker, but it is a h

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I'll steadly wire my way up, the Mbambonja Valley. Day One finishes with the welcome site of Cathedral Peak Hotel by overnight spot. The next day my climb follows the traditional walker's route. After swinging around into a hidden valley, my walk ste

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All ready in my walk, I can see how changeable conditions here can be. A build-up of clouds often leads to thunderstorms in the afternoon, a bit of problems for walkers like me, but it does add us an air of mystery to the place. Did you know that, ap

英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非：喀拉哈里大沙漠—3

But today Riemvasmaak is fully restored -- an unlikely settlement with a famous past, and quite possibly, a future full of visitors like me. But before I head out into the green Kalahari, lets take an aerial look at the route Ive prepared. From the c

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In Love With Teen Lit: Remembering The 'Paperback Crush' Of The '80s And '90s AILSA CHANG, HOST: OK. If you were a preteen girl in the '80s or early '90s, chances are you spent endless hours like I did, devouring pastel-colored novels with picture-pe

VOA标准英语2011--Soaring Price of Used Grease Attracts Th

Soaring Price of Used Grease Attracts Thieves The high price of food and fuel has made a valuable commodity out of an unexpected resource: the price of used vegetable oil from restaurant fryers is so high that people are stealing it. Just ask grease

VOA双语新闻：美巴阿外长聚会华府审查南亚政策

The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan are scheduled to take part in the Obama administration's strategic review of South Asia policy here in Washington this week. The three-party talks come on the heels of a peace agreement between Islama

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Three men who damaged the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim were found not guilty last week. The jury took just two hours to decide they were not guilty. In April 2008, these three protesters attacked the Waihopai base. They waited until it was dark th

VOA双语新闻：巴基斯坦逮捕塔利班发言人

Pakistani military says it has arrested the spokesman for the Taliban in the restive Swat valley along with four other wanted terrorists. This is the first major arrest in the region since the government ordered a military offensive to regain control

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