VOA美语咖啡屋 Lesson 74:Sandy, Women Running for Office Y: 各位听众好,欢迎到美语咖啡屋。我是杨晨。 J: Hello I'm Jody and welcome to American Cafe. Hey Yang Chen, you seem pretty deep in thought today. Y: 我这几天一直琢

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By David McAlary A new U.S. study highlights more negative health effects women might suffer if they take hormone supplements to combat the symptoms of aging. We know that taking the female hormones e

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More Women Starting Businesses in US A few decades ago, this truck would likely have belonged to a company owned by a man. But it actually belongs to Barbara Ayers. She is president and CEO of Apple Transfer, based in Fredericksburg, Virginia, which

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Colin Lowther. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 It is 1912, in the United States

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US Aims to Empower World's Women Farmers Women face a number of obstacles that men do not. They tend to own less land and have fewer rights to that land. They have less access to credit and training. And they have less input in decision-making. With

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The United Nations chose the theme of women and science education for this year's International Women's Day to highlight the gender gap in many parts of the world between the number of men and women scientists. Yanti, a scientist developing new chemi

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Women Soldiers Pay Price on Front Lines When it comes to fighting on the front lines, Army Staff Sergeant Cassandra Partee has been there and done that. Her first deployment was to Iraq as part of an artillery unit eight years ago. We would go out on

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Pakistan Looks to Women to Boost Voter Participation Badam Zari is making history by running for parliament from Pakistan's conservative and Taliban-dominated tribal belt. I made this decision to serve and help our sisters and mothers in the area. Ou

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Study Finds More Women in Independent Films Ava DuVernay loves making movies, especially from the perspective of a black woman. She has directed three documentaries and two features also known as narrative films, all independently produced. She says

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Cleveland Women's Escape From Long Captivity Unprecedented The news that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight were alive and free - after being kidnapped a decade ago - sparked celebrations in their home town. Robert Lowery, with the Nation

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NOEL KING, HOST: Voters in the U.S. have not always seen women and men as equals in politics. Research has shown that women running for office have to work extra hard to be seen as likable and to prove their qualifications. But in a year when women a

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Doctoral Student Compiles Database Of Indigenous Women Who've Gone Missing SCOTT SIMON, HOST: As many as 300 Indigenous women go missing under suspicious circumstances every year in Canada and the U.S. We don't know the exact number because no one ha

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. Over the years, hundreds of people left the U.S. to go fight with ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Only 14 of them came back. Two of them are women with extraordinary and similar stories. Both say their husbands forced them to

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Another Drug Crisis: Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant Women AILSA CHANG, HOST: A new study published today finds that a growing number of women in recent years have been using amphetamines like crystal meth during their pregnancy. The rates of use hav

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By Carol Pearson Washington 31 October 2007 A group of nutritionists and doctors recommend that pregnant and breast feeding women eat at least three servings of fish and other seafood per week. The recommendations are the opposite of what the U.S. F

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Indias Red Brigade Hits Back at Attackers of Women LUCKNOW, INDIA In a dusty neighborhood in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, Usha Vishwakarma readies her army of young women for battle. Standing on her doorstep, she leads the teenagers in martia

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By Jim Stevenson Chengdu, China 11 September 2007 A wet field and steady rain made playing conditions difficult as the top-ranked United States and North Korea played at the Women's World Cup in China. But as VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Chengdu,

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Afghan Women Use Boxing to Fight Stereotypes During the Taliban's oppressive rule in the 1990s, Afghan women were stripped of most of their rights. Women were not allowed to work or get an education, much less take part in sports. Now, more than a de

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Women in Jazz Festival Features Lundy, Carrington Lundy was introduced to the piano at age six, sang in her church choir, and studied opera at the University of Miami before embarking on a career as a jazz vocalist. She is also an accomplished compos

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: I was on assignment in San Francisco recently, and it involved some food tasting. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: So this is Chef Crenn's brioche served with a little bit of cultured butter and sea salt. It's her grandmother's recipe. What's

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