Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of witheri

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US Libraries Launch Ad Campaign to Boost Image, Funding Public libraries are an integral part of American communities - offering not just books, but free Internet access, programs for toddlers and teens, meeting rooms for local organizations, and mor

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'Play Lady' Encourages Everyone to Play On a recent Sunday afternoon, a street in a neighborhood outside Washington has been closed to traffic and transformed into a playground. Children and adults of all ages came outside. That is my exercise. It is

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-When is the last time you wore jeans? When I, when you were here last, you said, I said what do you sleep in. I said you are on pajamas. And you said you sleep in whatever youre wearing. -I very often, its very, its very funny. -Like you sleep in th

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AS IT IS 2013-07-22 Apps for Apes: Orangutans Love the iPad Hello, and welcome to As It Is, our daily magazine show for people learning American English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we visit with some apes who really li

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The head of Britain's Secret Service, John Sawers, said torture is abhorrent and Britain has nothing to do with it. It was the first time a sitting head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service - known as MI6 - has made a public speech. John Sawers t

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A: Would you like some more coffee? B: No thanks. I'm full. We need to find our waitress and get our bill. A: Good luck finding the waitress! B: The service this evening has kind of sucked. Is that our server over there? A: I'll go get the check, sin

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Alzheimer's disease or AD is an illness that seriously affects senior citizens. It causes memory loss, and patients may even gradually lose some of their basic physical abilities. But now researchers in the U.S. are using technology to reduce memory

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Romance, betrayal, intrigue and tragedy the making of a fascinating novel are all there in The Gadfly. Ethel Voynich's first novel, The Gadfly came out in 1897 and became one of the most widely read books of the 20th century. We join the story in th

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Brent was at the stop light. His car radio was on. The music was very loud. Brent liked to listen to loud music in his car. A police car pulled up next to Brent. The policeman looked at Brent. He shouted, Pull over to the side of the road. Brent said

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Jim Malone The U.S. presidential election may be six and one-half months away, but the Kerry and Bush campaigns are already hitting the television airwaves with a barrage of advertisements normally re

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Uh, oh damn Uh, uh, oh damn (It's Clean Bandit) 洁匪驾到 With Charli XCX and Bhad Bhabie, bitch! 还有酷娃恰莉和Bhad Bhabie Had a lover undercover, kept it on the low 有一个秘密情人一直以来行为低调 Said that you meant nothing

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王菲PK Sinad OConnor(Thank You For Hearing Me) Artist:Faye Wong Song:Thank you for hearing me thank you for hearing me thank you for hearing me thank you for hearing me thank you for hearing me thank you for loving me thank you for loving me th

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EXPLORATIONS – May 29, 2002: Silk Road Folklife Festival By Marilyn Christiano VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATION

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Zimbabwe to Award 2 Commercial Radio Licenses The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Authority has held the first of four public hearings to scrutinize applications for two commercial radio licenses. But there are concerns the licenses have already been awarded t

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My friend and I were at a restaurant waiting for our dates to arrive. We sat at the bar and tried to get the bartender's attention to order a couple of drinks. My friend, Tanya, is very pretty. She is always being hit on by men. So, it was no surpris

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Whats that smell, Nadine wondered. She had bought a big piece of pork from the market four hours ago. As always, she smelled the pork after the butcher handed it to her. It had smelled fine. But now, it didn't. She cut into the other side of the pork

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Todd: So Tres, you said when you were younger, you took many family car trips. Tres: Oh yes. You can say I grew up in the car. Wed take road trips from Oklahoma (state of Oklahoma) to say Florida or Georgia, Mississippi. Wed even drive up north to Ne

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Alzheimer's disease or AD is an illness that seriously affects senior citizens. It causes memory loss, and patients may even gradually lose some of their basic physical abilities. But now researchers in the U.S. are using technology to reduce memory

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Unit 1 Good Fortune, Bad Fortune 单元1 好运和霉运 A frog goes to have his fortune told. 有只青蛙跑去算命。 The fortuneteller looks at his little webbed palm and says, Aha! You're about to meet a beautiful young lady who is going to wa

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