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Today's topics: Lunar New Year, British English, Quincenera, Schools in the US, Well, Good, and Bad, Effect versus Affect, Maybe versus Perhaps. Words: Sweet 16 Latino Dropout Grade School Tuition Kindergarten Diploma Tracking Electives

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Topics: Bestselling books in the U.S., Thanksgiving traditions, to figure out, pronouncing can vs. cant Words: bestseller hardcover/softcover Rise and shine! womens shelter engrossing family dynamics prose top-notch mob/Mafia jury naughty hyperactive

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Topics: How to work in the United States, interracial dating and marriage, to lean on someones shoulder, pronouncing math expressions, rather Words: interracial trend 1.5 generation disparity green card certify lottery dependent spouse refugee alien

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Topics: Elections in the U.S., to prove someone wrong, effect vs. affect, to wait on someone vs. to wait for someone, big vs. large, Im fine vs. Im good vs. Im well Words: primary election to take office legislative midterm elections term of office t

美语听力 English Cafe 58

Topics: Table manners in the U.S., Washington, D.C., easygoing, down to earth, to put someone in harms way, to take a shot at someone, inquiry Words: to say grace forearm napkin lap to slurp to burp to chew delicious mayor judicial veteran easygoing

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Topics: Singing in the Rain; the Federal Reserve; among versus between; of no use Words: musical silent film talking picture leading lady to dub exclusive branch board of directors turbulent to stave off criticism accountability among between of no u

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Topics: The Grand Canyon; Famous Americans: Georgia OKeefe; shanty versus apartment versus tenement; alert the media; now what? Words: canyon steep to erode outdoorsman livestock grazing sightseeing boundary discouraged exhibit magnifying glass lands

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Topics: Psycho and Alfred Hitchcock; The Gettysburg Address; to get the most out of versus to take advantage of; who versus whom; status quo Words: thriller to adapt proprietor swamp to trace turning point cemetery dedication to keep (ones) spirits u

VOA标准英语2012--Somalis Flee Fighting Near Afgooye Corridor

Somalis Flee Fighting Near Afgooye Corridor In Somalia, thousands of already displaced people are fleeing new fighting northwest of Mogadishu. Many are heading for the capital where humanitarian agencies are setting up emergency relief operations. U.

VOA标准英语2008年-Militants' Attacks Highlight Violence Along Afg

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 22 January 2008 Islamic militants attacked and killed five Pakistani soldiers in the country's tribal mountainous region near the border with Afghanistan as analysts say the al-Qaida-linked fighters appear to be gain

VOA标准英语10月-Australia to Investigate Deaths of Rejected Afgha

The Australian government is investigating reports that the Taliban killed up to 20 Afghans who were denied asylum in Australia and sent back to Afghanistan. They allegedly were among 400 asylum seekers denied entry into Australia by the former gove

VOA标准英语2010年-Explorer Retains Deep Dive Record Afte

Still exploring after 50 years, Donald Walsh is shown here at the North Pole. Donald Walsh grew up near San Francisco in the 1930s. Among his earliest memories is the mega-construction project he saw from his home in the Berkeley hills. Namely, the G

VOA标准英语2011--New Malaria Vaccine Passes Safety Test

New Malaria Vaccine Passes Safety Test The fight against malaria may have taken a promising step forward with the latest tests of a new kind of vaccine, which aims to keep people healthy and prevent the infection from spreading. Most malaria vaccines

VOA标准英语2011--Better Labs, Better Health Care in Afric

A new organization aims to sharply improve the quality of African laboratories, allowing health professionals to better track, treat and test for diseases. It's called the African Society for Laboratory Medicine, or ASLM. A new organization aims to s

VOA标准英语2010年-Farmers Say Climate Change Already Aff

Scientists around the world predict that climate change will have dramatic effects on agriculture in the coming decades. So, too, will pests and pesticides, the loss of species and the need to increase food production for a growing population. Resear

美语听力 English Cafe 256

Topics: Ask an American: Chocolate; dispute versus disagreement versus conflict; using times in comparing amounts; use of infinitive to phrases as adjective, adverb, or noun Words: comfort food to melt in (ones) mouth sensation hot off the presses to

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Topics: Ask an American: Obsolete; regarding versus concerning versus as for; can't be bothered; How you doing? Words: block soundtrack to tote ghetto blaster forefinger knob cultural reference next door otherwise to Tweet terse to water down regardi

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Topics: United States Postal Service, summer camp, whereas vs. but, RSVP (again), to be unable to make heads or tails of something Words: mail carrier mailbox FedEx parcel summer camp camper campfire to roast marshmallows camp counselor whereas to be

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Topics: After school activities, ethnic neighborhoods in Los Angeles, nude vs. naked vs. bare, anything but Words: athlete coach tournament yearbook orchestra marching band speech debate choir ethnic nude naked bare anything but to contradict

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Topics: Mount Rushmore, Indian summer, to cut to the chase, to jaywalk, current vs. present, to prove someone wrong Words: mount monument to carve Indian summer dog days (of summer) humidity severe heat wave to harvest harvest moon crops horizon opti