By piecing together the evidence these creatures left behind, we can build a picture of this sub-tropical corner of the continent as it was 13,000 years ago. While most of North America was still in the grip of the Big Freeze, Florida was an ice age

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This is Florida, a taste of the tropical, one of the world's most popular holiday destinations. Here mankind's unquenchable desire to explore and colonise reaches astronomical proportions. Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Ignition. Lif

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A heritage building is a building that is important to our history so we want to save it. It is usually a beautiful building. When a change is needed to that building for its use today, there can be a problem of how to keep its heritage value. Many c

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By Jim Malone Washington 17 April 2007 Tuesday was a day of mourning for the 32 students killed and 15 others wounded at Virginia Tech University in the worst shooting rampage in U.S. history. But with the sorrow come questions, questions about the s

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(四月)

By Melinda Smith Washington 10 July 2007 A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that older people who carry certain genes are more susceptible to a loss of their central vision. That loss of sight is an advanced form

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Ruby: Im snowed under with work! I cant seem to keep up with everything I have to do. Youre always so organized and efficient. How do you do it? Ian: Im not always organized and efficient, but Ive gotten better since I read a book about time manageme

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THIS IS AMERICA - 'Super PACs' and More: Politics, Money and Language STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we talk about politics, money

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Ice Age Melt Offers Future Climate Clues University of Wisconsin geologist Anders Carlson studies ice sheet melt from land and ocean sediment cores. His study describes what prehistoric Earth was like in North America and Northern Europe some 140,000

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German Housewife Hailed as Euro Solution In the parks of Stuttgart, the regional capital of Swabia, there are few signs of a crisis, and the economy is growing. In a speech, at the start of the global financial crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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Euro Crisis Prompts Italian Village to Declare Independence Italy's tough austerity drive includes plans to force local authorities to merge, in a bid to rein in public spending. The tiny village of Filettino faces such a prospect - but its mayor is

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Online Money Management Sites Cater to Young Savers New youth-oriented banking websites target young people who are often better known for impulsive spending than for saving money. The websites offer information and tools to help clients become bette

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Tutu Lends Support to Age Campaign Archbishop Desmond Tutu is lending his support to a campaign to ensure the rights of older people. The Nobel Laureate wants the issue included in the new U.N. Sustainable Development Goals being finalized late this

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Our special correspondent, Susan Stamberg, has been visiting an art gallery in New York. The Carter Burden Gallery is like plenty of other galleries with one important difference, and the difference tells you a lot about age disc

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're in Dallas, Texas, today to mark the first primary in the country ahead of the fall midterm elections. Democrats are feeling confident. And if you want to know how seriously Republicans are taking that threat, Governor Greg

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: At the age of 64, when some people would look at brochures for retirement cruises, Nell Irvin Painter, the acclaimed Princeton historian and writer, decided to go to art school - not just an adult extension course, but the Mason Gr

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I have been trying to get up the nerve to ask my girlfriend to marry me. We have been dating for almost a year and I think shes the one . I went shopping for engagement rings and really hated the experience. I wasnt sure what kind of ring shed like a

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据国外媒体报道,当地时间2月14日,现年26岁的女星艾伦佩吉 Ellen Page 在拉斯维加斯的人权活动THRIVE上公开出柜,该活动旨在保障年轻同性恋团体的权益。 艾伦佩吉曾出演过《朱诺》、《盗梦

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This week, starting today, is New Zealand Sign Language Week, celebrating the language that is used by the Deaf community. Just three years ago, NZ Sign Language (NZSL) became the third official language in New Zealand, after English and Maori. This

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Blaire: Do you have any idea what hes saying? Antonio: Its Greek to me . Youre supposed to be the one whos fluent . Cant you make out what hes saying? Blaire: I never said I was fluent. I said I could get by in the language. Theres a big difference.

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Researchers at Boston University have identified a kind of genetic signature in people who are likely to live to age 100 or older. The technique may also help doctors predict whether you're likely to get a disease, decades before the symptoms show up

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