Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of the House, Members of the Senate, my fellow Americans: All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today. The greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time. T

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WASHINGTON, DC In this week's address, the President discussed his return to Elkhart, Indiana, the first town he visited as President and one that was among the hardest-hit by the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. Seven years later, unemploymen

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JEFFREY BROWN: And next: A new book takes a look at the roots of the first lady's family tree. Gwen Ifill has that story. GWEN IFILL: Among the four million slaves living in the United States on the eve of the Civil War, there was a 10-year-old girl

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Americans are getting fat. A new study says that most Americans are too fat. Is that true? Look at the people around you. Are most of them fat? Are most of them thin? Or are most of them in between? Many fat people get sick. They die young. Doctors s

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - Road to World War Two: 1930s See Major Political Changes in Europe, AsiaBy David Jarmul Broadcast: Thursday, October 05, 2006 VOICE ONE: The Making of a Nation -- a program in

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - Hoover's High Hopes for the American Economy Come Crashing DownBy David Jarmul Broadcast: Thursday, July 27, 2006 THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the

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THIS IS AMERICA - What Are You Doing on New Year's Eve? By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, December 26, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VO

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Ilhan Omar made history this week when she began her term as the first Somali-American lawmaker in the United States. Omar was sworn into the Minnesota House of Representatives on January 3, the opening day of its 90th legislative session. Few people

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Good and Nice: Common Adjectives with Many Uses The 2014 film Whiplash tells the story of a young man who wants to be a great jazz musician. He has a music director who often says cruel things to him. At one point in the film, the music director make

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What Is a Charter School? 什么是美国特许学校? Last week, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Betsy DeVos to be the Secretary of Education in his administration. DeVos is an education activist. She supports school choice -- a term for

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hat do foreigners find most annoying about Americans? 外国人最烦美国人哪一点? 获得281好评的答案@Erin Paige Law As an Australian who has travelled quite a bit and been part of many different expat communities, I find that Americans

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This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Gonna watch the NFL Conference Championship games on Sunday? Youll see evidence for a new finding: aggression is rewarding. In what scientists from Vanderbilt University

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This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber . This'll just take a minute. You think we enjoy something based on its intrinsic qualities. Food should taste good because its molecules tickle our tongues. But it's much more compl

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1. President Barack Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway. The president says he may be able to live up to the honor if he can make progress on the nuclear-free world and tackling climate change. 2. Pakistani investigators are trying to find

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Americans are turning away from Europe toward Asia, according to a survey released on Wednesday showing, for the first time, most US citizens thought China and Japan were more important to their national interest. 周三发布的一项调查显示,美

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Thursday, January 18, 2001 (2001年1月18日) President Bill Clinton: My fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your president. I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serv

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Almost one in three couples say finances cause the most stress in their relationship, and 91% of Americans surveyed find reasons to avoid talking about money with their partner and somebodu even hidden purchases from their partner, according to Ameri

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The United States is a highly active society, full of movement and change, people always seem to be on the go. In this highly charged atmosphere, Americans can sometimes seem brusque or impatient. They want to get to know you as quickly as possible a

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AT A time when Americans are worried about their crippling political divisions, it is pleasing to report that two social scientists, Robert Putnam of Harvard University and David Campbell of the University of Notre Dame, have just written a book that

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今天我们要学的词是resolution。 Resolution, 是决心,决定的意思。新年新气象,Have you come up with your New Year's resolution yet? 你有什么在新的一年里决心要做的事情吗?About half of Americans make New Year'

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