Many questions remain about the cause of a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as federal investigators completed day six of hearings today outside of New Orleans. NPR's Pam Fessler reports the joint inquiry by the Coast Guard and the Minerals Manag

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1. At least seven people have been killed in severe weather that tore through the Midwest. Some of the worst damage was in Parkersburg, Iowa where homes and a high school were destroyed. Forecasters are keeping an eye out for more severe weather tod

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Gettysburg Address Delivered on the 19th Day of November, 1863 Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new Nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition t

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Memorial Day: Arlington National Cemetery 阵亡将士纪念日:阿灵顿国家公墓 Memorial Day is a national holiday observed in the United States on the last Monday in May. It is the day when Americans honor the women and men who have served in

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The Boy on Graves-End Road by Caty Weaver Editor's Note: This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners. Each story has video, audio, quizzes, and a lesson plan for teachers. Hope you enjoy reading and list

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Some 300 Holocaust survivors returned to Auschwitz on Tuesday for a memorial event at the former site of the Nazi death camp, joined by world leaders including the presidents of Poland, France, Germany, Austria and Ukraine. They gathered under an eno

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她实际上是个什么样的人,或者他认为她是个什么样的人? 哦,梅吉。他无能为力地说道。 她转过身来,凝视着他,尽管她很悲痛,还是向他投来了毫不掺假的、充满了爱的一笑。这是恣意纵

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There was no way she could come to terms with death; she lay night after night in a confused terror, trying to imagine if death was perpetual night, or an abyss of flames she had to jump over to reach the golden fields on the far side, or a sphere li

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FRITZI BODENHEIMER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Fritzi Bodenheimer. MARIO RITTER: And I'm Mario Ritter. The January twelfth earthquake in Haiti killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people. The quake also left hundreds

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We recently asked people to tell us about the most suspenseful book they'd ever read and they totally delivered. These titles will definitely take your breath away. 最近我们请人们列举出自己读过的最精彩的悬疑小说,人们给我们

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HAVANA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Cuban boxing legend Teofilo Stevenson was buried with honors Tuesday at Havana's Christopher Columbus Cemetery. The three-time Olympic and World amateur boxing champion died suddenly Monday at the age of 60 from a heart at

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The brother of China's last emperor who was pushed off the throne more than 100 years ago has died. 中国历史上最后一个皇帝在100多年前被迫退位,现今他的弟弟也驾鹤西去。 Puren was the youngest brother of the final Qing m

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Evgeny Tomikhin, Minister-Counselor at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, notes the victory in World War II came at a huge cost. He says its the Russian government's goal to ensure that sacrifice is not forgotten. The effort to prevent the distortion of

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Chapter 37 第三十七章 The circumstances of Blanche Stroeve's death necessitated all manner of dreadful formalities, 勃朗什施特略夫死后因为情况复杂需要一关一关地办理许多道手续, but at last we were allowed to bury he

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The Open Window MY aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel, said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; in the meantime you must try and put up with me. Framton Nuttel endeavoured to say the correct something which should duly flatter the niece

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你是我的阳光,惟一的阳光,当天空灰暗时你能使我快乐伴随着小男孩稚嫩清澈的歌声,病床上的女婴有了反应,呼吸也变得均匀而平稳了。 Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby wa

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Americans are observing Memorial Day weekend, a time meant to honor(荣誉) the nation's war dead, with ceremonies, parades, sporting events and picnics. The last Monday in May of each year is designated as Memorial Day, a time to place flowers on mi

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President-elect Donald Trump and vice-president elect Mike Pence will lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery on January 19. This will be followed by a Make America Great Again! welcome concert at the Lincoln Memorial. 候任总统特朗普和候任

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A Kindness Returned真正的感激之情并不会随着岁月的流逝而消失,而是如同当初一样鲜活。文中的两位母亲,在生命的偶然邂逅中真诚地给予对方温暖的慰藉,让彼此受伤的心灵得到了抚慰,重新

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