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Since the Internet emerged a decade ago as a free and accessible global communications network, there have been countless assaults by malicious computer viruses and numerous attempts by saboteurs to crash the system. The Internet has survived them al

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This is the second in a two-part intermediate Business English Pod lesson on the basics of socializing and networking. Last time you learned ways to start and finish a conversation appropriately. Today youll be studying how to keep a conversation goi

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In many countries, having a drink after work with colleagues is a popular way to relax: This kind of socializing helps us get to know each other and to build team spirit. To attract customers who are just getting off work, many bars and clubs have a

英语课程计划-Plant Appreciation Day

April 14 is Plant Appreciation Day (PAD). This is when you appreciate just how important plants are to us. Few of us ever stop to think just how vital plants are to our survival. Without them, we wouldnt be here. Plants change the CO2 in the air into

Profile: Choice to Head CIA Has Long Experience in Intellige

By Deborah Tate President Bush's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Congressman Porter Goss, has long experience with the intelligence community and in politics. Mr. Goss, a Republi

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-06-03

1. Police in Los Angeles say the man who rushed Brad Pitt on the red carpet Wednesday night is a Ukraine Journalist with a history of getting too close to celebrities. The suspect, 25-year-old, Vitalii Sediuk was jailed on suspicion of misdemeanour b

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2006年VOA标准英语-Comic Art Gains New Appreciation in US

By Amanda Cassandra New York 26 October 2006 Comic and cartoon art is moving out of specialty shops and into galleries and museums as traditional art venues recognize its artistic and literary value. From VOA's New York Bureau, Correspondent Barbara

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VOA标准英语2011--CIA Secretly at Work Inside Libya

Published reports say CIA officers are at work inside Libya. But just what they are doing is not clear and, in keeping with practice, the CIA would not comment on the reports. The Obama administration has said it has not yet decided whether to arm th

美国国家公共电台 NPR CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Faces A Senate Showdown

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VOA常速英语2008年-CIA Director Confirms Use of Waterboarding on T

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 February 2008 The director of the Central Intelligence Agency has confirmed that his agency used the extreme interrogation technique known as waterboarding on three terrorism suspects nearly five years ago. In testimon

2006年VOA标准英语-Director of CIA Resigns

By VOA News 05 May 2006 Porter Goss, left, with President Bush in the Oval Office, May 5, 2006 The head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Porter Goss, has resigned. Announcing the move Friday, Presi

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 美国各大公司抵御CIA黑客攻击

This is AP News Minute. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says his group will work with technology companies to help them defend against the CIA's hacking tools, following the organization's massive release of purported agency secrets Tuesday. The CIA

VOA常速英语2007年-CIA Chief to Testify Before Congress on Interro

By Paula Wolfson Washington 09 December 2007 The U.S. Congress is wasting no time launching its own inquiry into a decision by the U.S spy agency to destroy tapes of interrogations of terror suspects. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports Central Intelligence