Three years ago, burning gray mud erupted from the earth, in the Sidoarjo region of the Indonesian island of Java. Since then, the mud volcano has forced 12,000 families to flee their homes. A drilling company is accused of triggering the eruption,

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this is scientific american 60 seconds science. i'm (name). got a minute? this thanksgiving as you savor your turkey in stuffing, you have something else to give thanks for: the army of microbes that help you digest the feast.cause when you eat you a

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7 DISCOUNT DEPOSIT USEFUL SENTENCES: 1.We give a 10% discount for cash payment. 2.Right now!Jeans are at a discount. 3.We are prepared to allow you a special discount a 5% to compensate for the trouble we have cost. 4.The highest discount we can al

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俗话说,体型越大,摔得越惨,现在我们知道了,体型越大,脚底越硬。 Big cats or wolves seem like scaled-up versions of the tabby or terrier sleeping on your sofa. But the proportions do subtly change as animals get larger

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Although the opening ceremonies are on Friday, Olympic competition begins Wednesday with the start of the women's football (soccer) tournament. At the Beijing Games in China, VOA's Jim Stevenson has this preview. Goalkeeper Hope Solo reaches for bal

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Lifelong Bilingualism Gives Seniors Mental Edge From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. A new study adds to evidence suggesting that being bilingual is good for the brain. In the study, older adults who have spoken tw

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Study: Bilingual Seniors Have Mental Edge Previous studies have shown bilingualism seems to favor the development of heightened mental skills. The new research, published in Neuroscience, provides evidence of that cognitive advantage among older, bil

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overnight. The clashes are part of a new round of fighting between pro-government tribes and Shi'ite Houthi rebels, who have been battling the government intermittently since 2004. It is the fifth day of bloody clashes between the factions. The fight

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Following a catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP's reputation in the United States has been badly tarnished. BP once stood for British Petroleum' The company rebranded itself as simply BP in 1998, but that has not stopped many Americans f

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South Sudan Oil Dispute Raises Specter of War South Sudan is retooling its armed forces - working to strengthen the former rebel Southern People's Liberation Army into a more formal military. Soldiers here at the Bilpam military base in Juba could be

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Ebola Threatens Millions With Food Insecurity 埃博拉病毒威胁到百万人的食品安全 Ebola continues to attack Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone on several fronts. While infections and deaths rise, the disease is posing a greater threat to f

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Bank-breaking and badly paid collecting scrap metal is a means to survive for migrants in Barcelona. A cartload can weigh hundreds of kilograms which can be sold to recycling firms for about 35 dollars or 50 dollars if the seller is lucky. Supporters

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Germany'closes chapter'on Nazi past 德国欲给纳粹历史划上句号 2.3m people may have survived Nazi slave camps 纳粹集中营可能有230万人幸存了下来 A fund to compensate people forced into slave labour by the Nazi regime during th

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今天我们要学的词是dwindle. Dwindle is spelled d-w-i-n-d-l-e, dwindle. Dwindle是缩减,缩小的意思。Hewlett-Packard may eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers. 惠普公司可能会裁

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A night curfew is back in force in Tunisia after a day of unrest and confusion following the removal from power and flight into exile of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. More than 40 people lost their lives after riots and then a fire swept through

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Making news this morning, Jetstar has been forced to cancel a number of flights in and out of Bali because of a volcanic eruption. Jetstars flights on their way to Denpasar from Sydney and Melbourne were forced to turn around after Mount Raung erupte

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Topic 1: School TragedyOn the first day of the new semester, a man wielding a knife killed three students and one teacher. He also managed to injure 5 other students before jumping to his death from the fifth floor of the school. What happened? Why d

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In his annual government work report at the NPC session, Premier Li Keqiang announced a flexible GDP target, calling it a reasonable growth range as China is gearing up its structural reforms. The main development targets for 2016 are as follows: GDP

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Wei Zexi, a 21-year-old college student who died last month of a rare form of cancer, had undergone a clinically unproven treatment at a military hospital in Beijing. The treatment cost Wei's family around 200,000 yuan and was unsuccessful. He died o

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When you've been to the zoo have you noticed how some of the animals pace around a lot? In this Moment of Science Don and Ya?l discuss one explanation for this behavior. D: Ya?l, I went to the zoo yesterday, and boy, the polar bear just kept pacing i

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