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European stock markets fell Friday after a mixed performance in Asia. A weak outlook for oil prices depressed global markets as share of crude hits its lowest level in five years. European stocks are generally down again as energy shares made invest
VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)
Forecasters say the world economy is in the midst of its deepest downturn in 60 years with global growth projected to be negative for this year. Two months ago the International Monetary Fund said the world economy would grow by a meager one half of
VOA标准英语2009年(四月)
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
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Economic Downturn Points to Uncertain Future in Afghanistan Kabuls upscale Wazir Akhbar Khan district has long been home to foreign aid groups and the countrys wealthiest officials. Now, it is slowly emptying, as foreigners close down their operation
VOA标准英语2012年(四月)
Mixed Future Awaits Hyper-Connected Youth For a long time, there was talk about Americas Generation X and then Generation Y, referring to our young people. Now the buzzword is millennials, since many of our teenagers and young adults were born in the
VOA标准英语2012年(三月)
Glimpsing the Future on Climate Change There have been many warnings that climate change could make it more difficult to grow food. But a new tool may allow farmers to glimpse the future and prepare for what lies ahead. Scientists say climate change
VOA标准英语2011年(十二月)
Space Shuttle's End Prompts Doubts About NASA's Future One day after the landing of Atlantis ended the 30-year space shuttle program, the company that ran shuttle operations for the U.S. space agency NASA is dismissing 1,510 employees. The end of the
VOA标准英语2011年(七月)
Collectors' Passions Vary from Buttons to Beerbottles For the longest time, people have collected things, just for fun. Butterflies. Buttons. Beer bottles. String wrapped into balls. Umbrellas, matchbooks, model airplanes. You name it, somebody proba
VOA标准英语2011年(十月)
Rivals Battle for Tunisia's Future as Anniversary Approaches Nearly two years after the overthrow of President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, opposing forces are still fighting over Tunisia's future path. Clashes erupted last month in the capital between p
VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Self-Driving Cars: Science Fiction Future Is Near The high-tech company Google has a fleet of self-driving cars, which had logged 480,000 kilometers by August. Major auto manufacturers in the United States and Europe also are working on the technolog
VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
California Attracts Cars of the Future The hills on the west side of Los Angeles are the perfect place for Scott Painter to experience his passion for cars, especially if they are fast and cutting edge. I've had pretty much all the electric vehicles
VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
Egyptians are cleaning up after celebrations that followed the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's leader of nearly 30 years. The military, which assumed control of the country, on Saturday said Mr. Mubarak's Cabinet will remain in place for now wh
VOA标准英语2011年(二月)
New Budget Cuts Cost of Living Adjustments for US Retirement Fund About 58 million Americans receive social security benefits. Many live day-to-day on fixed incomes. Everything is going up. It's rising and there is not much you can do about it, Denni
VOA标准英语2013年(四月)
Airport Towers Close Under Forced US Budget Cuts Air traffic controllers at the Frederick, Maryland, airport will no longer guide pilots around this busy airspace. Under mandatory federal government spending cuts, this control tower - like 148 others
VOA标准英语2013年(四月)
Pakistans Future PM Described as 'Comeback Kid' Nawaz Sharif has been Pakistans prime minister twice before. Last time he was toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled. But now, after historic elections, some are calling the 63-year-old the
VOA标准英语2013年(五月)
The federal government has decided that its too expensive to print US passports in the US. Starting later this year, the government will send all passports to Thailand. A printing company in Thailand will print all US passports at a significant savin
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As the snow returns to Yellowstone, it seems like the clock is turning back. All traces of the human world are covered up. A reminder that when the heart of this great wilderness was made a national park nearly 140 years ago, it was one of the most r
自然百科2012年
HEALTH REPORT – November 6, 2002: Study Finds Autism Increase in California By Jeri Watson This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Autism is a mysterious and complex brain disorder that begin
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By Scott Stearns Washington 15 November 2007 U.S. President George Bush met Thursday at the White House with Sudan's First Vice President Salva Kiir to discuss efforts to keep the country's peace process on track and end violence in the troubled Darf
VOA常速英语2007年（十一月）
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 19 June 2006 watch Gates Retire report Bill Gates (file photo) Bill Gates, the man who built the world's largest software company, says he will give up his daily management duties at Microsoft in two years to devote more
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