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ECONOMICS REPORT - Allowance Helps Children Learn About Money By Mario Ritter / Broadcast: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Starting young to teach financial literacy Many children first learn the value
华盛顿关门的巨大经济成本 WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is expected to work on an emergency funding bill this weekend to keep the government operating after its spending authority runs out October 1. The bill would still require approval from
Artist Turns Plastic Bags Into Art 艺术家将塑料袋变成艺术品 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im Caty Weaver. Making art with found materials is not a new idea. Recycled paper, cloth and metal goods can become importan
Will Technology Drive the Drive-In Out of Business? More and more movie theaters around the world are replacing older equipment with modern technology. The new equipment heightens the movie-watchers experience. The images are sharper, the sound is cl
New Words 1B @ framework n. [C] the basic structure of sth. that gives it shape and strength 框架;结构 ■ mould n. [U] 霉;霉菌 @ lodge n. [C] a small house in the country 乡村小屋 @ vt. provide sb. with a place to stay for a short tim
The June job's report shows unemployment holding steady at 8.2%. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney seizing on that state, saying that rate remains unacceptably high. As . public radio Josh . Reports Romney was quick to blame president Oba
Broadcast: May 12, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: American states are struggling with their worst financial problems in about sixty years. I'm Steve Ember with Phoebe Zimmermann. Today we report ab
The University of Cambridge is poised to break a 300-year-old tradition by no longer informing students of their exam results on a public notice board due to claims it causes too much stress. The ancient tradition of pinning candidates exam scores to
While you were going about your day on February 24th of this year, the sun was ejecting a massive jet of particles into space. This phenomenon is known as a CME, a coronal mass ejection and they often come after a solar flare. Luckily for us on earth
The pain in Wearing High Heels They are wearing high heels this year. Are you? Since I was a little girl, I've been trying to figure out exactly who they are and why the rest of us are supposed to dress just like them. The heavier I was , the more I
Unit 10 Risks After-Class Reading PASSAGE I Health Risks New Words AIDS n. 艾滋病,即获得性免疫缺损综合症 bare * adj. plain, with no additional explanation or information 不掩饰的,直
In such circumstances, we have to work with others because collective action in these circumstances is more likely to succeed 这些情况下 我们需要同他人合作原因在于 这些情况下 联合行动更有可能取得成功 more likely to
Daytime Wounds Heal Faster A new study suggests that the timing of a wound affects the speed at which it heals. 一项新研究表明,受伤的时间点会影响伤口愈合的速度。 Wounds suffered during the day heal around 60 percent faster t
Kenya's Flower Industry Grows For some industries, Christmas or New Years celebrations are the busiest times of year. But for Kenyas flower growers, the biggest holiday is Valentines Day. Workers in the city of Navaisha, the center of Kenyas flower i
A ban on electric bicycles in New York City is hurting delivery workers who depend on them to earn a living. Many of the workers are immigrants. Electric bicycles, or e-bikes, have foot-powered pedals like other bicycles. But they also have electric-
North Korea held a military parade in Pyongyang Thursday, one day before the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. South Korean sources say tens of thousands of people were part of or attended the parade and gathering in the citys
Health workers say an experimental vaccine may help to stop the spread of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The vaccine is called V920. The drug maker Merck has shipped about 8,600 doses of V920 to the northeastern DRC. The Wor
High school students in the U.S. increasingly have a new option to challenge themselves: the International Baccalaureate, or IB. The program is a demanding two-year curriculum. It aims to prepare students for college-level work, support independent r
BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Our subject today is whales. We discuss a report on the effect of noise from ships on the behavior of whales. And, we visit a whaling museum on
Peres Ready To Meet Arafat Stefan Bos Budapest 21 Aug 2001 18:50 UTC Israel ' s Foreign Minister Shimon Peres says he is ready to meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in an effort to stop Israeli-Pal