On Friday night, I went with a group of friends from work to a comedy club. I dont really like sketch comedy, but I do like stand- up, and the comedian who was going to perform there was one of my favorites. There were six of us and we were a pretty

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(167) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

By Pat Harris Washington, DC 01 March 2006 watch Prostate Cancer report Thousands of men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. And as VOA's Pat Harris reports, sometimes choosing a treatment

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By Jessica Berman Washington 17 January 2007 If or when it strikes, the avian flu pandemic would likely kill victims by switching on an uncontrolled immune system response. That's according to researchers, who studied a 90-year-old flu virus in the h

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By Scott Stearns White House 03 January 2007 U.S. President George Bush says he is ready to work with leaders of the opposition Democratic Party who take charge of both houses of Congress on Thursday. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has

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By Sabina Castelfranco Turin 12 January 2006 Piazza Vittorio square where a new parking area is under construction With less than a month to go to the opening of the Winter Olympics, the host city, Tu

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By Jessica Berman Washington 23 February 2006 George Khoury, left, a pharmacy owner shows different treatments for Malaria for sale at his pharmacy in the city of Dakar, Senegal (File photo - Nov. 17,

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series the subject is grades. Most American colleges and universities use the grading system of A, B, C, D and F. An A is worth four points, a B three points, a C two

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By David McAlary Washington 20 April 2007 An international human rights group says child soldiers as young as 13 are serving in the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Human Rights Watch is urging the Congolese government to release the estimat

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Study: Cleaning Umbilical Cord Saves Lives Simple use of an inexpensive disinfectant could save hundreds of thousands of newborn lives each year. That's the conclusion of recent studies from South Asia. The umbilical cord is usually cut right after b

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Study: Epilepsy Surgery Is Effective A new study of epilepsy patients who had surgery to treat their illness decades ago indicates that seizures can be controlled safely and effectively with surgery. The study's author suggests surgery could be used

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Study Finds Removing Polyps Saves Lives Colon cancer normally starts with growths called polyps inside the intestine. Previous studies have shown that removing polyps can prevent colon cancer from developing. The new study, published in the New Engla

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Study Shows Vitamin E Increases Prostate Cancer Risk A number of medical studies over the years suggested that vitamin E, taken as a dietary supplement, might help prevent prostate cancer. But new research finds not only that the earlier studies were

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Global Infertility Rates Generally Hold Steady The World Health Organization says infertility rates around the world have remained relatively stable since 1990. Almost 50 million couples worldwide were unable to have a child after five years of tryin

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US Scientists Expand Scope of HIV Vaccine Study The worlds largest ongoing HIV vaccine study has been expanded to consider multiple ways a vaccine might boost immune response to the AIDS virus. The U.S. Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (N

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Study: Immune System Weakens in Space During the final flight of the US space shuttle Atlantis in the summer of 2011, one of the most important pieces of scientific cargo on board was a medical experiment designed to test how the human immune system

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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 Pat Harris Washington, DC 09 May 2006 watch Virus report Marburg Ebola Virus The Marburg and Ebola viruses have caused fatal outbreaks in Africa for the past four years. A recent study shows a vacc

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By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 13 September 2006 watch Older Father report Studies show older mothers are more likely to have children with Down Syndrome and other abnormalities. Now new research suggests children of older fathers are also at risk

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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 05 October 2006 watch Athletes Heart Risk One of the leading causes of death among young athletes on the playing field or court is a heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. But the results of a 25-year stu

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By Jessica Berman Washington 01 March 2006 About one-third of U.S. military personnel returning from the war in Iraq use mental health services after their return home, according to a study published

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