Topics: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Famous Songs: Oh! Susanna; whichever versus whatever; tar-and-feather; mutually exclusive Words: smoke old-growth forest salamander settler log cabin banjo true love still nonsensical dialect from memo

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Transcript of the Prime Minister's broadcast on Foot and Mouth Disease I want to speak today about the devastating outbreak of foot and mouth disease, to say what we are doing to control and eradicate it, and how everyone can play their part in ensu

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Japanese Town Split by Radiation Evacuation Zone It is an extraordinary meeting of the Kawauchi village assembly. Because of severe damage to the village's municipal hall from the earthquake, the public gathering has been convened at a community cent

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Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, right, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., attend an event on Capitol Hill in Washington 26 Jul 2010 to celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act The Americans with Disabilities Act, also called ADA, is a civil

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纽约市民庆祝中国传统新年 According to ancient legend, a mythical beast would emerge on the night before new year, and devour the inhabitants of a small Chinese village. 相传,每到除夕一头中国古代神话中的怪兽就会出现,

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Deep in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, a 30-year-old drug saved Lulabelle Berry's life. But what if the drug hadn't been there? That question haunts hospital pharmacist Mandy Langston as the drug's price continues to climb for he

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. The job market is hot right now, and businesses are scrambling to find available workers. But worker advocates say age discrimination persists when it comes to recruitment and hiring. Several pending legal cases are put

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Today's topics: Spam, Valentine's Day, the Winter Olympics, In terms of, Must vs. have vs. got to, Possessives, To raise vs. to rise Words: scam fraud card jewelry pendant fabric stuffed animals figure skating Michelle Kwan Bode Miller to party downh

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Topics: American houses, what Americans think they need, using the before a countrys name, either vs. neither Words: natural disaster tornado brick cement foundation frame basement to crawl to come out to be unable to live without microwave oven just

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Topics: Traveling in the U.S., gimmick versus trick, to call em like you see em, spite versus respite, in demand versus on demand Words: the open road spats KOA hitch GPS pop-up AAA bicentennial gimmick trick to call em like you see em in demand on d

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 November 2007 The United States is urging the International Red Cross Movement to adopt, what it calls, a more balanced approach in dealing with the consequences of climate change. More than 1,500 representatives attending t

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

互联网管治论坛在巴厘举行 At the Internet Governance Forum held recently in Bali, Indonesia, one of the prominent themes discussed by participants was the role of non-governmental actors in international Internet policy issues. 最近在印尼

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 14 April 2008 When Pope Benedict XVI visits Washington, DC next week, he will include American Muslims in a meeting of interfaith leaders. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops acknowledges a troubled past in the re

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The European Union is hosting its first meeting to address the problems of the Roma community, which suffers from discrimination and poverty. Lisa Bryant reports from Paris that rights groups hope it will lead to a more inclusive policy for these pe

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Topics: becoming a lawyer in the U.S., famous lines from American movies, proper versus appropriate Words: attorney state bar admission bar exam to hurt (someones) feelings to beg frankly black market to refuse to have class contender bum to be uncon

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Topics: The Chinese Exclusion Act; Library of Congress and the public library system; I thought versus I think; anyway versus however; to make (someone) earn (something) Words: Immigration to resent act to exclude citizen ethnic to repeal library to

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Topics: Famous Americans: William Randolph Hearst; what to call people from the top five cities/states in the U.S.; please as the magic word; using an apostrophe () for possessive cases, remember versus remind Words: magnate publisher to put a lot of

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Topics: Movie: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Detroit and the Rust Belt; to knead versus to mash; the infinitive versus gerund form of a verb (to look for versus looking for); bona fide Words: to name a replacement naive to manipulate to propose a bil

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Topics: Fraternities and sororities; the foster care and adoption system; scholarship versus grant; commie Words: fraternity sorority rush to pledge initiation ceremony service organization hazing exclusionary to take (someone) in foster care to adop

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Topics: U.S. government reparations; TV home shopping networks/shows; neither do I versus so do I versus either I; to talk with versus to talk to; to put the cart before the horse (to put the horse before the cart) Words: reparations to make up for (

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