Unit 9 Why French Live Longer In 1965, a French lawyer, Andre Raffray, gambled on statistics and lost. He acquired the flat of a 90-year-old woman, Jeanne Calment, agreeing to pay her a lifetime pension of 2,500 francs a month in exchange. It seemed

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【今日基础词】Effective 【Transcript】 Eagle is the worlds longest life expectancy of birds. It lives up to the age of 70. To live such a long life expectancy, at 40 years of age it must make a difficult but important decision. When the Hawk

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By Crystal Park Washington, D.C. 31 July 2006 watch report on Obesity Childhood obesity is growing steadily in the United States and around the world. New research findings have given doctors new clues to fighting the trend. Jim Bertel narrates. The

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 30 April 2007 Lerato, 7, sitting left, and her friends Abigain, 11, right, and Koketso, 14, watch television while being treated in the medical clinic of the Sparrow Rainbow Village in Johannesburg (File photo) The governme

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 June 2007 The U.N. Children's Fund says it is very concerned by the rapidly deteriorating condition of children and women in Zimbabwe. UNICEF says it needs more than $6 million immediately to address the urgent needs of chil

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 December 2006 Africa has the highest infant and under-five child-mortality rate in the world. It also has the lowest life expectancy at birth. The statistics paint a grim picture of what it means to be a child in Africa. Th

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 08 March 2007 The oil boom in Equatorial Guinea has done little to reduce abject poverty or improve the livelihood of its citizens, even though it creates economic growth of more than 40 percent per year. Analysts also worry a

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Over 76 Million Older People Lack Vital Care 7600多万老年人无法获得医疗帮助 Monday, April 7th, is World Health Day. An NGO is using the occasion to warn that 76-million older people around the world are being excluded from vital health c

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: For years, it was almost a given - the annual mortality rate in the United States would generally decline. So it was a pretty big shock when a report came out more than a year ago showing death rates were actually going up for mid

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By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 November 2006 Declaring dirty water is a bigger killer than bullets worldwide, the United Nations Development Program is calling for a global action plan for the more than one billion people with no access to clean water and

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By Jim Malone Washington 11 April 2007 Republican presidential contender John McCain made an impassioned plea for public support for the war in Iraq Wednesday. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidates are pressing just as hard for Congress to se

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By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 01 December 2006 watch Food and Friends report Food and Friends prepare meals for people living with HIV/AIDS On this World AIDS day, it is estimated that 40 million people around the world are now living with HIV and

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By David McAlary Washington 11 July 2006 Former dancer Ann Smith leads a stretch class at Munson Community Health Clinic in Traverse City New medical research shows that elderly people can prolong their lives without vigorous exercise. The study of

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