MARIO RITTER: Im Mario Ritter with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today Jim Tedder tells about modern dancer Isadora Duncan. (MUSIC) JIM TEDDER: Angela Isadora Duncan was born in San Francisco, California in eighteen seventy-seven. She was

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Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these wor

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OECD Says Global Economy Rebounds, But Not In Europe New government data shows the U.S. economy expanded at a faster clip last year than earlier estimates. And it's likely to perform better in 2013. The OECD says the world's largest economy will post

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Automatic US Spending Cuts Loom Under current U.S. law, automatic cuts to domestic programs and national defense will begin in 2013, because a congressional committee failed to agree on trimming Americas federal deficit. Already, many lawmakers say t

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VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Rich Kleinfeldt with the Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell the story of Jessica Tandy who died in nineteen ninety-four. She won many awards for her acting during the almost

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New Orleans, Havre de Grace: American Places That Hold Special Memories Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. Some places can create strong memories. We often clearly remember important events in our lives and link them wit

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Economics Report - E. Coli Outbreak A Top Economic Worry For Europe This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. European agriculture ministers met in Luxembourg this week to discuss the spread of E. coli bacteria. E. coli infections have killed

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 24 September 2007 Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologized to the Japanese public for his abrupt resignation earlier this month. As VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong, the Liberal Democrat

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Mideast Protests Spark Debate Over Free Speech, Religion The attacks on U.S. missions in Libya, Egypt and Yemen highlight how easily passions against the nominal ally of those countries can be ignited. An obscure, crudely-made American video mocking

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Palestinian leaders are searching for alternative ways forward in their bid to establish a Palestinian state, following the collapse of the latest round of peace talks, this year. One way they are trying to gain statehood is by seeking international

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AhmadinejadSpeechTriggersWesternWalkout Diplomats from the United States and Europe walked out of the U.N. General Assembly Thursday amid a strident address by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian leader blamed Western powers for world

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US Stocks Recover After Plunging on Bernanke Speech 美国股市开始恢复平稳 Despite very high expectations, the head of the U.S. central bank on Friday did not announce any major steps to bolster the U.S. economy. Speculation had been running

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Obama Hopes Charm Offensive Will Lead to Grand Bargain If you've come to Washington for a tour of the White House, you're out of luck. Because President Obama and Republicans in Congress could not agree on legislation to prevent automatic government

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Drug-Resistant TB Threatens Europe The Olallo Project in Central London was set up to help homeless people from Central and Eastern Europe get back on their feet by helping them find a place to live and get a job. The charity has evolved, though, to

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I decided to switch banks recently, and after looking at my options, I went for Mar Vista National Bank. I drove over to the bank, parked next to the drive-through teller lanes, and walked inside. I made my way to the new accounts desk, and was greet

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By Derek Kilner Nairobi 26 February 2008 Negotiations between Kenya's government and the opposition have been suspended. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, the two sides have been unable to agree on the terms of a power-sharing arrangement to brea

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Two buildings burnt to the ground early yesterday morning at Whakapapa Ski field which is on Mt Ruapehu. People who were staying in huts on the mountain woke around 1am Saturday morning to see a red sky. Some thought that Mt Ruapehu was erupting agai

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Gary Allan's 'Set You Free' Focuses on Hope Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) is the lead single from Set You Free. The million-selling song became the California natives fastest-rising chart hit to date, and his fourth to top the Country list. Allan sa

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For the past several decades Republican presidential candidates have been able to count on winning in the Rocky Mountain states so they could concentrate their efforts elsewhere. But this year the Democrats are making inroads in those states and cou

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今天我们要学的词是recipe。 Recipe, 是菜谱的意思,my favorite recipe, 就是我最喜欢的菜谱。Recipe也可以引申为诀窍和方法的意思。A recipe for success, 是成功的诀窍;a recipe for disaster, 意思是这么做势

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