THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Life in the 1970s and '80s STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week in our series, we look back at some of the social issues and c

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Night Scenes I took Jane to a mountain to watch night scenes. In the mountains were lots of couples watching night scenes. Jane and I decided to find a quiet place to get to know each other more. The night scenes were so beautiful that we just sat t

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1. Find ways to boost your confidence This is the single most important indicator of success. Asshole bosses typically work to undermine your self-confidence the whole time. Don't allow this to happen. Recite your strengths back to yourself. Keep not

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -June 7, 2002: Who Is Uncle Sam / Digital Movies / Country Music Awards HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME) This is Doug Johnson. On

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Somalis Flee Fighting Near Afgooye Corridor In Somalia, thousands of already displaced people are fleeing new fighting northwest of Mogadishu. Many are heading for the capital where humanitarian agencies are setting up emergency relief operations. U.

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Disabled Cyclists Set Sights on London Paralympics These athletes are at the top of their game. They faced off in Los Angeles in February for the Paracycling Track World Championships. Craig Griffin, training director for the U.S. paracycling team, s

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AS IT IS 2013-05-06 Florence Fights Hate Crimes Hello, and welcome once again to As It Is, the daily magazine show from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we report on an effort by eight United States senators to reform the countrys

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Agriculture Report - Seeking a Better Way for African Farmers to Fight a Fever 农业报道 - 寻求对抗东海岸热疾病的更好办法 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 East Coas

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By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 21 March 2007 watch Tuberculosis US report Beginning around 1995, the United States experienced a steady decline in the rate of tuberculosis. But in the last three years, health experts have noticed something distur

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The U.S. Defense Department has taken several steps in recent weeks to ensure that hard won lessons in counterinsurgency are not lost when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over. The military has been ordered to establish organizations to preserv

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Pills Offer New Hope in Fight Against Yaws Scientists have found that a medicine taken in pill form is just as effective in treating the neglected tropical disease yaws as the usual treatment, a shot of penicillin. The easier-to-use therapy raises ne

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Iraq Taps Its Oil Riches, But Risks Deter Big Investment Iraq's government says recent explorations show the country could be sitting on the world's largest oil reserves at up to 350 billion barrels. The figure is unproven, but many agree that Iraq h

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Greek Far Right Makes Gains, Demands Landmines on Borders Supporters chant 'Greece belongs to Greeks,' as Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos marches triumphantly through the streets of Athens. A reporter following the crowd asks what policy th

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High School Dropout Hits It Big on the Internet In 1931, famed author James Truslow Adams popularized the term American Dream. He said life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achieve

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Deaths Rise as Outlawed Kurdish Guerrillas Continue Fight The Kurds are the worlds largest ethnic minority without a nation of its own. Less than 20 percent live in northern Iraq where they have achieved regional autonomy. But others are still fighti

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'Right Wing' Man Charged in Norway Massacre Norwegian police are questioning the suspected gunman who shot and killed at least 85 people at a youth summer camp hours after he allegedly set off a bomb blast that killed seven people in the capital, Osl

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今天我们要学的词是tightrope。 Tightrope, 是指杂技表演时用的钢丝,引伸为困难的处境。美国总统布什的民众支持率很低,这种情况给共和党总统候选人麦凯恩带来了困扰。 Senator John McCain is w

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Brittany: [ slurring her speech] I had a really nice time. Tri: Im glad to hear it. It was nice of Marie to set us up. Brittany: Yeah, she told me that you would be my soul mate, and she was right! Youre dreamy... Tri: Uh...well, thanks. It was reall

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By Scott Stearns White House 07 November 2006 It is Election Day in the United States. Voters will choose all 435 lawmakers in the House of Representatives, 33 senators, and governors in 36 states. Early morning voters use the electronic voting mach

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I was sitting at my local bar waiting for my friends to arrive to watch the game. Two guys sitting a few seats away kept giving me strange looks, and one of them said, What are you looking at ? I looked around to make sure that he was speaking to me,

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