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Growing Business Offers Paint with a Twist of Wine Two New Orleans-area women started a small business seven years ago with one thing in mind: to help their neighbors relieve the stress of coping with a hurricane's aftermath. Today their business, wh
VOA标准英语2014年(九月)
By Richard Krantz Washington, DC 20 July 2006 watch Shredding report As access to information has exploded in recent years, the information age has also spawned a need to protect privacy. This has given birth to a thriving new industry -- paper shre
2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
MobileRestaurantRedefinesGreen,Organic In major metropolitan areas across the United States, food-vending trucks have become a common sight. For the truck merchants selling everything from fresh vegetables to fast food to fancy meals, they are an eas
VOA标准英语2011年(九月)
By Tom Rivers London 28 September 2007 For the first time in the history of North America's National Hockey League, the season's opening game will be staged in Europe. On Saturday, the defending champion Anaheim Ducks will face off against their cros
2007年VOA标准英语（九月）
By Gary Thomas Washington 27 April 2007 Saudi Arabia announced Friday the roundup of 172 suspected terrorists for plots to attack Saudi installations. Those arrested are believed to be local members of al-Qaida. In this background report, VOA corresp
2007年VOA标准英语（四月）
Restaurant Newsletter Has Global Reach People who are grabbing coffee or a meal at a restaurant are sure to have some time on their hands while they wait to place their orders and receive their food. All the while, they often wish they had something
VOA标准英语2011年(七月)
A pair of unlikely league champions begin their duel for Major League Baseball supremacy Wednesday night in San Francisco, as the National League champion Giants host the American League's Texas Rangers at ATT Park (8pm EDT). Neither team was expecte
VOA标准英语2010年(十)月
Burger Makers Fight to Repeal Biofuel Law Corn competition When you drive up to Wendy's or other fast-food chains in the U.S., you are consuming corn in at least two ways. The chicken or hamburger in your meal comes from an animal raised on corn. Sin
VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)
By Tom Rivers London 28 October 2009 American professional football returned to the heartland of soccer a few days ago, as the New England Patriots faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the hallowed turf of London's Wembley stadium. For the third year i
VOA标准英语2009年(十月)
Hollywood Studios Roll Out Big Budget Flicks Every summer, big Hollywood studios roll out big budget flicks, rich in special effects and celebrity actors. These blockbusters attract large audiences to multiplex and luxury movie theaters. Revenues fro
VOA标准英语2015年(六月)
Racial Comments Spark Outrage in Sports Community LOS ANGELES Basketball fans are criticizing racial remarks allegedly made by the owner of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling. Owner Donald Sterling was absent
VOA标准英语2014年(五月)
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump likes to attack the mainstream media whenever he sees an opportunity. And his favorite punching bag is CNN. The network was recently shut out of a White House press briefing, and is often labeled by the president
2017年NPR美国国家公共电台3月
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2016年NPR美国国家公共电台11月
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Seven big fast-food chains have backed down under pressure. They've agreed to stop blocking workers from taking jobs at other restaurants in the same chain. Washington state's attorney general was threatening to sue over this. And
2018年NPR美国国家公共电台7月
Millions of Africans are exhausted after staying up all night watching expectantly to see whether a man of African descent will elected to the America's highest office. An all-night party of journalists and political enthusiasts in Addis Ababa where
VOA双语新闻 2008年11月
By Mandy Clark London 13 November 2007 A city in Britain and a U.S.-based fast food chain are teaming up to cut carbon emissions as well as save energy and space in the local landfill. Some 130 buildings in the City of Sheffield are now being powered
VOA常速英语2007年（十一月）
By David Byrd Miami 05 February 2007 The Indianapolis Colts have defeated the Chicago Bears, 29-17 to win the National Football League's Super Bowl in Miami, Florida. As VOA'S David Byrd reports, the Colts captured the title for the first time since
2007年VOA标准英语（二月）
Sad news now, particularly for fans of the Fast Furious franchise. Veteran actor Paul Walker, the star of the series, has died in a car crash north of Los Angeles. A statement on Walkers Facebook page says he was a passenger in a friends car, a red P
CCTV9英语新闻2013年12月
As the U.S. Federal Reserve System announced measures to ease the credit crisis Tuesday, small business owners around the United States say the tight credit market is hurting them. The financial crisis is affecting nearly all businesses, including ca
VOA双语新闻 2008年10月
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