Stopping Smoking Can Lead To Weight Gain One of the really interesting things about the nicotine in cigarettes is that it works in two ways. All About Nicotine When you take a long drag, it acts as a tranquilizer, but when you inhale in short puffs,

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一.本课要点及示例 在这一课里, 我们学习动词加上 to, t-o, to 再加上另外一个动词的用法, 比方

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A: You got a letter in the mail. B: Give it to me. A: What is it? B: Its my acceptance letter from UCLA. A: What does it say? B: Ive been accepted! A: Are you serious? B: Im serious. A: Good for you! B: NYU was my first choice, but UCLA is just fine.

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, Puerto Ricans mark the centennial of Congress granting U.S. citizenship to those born on the island. In the years since, many Puerto Ricans have had to navigate a complicated dual identity. But one area in which they are

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Some people call it yo-yo dieting. This is when you gain weight and then you lose it and then you gain it back again, then maybe you lose it. It can be really frustrating, but that is actually not all. There's a recent study in Th

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Theres the evidence the housing market is losing steam with growth in capital city home prices easing in 2014. The Call Logic RP Data home value index shows capital city home values grow by 0.9% in December to take the annual increase to 7.9% while S

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Maintaining Internet Privacy Lorenzo: I wouldnt post all of those photos on social media sites. Pamela: Why not? Only my friends and family are going to see them. Lorenzo: I wouldnt be so sure. And I wouldnt post all of that personal data either or d

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By Pat Harris Washington 12 April 2006 Watch Fat Virus report Obesity is a growing problem around the world. In the United States, for example, almost one-third of the adult population is overweight.

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今天我们要学的词是roller coaster。 Roller coaster, 是翻滚过山车的意思,可以用来指事件和情绪的时起时落,忽好忽坏。 NBA star Kobe Bryant is having a roller coaster year, 美国篮球明星布赖恩特今年可以说

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT – May 27, 2002: Child Nutrition Program By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A new program has been launched to provide children in developing countrie

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - 'Freshman 15' Defined / Ray Charles' Last Album / Black History Month By Broadcast: Friday, January 28, 2005 (MUSIC) DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English.

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By Mil Arcega Washington 21 August 2007 The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a modest gain of 42 points Monday after fluctuating between gains and losses at the start of the trading week. Despite rallying Friday after the U.S. Federal Reserve ann

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Nigerian Doctor Honored for Fight Against River Blindness From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. Nigerian doctor Uche Amazigo has received the Prince Mahidol Award for outstanding efforts in public health. Dr. Amazig

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EXPLORATIONS - Singer Michelle Branch Reinvents Her Music, Again MARIO RITTER: Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. Today, we look at ways women are reinventing themselves and some of the things they do. We will learn abou

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Syrians Demonstrate Against Government Bombing The people of Mare, a town of 10,000, dedicated Friday prayers to the people of Azaz, 20 kilometers away. Azaz was bombed two days earlier in a Syrian government air strike. It was one of the deadliest a

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Greeks Divided as Election Stalemate Looms Again Industrial disputes do not get much worse than this. The workers at the Hellenic Halyvourgia steel plant have been on strike for more than 200 days. Yorgos Sifonios is president of the workers union. H

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UN Warns Against Land Degradation A top U.N. advisor said on Friday that every minute, 23 hectares of land are degraded by drought and desertification. He said its damaging the economic, social and environmental pillars needed for sustainable develop

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Chavez Says He Will Continue to Speak Out Against Imperialism First news conference At his first news conference since winning re-election and after recovering from three cancer-related surgeries since 2011, President Chavez was in good spirits. The

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Growing numbers of communities in the United States are facing a painful new reality: they're running out of cemetery space, making traditional burials, especially in urban areas, extremely expensive. More Americans are opting for cremation and a new

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What Can We Gain By Writing A Letter By Hand? GUY RAZ, HOST: And that hat, by the way, could be especially useful if you're as busy as Lakshmi Pratury. LAKSHMI PRATURY: I go back and forth between the Bay Area and Bangalore. RAZ: Lakshmi works in the

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