All races and ethnic groups in the U.S. increased in number last year. However, Asian and Hispanic populations continued to be the fastest-growing, according to the Census Bureaus yearly population count. The agency recently released the new informat

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Time now for StoryCorps. People across the country have been recording conversations with each other for this oral history project. Today Sue Hyde is interviewed by her 14-year-old daughter Jessie McGleughlin. What do you think the differences are i

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Section (C) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle We recently participated in an environmental fair at the Mall (购物中心) of America in Bloomington,Minnesota, the largest indoor shopping center in America. After speaking with thousands of parents,children and

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051 The Flower Greet the Spring It was a very cold winter. The seeds of the flowers were crouching in a room under the ground. The room was comfortably warm. The seeds were all sleeping peacefully. One day, it rained moistly. The raindrops sank into

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on a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair warm smell of colitas rising up through the air up ahead in the distance, i saw a shimmering light my head grew heavy, and my sight grew dimmer i had to

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1. When I was a kid, I hid my heart under the bed, because my mother said, If you're not careful, someday someone's going to break it. Take it from me: Under the bed is not a good hiding spot. I know because I've been shot down so many times, I get a

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A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of

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A: Have you had enough time to look over the menu? B: Yes, we are almost ready to order. A: Let me remind you of the specials of the day, which are posted on the board. B: Oh, that all sounds so good! Can we get the sauce on the side? A: Yes, we woul

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - How Johnny Appleseed Grew Into a Folk Hero FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about a man known as Johnny Appleseed. Many people c

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But the most important thing, a visitor can do here is to bathe in the sacred waters of the river.-It's a little bit chilly. Soak in for refreshing. Further? -Further... -Would we chain down or two? At this moment, it's better. That would be swept aw

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It started out as a feeling Which then grew into a hope Which then turned into a quiet thought Which then turned into a quiet word And then that word grew louder and louder 'Til it was a battle cry I'll come back When you call me No need to say goodb

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Here they constructed a memorial which celebrated revolution, faith and an idealized ancient world. At its center, this sculpture of the mythical Children of Lir condemned by an evil stepmother to wander the oceans as swans until the coming of Christ

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Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang says the dialogue enables the two big countries with different social systems, history, and culture to build trust, reduce miscalculations, and promote economic cooperation. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry h

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And when the markets in Europe closed just a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was down 28 points. The Dax and Euro also finished lower. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly, the Dow Jones and SP 500 are both tracking lower. And the Austr

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文本: If there were sumptuous country villas amidst the olive groves of the Roman countryside, why could there not be equally sumptuous country villas amidst the pear orchards of the South Downs? 译文: 如若罗马乡间的橄榄树丛中,藏

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