STEVE EMBER: This is Steve Ember. SARAH LONG: And this is Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we visit two of the most unusual national parks in the United States. They are Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala Nation

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AS IT IS 2016-02-06 Trending Today: Have You Seen the Tsunami Ghosts of Japan? This is Whats Trending Today. Nearly 19,000 people were killed when an earthquake and powerful tsunami struck Japan in March of 2011. A Japanese university student is work

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Hungrier Planet Strains Water Supply Thirsty food Water. As the population grows, there are more and more people at the tap every day. But when it comes to the worlds demand for water, drinking it is just the beginning Food - and agriculture in parti

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Giant Airship Could Move Huge Amounts of Cargo The prototype unveiled in this immense World War II hangar near Los Angeles is just half the size of the final working model. But the prototype is massive, at 75-meters-long. It is wide, flattened on the

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Obama Receives Huge Welcome in Tanzania The Obamas walked off Air Force One into a bright, steamy day in Dar es Salaam, where they were welcomed by Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete, his wife and dignitaries. Cheers went up in the crowd that includ

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2016年美总统选举提前打响 Millions of Americans on opposite sides of the political spectrum have expressed this discontent with politics as usual. And they seem to think that few of the latest crop of presidential hopefuls can offer anything

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Kenya and Tanzania step up port rivalry [Source: Railway Pro] Kenya and Tanzania are presently caught in a head-to-head race to become the most preferred transport hub amid massive expansion projects in sea ports, connecting railway and road networks

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: I just really wanted to thank you for that because it made a huge difference in my personal life. 我很想要感谢你因为你带给我生命中很大的不同!

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Topic 1-Hengshui High School opens branch schools Hengshui High School, an elite Chinese high school in north China which is known for Gaokao sweatshop has recently opened a branch school in Zhejiang Province. This high school has a reputation of mas

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Its suddenly just so hot. Its quite ncie and cool in the breeze of like 100-mile-an-hour slipstream. But suddenly you realize it is very, very hot. And its also just huge. Look at this. First thing, find a vantage point to see where you are. The Kimb

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Now to the Pope's historic visit to Cuba and the US. Pope Fransis was arriving in eastern Cuba this morning for the next leg of this trip. He has been greeted by huge crowds as you know, excitement boiling for his arrival here, T files this before le

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Overseas experts boost fire effort 外国专家赴美救火 Fires rage on despite cooler weekend temperatures 周末气温下降,火势依然凶猛 Seventy specialist firefighters from Australia and New Zealand have arrived in the western United St

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Repairing the damage to the rail network in the southwest of England could run into spring. Huge containers filled with concrete and rocks at the broken track at Dolton Devon are little more than a temporary patch-up. Empty tracks for miles and mies

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47 枯木发新枝--克隆树工程研究 DATE=7-18-01 TITLE=EXPLORATIONS #1961 - Cloning Trees BYLINE=Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VO

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A: Can you give me a little more information about your apartment? B: Sure, what can I help you with? A: What kind of public transportation is near your apartment? B: I'm not sure, but I believe there is a bus stop about three blocks away. A: Do you

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Well, we,we told the staff at the Honda we are pulling out of Formula One last night. Obviously that was a huge shock to them. But this morning thats given way to a huge silly determination to succeed. The staff will be paid for at least the next thr

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Since 2006, the DPRK has conducted three nuclear tests at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, the latest was in February 2013. On October 9th, 2006 the DPRK announced it has successfully conducted an underground nuclear test. The country said it was fa

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On Natalie's tenth birthday, her mom said, Guess what? We're taking you to the Birthday Parlor. There'll be free cake, ice cream, karaoke, and games. There'll be drawings for free prizes. There'll be free entertainment by magicians and musicians. The

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You use all that good common sense 你使用所有这些好的常识 And you don't make excuses 你不会找借口 You work hard 你会加倍努力 And you always finish what you start 你将总能善始善终 And no matter what, you give everybody a

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He caught the scent of garlic sausage, spiced and savory, so tempting it made his empty stomach growl. 他闻到蒜肠的香味,辛辣又可口,令他空空的肚腹饥肠辘辘。 Away in the distance, he heard voices raised in some bawdy song. 他

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