DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, let me give you a big reason to listen to this next story about a clam's metabolism - because the essential conclusion is it is better to be lazy. Here's NPR's Laura Wamsley. LAUREL WAMSLEY, BYLINE: Luke Strotz is a pal

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Low-Lying Areas of New York City Suffer Flooding Sounds of sump pumps fill the air in low-lying areas of New York City. Don, a water systems professional in Brooklyn, has been on the job, pumping out basements since before dawn. He says the worst flo

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Health Report - More Low Cost Anti-AIDS Drugs Mean More People Treated This is the VOA Special English Health Report. An American program called the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief helps millions of people infected with HIV, the virus respo

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AMERICANMOSAIC-ChicagoArchitectJeanneGangNamedMacArthurFellowforherStriking DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to new music from the Red Hot Chili Peppers And we visit an unusual

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本期话题:再来一个到底怎么说?又来了呢? Encore 要求再演或唱 After you! 您先请。 Here you are.给你 There you go. 给你(递给别人东西的时候) Here we go again. 老调重弹

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This mother bear's experience gives her family a good chance of survival until spring arrives. They will return again and again as the thaw releases more fish. On the warmer plains and valleys that surround the plateau, grazers are on the move. They

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Clues to why the herds are drawn to the Yellowstone plateau lie in its deep and unique history. This plateau is the created bowl of a huge sleeping volcano. And melting rock below the surface still pushes the land up to the cold of high altitude. But

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A non governmental organization in Nigeria called Sightsavers is working to help restore sight to visually impaired people. The Federal Ministry of Health recently conducted a survey on visual Impairment. It found that about 1,130,000 people in Niger

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Gaming industry tycoon Steve Wynn is denying charges that he sexually abused some of his employees. Restauranteurs John Besh and Mario Batali have stepped away from their businesses amid similar allegations. These men gained prom

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We hear a lot about political tension between the United States and Mexico, including, of course, controversial deportations and that still unfunded, unbuilt proposed border wall. But examples of binational amity still exist. Reporter Monica Ortiz Ur

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The living is easy. But it won't last long. At this altitude, the air is so dry that rain evaporates before it even hits the ground. The water that flows off the plateau is no longer being replaced. Already there is drought in forests beyond the mead

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This female grew up on the lake, so she knows where to take the cubs for a very special trip. Yellowstone cutthroat trout are massing in the mouth of the stream that feeds the lake. They are preparing for their annual spawning. But the trout must wai

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Bison lose the last of their winter coats. In the heat, tempers fray. To escape soaring ground temperatures, cowbirds choose a bison's back as a cool place to feed and catch the breeze. Biting insects now become a draining nuisance. A grizzly bear es

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As the thaw reaches up into the mountains, a part of Yellowstone that few ever see is briefly revealed. From its first day above the snow, this pika is obsessed by food. It's in a frantic race to restock its winter larder before the snow closes in ag

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As she approaches to see him off again, she realizes she has been injured. A damaged jaw would be a disaster for her and her family. Clearly in pain, she leads the anxious cubs to high ground away from the male. She nurses to calm and / reassure them

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The wagon jerked and swayed as it bumped over the dryground. Jack felt as though he were frying pan the hot sunlight. Dustfrom the road filled his throat and eyes. The boom of cannons grew louder and louder. Jack heardpopping sounds, too, like the no

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Expectations Low for Mideast Peace Talks The latest effort to inject life into the long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is expected to resume Wednesday. Senior Israeli and Palestinian negotiators - along with United States med

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你是一个跟着感觉走的人吗?也就是说,你是一个follow your heart的人吗? I wanna follow my heart and keep looking for a job that I would love. 我想跟着感觉走,找到一个自己喜欢的工作!! 你是个喜形于色的人吗

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Sue: I just made airline reservations for our trip. Do you want to look over the itinerary before I purchase the tickets? Alex: Which airline is it? Sue: Its McTse Air. Alex: Oh, no, I dont want to fly on that low-cost airline ! We dont get assigned

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TC Williams, the only public high school in the city of Alexandria, Virginia, is dealing with challenges. The school is known for its ethnic and cultural diversity but it has been named by Virginia's Department of Education as one of the lowest achie

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