AS IT IS 2015-10-02 Another Mass Shooting in the U.S. 美国又发生一起枪击案 A young male gunman killed 10 people Thursday at a community college in rural Oregon. The gunman, in his 20s, opened fire in classrooms around midmorning, according

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AS IT IS 2015-10-03 Father of Oregon Victim Says Gunman Targeted Christians The father of a victim in the Oregon college shooting says the gunman targeted Christians. Stacy Boylan spoke to CNN television Thursday night. He said his daughter described

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If you've ever driven up to a mountain pass, you know that the higher you climb, the colder it gets. But on clear, calm days, it can actually (be) colder in the valleys. That's because under high-pressure systems, cold air slides down mountain slopes

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beaver, ['bi:və] n 海狸(一种大的啮齿目动物,有厚密的褐色毛皮和适合于咬树皮、弄倒树木、建水坝及水下巢穴的尖锐前齿) 【记】海狸特别勤奋,所以eager beaver指做事特别卖力气的人(特别

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Just want you all finish it on your own. 只是想让你们自觉停下来 All right,so you know when you text somebody,autocorrect tries to correct the words for you. 好吧 当你们给别人发短信的时候 自动修改功能会试图帮你们改正

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EXPLORATIONS - The Columbia River By Oliver Chanler Broadcast: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English pr

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi

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Revisiting the Gun Debate in America 回顾美国枪支管制争论 An average of one school shooting happens every week in America, says a recent report from Everytown for Gun Safety. The advocacy group seeks to reduce gun violence. The report lists

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By Katherine Cole Washington 25 September 2007 For decades, the small town of Sisters, Oregon, has been a favorite vacation spot for people who enjoy spending time outdoors. Whether it's winter skiing, or hiking, mountain biking or bird watching on t

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 May 2008 Hillary Clinton won the Kentucky primary election, Tuesday, by a margin of more than two to one, but Barack Obama won the race in Oregon and passed a milestone in the Democratic Party's presidential contest.

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Oregon Moves to Zone Ocean U.S. communities routinely use zoning laws to control where businesses may operate in a neighborhood. Now there's a move to zone the ocean. A number of coastal states and the federal government have fledgling plans to coord

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California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status The U.S. National Park Service is about to convey landmark status upon a place on the California coast, not far from San Franciscos famous Golden Gate Bridge. That sounds kind of routine, but some people

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When the Affordable Care Act became law, the state of Oregon embraced it. As a result, some 95 percent of Oregonians now have health insurance, one of the highest rates in the nation. That's due in part to Medicaid expansion. Tod

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I want to show you some brave souls who've had the courage to embrace this advanced potty training approach. 我想要给你们展示这些英勇地灵魂,就是那些有勇气去拥抱这种先进如厕技术地人们。 So those folks in New Mexi

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Todd: OK. Hey, hello! Tim: Hey, how's it going? Todd: Doing pretty good. Could you introduce yourself please? Tim: Yeah, I'm Tim Peterson. I'm from Oregon in the United States. Todd: Oh, nice. You're from Oregon. Tim: Yeah. Todd: OK, and were you bor

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RICK KARR: Portland, Ore., is at the vanguard of the war to reduce gasoline consumption. You can find evidence all over its downtown area ... and at its car dealerships. EARL BLUMENAUER: We're looking at hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric cars. There

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Jeff: So where are you from? Tim: I'm from Oregon. Jeff: Oregon. Tim: Yeah. It's on the West Coast of America, above California and below Washington. It has the coast. It has the mountains and a lot of different regions really. Jeff: Really, so which

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Jeff: So where are you from? Tim: I'm from Oregon. It's right above California. It's on the West Coast of America. Jeff: So the State of Oregon. Tim: It's on the West Coast between California and Washington. Jeff: So you're neighbor states, say Calif

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VOA News March 11, 2011 - The first tsunami(海啸) waves have reached the U.S. West Coast after sweeping past the country's Pacific island state of Hawaii. There have been no immediate reports of casualties in the U.S. Waves of a meter or more hit t

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Explanation: In the 1800s, most Americans believed in Manifest Destiny, or the idea that the United States was supposed to expand (or grow) across North America to reach from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. This was a

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