So far, no survivors have been found and the chances of finding the bodies of more victims today have faded with the daylight. Scenes of anguish developed all day at Beirut's International Airport and at hospitals around the city where remains were t

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The Gulf Coast is still not recovered from Hurricane Katrina, which struck five years ago today. President Obama spoke at Xavier University in New Orleans a short while ago and made this promise. On this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and t

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IN THE NEWS - As New Orleans Marks Mardi Gras, a Dispute Affects a Deal Tied to Its Port and Five OthersBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, March 04, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA S

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THE MAKING OF A NATION #49 - James Madison, Pt. 5 By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, February 12, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English. (THEME) As we rep

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The Big Easy and Sin City Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Many cities have interesting nicknames. Nicknames can help establish the identity of a city. They can also spread pride among its citizens. New Orleans, Louisiana

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BP is getting more time to keep testing a cap on a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico if the company promises to watch for any new leaks on the seabed. This despite detecting seepage which White House spokesman Robert Gibbs described a short tim

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Forecasters are spending another weekend keeping a watch on tropical weather. Tropical storm Lee has stalled along the Gulf Coast. And while the sun has been shining for some of today, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu says its not shining now. He say

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But Grant drove him back and began the siege of the town from the land side. 但格兰特指挥部队将他赶回城堡,并开始从陆地一面包围维克斯堡。 The Confederates made a gallant defense. 南方联盟军打了一场漂亮的保卫战

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216. The Spanish Treaty of 1795. 216.与西班牙的协定(1795年) France and Great Britain were not the only countries with which there was trouble. 法国和大不列颠并不是仅有的两个与美国纠葛的国家。 The Spaniards held p

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Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It is the name of a celebration that takes place on the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day period of Lent. Mardi Gras is the final day ofa three-day period, which starts on the Sund

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U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with the Washington Examiner this week, wondered, Why was there a Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out? The United States fought the civil war from 1861-1865. The war began after 11 south

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There is a house in New Orleans在奥尔良有一座房子 They call the Rising Sun他们叫它升起的太阳 And its been the ruin of many a poor boy在那片废墟里有很多贫困的人 And God I know Im one上帝知道我就是其中之一 My m

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Andrew Jackson and the Election of 1828 安德鲁.杰克逊以及1828年的总统竞选 From VOA Learning English, welcome to The Making of a Nation, our weekly program of American history for people learning English. I'm Steve Ember. 来自美国之音

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AS IT IS 2015-07-23 US Farmers Welcome Diplomatic Relations with Cuba 美国农民欢迎与古巴恢复外交关系 Now that the United States and Cuba have re-established relations, American farmers are exploring ways to sell their crops to the isla

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AS IT IS 2016-09-19 New Orleans Coffee Arrives in Vietnam 新奥尔良PJs Coffee分店开到越南 People in Vietnam can now get a cup of New Orleans coffee. 现在越南人可以喝到新奥尔良的咖啡。 PJ's Coffee is a business based in New O

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1.大西洋岸(美东E.C):(W.C.=West Coast; E.C.=East Coast)美东岸主要有:NY或NYK(New York);Savannah沙瓦纳;Baltimore巴尔的摩;Norfolk诺福克. Miami迈阿密;Charleston查尔(里)斯顿;Houston休斯顿;Bo

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THIS IS AMERICA - Six Months After the Storm, New Orleans Tries to Reclaim Its Famous SpiritBy Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, March 13, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Spe

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今天我们要学的词是quarantine。 Quarantine是隔离的意思。Mayor Nagin of New Orleans and his wife have been placed under quarantine after another passenger on their flight to China showed H1N1 flu like symptoms, 新奥尔良市市长纳金

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GWEN IFILL: The future of patient care is only one of the concerns casting a shadow over the Crescent City 10 years later. A new report out today has a sobering assessment of other problems plaguing its majority African-American community. Among its

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