Outpriced, Hong Kong Home Buyers Look Abroad 香港购房者放眼国外 HONG KONG In Hong Kong, one of the worlds most expensive property markets, housing prices have doubled since 2009. Chris Parker, who has lived here for seven years says housing

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(四月)

Americas Mass Transit Ridership at Its Highest in Decades美国的公共交通客流量达到几十年来的最高点 NEW YORK A record number of Americans are moving into cities and, at the same time, are curbing their driving habits. No better exam

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R: not a single email until now? it's already twelve o'clock. I can't believe it! A: can't bear it, right? I've been there before. I'll feel comfortable if no one calls me or sends me text messages, like there is something missing. R: yeah, that's ri

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The apartment manager asked all of the tenants to come to a short meeting to learn about fire safety. I didnt want to go, but the manager said that there would be free food, and who am I to turn down free pizza? ... Apartment manager: Thank you all f

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By Doug Levine Washington 25 June 2006 It's not often you hear someone singing songs by Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane. In fact, you might wonder if it's ever been done at all. Until now, jazz vocalists have kept to the straight-and-narrow, sing

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Love for Chocolate Brings Community Together 巧克力之爱把社区团结起来 FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA Valentine's Day is celebrated in many countries on February 14 each year. Lovers express their love for each other by exchanging flowers, cards, and e

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Cyber War Rages Between Iran, US 美国与伊朗之间的网络战争 LONDON A newly published report indicates Iran and the United States have increased their cyber attacks on each other, even as their top diplomats are working toward an agreement t

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Most people go to the fair to ride the Tilt-A-Whirl or eat funnel cakes, but not our Planet Money team. Robert Smith and Kenny Malone traveled to the Ohio State Fair to learn the secret art of selling people things they might not

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High-Sugar Diet Makes Flies Drop Like...Flies高糖饮食加速老化 I dont believe, in all my years, I have ever seen a fruit fly I would consider obese. But, thanks to the wonders of modern science, thats all about to change. Because a team of res

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 12 June 2007 Temperatures in northern India, soaring above the 50-degree Celsius mark, are heightening the discomfort of widespread power cuts and raising fears of a wider power-grid breakdown. VOA's Steve Herman reports fro

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尼古丁贴片(Nicotine patch )是一种香烟替代品。 尼古丁贴片主要有三种剂量,分别含有7、14、21毫克的尼古丁,使用者可根据吸烟量选择不同剂量的贴片。使用时将贴片贴在皮肤上即可,每天

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