BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist and magician. BARBARA KLEIN: It was a hot July day in nineteen twelve.

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Our story today is called Rappaccinis Daughter. It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. We will tell the story in two parts. Here is Kay Gallant with the first part of our story. (MUSIC) KAY GALLANT: Many years ago, a young man named Giovanni Guascont

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Nalini Nadkarni挑战我们对于树木及监狱的传统观点,她认为这两者都比我们所想得更具活力。经由与华盛顿州政府的合作,她将科学课程及保育计划引进给受刑囚犯,并得到超乎预期的效果。

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AS IT IS 2016-08-27 French Burkini Bans Revive Debate On Muslim Clothing Frances top administrative court has ruled that French towns cannot ban women from wearing a kind of clothing for swimming on their beaches. The town of Villeneuve-Loubet, had b

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Farm Ministers Call for Commodity Market Regulation Wild swings Woody Barth has been farming and raising cattle in North Dakota for about 30 years. He says he always looked to the commodity markets for stability. But that's changed in recent years. W

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A: I need to open an account. B: Do you know what kind you want to open? A: I want a checking account. B: Do you know what the minimum balance is? A: What is that? B: You need to keep it at $100. A: Thats it? B: Thats the least amount you can have. A

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A: I would like to open an account today. B: What kind? A: I want to open a checking account. B: You need to keep a minimum balance. A: How much is it? B: You need at least $100 in your account. A: Is that all? B: Yes. Thats the minimum. A: What happ

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Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has made his first official trip to Washington to meet U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. During his visit, Smith made clear that the new Australian government will go ahead with its plan to withdraw i

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Minister: Zambia Losing Too Many Lions and Leopards Zambias tourism minister has announced a partial ban on the hunting of lions and leopards. She warns their numbers may be too low to allow safari hunting to continue for now. Whats more, therell be

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A: I need my minibar restocked. B: Everything is gone, sir? A: There's not a drop left of anything. B: Is there anything in particular you'd like? A: Yes, the Perrier and the Jim Beam hit the spot. Let me have three more of each. B: Got it. Anything

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A: Hello! How do I restock my minibar? B: You've drunk everything, sir? A: I finished it all. B: Do you want the whole minibar, or just certain items? A: Send me up three bottles each of Perrier and Jim Beam. B: That's three Jim Beams and three Perri

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Thailand's prime minster, Thaksin Shinawatra, has paid his second visit in a week to the Muslim-dominated south in an effort to ease fears and bolster business activity there. The economy in the South is reeling from 20 months of violence in which mo

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Todd: So Greg, we're talking about controversial issues and one of the issues in your book is income disparity. So, what do you think about minimum wage? Greg: Minimum wage. Minimum wage I think is very important to have otherwise employers are going

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The British prime minister has wrapped up a two-day visit to India with a call for sweeping reform of international institutions such as the United Nations and World Bank. The British leader's visit to India is part of efforts to build closer economi

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The Prime Minister, John Key, has chosen Hekia Parata to replace Pansy Wong. Ms Parata has also been given three Associate Minister positions: Associate Minister of ACC, Energy and Resources, and Community and Voluntary Sector. She has only been an M

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A Sri Lankan government minister has been killed and 10 others wounded in a bomb attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the latest attack follows the government's decision to formally abandon a tattered tru

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英国首相卡梅伦昨日开玩笑表示,到韩国首尔参加二十国集团峰会让他有机会把女儿出生后这几个月来损失的睡眠好好补一补。他在一次商务峰会上戏称:大家来韩国是为了参加峰会或者商务

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On Thursday morning, Australians were surprised to find they had a new Prime Minister. She is Julia Gillard, Australias first woman Prime Minister. On Wednesday, Kevin Rudd was still PM of the Australian Labour government, a position he has held for

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