【句子对照】 Chris came from the wrong side of the tracks, but eventually he became a millionaire. 克里斯来自一个城镇的贫困地区,但他最终成了百万富翁。 【关键俚语】 Wrong side of the tracks 英:The poor part of town. 中:住在(城镇等中的)社会地位低

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama signed an expansion of federal law on hate crimes. Such laws provide more investigative resources or longer sentences, or both, for crimes driven by prejudice. Until now, federal

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By Malcolm Webb Nairobi 31 August 2007 The ODM-Kenya opposition party Friday chose Kalonzo Musyoka as their presidential candidate to run in the forthcoming general election in Kenya. His former ally, Raila Odinga, is expected to be running against h

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 29 May 2007 Fear is spreading in cities and villages throughout Kenya, following a series of horrific murders committed by the followers of a banned sect called the Mungiki. With presidential elections scheduled for December, lo

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Iran, Israel and Palestinians To Top AIPAC Convention Every year, thousands of Jewish Americans arrive in Washington for the annual convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee - or AIPAC. The group is the most influential pro-Israel lo

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Oprah Winfrey is internationally famous for hosting the most popular talk show on American television. Millions of TV viewers tune in worldwide every day to watch her. She has become a household name and is now one of the richest women in the world.

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歌曲:Ordinary Miracle 演唱:Sarah McLachlan 剧情引导:一个关于爱与生命的感人童话。小猪韦伯和蜘蛛夏洛蒂成为了好朋友,为了保护她的朋友不要成为圣诞节桌上的美餐,小小的蜘蛛用友谊织出了一张张充满奇迹的网 Charlotte's Web《夏洛的网》 Ordinary Miracle 英文

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Florida is to get more than 75,000 hectares of land to help restore famous wetlands. Transcript of radio broadcast: 21 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. U.S. Sugar is based in Clewiston, Florida. The company plans to sell

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Economics Report - Greek Protests Intensify, But So Is Pressure on Europes Banks 经济报道 - 希腊示威活动加剧,欧洲银行压力也剧增 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。

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By Aya Batrawy Cairo 21 March 2008 In a weekend-long celebration, Egyptians acknowledge the Prophet Muhammad's birthday late Thursday with prayer and gatherings in celebrations similar to those taking place in other parts of the Muslim world. Aya Bat

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A senior U.N. health official warns that governments must better prepare themselves to fight an influenza pandemic should one break out. Citing a new World Bank report that says the economic price tag of an influenza outbreak could top $3 trillion,

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 18 May 2010 The U.S. Congress is stepping up its probe of the Gulf oil spill. T

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A media rights activist who defends political cartoonists who come under attack for their work says Muslims should try to better understand the western idea of free speech, even if they find the message offensive to their religion. Police in Ireland

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By Craig Fitzpatrick Calvert County, Maryland 06 February 2006 watch Tobacco Farmers report In recent months, several countries in Europe have banned cigarette smoking in enclosed public spaces, somet

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Worsening food shortages caused by irregular rainfall and poor harvests in 2009 threaten seven million people in Niger. Aid workers say the country's children are in particular danger. Niger is one of the poorest nations in the world and hunger rates

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Muscles ripple out of Isaac Donkors red and yellow striped Ghana football jersey, as he walks through his furniture store at the end of a busy street in Johannesburgs Newlands suburb. He ambles into his office, where certificates from bodybuilding ch

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First I get cold and hot think I'm on fire, but I'm not. Oh, what a pain I've got, it must be love! There's nothing I can do, all that I want is you. Look what I'm going through, it must be love! It must be love, it must be love. I fall like a sparro

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By Robert Berger Jarusalem 12 October 2007 A senior Palestinian official says there is serious progress in new peace talks with Israel. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the Islamic militant group Hamas could sabotage the proc

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Heads of state from 79 nations in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific are ending a summit in Ghana calling on the international community to stabilize financial markets and prices for oil and food. The leaders also asked for greater flexibility in neg

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Christians around the world are observing Good Friday, marking the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 02 April 2010 Christians pilgrims hold wooden crosses as they walk past a Jewish man wearing a prayer shawl through Jerusalem's

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