Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum knew how to catch people's eye and make money. His unique museums and traveling shows made him famous. Also, he came up with the three-ring circus, which made circuses more exciting and impressive than ever before. Barnum

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA -January 20, 2002: Martin Luther King Jr., Part 1 By William Rodgers Anncr: People in America - a program in Special English on the Voice of America. (Theme) Today, Warren Scheer and

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Part III Listening Comprehension (35mins) Section A Directions: In part A, you will hear short conversations between two people. After each conversation, you will hear a question about the conversation. The questions and the questions will not be rep

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But we are starting in Ukraine, there is a crisis in the country, and it is not calming down. Yesterday US vice president Joe Biden arrived in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. He promised more US assitants, money mostly, for the struggling Ukrainian gove

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Good morning,everybody. I am Juliet , your buddy. I was woken up by that humorous cockcrow . The moment I open the window in my study , I can hear the beautiful bird's singing , I can see the dancing leaves of trees with ages, and I can get a breath

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[00:05.84]Oh-oh 哦-哦 [00:09.60]Oh-oh 哦-哦 [00:13.12]Oh-oh 哦-哦 [00:13.56]Self-doubt didn't kick in until the morning 我辗转反侧,彻夜未眠 [00:15.96]when I woke up with a heart as cold and heavy as Mt. Everest. 醒来的时候,我感

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Rosa Parks: Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Sunday, November 20, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Pat Bodnar. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember w

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Tomorrow, the verdict is expected in the highly controversial trial of three members of the punk band Pussy Riot, 明天,将判决极具争议的朋克乐队暴动猫的三名成员, who have been jailed for staging what they described as a polit

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Police in Bangladesh fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday to break up demonstrations. Protesters said at least 40 people, many of them students, were injured. The protesters are demanding better enforcement of traffic safety laws and better pr

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1. The delay for thanksgiven are raining / to long match the east coast. Airline have cancled a hundred flights mostly in the northeast with many more are expected. 2. In Ferguson residents continued to clean up after a 2nd night erupt after grand ju

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AS IT IS 2015-03-24 Hundreds in Hanoi Protest Tree Cutting 河内数百人抗议砍伐树木 Many people in Hanoi have expressed anger about the governments plan to cut down thousands of the citys trees. They have protested around the city and on soc

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As former British Prime Minister Tony Blair appears before an inquiry into the war in Iraq, dozens of demonstrators gathered outside in a public display of anger over Britain's role in the war. Chants of war criminal echoed through London's streets,

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Wild horses are a legendary symbol of the American West. They mostly roam on vast areas of public land overseen by the U.S. government. To prevent overpopulation, the government periodically removes some of them. But critics say the practice is inhum

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Russians Voice Support as Truckers' Protest Jams Road MOSCOW A massive traffic jam formed Friday on Moscow's Ring Road after police blocked a column of truckers driving at low speed to protest a doubling of road tolls, as well as high fines for not p

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: What are the different ways that Americans protest? Our co-host Rachel Martin has been asking. RACHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: Here's Martin Luther King Jr. in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MARTIN LUTHER KING

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Voice 1 Hello, Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Darfur, Sudan. The

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 03 January 2008 Kenya's opposition leaders have called off a mass rally that had been scheduled for Thursday in Nairobi to protest alleged vote rigging in last week's presidential election. Before the march was called off police

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Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says Tehran plans to take legal action after being rebuked by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its nuclear program Edward Yeranian | Cairo 01 December 2009 This Sept. 26, 2009 satellite file image p

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Kenya's opposition leaders have called off a mass rally that had been scheduled for Thursday in Nairobi to protest alleged vote rigging in last week's presidential election. Before the march was called off police used tear gas and water cannons to bl

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About 16,000 high school teachers went on strike today. They did not go to school. Instead they held protest marches, and Wellington teachers took their protest to Parliament. However the teachers in Canterbury did not go on strike because school was

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