My period started today, Ruth said. Brody could hear her sadness over the phone. Oh, Im sorry, honey. Thats too bad, Brody said. Until now, they both had assumed that she was pregnant, because her period was supposed to start three weeks ago. Brody h

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Workers finish the preparation and mailing of final Oscar ballots in January I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week -- the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its yea

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Education Report - A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartners 教育报道 - 缅因州一学区向幼儿园学生发放iPads This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 Nine years ago

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本单元是关于慈爱的忠告的对话 Michal: Hello, I've been sent to take you. Dad: I can't get a minute's peace around here! Michal: No wonders you love it here, your garden's beautiful. Dad: Thank you Michal. Just my luck though, neither Helen nor her mo

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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vi

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This news report is sponsored by Blue Cross/Blue Shield. There's some serious problems in Arkansas. High winds and a tornado have sliced through portions of southern Arkansas. People have been injured and some residents are still unaccounted for. Eme

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Boy, we just wasted a whole morning, Roy complained over the phone to his middle-aged son. Roys wife had been scheduled for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam, because her shoulder had been bothering her for months. It had gotten to the point wh

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By Greg Flakus Washington, DC 07 September 2006 watch Spanish Radio report Since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans a year ago, the Hispanic population of that city and surrounding communities has grown dramatically. One beneficiary of the growth

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans, LA 24 January 2006 watch Radio Food Show report It has been nearly five months since the city of New Orleans was devastated by flooding, following the passage of Hurricane

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It's an event Apple CEO Steve Jobs says he didn't want to miss. Jobs was back to unveil the iPad2 in a rare cooperative appearance since taking a medical leave earlier this year. This iPad is 1/3 thinner; making it's slimmer than the latest iPone and

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A milestone today for Goliath, the biggest company in the world apple unveiled its newest whiz-bang must have gadget. It has become a kind of ritual or now met with breathless anticipation presided over in the past by Steve Jobs. But today, the show

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Scraps of metal, broken glass, this is what it looks like in China when a company falls apart. Proview was once know for its LCDs, now it's famous for litigation. It's taken Apple to court here in China over the trademark of the word iPad. I spoke wi

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By Sean Maroney Washington 14 March 2007 watch March Madness report The men's U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball tournament begins this week. This single elimination competition spans more than three weeks, pitting the na

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A group of British charities has teamed up with British film actor Bill Nighy and producer Richard Curtis to campaign for what they call a new deal between banks and society. They want to put a .05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks

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The World Health Organization says there is some concern the swine flu A-H1N1 virus may start moving from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere, where the regular winter flu season is approaching. People, wearing face masks as a precaut

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Assad Family Grip on Syria Hampers Reform Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on anti-government protesters has been leavened with at least verbal concessions to reform. But given the history of the country, the government and his family, so

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Need a distraction from the news? ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We have one. CORNISH: It's a reminder of the good things in life that are free. SHAPIRO: Another commercial for Nicer Living. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED MAN

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电影《断背山》的插曲,翻唱的是60年代乡村音乐巨匠罗格-米勒(Roger Miller)的名作《公路之王》(King of the Road)。一首人在旅途的歌。没有电话,没有泳池,没有宠物,一辆能卖也能租的拖车,一个穷途末路又无所不能的男人。我知道每一辆火车上的每一位机械师,以

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 17 May 2006 The international community was urged not to support factions outside of the Somali government by a top official in the seven-nation regional grouping Intergovern

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 12 February 2008 Representatives of nearly 60 countries addressed the U.N. Security Council Tuesday on the subject of children in armed conflict. They urged the world body to sanction parties that recruit children a

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