By Jessica Berman Washington 24 January 2008 Researchers say they have improved the accuracy of automatic face recognition systems, which are being used more and more by crime prevention and national security agencies. The investigators have created

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(一月)

The promotion of labor rights is an integral part of United States foreign policy. U.S. Special Representative for International Labor Affairs Sarah Fox says supporting fundamental worker rights, such as freedom of association and the right to collec

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Technology Report - Golden Gate Bridge Still Shining Strong After 75 Years This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The Golden Gate Bridge is celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary. The bridge opened to vehicle traffic on May twenty-eigh

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Ferguson, New York Incidents Harm US Image Abroad 弗格森案和纽约事件有损美国的国际形象 LONDON Race relations in the United States are back on the global agenda after recent decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of tw

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 12 November 2006 Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Angelus prayer from his window, November 12, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to change their style of life and consumption to alleviate world hunger. He urged a ch

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By Barry Wood North Port, Florida 09 January 2008 Home prices in the United States declined in 2007 for the first time since the depression years of the 1930s. VOA's Barry Wood recently visited North Port, Florida, a Gulf Coast city deeply impacted b

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By Greg Flakus Houston 02 August 2007 A bridge spanning the Mississippi River in the Midwestern city of Minneapolis collapsed Wednesday, during the evening rush hour, dumping scores of vehicles into the river. At least seven people died and local hos

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A one-man's disturbance in Beijing today at the World Bank news conference. World Bank President Robert Zoellic just began speaking when this man Du JianGuo stood up and started chanting slogans. The state-own industry should not be privatized. And t

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 July 2006 The governor of Nigeria's Lagos state says owners of a four-story apartment building, which collapsed Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, will be prosecuted. Rescue efforts continue nearly 48 hours after the i

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By Greg Flakus Houston 02 August 2007 Officials in Minneapolis are preparing for more sad news as recovery efforts go forward on the Mississippi River, where a major bridge collapsed Wednesday. There are only four confirmed deaths from the incident,

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Economics Report - Greece Struggles to Form Government, Unsure about Reform This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Olympic flame was lit in Greece Thursday. The ceremony marked the beginning of a long trip through Greece and Britain, w

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Economics Report - Greece Struggles to Form Government, Unsure about Reform 经济报道 - 希腊进入第三轮组阁尝试 改革前途未卜 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 The Oly

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By Barry Newhouse Washington 23 April 2006 Top officials of the International Monetary Fund say the organization must reform to be able to respond more quickly to crises in the changing global economy

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People in some parts of Zimbabwe's capital city Harare are being forced to dig holes in the ground for water as the city's water delivery system continues to break down. As a result, doctors warn that recent outbreaks of cholera could worsen as the

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'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Highlights Messy US Democracy in Action Many visitors to the U.S. Capitol, like David Stark from the state of nearby Maryland, come to admire this monument to democracy but express frustration with the political polarization insid

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: In 2011, the novelist Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her book A Visit From The Goon Squad. Years before it came out, Egan began researching New York City in the 1930s and '40s. And that research wound up in her new nove

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Sydney 05 September 2007 Foreign and trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members are pushing for ways to revive stalled global trade talks. In a meeting ahead of the annual APEC summit, top trade officia

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By Brian Padden Padang, Indonesia 03 October 2009 Aerial image of buildings destroyed by earthquake in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, 03 Oct 2009 Foreign emergency rescue teams are working to reach areas in and around Indonesia's port city, Padang

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Silkworm s and Skin Graft s Don: One of the neater things thats going on in biology is the genetic modification of species. By changing the instructions in their genes, we can make certain plants and animals produce things that are useful to humans.

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Amnesia 健忘症 When we remember something, the neuron s in our brains communicate with each other in a particular way. The chemical and sometimes even structural changes that occur create a pathway called a memory trace. Signals traveling along th

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