VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: One problem for schools is higher costs for bus transportation And I'm Barbara Klein. A new school year is beginning in the United States. On our program today

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HIV Awareness Campaigns Paying Off A new survey shows that South African HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns have been a big success. Theres more testing, condom use and male circumcision. The findings were released Tuesday at the 19th International AIDS Co

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Pattern seen in 50 countries in children up to age 5 Art Chimes | Washington, DC 26 April 2010 A new study of more than 50 low- and middle-income countries, finds a consistent association between maternal height and offspring health. Related Links JA

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Mobile, Wireless Devices Save Lives, Money World Health officials have released the most comprehensive global survey to date of how mobile phones and other wireless communication technologies are improving health care delivery around the world. The W

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Bribery Corruption Worsening Worldwide, Survey Shows The Global Corruption Barometer 2013 paints a bleak picture. One in every four people paid a bribe in the last 12 months when accessing public institutions and services, according to Transparency I

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纽约股市坐上过山车 What's driving the recent market volatility? Analysts say it's a combination of factors: the slowdown in China and the steep plunge in oil prices. We spoke with Dan Veru chief investment officer at Palisade Capital on Skyp

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Its World Book Day today, and despite the increasing availability of e-books, China still scores low in terms of the the number of books read by an average adult. A 2013 survey by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication shows that an average Chi

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New figures show business confidence was boosted by bets on a Coalition election victory and an interest rate cut in August. National Australia Bank's monthly survey of over 600 firms shows confidence shot up to a reading of six from minus three back

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The share markets closed lower for the third session in a row. It's uncertain about political dramas in the US boost investors. The ASX 200 gave up around a quarter of a per cent. Taking a look across Asia, though. Markets are doing too badly. Theyre

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Topic1 Hong Kong Students Read MoreWhat is the point of reading non-major-related books? Recently, a Peking University student comes back from an exchange program in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. When he tells his PKU classmates that he read l

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Tall buildings, big events, modernity: The characteristics of a sexy Chinese city. Condom sales, birth rates, transmitted disease and toys: The determinants of a sexy US city。 In unrelated surveys released this week, Shanghai was named China's sexi

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Successful entrepreneurs have surpassed pop stars as college students' idols, a recent Fudan University survey has found. In the survey, which sampled 150 students from different grades and departments, 96 chose successful entrepreneurs as their idol

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The flood of e-mail spam, or junk e-mails, that bombards Internet users daily has become a nagging problem, according to a survey released by the Taiwan Internet Association. The survey found that Internet users receive an average of 29 junk e-mails

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The setting for the annual World Economic Forum is an elite ski resort in the Swiss Alps. Anti-poverty advocacy group Oxfam has brought a message for the influential leaders gathered there. The richest people in the world, the most powerful people in

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今天我们要学的词on par with。On par with, 意思是势均力敌,平分秋色。最新的城市生活费用指数排名出炉。 The survey ranked Hong Kong 22nd, on par with Milan and Stockholm, 调查将香港排在第22位,与米兰和斯

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Londoners are under starter's orders as the city gets ready for the Olympic Games, which will begin one year today. To mark the start of the 366-day countdown (2012 is a leap year), special events are planned for today. The design of the Olympic meda

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How do you gauge a country's well-being? The usual approach is to look at economic indicators like GDP or employment figures, or social ones like literacy levels or crime rates. But in Britain politicians are seeking a much more basic measure of the

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How far have British women come in their journey for equal rights? A new survey gives a mixed picture. The poll was done to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, which is today. It was commissioned by a group of UK charities a

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Some Species Threatened with Extinction 一些蝴蝶种类面临绝迹 The British summer is extremely beautiful. Trees, flowers, birds and butterflies make the whole country like a big garden. However, many British people have noticed that butterfli

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More than fifty people have been killed and scores injured in a Taliban attack in western Afghanistan. It happened at a court building where the militants tried to free suspected Taliban members who were standing trial. The attackers were disguised a

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