Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are making a final push for support in Ohio and Texas in advance of crucial primaries on 4 March. The two Democrats took part in a contentious debate Tuesday, 26 February, that most expe

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年2月

AMERICAN MOSAIC - October 4, 2002: Ultimate Frisbee / Question About Houston, Texas / Music by Hackberry Ramblers HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC - VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME)

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Texas Christmas Features Tamales, Cowboys 德州圣诞特色:玉米粉蒸肉,牛仔 SAN ANTONIO In Texas, Christmas and New Year's celebrations are similar to those in the rest of the United States, but Mexican culture and the state's cowboy heritage

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Texas Couple Become Goat-Farming Entrepreneurs Most people hold on to their jobs for security and whatever benefits they might provide. But some adventurous souls follow a more challenging path, becoming entrepreneurs, working for themselves with no

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今天我们要学的词是hoax。 Hoax, 骗局、恶作剧。美国警方证实,上星期的气球男孩事件是一起事先策划的恶作剧, The police have confirmed that the 'balloon boy' incident was a hoax. 俄 亥俄州一名女子在一家

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By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 05 June 2007 The recent deadly tornadoes that struck rural Kansas brought back sad memories for the people of Jarrell, Texas, a community of about 1400 people less than an hour's drive north of the state capital, Austin.

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Second Texas Nurse with Ebola Flew on Plane on Monday 美国德州第二名感染埃博拉护士曾乘坐民航休假 The second U.S. health care worker to have gotten the deadly Ebola virus flew on a commercial airplane just one day before feeling i

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Pakistani Acid-Attack Victim Enjoys New Life in Texas After taking the oath of citizenship, Julie Aftab celebrated. I have waited eight-and-a-half years to hear those words, and those words mean so much to me, she said. Ten years ago, when she was 16

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New Texas Institute Coordinates Space Medicine Research Since the human space flight adventure began more than 50 years ago, scientists have learned a lot about things like the effects of weightlessness on bones and muscles, and the danger of increas

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Four years ago, the Dixie Chicks decided to take a break from making music. Two of the three members became restless, however, and formed a duo as a side project. They have now released a debut album. Sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison decided

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Death Row Exonerated Seek End to Death Penalty in US A new Gallup Poll shows that support for the death penalty in the United States remains high, but down to 61 percent from 80 percent in 1994. Part of the reason is the possibility of innocent inmat

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Farmers Urged to Throw Plow Away Since the dawn of agriculture, tilling the soil has been fundamental to farming. But today, experts say this age-old practice may do more harm than good, at least in some places. That's why they've been telling farmer

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International Performers Flock to Texas Music Festival Playing on Austin's club-lined Sixth Street, the British folk group Skinny Lister charms the crowd. It cost them a lot of money to come here two years in a row but group guitarist Daniel says it

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1. The Texas Senate passed sweeping new abortion restrictions late Friday, sending them to republican governor, Rick Perry to sign into law. The vote occurred after weeks of rallies that made the Texas of the focus of the national debate on abortion.

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: We now know that the man who killed 26 people in a tiny Texas church on Sunday had been court-martialed and discharged from the Air Force for assaulting his wife and child. And authorities say that Devin Patrick Kelley sent threat

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Presidential contender Barack Obama won the endorsement of a former rival Tuesday in his battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination. Obama also got some good news in national polls as he and Clinton prepare for a debate later Tue

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Recently released data from the 2010 U.S. census shows significant growth in the nation's Hispanic population. And nowhere has that growth been more dramatic than in the southwestern state of Texas, the state with the biggest overall population incre

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AZUZ: In the U.S. state of Texas, new details are coming to light following a shooting in a small town of Sutherland Springs. Twenty-six people were killed after a gunman opened fire during Sunday's services at the First Baptist Church. The victims r

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Retired Chaplain Campaigns Against Death Penalty 退休牧师反对死刑 HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS A number of U.S. states have taken steps to limit the death penalty over fears that innocent people may have already been executed. But not Texas, which has p

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十月)

By Scott Stearns White House 01 January 2008 President Bush says he is eager to get back to work after starting the new year with family friends on his Texas ranch. VOA White House correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. Before returning to the Wh

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