Claude Moore Colonial Farm Steps Back in Time FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA On the outskirts of Washington, there's a place where it seems time has stopped. Claude Moore Colonial Farm is a U.S. national park in McLean, Virginia, which recreates and reenac

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十一月)

Jack opened his eyes. He sighed. They werewearing their own clothes again. His leather bag wasa backpack. Sunlight slanted through the tree house window. As always, no time at all had passed in Frog Creek. Home, said Annie. She held up the pouch of c

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Politics Overtaking Science in Global Warming Debate Polls in recent years show that fewer Americans believe global warming is a threat or that it is driven by human activities. Thats despite consensus among scientists that climate change is not only

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Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev is backing a campaign to crack down on smoking in Russia, the world's second biggest tobacco market after China. In a message on his video blog, he warns that one in three Russians are hooked on cigarettes and

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More coming up on Day to Day from NPR News. From NPR News, it's Day to Day. Americans are loath to vote for higher taxes, except when it comes to smoking. On election days, states like Arizona and South Dakota voted for increased taxes on the sales o

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 06 July 2007 Efforts to implement a 2003 global tobacco control treaty moved forward after delegates from more than 140 nations pledged to end smoking in public places and work places. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, World H

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Technology Report - Are Smartphone Apps Encouraging Young Smokers? 科技报道 - 一些智能手机应用程序鼓励年轻人吸烟 From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报

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U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law Monday sweeping new legislation regulating the nation's tobacco industry. The bill gives the federal government the ability to regulate the production and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Pre

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US Surgeon General Says More Needed to Curb Teen Smoking The report is a tome - nearly 900 pages long. Its focus is on how to prevent tobacco use among teenagers and young adults. Smoking among teens up While the overall rate of tobacco use has drast

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Delegates from 171 countries and several hundred civic groups are meeting next week in Uruguay to discuss ways to reduce tobacco consumption around the world. A controversial report published on the eve of the meeting says some of the proposed measur

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研究者寻找帮助戒烟的办法 WASHINGTON It's no secret that any type of tobacco use is not healthy. But, for most people, it's hard to quit. That's because most of them started the habit as teenagers and because tobacco contains nicotine. 吸食

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Federal regulators plan to ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes at retail locations like gas stations and convenience stores. They also plan to require people buying e-cigarettes online to verify their age. From Colorado Publ

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More and more women have began smoking in the last few decades. One of the reasons is savvy marketing as Don explains to Yael in this Moment of Science. D: Yael, what's that in your hand? Y: Come on, Don. Haven't you seen a cigarette before? Every da

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By Delana Gbenekama London 09 July 2007 It is the beginning of a new era for smokers in England. No more lighting up in closed public places, including in pubs and private clubs. Other parts of Britain already have such bans. Delana Gbenekama reports

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Vaping is often billed as a healthier alternative to cigarettes or a way to help smokers quit. But the manufacturing of flavored vape products has drawn minors to electronic smoking. Colorado Public Radio's John Daley has more on

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北京拟禁止公款购烟草制品 IPO申报窗口并未关闭 Beijing has released a draft regulation that would ban public funds in the purchase of tobacco and smoking sets in the latest move to control smoking, according to the municipal legal a

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Indonesia for an Asian-African summit and activities commemorating the 1955 Bandung Conference. Xi Jinping is due to deliver a speech to the leaders' meeting in Jakarta where he's expected to lay-out though

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We all know that smoking cigarettes is bad. But what about smoking a pipe or cigars? Since you dont inhale, is it better for your health? Or at least less bad? Good question.So first, its true that cigarettes are in a league of their own when it come

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D: Yael, what's that in your hand? Y: Come on, Don. Haven't you seen a cigarette before? Every day in the United States, about 1500 girls begin smoking, and I figured, why not do my share? D: But Yael, don't you know that tobacco kills more than 140,

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 February 2008 Anti-tobacco campaigners negotiating a treaty to combat the illicit tobacco trade say cigarette smuggling is big business throughout the African continent and is resulting in serious health problems. Lisa Schle

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