SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. This week, we tell about Billie Holiday.

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Warnings of Humanitarian Crisis in Greek Port Town Aid workers say the Greek economic crash is causing a humanitarian crisis in one impoverished suburb of the port city of Piraeus. Most of the residents of Perama are unemployed and many are unable to

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Next Friday marks the 10th anniversary since ex-princess Diana died in the Paris car crash. It happened while she was being pursued by the Paparazzi. And now for the first time, some of them are admitting they bear some of the blame. NBC's Dawna Fri

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Inside this courtroom today, Jason McLean appeared in front of a judge for the first time in his life. He has never been in trouble until this point, but now he faces first-degree murder. In shackles, showing no emotion, McLean stands up This is an i

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By most accounts Lech Kaczynski was a popular politician within and outside his country, as evidence by the flow of condolences from foreign leaders and the outpouring of emotion for all the victims of a tragic plane crash, on board was a high level

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Theres some shocking new details about the King of Pop reviewed that a brand new biography thats out day called Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson. ABCs Nick Watt sat down with the author, former rolling stone contribut

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New details about Whitney Huston. Those close to the singer are speaking out for the first time since her tragic death. We heard from her cousin Dyong where we were just yesterday here and now her sister-in-law and manager Patricia Huston talked to O

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Every mid-autumn festival, Victoria Park is lit up in a spectrum of colors. Numerous dazzling lanterns are put on display, telling the stories of ancient China, while at the same time, littering-in modern pop cultural references. Young or old, local

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May 28th 1934, a medical miracle that later turns tragic in Ontario, Canada where the Dionne quintuplets are born. Ontarios provincial government deems the girls parents to beyond fit and puts the quints in a specially-built hospital. Thats where the

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May 28th1934, a medical miracle that later turns tragic in Ontario, Canada where the Dionne quintuplets are born. Ontarios provincial government deems the girls parents to beyond fit and puts the quints in a specially-built hospital. Thats where the

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Topic 1-2 kids killed after falling from shopping mall indoor balcony A tragedy happened in the city of Tianjin. Two kids fell from 5 floors above in a shopping mall and died. The father accidentally dropped the kids while holding them on the indoor

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Its time for these men to get ready for work, and work means hanging off a cliff at 10,000 feet. High in the Austrian Alps, these men are trying to rescue a historic weather station from the weather itself. It was a couple of years ago, we saw this c

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❤ 模仿文本:Throughout the story we meet gods and mythological and symbolic characters, the spirit of music, hope, Pluto and Proserpina and finally Apollo who can offer partial consolation to a flawed hero among the stars. And the hero of clas

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The family of M, a 51-year-old woman who was fiercely independent, very active according to her sister until she contracted a virus eight and a half years ago and became very severely brain damaged, they have been told she would not be allowed to die

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November 4th, 1979Start of the Iranian hostage crisis as militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seize its occupants. For many of the dozens of hostages, it is the start of 444 days of captivity, a saga that grips America. 1995Hopes for Mid Ea

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November 4th, 1979Start of the Iranian hostage crisis as militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seize its occupants . For many of the dozens of hostages, it is the start of 444 days of captivity, a saga that grips America. 1995Hopes for Middl

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November 4th, 1979Start of the Iranian hostage crisis as militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seize its occupants . For many of the dozens of hostages, it is the start of 444 days of captivity, a saga that grips America. 1995Hopes for Middl

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Todd: OK, Shawn, I'm going to talk about your favorites. Shawn: Sure Todd: What's your favorite color? Shawn: I say, green. Todd: Green. Shawn: Yes. Todd: OK. And what's your favorite fruit? Shawn: My favorite fruit: orange. Todd: Orange! Shawn: Oran

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14.首先不讲创造一门新的全球性语言是不是可能的,单就学习和掌握任何一门已有语言来讲就绝对不是一件轻松的事情。 Leaving aside the issue whether there is the possibility of creating a new global language

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Michael: Alright, so Simon, do you have a favorite movie? Simon: Again, that's difficult question so I can't say one favorite movie but I can say that I really, really enjoyed The Lord of the Rings, well mainly because as a elementary school student

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