Ooh! Ah! Sis-Boom-Bah! Music to Go with Fourth of July Fireworks Welcome to This Is America, with VOA Learning English. America's Declaration of Independence from Britain was signed on July 4, 1776. Today, Mary Tillotson and Steve Ember bring you an

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Oprah Winfrey is internationally famous for hosting the most popular talk show on American television. Millions of TV viewers tune in worldwide every day to watch her. She has become a household name and is now one of the richest women in the world.

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Naguib Mahfouz was born in 1911 and died in 2006. He was an Egyptian novelist and winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is considered as the father of modern Arabic literature and is popular throughout the Arab world. Many of his books we

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Sarah Palin (born 1964) is the first woman to be selected by Americas Republican Party as vice-presidential nominee. She is also governor of Alaska. Although she was little-known by most Americans, those in her party have taken her to their hearts. H

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Mahmoud Abbas was elected as President of the Palestinian National Authority in 2005. He is a leading politician in the Fatah movement. He was also the first Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority. Abbas has spent much of his career negotiating

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Todd: OK, we're going to talk about apples. Kentaro: OK. Todd: OK, do you like apples? Kentaro: Yeah. So-so. Todd: OK, how often do you eat apples? Kentaro: Once a week, I would say. Todd: Once a week. How much is an apple in Japan? Kentaro: In Japan

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歌曲: Still Crazy in Love 艺人: Sarah Connor 音乐星级: ★★★★★ 所属专辑: Sexy As Hell 发行年代: 2008 风格: Pop 介绍: Sarah Connor,来自德国的女歌手,曾获德国乐坛最高荣耀的Echo音乐奖最佳流行摇滚女歌手大奖及Goldene Europe音乐奖最成功女歌手奖

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1980年Sarah Connor出生在德国的一个小镇上,据说因为是祖父的奥尔良血统,使她14岁便开始在教堂的唱诗班担任演唱,然后又在父母的安排下学习正统的声乐训练,企图成为一名歌剧女演员,还在学校的舞台上出演舞台剧、音乐剧。 似乎当时的Sarah Connor即将走上古典道路,

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Do you ever have an idea for that million-dollar app? Something so simple its crazy that it doesnt exist and one so obviously good that its guaranteed to be the next Uber. Of course you sometimes think that way, everyone does. The problem is that ver

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By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 02 July 2007 The American military says it has evidence Iran is using the Lebanese Shiite militia group Hezbollah as a proxy to arm Shiite militants in Iraq. Officials also say Iran's elite Quds Force was aware of and help

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Zimbabwe's unity government is struggling to win financial support from western countries because very little progress is being made to resolve key outstanding issues, including those involving the Movement for Democratic Change, that prevent the go

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The meeting came as the House, where Democrats hold a strong majority, formally adjourned so lawmakers can return to their districts to campaign during the few weeks before the elections. Adjournment of the House, and Senate, left unfinished one of P

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A: May I help you? B: Could I check out this book? A: Let me see your library card. B: I need to get one. A: You can apply for one right now, if youd like. B: Okay. Let me do that right now. A: Could you fill out this application? B: Im finished. Her

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A: What do you need? B: I would like to check out a book. A: Im going to need your library card. B: I dont have a library card. A: Why dont you apply for one right now? B: Sure. That would be great. A: Please fill out this application. B: Okay. Here

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A: Hi. I'd like to get your store credit card. B: Here's the application form. A: ...I'm finished. Here's the form. B: Thank you. Now if you'll just give me a credit card. A: Here's my VISA. B: Thank you.

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A: I want to get a store credit card. B: I have the application form right here. A: ...Okay. I've filled out the form. Here you go. B: Thanks. Now all I need to see is a credit card. A: Here's my MasterCard. B: Thank you very much.

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The United States is proposing a big conference on Afghanistan and wants to invite Iran, one of its neighbors. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says dealing with extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan requ

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 27 November 2007 Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel leader-turned-Prime Minister Guillaume Soro have met in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou as part of efforts to reunite their divided country. Earlier in the wee

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President Bush met at the White House with the King of Bahrain to discuss Mideast security and the war in Iraq. 布什总统在白宫会见了巴林国王哈马德。双方讨论了中东安全局势和伊拉克战争。 President Bush thanked the Ki

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Apple made its case for consumers to buy its forthcoming smartwatch, positioning the device as a way to handle the brief interactions that fill our days, from meeting reminders to short messages to calling for a car. 苹果公司发布了新款智能手

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