Economics Report - Italy Considers Budget Cuts, Rising Borrowing Costs 经济报道 - 意大利削减预算导致借贷成本上升 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 The economic situat

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By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 19 February 2007 watch Norovirus report It can be called stomach flu, food poisoning or acute gastroenteritis. Medical experts call it the Norovirus, and this family of viruses causes diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and

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Hundreds of Zimbabweans from political parties, civil rights organizations, churches and ordinary citizens gathered Wednesday for the first public hearings towards a new constitution organized by the transitional four-month-old government of nationa

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Greek Election Could Decide Future in Eurozone The Greeks are getting well practiced at this. For the second time in six weeks, Sunday morning in Athens involves a journey to the voting booth. Its mid morning and Papagou, a well-off suburb near the c

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US Shooting Case Puts Spotlight on Controversial Law Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman said he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in self-defense during a confrontation, after calling the police emergency line to report a suspicious person:

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Violinist Eddie South may not be a household name, but among his peers, he was a giant of the jazz world. The former classical music prodigy whose distinctive style was the inspiration for a new tribute album by Violin Jazz. The music of Eddie South,

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AIDS Vaccine Conference Ends with Eye to Future The AIDS Vaccine 2011 conference ended Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand. While a vaccine to help end the pandemic remains elusive, scientific advances are being made. About 850 scientists, researchers and

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3D Gaming Technology Predicts Ocean Future The Nereus model incorporates climate change models, data related to human activities, and changes in the oceans food webs to calculate a timeline for harvestable marine life from 1960 to the year 2060. Nere

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Africa Leaders Optimistic about Future of Continent Delegates to the summit came from various African countries and from World Bank, African Development Bank and the United Nations Development Program. Addressing the participants, Zimbabwean Presiden

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Author Celebrates Los Angeles Chinatown With her red hair and freckles, Lisa See looks Caucasian. But she's one-eighth Chinese and is part of an extended Chinese-American family. She's at home as she strolls through Chinatown's neighborhoods and temp

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Clinton: Famine Aid Must Prevent Future Crises The United States has pledged an additional $17 million to nations in the Horn of Africa coping with severe drought. That includes $12 million for Somalia, where tens of thousands of people have died of

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National Weather Satellite Threatened by US Budget Cuts On May 22, 2011, a single massive tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, claiming more than 150 lives. But the death toll would have been much higher a century ago. With something of this magnitude, the

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Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators marched and chanted in the streets of the Libyan capital Tripoli and the coastal port city of Benghaz. The demonstrations follow reports in the Libyan press of disturbances by anti-government protesters Tuesda

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Intel Offers Glimpse of Future A vehicle mock-up shows a driver whose brain activity, monitored by head sensors, and eye movement, tracked by a dashboard camera, tell how alert he is at the wheel. Intel Labs senior fellow Justin Rattner says devices

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In just a few weeks, this lake will be frozen, and the beavers wont be able to cut and move trees, but they will be able to swim right under the ice to feed from this underwater larder. Moose also eat twigs and branches and often try to take advantag

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And for every dam, there is a new habitat for new life, and a richer, more diverse Yellowstone. But just as Yellowstone reveals the complexity of life, it also exposes its fragility. On its lofty ridges, there are signs that all is not well with the

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his is a tree that needs a cold winter. Its now November and the elk have found their feeding grounds just in time, the snows of winter at their heels. Here they join other herds who come to this place every year, where the snow would be less deep an

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But now, the final act of the season is about to take place. From out of apparently nowhere come the bighorn sheep, the toughest of all Yellowstones animals. They can stay here all winter on slopes and crags that the biting wind keeps clear of snow.

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今天我们要学的词是, authorized。 Authorized, 是指经过授权的。An authorized agent, 就是授权代理。最近,美国联邦政府把伊利诺伊州政府告上了法庭。The state wants to bar employers from using a federal databa

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1) outta = out + of 没了,走了 2) gotta = got + to 必须做 3) musta = must have = 一定 Were running outta time! 我们没时间啦!白洁最近听到一首很好听的中文歌叫:时间都去哪儿了。

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