OK, next story. Air pollution, it's well-documented that it can cause lung problems. But can it hurt the human brain. Researchers at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom say yes. They took a look at brain samples from dozens of people who live

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Reporter: Right. Tell me what had happened to Citibank. Not going all the way back-and I want to talk about risk management in a secondbut why was the stock collapsing? And why did you feel it was necessary to say we need to do something about short

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Vikram Pandit: Well, theressome of them are toxic, some of them are good. 潘迪特:对,但是有些是不良资产,有些资产是好的。 Reporter: OK. 记者:原来是这样。 Vikram Pandit: There are just too many of them, and there has

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Reporter: Vikram Pandit is here. He became CEO of Citigroup in December 2007, less than a year ago. He now finds himself leading the company during its most difficult time. He joins me for his first television interview since the economic crisis engu

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Food Distribution Increases in CAR 增加中非共和国食品供给 The World Food Program says emergency food supplies are reaching more people in Central African Republic. However, the main supply road from Cameroon to CARs capital Bangui remains

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Foreclosures continue to rise in Florida and other U.S. states hit hard by the real estate crisis. Several Florida counties are trying to fight back against the problem by bringing banks and homeowners together to find a way to save troubled mortgage

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The United States has seen another jump in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits. The news did not dampen investor exuberance in the United States or elsewhere, as financial markets worldwide rallied sharply higher. 美国又有更多

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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work. 我年轻时发现,我所做的十件里有九件失败,所以我增加十倍的努力。(George Bernard Shaw) 图片1

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Traffic Deaths Increase after 4:20 P.M. on 4/20 Tomorrow is April 20th4/20. It's sometimes called a High Holiday. Because for a lot of people, 4/20 is Marijuana Day. And for them it's kind of a tradition to start lighting up at 4:20 P.M. on 4/20. Whi

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US Adds 148K Jobs, Unemployment Falls to 7.2 Percent 美国增加了14.8万岗 位,失业率降至7.2% U.S. businesses added a modest 148,000 jobs in September, far short of the 180,000 analysts were expecting. Still, job gains were enough to lower t

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今天我们要学的词是bulk up。Bulk up, 是增加,积累的意思。美国四月份就业报告出台,就业集中增加在一些低薪资行业。 Hiring by retailers rebounded, and food services and temporary-help agencies also bulked up,

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sociable 好交际的 ;友善的 sofa 沙发 solidarity 团结 solitary 独居者 ;孤独的 solo 独奏 sovereign 元首 spacious 广大的 specialist 专家 spectrum 光谱 spicy 辛辣的 ;有风

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tangle 缠结 ;混乱状态;处于混乱状态 temperament 气质 ;急躁 texture (织品的)质地;(木材、岩石的)纹理;(皮肤)肌里;(文艺作品)结构 thigh 大腿

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salvation 拯救 sanction 核准 ;支持;鼓励;批准 sane 神智健全的 sarcastic 讽刺的 saturate 使渗透 scandal 丑闻 ;流言蜚语 scramble 攀缘 ;攀登;争夺 script 手写体

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An influential member of the U.S. Congress, Senator Joseph Biden, is proposing a massive increase in non-military financial aid to Pakistan. Senator Biden made the proposal during a news conference in Islamabad. 在美国国会有影响力的参议员拜

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The number of boat people trying to reach Australia continues to surge, with a new boat recently found. Most are fleeing conflicts in South Asia. 坐船偷渡到澳大利亚的人数持续增加。最近又有一艘新的小船被发现。大部分偷渡

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns diarrheal diseases, such as cholera, are on the rise and increasingly becoming a major cause of death throughout the world - especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The Red Cross sa

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A House of Representatives committee has voted down attempts by Republicans to restore more than $200 million for a planned U.S. missile defense system in Europe. A final decision on funding must await House and Senate votes on separate versions of a

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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has urged the international community to put pressure on major oil producing countries to curb high fuel prices. Mr. Rudd said OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, has to increase supply. The A

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Rev Up Photosynthesis To Boost Crop Yields 提高光合作用能使作物增加产量 Photosynthesis is surprisingly inefficient, only of the order of one to two percent. And one of the main culprits is an enzyme called RuBisCo. 光合作用效率低得

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