Futuristic Movie 'Elysium' Underscores Today's Ills 未来主义电影针砭时弊 South African filmmaker Neil Blomkamp returns with a new sci-fi film, Elysium. Like his previous futuristic drama District 9, Elysium tackles social separation in a dy

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(八月)

Goats Get a Capitol Hill Job 山羊获得国会山工作 While members of the U.S. Congress are on vacation this month, work continues around the U.S. Capitol. Not by Congressional aides, though. A herd of goats was set loose in the Historic Congress

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Washington Week: Focus on Economy, Health Care 本周华盛顿关注经济,医疗改革 WASHINGTON After a week-long vacation, U.S. President Barack Obama will focus on proposals to strengthen the still-recovering American economy. The agenda include

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Health Care Battle Looms in United States 美国即将开始医改大战 U.S. lawmakers return to Washington next month and they face a deadline of October 1 on how to continue funding the federal government. A group of Republicans is threatening to

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Kenyan Presidential Candidates Make Final Push 肯尼亚总统候选人最后一搏 NAIROBI, KENYA With just under a week to go before Kenyas presidential election, candidates are making their final efforts to court voters. 肯尼亚首都内罗比,距

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In US, Civilian Use of Drones Awaits Regulations 美国民用无人机等待相关规定 Judging by the number of autonomous vehicles displayed at the recent international exhibition in Washington, unmanned aerial vehicles or drones are here to stay.

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Africa Attracting Technology Firms 非洲吸引科技公司安家落户 Africa is not only a growing market for hi-tech products, but may soon be a base for a lot more hi-tech companies. The continent is expected to see growing competition to meet th

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New Studies on HIV Treatment as Prevention 最新关于艾滋病毒的预防治疗研究 Recent studies have shown that antiretroviral drugs can be used not only to treat HIV, but also to prevent infection in the first place. Its called pre-exposure

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World Leaders Begin G20 Summit in Russia 世界各国领导在俄罗斯举行G20峰会 Leaders of the worlds 20 major economies, both developed and developing, are meeting in the Russian city of St. Petersburg Thursday and Friday to discuss economic

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历史性选举为尼泊尔带来机会 U.S. Ambassador to Nepal Peter Bodde congratulated Nepal's Interim Election Council of Ministers for setting a date for elections. 美国驻尼泊尔大使彼得博德祝贺尼泊尔临时选举部长理事会安

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Donors Pledge $2.7 Billion in New Deal for Somalia 捐助者承诺27亿美元的新政索马里 Delegates from 50 countries across Africa, Europe and the Persian Gulf came together in Brussels Monday to sign a New Deal Compact to help rebuild Somalia

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Chinas Elderly Need Beds, Caregivers 中国需要建立更多养老院 BEIJING China has the worlds largest population of citizens over age 65 and in the coming decades their numbers are expected to quickly grow. Already, officials are struggling to

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For the residents of the English city of Salisbury, 2018 will be remembered as the year the nerve agent Novichok came to town. Professor Andrea Sela calls it a uniquely devastating poison. The nervous system just fires wildly, and so you get all thes

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Visiting Bronners Christmas wonderland is more than a shopping trip, its an experience. At roughly the size of 8 Olympic swimming pools, its a lot for siblings Rollin and Rain Marturello to grasp. Its huge, totally I can say, its really huge. A trip

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New Yorkers have a particular love of dogs, and so it seems appropriate that the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog will be returning to New York City in February after 30 years in St. Louis Missouri. While there are not actual dogs in the museum

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Mobile Classroom Brings English Lessons to Immigrants专为移民补习英语课的移动课堂 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE On a recent Saturday morning in Nashville, Tennessee, students gathered at the Foreign Language Institute for English-as-a-second-lan

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Fire and Fury...Toward the end of 2017, US President Donald Trump took a harsh stance against North Korea and its leader Jim Jong-un for threatening the United States. And as I said, they will be met with fire, fury and frankly, power, the likes of w

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Here in the Argentine capital, the El Ateneo bookstore is housed in what used to be a magnificent theatre. The theatre opened in 1919, and featured a wide variety of artistic performances from plays to tango dancers. Later it became a movie theater.

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No pee on plants or mailbox, thats my rule. This is Gretl. Shes just a puppy. Shes a cavalier king poodle mix. The five most important things to be successful in the dog walking business to me. 不能在植物或者邮筒上撒尿,这是我的规矩。

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University of Washington doctors are seen here doing heart surgeries using catheters. These long tubes reaching into the heart allow doctors to perform non-invasive heart surgery. Doctor Mark Reisman is better at it now when he gets to practice by us

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