This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Early estimates show that the United States economy shrank by three-tenths of one percent from July through September. Economists had predicted a five-tenths drop. But Thursday's report from the Comm

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008(十)月

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: A massive earthquake in China's Sichuan province earlier this year was the country's worst in more than 30 years. And I'm Barbara Klein. Scientists who study

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Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson became president of the United States in March of eighteen twenty-nine. Thousands of his supporters came to Washington to see him sworn-in. Many

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The Internet search engine company called Google has announced it will give more than twenty-five million dollars in money and investments to help the poor. The money will be spent over the next fi

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On the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula, the desert turns green as clouds cover it like a blanket. This is the country of Oman's monsoon season. The natural event, which lasts for three months, draws hundreds of thousands of tourists with cool w

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The day will be the most memorable in the history of America, wrote John Adams in 1776. People will honor it with parades, fireworks and celebrations, he added. 这一天将是美国历史上最难忘的一天,约翰亚当斯在1776年这样写道。

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Those We Said Goodbye to in 2017 They made you cry and they made you laugh. Some united a country and others divided its people. 他们让你哭,让你笑。有些人让一个国家团结起来,有些则让这个国家的人民分裂。 Here is a

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College Admissions: Preparing to Test Your Abilities For many would-be college students, testing is the most difficult part of the undergraduate application process. Applicants sit for hours taking tests. They answer questions about a number of subje

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Don't Panic! 别慌! Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Have you ever felt pure fear, a fear that makes you act in a way you normally would not? That is panic. Panic is a great fear that makes otherwise normal people do ab

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THIS IS AMERICA - Coming to America: Writers and the Immigrant StoryBy Doreen Baingana Broadcast: Monday, December 11, 2006 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Embe

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Dickson Despommier is a public health professor at Columbia University in New York City. His area is environmental health sciences. One design for a vertical farm One day nine years ago, he and his

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People in America - Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961: He created a New Kind of Writing. He Was Able to Paint in Words What He Saw and Felt. His first novel, The Sun Also Rises, made Hemingway famous at the age of 25. Transcript of radio broadcast: 08 Mar

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THIS IS AMERICA - Six Men, a World War, a Pacific Island, and an Image for All Time The story of the flag raising captured in 1945 on Iwo Jima by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, and the memorial statue it led to. Transcript of radio bro

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Admission Standards Toughened at University of Liberia 利比里亚大学提高入学标准 From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 Entrance examinations have been causing problems and

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Health Report - Trying a New Way to Stop Dengue This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Dengue fever feels like a severe case of the flu, including pain in the muscles and joints. The World Health Organization says there may be fifty million d

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Looking for New Ways to Ease the Pain of Fibromyalgia FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. Today, we talk about fibromyalgia syndro

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巴西等国家出现塞卡病毒 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health amp; Lifestyle report. 这里是美国之音健康与生活方式报道。 Health officials in Brazil have declared a state of emergency in several states. 巴西卫生官员

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SPECIAL RROGRAM - Happy New Year! Yet January First Wasn't Always So SpecialBy George Grow Broadcast: Sunday, January 01, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Millions of people are taking part in New Year's celeb

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - For World AIDS Day, Leaders Are Urged to Keep Their PromisesBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, November 27, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. World AIDS Day is

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Poet Jack Prelutsky: Writing About the Little Things in LifeBy Dana Demange and Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, October 27, 2006 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special En

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