Welcome to La La Land

Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. On this program, we tell about common expressions in American English and explain how to use them. Today we talk about expressions involving Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is the b

This Land Is Your Land

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Both Oslo and Stockholm are on the water, but they are not touched by the Gulf Stream, 奥斯陆和斯德哥尔摩都是海滨城市，但是湾流不经过这两座城市， so the water in their harbors is frozen over nearly all winter and ships ca

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This Land Is Your Land: The Life, Music and Politics of Woody Guthrie VOICE ONE: I'm Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we complete our story about songwriter and singer Wood

Native American Tribe Battles to Keep Land

Money from casinos has lifted many Native American tribal economies and made some tribes rich. Take the Shakopee Mdewakanton in the state of Minnesota, for example. Its gaming operations earn tribe members $1 million a year. But the road to casino ri

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By Nathan King New York City 12 July 2007 New York's Coney Island is one of the Big Apple's most visited attractions. Its beach, boardwalk and amusement park have been attracting visitors for more than a century. But its largest theme park -- Astrola

London's Theatreland

Rob: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Rob. Amy: And I'm Amy. Rob: Hi Amy. Today we're off to the theatre, to London's Theatreland to be more precise. Amy: Great! Theatreland. That's the area of London where many of

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Glacier Bay: A Land Reborn This week in our travels through Americas national parks, we revisit the state of Alaska. The northernmost state is home to eight major national parks. Today, we visit one of its most famous parks Glacier Bay. This huge par

2007年VOA标准英语-Land Issues Pit Saharan Nomads Against Governme

By Phuong Tran N'Djamena, Chad 29 August 2007 Mauritanian nomad children, Messaouda and Lala Fatma in Marseique village Decades of drought in the Sahel desert and its vast mineral reserves, have forced nomads to defend their pastures from both farmer

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Voice 1 Hello. Im Elizabeth Lickiss. Voice 2 And Im Marina Santee. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 It is early

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An icon of New York's Coney Island, the Astroland amusement park, is closing its doors after nearly 50 years. Victoria Cavaliere reports that Astroland's owners and the residents of Coney Island say the shutdown marks the end of an era and also brin

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China to amend law to curb land expropriation

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature will deliberate on draft amendments to laws on land management and trademarks during its bimonthly session, it was decided on Friday. It will also discuss a draft decision to strengthen Internet in

Indian Automaker to Take Land Dispute to Top Court

Indian automaker(汽车制造商) Tata Motors says it will ask the country's highest court to block a state government's decision to return land for a factory back to farmers. West Bengal's state legislature passed a law earlier this month allowing i

China considers fairer land expropriation compensation to farmers

BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature is considering fairer recompense for farmers whose land has been expropriated, by breaking the legal compensation ceiling and covering them with a social security package. A draft amendment to the

Tata Motors Fights Indian Government on Land Grab

At the High Court in Kolkata, India, lawyers for Tata Motors contested a new law that allows the government to cancel its lease for a large plot of land that was to be used to produce the world's cheapest car. The land in Singur was acquired from far

China to continue regulating land supply for housing construction

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China will continue its regulation of land supply for housing use in 2013 to promote the stability of land market and healthy economic growth, a senior land and resources official said on Friday. Xu Shaoshi, minister of l

The Land of the Halt

Many years ago in a small territory，there was not one of the in-habitants who did not stutter when he spoke，or halt in walking；both these defects，moreover，were considered accomplishments A stranger saw the evil，and thinking how they would

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