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BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Harry Houdini, the great escape artist and magician. BARBARA KLEIN: It was a hot July day in nineteen twelve.

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's Friday and time for StoryCorps. Today, the launch of a new project - it is called One Small Step. And it's an effort to bring together Americans with differing political views. After the 2016 election, J

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

Brent was at the stop light. His car radio was on. The music was very loud. Brent liked to listen to loud music in his car. A police car pulled up next to Brent. The policeman looked at Brent. He shouted, Pull over to the side of the road. Brent said

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Im calling the police, Barry said. Im glad youre calling the police, Ruth said. Barry and Ruth had a nice house. They had a nice, quiet house. They had nice neighbors. They had nice, quiet neighbors. But tonight, their neighbors were not quiet. They

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By Yuriko Nagano Tokyo 17 May 2007 Japan is less than two years away from making a fundamental change in its legal system, by allowing jury trials. Under the new system, average citizens will work alongside judges to issue verdicts in many criminal c

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Greece's biggest bank says that if the country exits the euro currency bloc the effect on the nation's populace would be dramatic. As the country heads to a new round of parliamentary elections in mid-June, the National Bank of Greece said Tuesday th

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Transgender life 跨性别者的生活 Restroom rumpus 卫生间风波 A fault line runs through the stalls 卫生间里的错误划分 THESE children have fewer rights than prison inmates, says Tom Morrison, a Republican state representative in Illi

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Peeing at work has traditionally been a segregated business. 传统上,在工作场所如厕存在着一种隔离。 In the old days, directors relieved themselves in different, swishier places from the rank and file. 过去,董事们有自己单独

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