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Today's topic is active voice versus passive voice. Here's Brian from Iowa: It drives me crazy when people write in passive voice. How can I teach people how to tell the difference between passive and active voice and stay away from passive voice? Th

VOA标准英语2012--Common Infection Raises Female to Male HIV Risk

Common Infection Raises Female to Male HIV Risk A common bacterial infection among women in sub-Saharan Africa sharply increases the risk of HIV transmission to men. Researchers say current treatments provide only a short-term solution. Its long been

英语语法：219 Active Voice Versus Passive Voice

by Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is active voice versus passive voice. The podcast edition of this article was sponsored by GoToMeeting. With this meeting service, you can hold your meetings over the Internet and give presentations, product demos and

VOA慢速英语2013 Muslim Brotherhood Ready for More Active Role in Jordan

Muslim Brotherhood Ready for More Active Role in Jordan From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the largest Islamic groups in the Arab world. For years, the Brotherhood has been banned in a

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today in Your Health, we're going to take a look at a virus that can cause severe birth defects. Yes, as if Zika weren't scary enough, right? But this is something else. It's a virus called CMV, which causes disability for as man

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When youre looking for a table in a crowded cafeteria, you probably give wide berth to the family that sounds like its sharing a big dish of whooping cough. Well, not if youre a house finch, particularly a male. Because a study in the journal Biology

Tea May Help Fight Infection

Broadcast: April 30, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. American researchers say drinking tea may help strengthen the body's defense system against infection. Docto

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 24 March 2008 As the world marks international Tuberculosis day, a new study has revealed a frightening rise in the past 15 years in tuberculosis cases in Africa. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our Southern Africa Bu

VOA标准英语2009年-Researchers: AIDS Vaccine Cuts Infection f

By Ron Corben Bangkok 24 September 2009 US Ambassador to Thailand Eric John (L) with Thailand Minister of Public Health Witthaya Kaewparrdai after press conference in Bangkok, 24 Sep 2009 In a major scientific breakthrough researchers in Thailand sa

VOA标准英语2013--Climate, Brain Infection Linked in Uganda

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VOA标准英语2010年-South Asia Superbug is Potential Globa

Scientists say they have discovered a new gene among bacteria that are highly resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics. Experts say the superbug, originally found in India and other parts of South Asia, is showing up in patients in Europe and

VOA标准英语2011--Antibiotic Alternative Treats Urinary Infection in Mice

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英闻天下——67 Chavez Suffers "Severe" Lung Infection

Venezuelan authorities are now conceding President Hugo Chavez is dealing with a severe lung infection. Ernesto Villegas is the Information Minister. After the delicate surgery of this past December 11, Comandante Chavez has faced complications as a

E. coli infection cases rise sharply in Germany

BERLIN, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Germany's disease control center reported on Wednesday 365 new cases of the fatal enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), which marked a sharp rise since its outbreak in the middle of May. Twenty-five percent of the new cases inv

NATO chief calls for more active dialogue with China

LONDON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expressed his hope on Wednesday that NATO would seek a more active dialogue with China. We must expand the range of nations with whom

Samsung, suspends development, active shutter 3D TVs

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Samsung Electronics, the world's largest flat screen TV vendor, said Tuesday that it has suspended its plan to develop active shutter three-dimensional (3D) TVs with RealD, the U.S.-based 3D technology supplier. Samsung has

VOA标准英语2010年-AIDS: Vital First Minutes of Infection

A top U.S. health official says the first few minutes after HIV infection may be a window of opportunity to prevent the AIDS virus from firmly taking hold in the body. The HIV thats present during initial infection is different from the virus that re

每日一词【995】active duty：现役的

今天我们要学的词是active duty。 Active duty, 现役的。星期一是美国阵亡将士纪念日。 My friend Jack is an active duty Army Captain who has deployed overseas three times, 我朋友杰克是现役陆军上尉，先后三次被派

VOA标准英语2009年-Study Finds High Rate of Infection at

More than 1,200 intensive care units in 75 countries examined Carol Pearson | Washington, DC 08 December 2009 Researchers found that more than half of the 14,000 patients in the study on that one day, developed infections in intensive care units Stay

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