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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Hey, Buddy, Wanna Buy a Piece of the Empire State Building? DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. On our show today we play music from rock band Nickelback We also answer a questio

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Want to Buy the Empire State Building? Selling the Brooklyn Bridge in New York refers to an American expression about gullible individuals who would buy it from scam artists offering bogus shares in the publicly-owned landmark. But shares in another

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Naguib Mahfouz was born in 1911 and died in 2006. He was an Egyptian novelist and winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is considered as the father of modern Arabic literature and is popular throughout the Arab world. Many of his books we

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By Mario Ritter Broadcast: October 7, 2003 This is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we finish a two-part series. A listener in Brazil asked about 1)agroecology. This

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By Mario Ritter Broadcast: September 30, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. This week, we take a suggestion from a listener in Brazil. Agricultural specialist Lu

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A 20-unit apartment building burned for about an hour before firemen were able to extinguish it. The fire started in the attic at about 10:30 p.m. yesterday evening. The damage was estimated at $1.5 million. A fire department spokesman said the fire

2006年VOA标准英语-US Launches Democracy Building Program in

By Cathryn Curtis Washington, DC 06 April 2006 watch US Iran Policy report There have been no formal diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Iran for decades, and not much interaction among the peop

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By Greg Flakus New Orleans, Louisiana 07 March 2006 watch New Orleans Levee report New Orleans levee repairs are to be finished before hurricane season begins June 1st In New Orleans, where recovery f

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 09 February 2006 A U.S. Senate office building was evacuated late Wednesday after sensors detected the possible presence in the air of what was initially described as a ne

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EXPLORATIONS - Six Building Designers Who Are Redefining Modern Architecture STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about six building designers widely considered

Debating the Display of Ten Commandments in Public Schools a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In Giles County, Virginia, the school board has removed displays of the Ten Commandments in its schools. The county thought that posting the Ten Commandments, along with the first part of the United S

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - After Long Fight, DC Wins Right to a Statue in the Capitol Building JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. On our show this week, we play some songs from a new album by Dwight Yoakam. A

2007年VOA标准英语-India, US Making Last-Ditch Bid on Nuclear Agre

By Steve Herman New Delhi 19 July 2007 High-level talks between India and the United States are going into an unscheduled third day in Washington in the hopes of overcoming obstacles to a controversial nuclear cooperation agreement. VOA's Steve Herma

VOA标准英语2012--Building Relationships in LA Brings Down Crime Rate

Building Relationships in LA Brings Down Crime Rate A quiet afternoon is interrupted with the sound of helicopters as dozens of officers from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol capture a suspect in a robbery and shooti

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BBC Learning English London Life Queuing Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is London Life. Today's programme is about a very British habit, or something that we always think is very British. And that is the topic of queuing. Waiting in a l

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 58-41 to confirm Chuck Hagel as the next Secretary of Defense. Hagel will be sworn in on Wednesday. The vote was basically along party lines, with four Republicans breaking rank to join

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William: Hello! Youre listening to Authentic Real English. My names William Kremer and Im joined by Feifei Feng. Feifei: 大家好，我是冯菲菲。欢迎收听《地道英语》，今天我们要学习的这个词是... um William: Is there somet

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By Jeff Swicord Cheyenne, Wyoming 10 September 2007 Workers at adairy farm There is growing concern that farms and ranches in the western U.S. could become the target of agroterrorism. The devastating outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Britain a

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The AG600 amphibious aircraft is expected to take its maiden flight over land in the first half of 2017 and on water in the second half, said its developer, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). 国有飞机制造商中国航空工业集团

每日一词【1078】Nagging

今天我们要学的词是nagging。 Nagging, 唠叨个没完没了的，搅得人不得安宁的。The tennis player decided to take the season off to take care of his nagging shoulder injury, 这个网球选手决定赛季停赛，彻底治好一直