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IN THE NEWS - Mitt Romney and Bain Capital 新闻报道 - 罗姆尼在贝恩资本的经历成为奥巴马攻击目标 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Private companies are rarely a major i

VOA标准英语2013--Classical Sounds Invade Country Music Capital

Classical Sounds Invade Country Music Capital Naxos Records is located in Franklin, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. The label has more than 7,000 recordings in its catalog, and stores more than four million CDs in the warehouse. Shrink-wrapped CD

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Grammar Girl here. Last week we talked about capitalizing words in the business world. Today we're going to talk about capitalization in general. If you recall, in English, we capitalize proper nounswords that name a specific thing or person, words s

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Grammar Girl here. In today's episode, well talk about capitalizationits overuse and its misuse in the business world. Lets talk about why capitalization of some words is a capital idea, and why uppercasing other words could be considered a capital o

VOA慢速英语2014 高科技搜救工具 AS IT IS 2014-04-19 High Tech Aids Search and Rescue

AS IT IS 2014-04-19 High Tech Aids Search and Rescue高科技搜救工具 From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is Saturday. Im Anna Matteo. Improvements in technology can save lives. Stronger buildings do not fall during storms and earthquakes. W

VOA标准英语2009-Somalia Fighting Forces More to Flee Capital

The United Nations refugee agency says nearly 170,000 people have now been displaced from their homes in Somalia's capital since Islamist insurgents launched a renewed offensive in early May. A Somali woman and her child sit in front of a makeshift

VOA标准英语2012--Christians Flee Their Homes in Pakistani Capital

Christians Flee Their Homes in Pakistani Capital Shaqila Bibi, a Christian, is packing up. Shes afraid Muslims in her neighborhood will attack her if she stays. We are frightened, said Bibi. They can harm us any time, set us on fire, and the landlord

VOA标准英语2012--Cape Cod Is US Northeast's Summer Capital

Indonesia Working to Soothe South China Sea Tensions Chinese patrols in waters that Vietnam and the Philippines also claim have heightened tensions in the mineral-rich South China Sea. Vietnamese protestors condemn what they call a Chinese invasion o

VOA标准英语2012--Bus Travel In Nation's Capital Inspires Song

Bus Travel In Nation's Capital Inspires Song Songwriters find inspiration in different - and sometimes unusual - places. Ren Moffatt, a Washington D.C. singer and songwriter, found it in the bus he travels to work on every day. The title of Ren Moffa

VOA标准英语2010年-Mexico's President Addresses US Congre

Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. applaud as Mexican president Felipe Calderon waves after addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, May 20, 2010 Mexico's president is appealing dir

VOA标准英语2012--Ugandan Immigrant Exercises Her Skills in US Capital

Ugandan Immigrant Exercises Her Skills in US Capital She wakes up every day at 6 oclock in the morning and heads to work. Thirty minutes later she is ready for her first session at Washington Sports Club, where she works as a personal trainer. Her lo

VOA标准英语2011--Tripoli: Fighting Empties the Seaside Ca

Tripoli: Fighting Empties the Seaside Capital Driving into Tripoli is to drive into a ghost city. It looks like a set for a Hollywood apocalypse film. Instead of a bustling seaside capital of 1.5 million people, we drove Thursday past kilometer and k

VOA常速英语2014--Maryland Company Sends Locator to Plane Search 马里兰商号用探测器进行平面搜索

Maryland Company Sends Locator to Plane Search 马里兰商号用探测器进行平面搜索 LARGO, MARYLAND Experts say no one will really know what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 until the black box - the flight recorder - is retrieved. T

2006年VOA标准英语-Fighting Breaks Out in Congo Capital

By Nico Colombant Dakar 11 November 2006 Clashes between fighters loyal to rival presidential candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo left two civilians dead on Saturday as fresh partial election results showed the gap between the contenders

2006年VOA标准英语-Mali's Capital Has Recycling Woes

By Nico Colombant Bamako, Mali 02 May 2006 watch Mali Recycling report Mali's capital, Bamako, faces a worsening recycling problem, with bottles and plastic bags becoming more popular -- and more poll

2006年VOA标准英语-Tensions Rise in Chad Capital Before Contr

By Joe Bavier N'Djamena 02 May 2006 A day before elections in Chad, tension is mounting amid fears of violence and possible attacks on polling stations, following a rebel threat to disrupt the electio

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By Jill Moss THIS IS AMERICA – April 15, 2002: Visiting the Capitol VOICE ONE: Historians have described the United States Capitol building as “the most recognized sign of democratic government in

2006年VOA标准英语-With Islamists in Control, Somalia's Capital Is

By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 04 August 2006 Street scene in Mogadishu The recent ousting of unpopular factional warlords by Islamists in the Somali capital Mogadishu has raised hope among residents that peace will finally prevail after more than 15 years

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The Labour Party, at their annual conference last weekend, said that they will discuss a capital gains tax. Many countries have a capital gains tax so if you buy a house then sell it at a profit, you pay tax on the profit. Some people buy houses as a

VOA标准英语2012--US Furniture Capital Holds Annual Showcase

US Furniture Capital Holds Annual Showcase Hundreds of U.S. towns and cities call themselves the capital of something or another. Even the world capital of this or that. Many of these titles are just for fun - a bit of promotion for the area. Tarpon