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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Pro-democracy activists in 2006 listen to parliament proceedings on a mobile phone in Katmandu, Nepal Activists fight for different things. But one thing many activists around the world hold in com

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历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-12-21

December 21st, 1620Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower go ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Thats where they settle the first permanent European colony in whats known as New England. 1988A terrorist bomb explodes aboard a Pa

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纯正英语一分钟-cyber-bullying

The Internet can be a scary place these days, especially because of cyber-bullying. Its difficult to open a newspaper these days and not see a story about this. Its a really nasty and growing problem. Cyber-bullies are real cowards. They hide behind

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名人轶事:Jane Jacobs,1916-2006: Her Activism Helped Shape

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College students around the world have been a powerful force for change throughout history. In the United States, the 1930s, 1960s and 1990s were periods when every new generation of college students became involved in political action. They forced c

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The recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, claimed the lives of 17 students and teachers. It also started a wave of protests among young people across the country. These student activists are calling for

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VOA慢速英语 2008 0211a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some actors and rock stars use their star power for social activism. But how much power do they really have? Daniel Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts

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Actress Susan Sarandon never has shied away from a challenge. She's played a witch, nun, dying mother, drunken grandmother, a fugitive and even herself on the television show, The Simpsons.There's another role that she's taken on for decades and has

VOA标准英语2009-African Activism Against Female Circumcision

By Carolyn Weaver New York City 18 November 2009 A new film focuses on the fight by African activists against an ancient practice that is still performed each year on millions of girls: female circumcision, often known as FGM, or female genital muti

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump often talks about the political movement he inspired. There's also, of course, a movement against him, and NPR's Laura Sydell has been meeting some first-time activists. LAURA SYDELL, BYLINE: Campbell, Calif., a su

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The mass shooting in February at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School transformed the lives of many people in the community. Survivors found they have a powerful voice in the gun control debate. And they have been speaking up. Soph

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By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: July 10, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. About twenty-one-thousand young people in seventeen American states do not attend classes