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Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we explore the world of American English. We talk about common expressions, where they come from and, most importantly, how to use them. Today we talk about behavior and sel

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VOA慢速英语2017--A Desert Turns Green

On the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula, the desert turns green as clouds cover it like a blanket. This is the country of Oman's monsoon season. The natural event, which lasts for three months, draws hundreds of thousands of tourists with cool w

NPR 2010-03-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Hundreds more Chileans are confirmed dead from one of the worst earthquakes ever in the South American country. Today, President Michelle Bachelet said the death toll had pushed up to 708 across central

2007-10-16, Glass Harp - 酒杯竖琴

For centuries, Prague has been a center of art, and home to great composers. Dvorak, Chopin and Tchaikovsky performed their best works here. Inspired by this musical heritage is Alexander Zoltan, who plays a less traditional instrument - the glass ha

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Bring Me a Glass of Milk

At 2 a. m, Mrs. Culkin was convinced that she had heard a prowler in the living, room. Tiptoe down-stairs, she told her husband. Don' t turn on the lights. Sneak up him before he knows what's happeningDutifully Mr. Culkin put on his robe. Just as he

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Beijing's environment authorities last Friday vowed zero tolerance to falsification of environmental figures, after Net users complained that mist cannons, or the magic smog cleaner, are used around the capital's air quality monitoring stations so th

NPR 2011-07-11

Ahead of the resumption of budget talks at the White House late this afternoon, top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell is suggesting Congress is virtually certain to raise the nations debt limit in time for an August 2nd deadline. McConnell spoke on F

VOA常速英语2015--乘飞鱼体验海洋之旅

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New York Carousel Simulates Fish Swimming Patterns

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Our Waking Beauty series is about to get even more mysterious. We reach the fourteenth chapter in our Princess Talia series, in which she is taken against her will to be interviewed by a psychiatrist. She answers all the questions honestly, and Basil

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经济学人293:航海 水晶球观海术

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AP 2011-02-08

1. An explosion at a Kabul supermarket has left at least eight people dead and injured others. Police say at least three of the dead are foreigners. The grocery store is situated in a heavily-guarded district popular with Westerners. 2. Protesters ar

AP 2011-04-15

1. The world's largest passenger aircraft clipped a much smaller commuter plane at New York City's Kennedy Airport, spinning it like a toy. An aviation safety expert says it's more like the Air France A380 creamed the regional jet, while the NTSB is

韩国7万人大游行要求朴槿惠下台

Security forces in the South Korean capital Seoul have clashed with protesters during one of the country's biggest street rallies in recent years. 韩国首都首尔爆发近年来最大的示威游行，很多安保部队和抗议者集聚在街上。

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I continue running until the woods have hidden me from the other tributes then slow into a steady jog that I think I can maintain for a while. For the next few hours, I alternate between jogging and walking, putting as much distance as I can between