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1. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Jerusalem on a high-stakes diplomatic mission. Her first stop was Beirut where leaders were disappointed that her trip did not bring about an Israeli-Hezbo

VOA慢速英语2016--Improve Your English by Testing Yourself

Improve Your English by Testing Yourself English learners can improve their ability to remember and use new words by testing themselves. This idea comes from Sarah Lynn, an educational consultant and teacher at Harvard University's Bridge Program. Sh

VOA慢速英语2015 高风险威胁着英语测试的安全

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VOA标准英语2012--Obama Faces High Stakes in Supreme Court Arguments on Health Care

Obama Faces High Stakes in Supreme Court Arguments on Health Care President Obama signed health care reform into law in 2010 after prevailing in a year-long political struggle on an issue that defied bipartisan solutions for decades. Thirty million u

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President Barack Obama greets Rep. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., as he exits Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Station in Buzzards Bay, Mass., on his way to Martha's Vineyard, 19 Aug 2010 President Barack Obama is spending an increasing amount of t

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The U.S. Congress appears headed for a final battle over health-care reform legislation in the next several days, and the political stakes for President Barack Obama, his Democratic allies and opposition Republicans are enormous. Health-care reform h

VOA标准英语2011--Stakes High in US Battle Over Debt Limit

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As efforts to try to cap the oil well that has poured millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico faltered Saturday, we took a tour of the vast ecosystem along Louisiana coast for a first hand look at what is at stake. The Louisiana coastlin

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Perhaps the most eagerly anticipated debate of the U.S. presidential campaign season takes place Thursday in St. Louis, Missouri. The two candidates for vice president, Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden, will take part in their one and o

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President Barack Obama will go before a joint session of Congress and a nationwide television audience next Thursday, September 8 to announce his plan to boost the struggling U.S. economy. The presidents chances of being re-elected could depend on th

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Olympic Torch passes testing of worst weather

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