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I sometimes drive to work in the morning. I get on the highway near my house at Exit 219, heading southbound toward downtown. The three-lane highway is often congested that time of morning, but I use the carpool lane that's reserved for cars with two

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By Katherine Cole Washington 22 February 2008 Many acoustic bluegrass music fans are leary of the words contemporary and modern, preferring to listen only to songs that stick to the traditional style invented by Bill Monroe in the 1940s. These fans d

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By Melinda Smith Washington 20 September 2007 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released alarming statistics that show the suicide rate for American children and teenagers was up between 2003 to 2004. That is the most recen

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By David McAlary Washington 05 May 2006 A school bus and a truck stand on the street in the German town of Senden Economic modernization is the path toward healthier, longer lives, but it has a deadly

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study examines and compares adult death rates worldwide over the last forty years. For each country, researchers estimated the probability that a fifteen-year-old today will die an early death befo

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Interviewers conducting surveys in the Central African Republic received thorough training before heading out into the field. During the actual survey, interviewers spent an hour or more with each respondent. The Central African Republic has been pla

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Study Finds Removing Polyps Saves Lives Colon cancer normally starts with growths called polyps inside the intestine. Previous studies have shown that removing polyps can prevent colon cancer from developing. The new study, published in the New Engla

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2006年VOA标准英语-Experts Criticize Indonesian Bird Flu Strategie

By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 19 June 2006 Indonesian health officials say the country must cull more poultry to curb growing numbers of avian influenza infections. Indonesia has confirmed its 39th human death from bird flu, and outbreaks continue. -----

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Death comes sweeping through the hallway 死神降临，在走廊里漫步 Like a lady's dress 像一位盛装女王 Death comes driving down the highway 死神降临，在高速路上疾驰 In its sunday best 穿着节日盛装 A fire of unknown ori

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natality 生育 fertility 生育率 fecundity 生育能力 birth rate, natality rate 出生率 births 出生人数 parity 胎次 premature birth 早产 life birth 活产 stillbirth 死产 birth peaks 出生高峰 mortality 死亡 mortality rate 死亡率