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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: By law, serious cases of abuse in nursing homes have to be turned over to the police. But as NPR's Ina Jaffe reports, that rarely happens. INA JAFFE, BYLINE: We're talking about cases of abuse serious enough to send someone to th
20 Home Architectural Styles GLOSSARY real estate agent a person whose job is to help other people buy or sellhomes, land, and/or other property * The real estate agent thinks we can sell our home for $270,000. the bigger the better a phrase used whe
A great many people, when they speak of home, tend to associate it with a certain atmosphere, certain physical surroundings, and certain emotional attitudes within themselves. This sentimentality towa
First-Time Homebuyers Find Affordable Units in Kenya NAIROBI, KENYA A 2011 World Bank survey found that only about one-tenth of Kenya's population earned enough to support a mortgage. However, that situation may be changing, with more affordable apar
70% of Chinese millennials (the people born in the 1980s and 90s) are already home-owners, and more than 90% of those that haven't bought a home yet say they intend to do so in the next five years, a new survey by HSBC showed. 英国银行巨头汇丰的
Home Ownership 'At 30-Year Low In England' A report says the soaring cost of homes has priced millions out of the market across many northern cities, not just London.
Habitat for Humanity builds houses for people who would not have the chance to own one any other way. Erika Santiestepan is a single mother of two young children. She helped a group of volunteers build her new home in Mishawaka, Indiana recently. I f
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. An American named Malcom McLean invented a better box and changed the world. He designed the shipping containers that today carry most of the world's goods. Standardized containers can go on ships,
By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 30 August 2006 watch Microhome report The latest government reports indicate the U.S. housing market is cooling off. But builders say there's a mini-boom going on for a different kind of house. VOA's Mil Arcega reports o
Custom Homes Set New Standard for Injured US Soldiers A pretty, yellow house in a residential suburb of Northern Virginia may look like a typical American home from the outside. But inside, it's anything but. Almost every aspect of this light and spa
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: People complain about nursing homes a lot - the staffing, the food. The list goes on. But this story is about the top complaint, involuntary discharge - people getting kicked out. NPR's Ina Jaffe covers aging. She brings us this
As a greater proportion of Britons live alone, the demand for one bedroom, space efficient solutions is increasing. The UK Ideal Home Exhibition has the latest ideas to maximize space in smaller homes and energy saving ideas. Our reporter Wang Xiao h
More couples are tying the knot in an unusual place funeral homes. 越来越多的情侣在殡仪馆这一非同寻常的场所结为连理。 I think it's the future of funeral service, having reception centers on site for families to celebrate life
Hello, there. I'm Virgina Cha at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The FBI says it is investigating several home fires near Seattle as a potential act of domestic terrorism. Authorities say the fires are susp
America is full of vacation lodges . . . on wheels! They are known as motor homes - literally kitchens, living rooms, and beds on the move across America. There are more than 1.5 million of these self-propelled rolling dwellings in the United States.
BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhuanet) -- More Chinese cities have seen month-on-month declines in the prices of both new and secondhand homes, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Saturday. The NBS said in a statement on its website that mo
HomeConstructionIndustrySuffersinDismalUSHousingMarket In 2010, about 323,000 new homes were sold in the United States. Thats the worst year on record since 1963. The dismal housing market in the United States, flooded with abandoned properties and f
Housing 住房 Nimble opposition 灵活的反对 A new study confirms suspicions about what drives planning decisions 一项新的研究证实了对规划决定的推动力的质疑 ON A road called Glyders, in Benfleet, east of London, it looks as t
NANCHANG, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Although he is still homesick from time to time, 61-year-old Lei Yangqing admits that life has never been better for himself and his fellow villagers, who moved years ago to make way for the construction of the Three Gor
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight, I'm Christy VanArragon. Voice 2 And I'm Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 The desire for home live