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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is the complex-compound sentence. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Most writers worth their fingertip calluses begin as avid readers. We read books, magazines, and websites indiscriminately until we start to notice the w

VOA慢速英语 2008 1028a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Cows, sheep, goats and other animals can get mastitis, an inflammation in the udder, the organ where milk is produced. Milk from an untreated cow is still relatively safe to drink. But the milk is

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Intonation can indicate completely different meanings for otherwise similar words or phrases. For example, an English teacher teaches English, but an English teacher is from England; French class is where you study French, but French class is Gallic

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Report Says Six Percent of Babies Are Born with Genetic DisordersBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, February 06, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report.

Iodine Deficiency Disorders Plague Europe and Central Asia

By Lisa Schlein The UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, says Iodine Deficiency Disorders, which cause mental retardation, are a huge problem in Europe and Central Asia. UNICEF says this disorder can be solved

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Scientists Find Compound in Smoke that

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Scientists Find Compound in Smoke that Helps Seeds Grow By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A di

AP 2011-03-23

1. Libya's opposition says troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi are bombarding Misrata, the only city in western Libya not under Gadhafi's control. The artillery and tank fire comes despite a barrage of missiles and air strikes from U.S. and European forc

Health Experts Detail Radiation Symptoms

U.S. health experts monitoring Japan's nuclear crisis are seeking to explain health risks from radiation（放射） exposure, while cautioning that radiation levels measured this week at the Fukushima-Daiichi power plant in northern Japan have not y

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The United Nation's World Food Program says rogue members of Somalia's extremist al-Shabab group attempted to raid its compound late Sunday in the Somali town of Wajid, about 300 kilometers northwest of Mogadishu. World Food Program spokesman, Peter

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By Kari Barber Dakar 06 July 2007 After years of turmoil and economic hardship, the small West African nation of Guinea Bissau is facing a health challenge caused by the absence of iodine in the nation's diet. In countries where iodine is not already

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Compound Nouns: Putting Words Together

What do these five words have in common: hotdog, fireworks, well-being, waistline, sunset and ice cream? They could all describe a fun holiday celebration. For example: My holiday was wonderful! I went to a friends party and we laughed, ate and had a

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By Elizabeth Carlassare. Todays topic is compound interest. Albert Einstein is often quoted as having said something to the effect that compound interest is the greatest wonder of the universe. Its an urban legend, but it packs some punch! In todays

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HEALTH REPORT - UNICEF Says China Meets Child Nutrition Goal, Urges Other Nations to Do MoreBy Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Repor

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If you've been inside a grocery store in the past couple of years, you've probably noticed the trend in food manufacturers adding Made with sea salt to their product packaging. The claim shows up on a wide variety of foods - from organic whole grain

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WASHINGTON, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A trace amount of radioactive(辐射性的) iodine（碘） has been found in a sample of milk from the west state of Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sai

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今天我们要学的词是iodine。Iodine名词，意思是碘 。The western German city of Aachen has started issuing free iodine tablets to some 500,000 residents and people living nearby because an ageing Belgian nuclear plant is seen as a risk.

Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan being demolished

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The living compound of the former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's northwest city of Abbottabad is being demolished, said one local media report. Local Urdu TV channel Express said that the front part of bin

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If you were going to a restaurant and wanted a healthier option, 如果你去饭店，你想吃得健康一点， which would you choose, grilled or fried chicken? 你会选择哪种食品呢，烤鸡还是炸鸡？ Now most people would answer grill