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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Mark Twain has a new book out this week, a fairytale called The Purloining Of Prince Oleomargarine. Yeah, OK, we know Twain died in 1910. But notes he made about a bedtime story he once told his daughters were recently discov

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VOA标准英语2012--Nigerian Parents Mark Children's Faces for Safety

Nigerian Parents Mark Children's Faces for Safety More than 500 languages are spoken in Nigeria and that number does not include traditional forms of communication, like talking drums, which have beats that can be literally translated into words. Nig

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Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don't, they will make you. Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than y

China's Huang wins men's Nanquan gold medal in 11th WWC

ANKARA, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Huang Guangyuan won the first place in men's Nanquan competition in the 11th World Wushu Championships (WWC) held in Turkish capital Ankara, the WWC organizing committee announced on Tuesday. Huang recorded the hig

VOA慢速英语2014 The Californian's Tale by Mark Twain

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Last month, Washington, D.C., opened a new kind of trade school of which it is immensely proud. This is not one of the old-fashioned vocational schools that taught literal nuts-and-bolts repair work or hands-on career training in fields like auto re

美国国家公共电台 NPR Life After Iconic Photo: Today's Parallels Of American Flag's Role In Racial Protest

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Nobody's Son': A Memoir Of Childhood, Emigration And A Mother's Love

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The artist Mark Bradford grew up in Los Angeles. He was a MacArthur Fellow and a hairdresser. Last year, he represented the U.S. at the Venice Biennale. Now the Venice art is on view in Baltimore. Bradford's work and life are pret

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Thanksgiving is a national holiday. It is celebrated once a year. Mark loved Thanksgiving. It is his favorite holiday. Every year, he cooks a turkey. Mark's wife helps him. Mark cooks other dishes, too. He makes stuffing, potato salad, and ham. Mark

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Most of China began a three-day public holiday Wednesday and more than 50 million Chinese travelers have taken to the roads, to celebrate the country's National Day. Despite several serious crises, earlier in the year, China has many recent reasons

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Author Mark Twain's boyhood home is now preserved as a museum in Hannibal, Missouri. Related Links Mark Twain Museum The American writer Ernest Hemingway once said, All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called, Huckleberry

Zhang wins China's first ever men's gold at swimming world

ROME, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lin improved Grant Hackett's four-year-old 800 meters freestyle world record by more than six seconds and won China's first ever men's gold at the world swimming championships. Zhang powered home in seven minutes, 32.

China's Ding to face Day at snooker worlds first round

LONDON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- China's top snooker player Ding Junhui will take on Ryan Day in the opening round of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield next week. Ding, who entered the semifinals last year but was knocko

Canadian Maltais sets new world mark at women's short track 1,000m

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Reading exercises the mind and helps develop personality. That's according to Xiao Fuxing, Chinese writer and deputy editor in chief of the People's Literature magazine. Xiao Fuxing, Chinese writer and deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Literatur

2018年CRI Karl Marx's hometown rolls out events to mark bicentenary

A statue of Karl Marx, a gift from China, has been officially unveiled in his hometown of Trier in Germany. The gift comes as part of the commemorative events now underway to mark the bicentenary of the birth of the philosopher. A major exhibition is