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A middle-aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her ad

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KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: Carol Beasley is at the center of a new movie Outside In. She's a middle-aged high school teacher trapped in her mundane job and marriage in Washington state. And that all changes when her former student, Chris, who is played by

Death Rates Rising for Middle Age Whites with Little Education

A new study from Princeton University economists says white middle-aged Americans without college educations are dying at higher rates. Professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton wrote the study. It finds that men and women older than 45 but younger than

VOA标准英语2011--Americans Avoid Being the 'Middle' Man

Americans Avoid Being the 'Middle' Man You probably missed The New York Times photograph that showed a revealing picture of New Yorkers' rides into work on commuter trains. The photographer stood behind a long series of rows, three seats to a row. In

奥运英语17

Li: How old are you? Li: 你多大了? Paul: 26. You? Paul: 26. 你呢? Li: Im 32. What about your wife? Li: 我32了. 你妻子多大了? Paul: Shes 25, and our baby daughter is just 6 months old. Paul: 她25。我们的宝贝女儿只有6 个月。 Li: Ah, how sweet, my sons

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英语歌曲:Wee Falorie Man

英文乡村歌曲：Jack Johnson - Middle Man

Well he's not necessarily trying to say that he minds it But someone plays evil tricks on that kid Well he's not necessarily trying to say god can't be trusted But someone plays evil tricks on that kid And certain situations scream for deviations But

2007年VOA标准英语-Elder Care Puts Financial Pressure on Middle Ag

By Melinda Smith Washington 02 July 2007 In many developed countries around the world the fastest growing age group is 80 and over. Older people in developing countries are also living longer. Given a choice, many elderly people prefer to live indep

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Forces Driving Middle-Aged White People's 'Deaths Of Despair'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: For years, it was almost a given - the annual mortality rate in the United States would generally decline. So it was a pretty big shock when a report came out more than a year ago showing death rates were actually going up for mid

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Quiet Man': The Powerful Conservative White House Lawyer In The Middle Of It All

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Fairly or unfairly, the specter of the Watergate scandal increasingly hangs over the Trump administration. The parallels have been spurred by a drumbeat of events, among them the firing of the FBI director, the apparent attempt t

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The death of 6 teenagers and a teacher on Tuesday afternoon while they were on a school camp came as a terrible shock to all New Zealanders. They were coming down a steep river gorge or canyon on the Mangatepopo River in the centre of the North Islan

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 1761-middle-aged

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A middle-aged man was fatally stabbed outside a nightclub late Saturday night. Bob Evans died about 1:30 a.m. after a woman stabbed him in the back outside Lovers Lounge. Police who arrived at the club found Evans lying in the parking lot with a bloo

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People happiest at start and end of lives, but slump in middle Happiness is U-shaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a slump when we are middle-aged, British and US researchers say. Economists from the University of Warw

关于年龄的表达你知道多少？

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Marriage is sort of like a life preserver or a seat belt, University of Chicago sociologist Linda Waite, Ph.D., author of The Case for Marriage, told The New York Times. We can put it in exactly the same category as eating a good diet, getting exerci

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