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The weekly Special English program - American Stories. Our story today is called To Build a Fire. It was written by Jack London. Here is Harry Monroe with the story. The man walked down the trail on a cold gray day. Pure white snow and ice covered th

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Our story today is called The Gatewood Caper. It was written by Dashielll Hammett. Here is Harry Monroe with the story. Millionaire Harvey Gatewood had a desk as big as a bed in the middle of his office. He looked almost as big as his desk. Gatewood

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Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story is called The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. A friend of mine in the East asked me to visit old Simon Wheele

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Now, the Special English program American Stories. Today's story is called The White Heron. It was written by Sarah Orne Jewett. Here is Kay Gallant with the story. The forest was full of shadows as a little girl hurried through it one summer evening

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Now, an American short story in Special English. Our story today is The Devil and Tom Walker. It was written by Washington Irving. Here is Shep O'Neal with our story. Before we begin our story, let us go back 300 years to the late 1600s. In those ye

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Now the VOA Special English program American Stories. Our story is called The Animals Give Themselves from the book Cloud Walker by Joe Montour published by Forum Publishing. Mr. Montour is a native American from the Mohar nation. He has written sto

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Now the Special English program American Stories. And our story today is called ''Judge''. It was written by Walter D. Edmonds. Here is Harry Monroe with the final part of our story. When Charlie Hestle died, he left a wife and nine children. They l

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Now, a VOA Special English story for the New Year. It is called Bright Hill. Our storyteller is Shep O'Neal. A few days before Christmas, Chantal Yardley visited Jacob Samuels in the old people's home. Do you know they aim to blow it up? said Mr. Sa

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Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called The White Circle. It was written by John Bill Coliton. Here's Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. As soon as I saw Anvol sitting in the apple tree, I knew we would fight, I a

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Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story this week is Keesh. It was written by Jack London. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. Keesh lived at the edge of the Polar Sea. He had seen thirteen suns in the Eskimo way of keepin

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Today's story is adapted from the young adult novel Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn. This book won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. The story is about Margaret Bayger, an 11-year-old girl. She tells her about her life in a s

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Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is Hard Rock Maple. It is about two people living in New England. They seem like the hard rock maple trees often found in that area, nothing can make them move. Today's story was writ

2007年VOA标准英语-Nepal's Young Communist League Rejects Abuse Ch

By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 26 June 2007 Nepal's Young Communist League has rejected a report from the United Nations accusing it of human rights violations. The group's leader says it is working to eliminate corruption and crime that the police hav

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By VOA News Havana, Cuba 15 February 2007 watch Inside Cuba: pt 3 Now to the third and final report in our special series, Inside Cuba - Reporter's Notebook. It is an in-depth look at life on the island as President Fidel Castro remains out of the p

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Nigeria's polio cases have increased dramatically this year as officials struggle to fight an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine three years ago. Gilbert da Costa looks at a new community-based drive to eradicate the crippling disease in this bac

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In India, a bloc of leftist parties is withdrawing support to the Congress-led coalition to protest the government's decision to go ahead with a controversial civilian nuclear deal with the United States. But as Anjana Pasricha reports, the governme

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 18 June 2006 Activist of Indian Communist Party listens to a speaker, unseen, during a demonstration against hike in gasoline prices, in New Delhi, India, June 6, 2006 India's economy has been on a high growth path in re

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 10 May 2006 Former Communist Giorgio Napolitano has been elected Italy's new head of state. His election paves the way for the winner of general elections last month, Roman

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By Ivana Kuhar Washington, DC 01 February 2007 watch Cuba Transition Lessons As questions continue over Cuban leader Fidel Castro's health, there is a widespread speculation that his communist regime will not survive without him. Many wonder whether

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 06 June 2006 watch Franchise Expo report The Annual International Franchise Expo (IFE) attracted franchisers and franchisees from 40 countries for information sharing an