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Occupy Movement Turns Anger Towards Individual Corporations Pfizer, the worlds biggest pharmaceutical company, is among the activists' targets. Protesters rallied at Pfizer world headquarters in New York this week, alleging it sometimes charges $50 f

VOA标准英语2011--Occupy Wall Street Protesters Reflect US Diversity

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Reflect US Diversity Zuccotti Park, located in downtown New York City, is usually where bankers and traders from Wall Street would enjoy a quiet lunch. Recently, though, it has been taken over by people who are protestin

VOA标准英语2011--Occupy Protests Look Toward Future

Occupy Protests Look Toward Future As Occupy protests around the country continue after starting more than a month ago, some involved with the movement are beginning to look toward the future. The protests have succeeded in bringing their concerns ab

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Mountain fableThe mountain and the squirrel Had a quarrel; And the former called the latter Little Prig. Bun replied, You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in together, To make up a year And a sphere. And I thi

VOA标准英语2012--Occupy Protesters Swarm US Capitol in Washington

Occupy Protesters Swarm US Capitol in Washington As the protesters held what they call a general assembly on the Capitol grounds, police responded to a suspicious man wearing a Philadelphia police uniform. Why is he being searched, asked one proteste

VOA标准英语2012--Arrests Mark 1st Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street

Arrests Mark 1st Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street Demonstrators sought to occupy Wall Street only to find police already there. Nonetheless, protesters got within one block of the New York Stock Exchange to make their point that a wealthy one percen

VOA标准英语2012--Occupy’s May Day on the Streets

Occupys May Day on the Streets Demonstrators in New York started banging drums early despite rainy skies that appeared to threaten the days turnout. But this Occupy activist was undaunted. If the NYPD [New York Police Department] can't stop us, Mothe

VOA标准英语2012--Post-Storm, 'Occupy Wall Street' Becomes 'Occupy Sandy'

Post-Storm, 'Occupy Wall Street' Becomes 'Occupy Sandy' The scene at St. Jacobi church in Brooklyn is controlled chaos: scores of people sorting and distributing tons of aid for relief centers in the hardest-hit parts of New York. Everyone is a volun

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引言： 禀赋迥异，万物各就其位； 倘若我不能将森林背负，你也无法将坚果打破。 The mountain and the squirrel Ralph Waldo Emerson The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel; And the Mountain called the Squirrel 'Little

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28 The mountain and the squirrel Ralph Waldo Emerson The Mountain and the Squirrel Had a quarrel; And the Mountain called the Squirrel 'Little Prig.' Bun replied, You are doubtless very big; But all sorts of things and weather Must be taken in toget

VOA慢速英语2012 EXPLORATIONS - Rapping, From Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street

EXPLORATIONS - Rapping, From Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. I'm June Simms. Protest songs are part of the fuel of revolutions. Today, we talk to three rappers who played an active part in the Arab Sp

VOA标准英语2012--Deadline Passes for Occupy Washington to End Park Camps

Deadline Passes for Occupy Washington to End Park Camps On the day the U.S. Park Police planned to enforce a no-camping rule, the mood was festive in McPherson Square. Some chanted Occupy slogans. Others milled around waiting for a noon deadline. Joh

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Park Police on Saturday cleared Occupy DC protesters from their encampment blocks from the White House, arresting at least six people. The police arrived before dawn at McPherson Square, where the protesters have b

Police Arrests 200 'Occupy' Protesters in Oakland

Police in Oakland, California, arrested some 200 anti-Wall Street protesters who attempted to occupy a vacant building. The clashes began Saturday when activists torched an American flag in front of City Hall before breaking into the historic buildin

VOA标准英语2011--'Occupy Wall Street' Protest Joined by L

'Occupy Wall Street' Protest Joined by Labor, Community Groups Anti-Wall Street protestors were joined Wednesday by labor unions and community organizers demonstrating in New York against what they see as economic injustice. The Occupy Wall Street pr

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Occupy Wall St which began in New York in September has spread around the world. By last Saturday, there were 2,668 groups in about 100 countries. Occupy protest groups have been in our main cities for the last six weeks but now councils are getting

Occupy Activists Fail to Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street activists took their protest against social inequality and corporate greed to New Yorks Financial District Thursday, as police kept demonstrators from Wall Street itself. Minor skirmishes reported between protesters and police. Pol

Judge Rules Against Occupy Wall Street

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All that wild life seems to want is a bare chance. 野生动物想要的一切不过是一个微茫的机会。 They cannot occupy and increase in the face of rifles, traps, and shotguns; neither could man. 面对步枪、陷阱和猎枪，他们不能