VOA慢速英语2014 美国人再次可以收养越南儿童

AS IT IS 2014-11-30 Americans Can Again Adopt Vietnamese Children 美国人再次可以收养越南儿童 After being blocked since 2008, Americans can once again adopt children from Vietnam. Adoptions ended six years ago when Vietnam and the United

影视歌曲：Paul Simon-You Can Call Me Al

A man walks down the street 一个男人沿着街道行走 He says why am I soft in the middle now 他说为何我现在如此落魄 Why am I soft in the middl 为何我现在如此落魄 The rest of my life is so hard 我的余生如此艰难 I need

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Garment workers in Takoe province, Cambodia, sing a song Monday during a campaign to celebrate International Women's Day. Campaigners marched for the right to food for all people living with HIV/AIDS, especially

VOA标准英语2011--US Girl Helps Other Children in Need

Helping others is probably not a top priority for most American 12 year olds. But that's not the case with Ashlee Smith of Reno, Nevada, who's been making a difference in the lives of other children since she was just eight. Several years ago, when f

英语听力—环球英语 1463 Forgotten and Found in Bucharest

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And I'm Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 In 1989, the government o

英闻天下——590 China to Overhaul Non-government Orphanages

China's civil authorities are to overhaul the non-government orphanages nationwide after a deadly fire in central China's Henan province. The month-long campaign is to inspect private orphanages after seven children were killed in a fire at an orphan

英闻天下——580 Children Welfare System Needs to be Established

A month-long nationwide inspection of orphanages run by individuals and private operators is carried out throughout China after a private orphanage fire in Henan Province claimed seven lives. China is struggling to upgrade children's welfare by estab

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玛丽莲梦露（Marilyn Monroe，1926-1962），1926年6月1日出生在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶市，美国女演员。 1946年7月19日，玛丽莲梦露第一次到20世纪福克斯，开始出演电影。1949年，梦露参与拍摄影片《夜

国家地理:China's Lost Girls 被抛弃的女孩 -2

And China's population is coming under control, but there are consequences no one intended. Couples often feel they must have a boy. That's because boys traditionally carry on the family name, provide labor and stay with parents in their old age, a k

VOA标准英语2010年-Earthquake Puts Haiti's Orphans in Gre

An eight-month-old boy found in the ruins three days after the earthquake. Doctors here at this Israeli field hospital in Port-au-Prince did what they could to avoid amputating his leg. But his injuries were just too severe, his parents' whereabouts

VOA标准英语2010年-Disadvantaged Children in Kenya Introd

For 15-year-old John Omary holding a crocodile was something he never imagined he would do The African Fund for Endangered Wildlife in Kenya hosts a program that enables children from underprivileged backgrounds to visit conservation sites around the

英闻天下——72 China to Overhaul Non-government Orphanages

China's civil authorities are to overhaul the non-government orphanages nationwide after a deadly fire in central China's Henan province. The month-long campaign is to inspect private orphanages after seven children were killed in a fire at an orphan

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Easter Sunday was a cloudy but festive day in Memorial Park for about 100 kids from local orphanages. An Easter egg hunt started at 10 a.m. when a fire engine blasted its horn. Boys and girls, ranging in age from 2 to 6, dashed throughout the park, y

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Nepal bans smoking in public places from Sunday

KATHMANDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Ban on smoking in public places will be enforced from Sunday with the Tobacco Control and Regulatory Act-2010 coming into effect. Those smoking in public places will be fined and civil servants will be liable to departme

收养健康中国孩子变难了

Most adoptions from China now special-needs cases Not long ago, the choices facing Robert and Julie Garrett would have been simpler. Once they set their hearts on adopting a child from China, the odds were high that they could soon bring home a healt

99岁老妇每天为非洲贫困儿童做衣服

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Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson in the charity ward of a Los Angeles hospital in 1926. Her career as an actor and singer made her an icon of the twentieth century. Her trademark looks helped her become one of Hollywoods greatest ever se

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And I'm Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 In 1989, the government o

VOA慢速英语--美国人将昆虫作为新食物？

Would Americans Let Edible Insects Come to Dinner? It may sound sickening to some of you, but many people can and do eat insects. Edible insects are a great source of high quality protein and minerals known to be important to good health, like calciu