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VOA慢速英语2012 THIS IS AMERICA - Getting Your Kicks on Route 66

THIS IS AMERICA - Getting Your Kicks on Route 66 BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we go for a ride through the colorful history of Route 66, a road that