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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New York City wants to fight fat. The Board of Health has passed a ban on trans fats in all restaurants. Kentucky Fried Chicken sells a fried chicken fre

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11 Nations Sign Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Without US

Eleven countries in the Pacific region have signed a major Asia-Pacific free trade agreement in Santiago, Chile. The deal is a new version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership from which the U.S. withdrew last year. The agreement is called the Comprehens

WHO Wants to Remove Trans Fats from Food

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. There may be something in your food that you cannot see and cannot taste. But it could be killing you. It is an artificial oil commonly called trans fat. Trans fat is a toxic chemical th

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Welcome back, now it looks more like it should be a table than on one, more like a piece of furniture than an addition to a bookshelf. The latest craze for bigger, better, more expensive books than ever reaches its peak, will reach its peak in Septem

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 27 March 2006 Election officials in Sao Tome and Principe say they will try to hold a new round of balloting in parts of the country where some people were blocked from getting t

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South Korea has launched a rocket that was intended to place a satellite into space. However, the satellite has failed to go into orbit. South Korea's first space rocket, takes off from the launch pad at the Naro Space Center, south of Seoul, South

2007年VOA标准英语-Venezuela's Oil Revenues Funds Social Programs

By Simon Marks Caracas 16 March 2007 watch Venezuela Oil report With oil prices hovering above $55 a barrel, petroleum-rich Venezuela is awash with money. The windfall allows President Hugo Chavez to fund numerous social programs for the country's p

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Part 2. Green Transporation Festival. Keywords. Green Transporation Festival, oil, environment, reduce, other kinds of fuels. Vocabulary. hydrogen, propane, scooter, hybrid, ethanol. A. You are going to hear a report on green transporation festival.

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The classic masculine button-down has this season been given a feminine twist. Spring/summer catwalks introduced shirting with new architectural proportions: strict peplums or sculptural, cut-out details tied up with ribbons. Mensy shirts were choppe

2006年VOA标准英语-US Gives Radar System to Sao Tome and Principe

By Al Pessin Pentagon 05 October 2006 The U.S. military is giving the West African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe an $18 million system to help it keep track of activity in its territorial waters and nearby ocean areas. The military hopes th

学个词Learn a Word 第893期 Epitome

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National standard for trans fat labeling

BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- The amount of trans fat and other nutritional information will be marked on the labels of prepackaged food, according to the country's first national standard for food nutrition. The labeling will take effect on Jan 1,

最性感机器人：会跳钢管舞

Technology shows such as the annual E3 games conference in Los Angeles have become known for their scantily clad 'booth babes' designed to attract people to stands. 在洛杉矶，一年一度的E3游戏展以穿着暴露的展品模特儿闻名。 H

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Both metaphorically and in reality, the translucency connected the inner engineering of the computer to the outer design. 无论是比喻还是现实，这种半透明都把内部的工程学构造和外壳设计联系在了一起。 Jobs had always

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By the next showing Ive had refined the playful model. 在下一次展示之前，艾弗又完善了这个模型。 This time Jobs, with his binary view of the world, raved that he loved it. 这一次，乔布斯带着他那不是杰作就是狗屎的评

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Korbi was a punk like all punks. The kind that you dont know whether theyre uglier or stupider. And like all punks he had a beautiful girlfriend, who no one could understand what she was doing with him. She was a tall brunette, taller than him, and h

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The outpouring of people helping those in need has been enormous in Houston over the past few days. One example is a group of restauranteurs and chefs who got together to supply food to both victims and first-responders. Houston Public Media's Tomeka

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Pycelle had spoken truly; it made for ponderous reading. 派席尔说得没错，这东西还真是枯燥乏味。 Yet Jon Arryn had asked for it, and Ned felt certain he had reasons. 但琼恩艾林既然找来读了，奈德相信必有其原因。