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Are You Ready to Face the Music? Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant but are not. Face the music is a good example. When someone says they have to face t

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Emergency Medical Care in a Backpack Researchers have created a backpack that has a computer and medicines in it that can help even untrained soldiers save the lives of wounded troops. Wounded soldiers have a better chance of survival if they get hel

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Harvard Tries To Reduce Exclusive Clubs 哈佛大学欲限制男性社团 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was a member of the exclusive Porcellian Club. Franklin Roosevelt was a member of the Fly Club. John F. Kennedy was a Spee. Eduardo Saverin, w

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Real Mermaids? Not Really, But Mermaids -- half woman, half fish -- are not supposed to exist. But for almost 70 years, mermaids have been swimming in the southeastern state of Florida. VOA recently visited the Weeki Wachee freshwater spring to learn

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How Colleges Keep Students from Dropping Out Tyler Mulvenna worked three jobs last summer, but was still short the money he needed to pay for college. Mulvenna, 21, a junior at Georgia State University in Atlanta, got a small gift of money from his c

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VOA慢速英语--《财神与爱神》by 欧·亨利

Mammon and the Archer by O. Henry 《财神与爱神》by 欧亨利 We present the short story Mammon and the Archer by O. Henry. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State. Old Anthony Rockwall, who made millions o

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AS IT IS 2016-05-07 Thousands More Flee Huge Canadian Wildfire 史上最强野火袭击加拿大 At sunrise Friday, 1,500 vehicles began driving from camps north of Fort McMurray, Alberta to Canadian cities and towns further south. The drivers and pa

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