音标:['bu:məz] ;
abbr. baby boomer generation 从小就赶往新兴地区安家的一代人
n. a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about the term baby boomers ... Play some music from the Beatles ... And

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Next up, the millennial generation. It is now the largest generation in America. That's according to the U.S. Census. 下一则新闻与千禧一代有关。美国人口普查表明,目前千禧一代已经成为美国最大人口群体。 There ar

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Good morning. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called on Australians to spare a thought for people who may be suffering this Christmas. In his Christmas address, Mr. Rudd says 2009 has been a very difficult year for many people. It's a time, therefore,

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Topics: Introductions, baby boomers Gen X, King Kong, and pronunciation are all discussed in this episode.

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Economics Report - Retirement Savings Rule 1: Reduce Investment Risk as the Day Nears This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Today, retirement can mean different things. For many Americans, it means the end of the money-earning part of the

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Happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Clinton, happy birthday to you. And they weren't sure what to call him. He wasn't keen to celebrate. The former president told an audience in Toronto he didn

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More American deaths in Afghanistan today. NATO says a US military helicopter crashed in the southern part of the country. Seven Americans and four Afghans were killed. It is a somber day for law enforcement in Louisiana. Two sheriffs deputies were k

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? The National Sleep Foundation released the results of its annual sleep poll today, where they surveyed more than 1,500 people between the ages of 13 and 64. Here a

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双语:为什么你父母一份工作干了20年? 传统的养老金体系是婴儿潮一代不愿挪窝的主要原因之一,但这一体系正在缓慢消失。 A new poll says more than 40% of Americas baby boomers stayed with their employer for

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VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we begin a series about ways older Americans are keeping mentally active. We tell about Elderhostel, an organization that considers the world

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Ann Beattie has been a voice for her generation, the baby boomers, for 40 years. Her stories were published in The New Yorker regularly and helped pull back the curtain on the love lives, hopes and confusions of the boomers in th

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. Being a couch potato is not good for your health. No surprise there. But let's explore exactly what goes wrong if you sit around too much. It can increase your risk of heart disease and stroke. And new research finds that for

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This is scientific Americans Sixty seconds Science. I am Careen Hopcan. This will just take a minute. It's a common complaint.Perhaps level by every generation about the ones that followed. Kids nowadays are too materialistic ,with their inflated sen

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今天我们要学的词是baby boomer。 Baby boomer, 指美国战后人口飞速增长期出生的人,也就是1946年到1964年间出生的人,简称婴儿潮。 The first baby boomer turned 65 on Jan. 1st, 2011, 婴儿潮第一个出生的人

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dinks sandwich generation 我们上次给大家介绍了baby boomers和yuppies。 这是两个反映美国社会变化的习惯用语。今天我们再给大家讲两个这方面的俗语。在第二次

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今天我们要学的词是baby boomer。 Baby boomer, 指美国战后人口飞速增长期出生的人,也就是1946年到1964年间出生的人,简称婴儿潮。 The first baby boomer turned 65 on Jan. 1st, 2011, 婴儿潮第一个出生的人

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今天我们要学的词是cater to。 Cater to, 意思是迎合需求。随着美国婴儿潮人口的老龄化, Thousands of physicians are catering to the 78 million baby boomers who are hoping to feel younger, and who are willing to pay for the

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baby boomers yuppies 今天我们要给大家讲解两个反应美国经济和社会变化的俗语。在第二次世界大战期间,美国一共有一千三百万人参军服役。他们当中有许多

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 06 July 2006 watch Baby Boomers report President George W. Bush U.S. President George W. Bush turns 60 this week, joining the ranks of about three million American baby boomers who will also reach that landmark this ye

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It is evident that many Canadian baby boomers are indulging in vintage cars they could not afford when they were young。 显然许多在二战后生育高峰期(1945-1952)出生的加拿大人都对老爷车情有独钟,他们年轻时是买不起的

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