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Sean Penn: Just The Beginning This the season for Hollywood's big 1)blockbuster films, but when all is said and done, this may well be the year of Sean Penn. He's been nominated for three Oscars in th

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W: would you like to come over for dinner tonight? A: sure, but I have to tell you that I've become a vegetarian. I don't eat any kind of meat. W: when did you decide to become a vegetarian? A: I saw a program a few months ago about how animals are r

VOA慢速英语2010年-Kids, Germs and Day Care; A Meningitis

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. When parents go to work, their young children often spend the day in child care. That contact with other children can make it easier to get sick. But new research suggests that this might have a protecti

VOA标准英语2010年-Thousands Join Italian Self-Punishment

Christian penitents known locally as Battenti beas themselves during a procession in honor of the Virgin Mary in Guardia Sanframondi, near Benevento south of Italy, on August 22, 2010. Hundreds of thousands turned out for the final procession of a tr

VOA标准英语2009年-Panic Follows Fraud Charges Against US Billiona

Havoc and panic stemming from fraud charges against U.S. billionaire Allen Stanford have spread to Latin America, prompting several governments to swing into action. Venezuelan policemen pass in front of a closed Stanford Bank office in Caracas, 19

学个词Learn a Word 第384期 Panic

今天我们要学的词是panic。 Panic, 是恐慌的意思。Panic button, 是紧急按钮。The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to put an end to the panic in the stock market, 美国联邦储备委员会紧急下调利率，以消除市

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If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you're going to San Francisco You're gonna meet some gentle people there For those who come to San Francisco Summertime wi

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Organic Farming Study

AGRICULTURE REPORT – June 25, 2002: Organic Farming Study By George Grow (Photo -Scott Bauer) This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Agricultural scientists in Switzerland have demonstr

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Organic Food Labeling

AGRICULTURE REPORT — November 12, 2002: Organic Food Labeling By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last month, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman announced a program

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今天我们要学的词是organic。 Organic, 有机的，绿色的。 Organic product, 有机产品。近年来，美国很多消费者开始崇尚绿色、有机食 品。不过，统计数字显示， Organic food accounted for only 3.5% of the f

VOA慢速英语2011--Sex Abuse Case Shakes Penn State Football; 72-Game NBA Season?

IN THE NEWS - Sex Abuse Case Shakes Penn State Football; 72-Game NBA Season? This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the coach with the most wins ever in major college football in the United States lost his job. The governing board of

VOA标准英语2011--Senegal Quranic School Puts Children Fir

Senegal Quranic School Puts Children First Quranic schools in Senegal gained much unwanted attention last year with a damning report by Human Rights Watch that said many schools were enslaving their students to beg for money. One Quranic school that

VOA标准英语2011--Halloween Recalls Radio Drama Which Spre

Halloween Recalls Radio Drama Which Spread Panic in US Halloween - October 31 - is a time to wear spooky costumes and tell scary stories. Perhaps the scariest tale was told on Halloween eve in 1938, when a radio drama spread panic along the U.S. East

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Horror' Of Student's Hazing Death At Penn State Sparks Change

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Today Penn State University is expected to announce big changes for its fraternities and sororities, this after 19-year-old fraternity pledge Tim Piazza died of injuries after an alcohol-fueled party back in February. That party

Titanic returns to China in 3D

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic will return to Chinese screens with a new 3D version on Tuesday, said its distributor in China on Sunday. The film, first released in 1997 casting Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, wa

Titanic 3D biggest foreign movie tax contributor

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Jame Cameron's Titanic 3D was the biggest tax contributor among foreign movies China imported in 2012, according to Beijing Customs Friday. The movie took 144 million U.S. dollars at the country's box office. Figures rele

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By Steve Herman Kathmandu 15 April 2007 Nepal again has been thrust into political confusion just two weeks after a landmark interim government was formed. The country's elderly prime minister was a no-show for an emergency session of his cabinet on

Belarus Shoppers Panic as Ruble Collapses

Panicky shoppers in Belarus are buying up consumer goods and scarce food supplies as fast as they can, after a sharp devaluation of the ruble failed to halt a slide in the national currency's value. Weeks of economic crisis have prompted many Belarus

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Ahistoric exhibition featuring both contemporary Chinese and French artists has opened at the National Art Museum of China. Entitled ChiFra, the exhibition bears witness to 50 years of diplomatic relations and cultural exchange between China and Fran

VOA慢速英语2012 IN THE NEWS - London Olympics Begins; Punishment for Penn State

IN THE NEWS - London Olympics Begins; Punishment for Penn State This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Seventeen thousand athletes and officials from more than two hundred countries will take part in the London Olympics. (SOUND) Hours before the