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(WA) Today, I'd like to turn our attention to an area of management often overlooked in traditional management courses: small-business management. Small businesses have gone from being traditional small-town stores selling food or clothing to sophis

Female Genital1 Cutting

Broadcast: Feb 24, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Activists for the rights of women have declared a yearly observance to oppose the cutting of female sex organs.

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - World's Forests Endangered

ENVIRONMENT REPORT -April 19, 2002: World’s Forests Endangered By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Many of the world ’s forests are quickly disappearing because of

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VOA慢速英语2012 Health Report - A UN Warning About Chemical Dangers

Health Report - A UN Warning About Chemical Dangers This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The United Nations Environment Program is calling for urgent action to reduce what it says are growing risks from chemicals. The agency says in a new r

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Minister: Zambia Losing Too Many Lions and Leopards Zambias tourism minister has announced a partial ban on the hunting of lions and leopards. She warns their numbers may be too low to allow safari hunting to continue for now. Whats more, therell be

VOA标准英语2011--US Hospitals Turn to Toyota for Manageme

US Hospitals Turn to Toyota for Management Inspiration When Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle started losing money in 1998, its CEO began a search for a new management system that would get the hospital back on track. After two years of visiti

VOA标准英语2011--Dwindling West African Rainforest Threat

Dwindling West African Rainforest Threatens Long-Term Food Security In West Africa, the Guinean Rainforest is rapidly disappearing. A new study says increased production of cocoa, cassava and oil palm has meant more land is being cleared for agricult

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Africa Set to Continue Growth Except in Ebola-Infected Areas World Bank figures are beginning to confirm the impact of the crisis on the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. New data shows the service sectors of the three countries have bee

美国习惯用语:556 on the cutting edge

我们今天要学的习惯用语都有这个单词：edge。它最常用的意思是边缘，但是在今天要学的第一个习惯用语里edge这个词的意思却是刀剑的刀刃。 今天要学的第一个习惯用语是：on the cutting edge。

奥巴马每周电视讲话:扩大美国国内石油产量

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Study Finds Only Five Percent of Tropical Forests Are Being ProtectedBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 This is Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Agriculture

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Study Links Custom of Female Cutting to

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Study Links Custom of Female Cutting to Infertility By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, August 29, 2005 I'm Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Development Report. New research s

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Chinese tourism authorities have launched the toughest crackdown on under-performing scenic spots or attractions. 我国旅游管理部门对表现不佳的景点景区开展了最为严厉的整治行动。 So far, 367 scenic spots have been deliste

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Employee-Management Relations Facing Business Challenges at Saturn Negotiating a Radically New Contract Richard LeFauve of General Motors and Donald Ephlin of the United Auto Workers (UAW) had been ad

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Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. For todays program, we go into the kitchen! There is a good chance you do not go one day without using a knife. It is an important tool when cooking, and without it, you could not make ma

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CCTV9英语新闻：Ongoing reform in agricultural sector

CPPCC Standing committee member Chen Xiwen -- who is overseeing China's agricultural reform -- gave us more details on how the country will deal with the supply-side issue in the sector. There are three major areas where we can push forward supply-si

【英音模仿秀】矿业巨头大裁员

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