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By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: August 13, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report. Health news and other scientific information generally comes from research published in the

2007年VOA标准英语-Foreign Teacher Fined for Public Indecency in S

By Selah Hennessy Dakar 30 August 2007 A 19-year old Irish man has been fined about $300 in Senegal after being found guilty of public indecency. He was also given a four-month suspended sentence. The foreign volunteer worker, who was released from j

英文歌曲：R. City - Like This

[Verse 1: Theron] She say she never hear nobody talk like this Sag in ah me pants, make me walk like this Flag in ah me pocket make me rep my clique Soon as it drop you know we rock like this She never see me put it on the map like this She never kno

英伦广角 Issue 121 希腊奥运后话

Four years on this is the Olympic legacy in Athens. Millions of pounds were spent on venues like the Beach Volleyball Center. Like many now, it's empty, locked up and its future uncertain. Graffiti covers the outside of the gymnastics arena, what sho

Bruce Arena voted as winner of MLS Coach of the Year

HOUSTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) on Monday announced Los Angeles Galaxy's coach Bruce Arena as the winner of the 2011 MLS Coach of the Year. MLS said in a statement that in his third full season as LA head coach, Arena led

2007年VOA标准英语-US State Department Announces Effort to Promote

By Jim Fry Washington, DC 11 January 2007 watch Public Diplomacy report The U.S. State Department has announced a new award Wednesday that diplomats hope will encourage non-governmental groups to bolster America's image abroad. The Benjamin Franklin

英文短篇故事（纽约）483 The Arena Will Always Look Old

Ernie took the Q train to Brooklyn. He wanted to see what Barclays Center, the new arena, looked like up close. He walked up the stairs from the station. He looked at the building. It didn't look new; it looked old. It looked like it was covered with

Hollande pledges to put public finances in order by 2017

PARIS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday reiterated his promise to reach zero deficit by 2017 via public spending cuts and growth stimulus. The path is that of achieving a balanced public finances at the end of the ma

China issues first public services plan

BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's cabinet, has issued the first national plan for public services, the country's top economic planning agency said Wednesday. The government will intensify its efforts to improve basic public s

Nepal bans smoking in public places from Sunday

KATHMANDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Ban on smoking in public places will be enforced from Sunday with the Tobacco Control and Regulatory Act-2010 coming into effect. Those smoking in public places will be fined and civil servants will be liable to departme

Majority in U.S. supports public smoking ban

NEW YORK, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A Gallup survey released on Friday found a total of 59 percent of Americans support a ban on smoking in all public places. The July 7-10 survey among 1,016 national adults showed a change in the public's attitude toward

China sweeps board in Olympic badminton

LONDON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shuttlers, spearheaded by Lin Dan, won two more Olympic events on Sunday afternoon, completing a clean sweep of five gold medals. In a match that attracted most attention started between Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei fr

工作经验对于跳槽的意义

Whether you are in a career you hate or happily forging on with the dream job, youll have to put up with politics and personalities, so you might as well change careers and enjoy the things you do, right? 无论你正处于厌恶的职位中，还是在

宿命! 里约奥运半决赛林丹再战李宗伟!

Twice-Olympic champion Lin Dan survived a huge scare against India's Srikanth Kidambi in the men's badminton singles in Rio on Wednesday to set up a semi-final with Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei, the man he beat for the gold medal in Beijing and London. 在

CCTV9英语新闻：赞比亚77岁总统病死英国

LUSAKA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Zambian President Michael Sata has died of undisclosed illness in London after medical check-up, the Zambian government said on Wednesday. The file photo taken on Jan. 31, 2014 shows Zambian President Michael Sata attendin

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-07-03

1. Los Angeles officials are holding closed-door talks about a possible event for Michael Jackson at a downtown arena Tuesday. That's according to a person with knowledge of the situation. It's not clear if a funeral or a public memorial was being d

美国国家公共电台 NPR Take A Pilgrimage To America's Sport Sanctuaries In 'The Arena'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The places in which sports fans watch their favorite teams often become as familiar to them as great churches, mosques or synagogues. Who are we kidding? Maybe even more familiar. Rafi Kohan has written a book about some of those h

Tennis Kremlin Cup to kick off in Moscow

Tennis Kremlin Cup to kick off in Moscow MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A bunch of world's top tennis players were expected to participate in the 23rd Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow starting from Saturday, the game's organizers said Thursday. In the w

巴西人抗议主办2014年世界杯

BRASILIA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Brazilians frustrated with poor public services took to the streets Thursday across the country, claiming their taxes are spent on preparations to host the upcoming 2014 World Cup. The so-called Day of Struggle against th

Let Me Say “Thank You”

I remember the first time I got on a horse. I was two years old and we were watching a friend of the family ride. My mom agreed to let me take a short ride around the arena with the friend and that was it! I was horse crazy. From then on, I drove my