CNN 2010-03-14

A seven-year-oid's quick thinking saves his family. CNN's RANDI KAYE tells us why he's now being called the hero. RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Courage sometimes comes in small packages, like this 7-year-old from California. UNIDENTIFIE

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Rosh Hashana, A Matzo Ball Soup By Way Of Mexico

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英语语法：187 Is a Troop One Person or a Group?

Today, guest-writer Neal Whitman will help us understand why the word troops can refer to the number of individuals or groups. What Does Troops Mean? Memorial Day is next week, when we in the U.S. honor members of the military who have died in the li

Agroecology, Part 2

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: October 7, 2003 This is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we finish a two-part series. A listener in Brazil asked about 1)agroecology. This

Agroecology, Part 1

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: September 30, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. This week, we take a suggestion from a listener in Brazil. Agricultural specialist Lu

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rice hulls, or husks, are the protective coverings on grains of rice. Rice with just its hull removed is brown rice. Rice without its hull or bran is white rice. Once rice is harvested, the hulls ar

Why Hands-Free Faucets May Be a Risk to Some Hospital Patien

Why Hands-Free Faucets May Be a Risk to Some Hospital Patients This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Automatic faucets use an electronic sensor to start and stop the flow of water when people

Emergency Medical Care in a Backpack

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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By Phil Mercer Sydney 19 April 2006 Residents watch the smoke rise in Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 after a night of rioting in the aftermath of the election of Snyde

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Indonesian Martial Arts Find Home in Utah 印尼武术在犹他州找到发展机会 OGDEN, UTAH Martial arts imported from East Asia have long been part of the U.S. sports landscape. For decades, it has been common to see American students take self

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 12 June 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas, called counties, are the governments they interact with the most. And alongside these local governments are groups of citizens who work on

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 15 November 2006 The non-profit group , One Laptop per Child has unveiled a low-cost, high-durability laptop computer that it says it wants to put into the hands of children across the globe. Children's laptop from One Lap

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By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 10 November 2006 watch Gates profile Robert Gates, President Bush's nominee to become the new U.S. Defense Secretary, is a former CIA Director with decades of experience in the national security field. He has also se

2007年VOA标准英语-Burundi Proposes Offering Troops for Somalia, U

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 01 February 2007 Burundi has agreed to offer troops for the African Union peacekeeping initiative in Somalia. Meanwhile, Uganda's parliament is brushing aside attempts by the ruling party to push through a motion to send Uga

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Earlier this year, President Bush said the United States would spend $350 million over five years to fight seven of the world's most common parasitic and bacterial diseases affecting hundreds of millions of people in tropical regions of the world. A

2007年VOA标准英语-Kano Hospital Serves Scores of Psychiatric Pati

By Isiyaku Ahmed Kano,Nigeria 07 June 2007 In Nigeria, the psychiatric hospital in the northern town of Kano covers all forms of mental illness. It also accommodates patients from other northern Nigerian towns and neighboring countries like: - the Re

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今天我们要学的词是robocall。 Robocall指的是由计算机系统自动拨号，播放事先录制的电话留言的宣传电话。Robocall是产品促销和政治竞选的常用手段。A GOP group launched its robocall campaign against Sen

2006年VOA标准英语-Researchers Make First Sunspot Prediction

By David McAlary Washington 07 March 2006 NCAR scientists Mausumi Dikpati (left), Peter Gilman, and Giuliana de Toma examine results from a new computer model of solar dynamics Researchers predict tha

OMG!美语 Marriage Proposal!

OMG! Congratulations to both of you!! How did he pop the question??OMG! 祝贺你们俩啊！！他怎么求的婚啊？？

2006年VOA标准英语-Small Group of Protesters Accuses New York Time

By Zulima Palacio, Cindy Saine Washington, D.C. 05 July 2006 Watch Protest Report Protestor A small group of about 15 people gathered in front of the Washington bureau of the New York Times Monday to protest the paper's publishing of what some call