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VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about a vice president. John Tyler was William Henry Harrisons partner on the ticket in the 1840 election; he was the Tyler of the campaign slogan Tippecanoe and Tyler, too. But

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For those of you who are following the Tour de France, you will recognize the name Tyler Farrar. He is from the town where I live, Wenatchee. The fact that he is not only in the Tour, but also doing well, has really created a buzz of excitement here.

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今天我们要学的词是double standard。Double standard, 双重标准。美国国会众议院议长佩洛西指责共和党人在医疗保健改革的辩论中使用双重标准, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of having a double

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Think arranged marriages are loveless? Not so, says psychologist Robert Epstein, a contributing editor for Scientific American MIND magazine. He spoke March 10 at the 92nd Street Ys Tribeca site in New York City: And theres even a study published in

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Tyler DeWitt: How Do We Get Kids Hooked On Science?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So remember your high school science class? Maybe you had a textbook that sounded something like this. TYLER DEWITT: Remember that a water molecule is polar, with a partial negative charge

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A moment now to remember Mary Tyler Moore. The actress died today at age 80. Moore helped redefine women's roles on TV, first playing the earnest and stylish homemaker Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show and later playing Mary

美国国家公共电台 NPR Mary Tyler Moore: On Her Own, Single And Singular

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Americans said goodbye yesterday to Mary Tyler Moore, who died yesterday at the age of 80. She won seven Emmy Awards for her work on TV, but that number doesn't quite describe her place in the culture. She played characters to wh

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Phone Call Changes Everything In Ann Tyler's 'Clock Dance'

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Anne Tyler's latest novel is about a woman in her 60s who married young, had two children and then is widowed young. She remarries and finds her life truly changed by a phone call that was probably made in error. But, of cours

THE MAKING OF A NATION 71 - John Tyler

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VOA常速英语2008年-US Scientists Win Tyler Environmental Prize

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 17 April 2008 Two American scientists, James Galloway and Harold Mooney, have won this year's Tyler Prize for environmental achievement. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan spoke with the winners about their work, and about the state

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China to promote audio-video coding standard

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- China will promote the application and industrialization of its self-developed audio-video coding standard (AVS+) in broadcasting and television, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) said Friday.

China to speed up TD-LTE development

SHANGHAI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- China will speed up the development of TD-LTE, the nation's fourth-generation (4G) telecommunications technology, during the next two years, an official with the country's top economic planning agency said Wednesday. Chi

China releases standard names of Diaoyu Islands

BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- China has released standard names and descriptions of the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated isles, according to sources with the State Oceanic Administration. The Diaoyu Island is named as Diaoyu Island, with its Chinese p

4 Ways to Measure Your Standard of Living

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今天我们要学的词是gold standard。 Gold standard, 意思是同类事物的最高标准。 The iPhone is the gold standard in the smartphone market, iPhone是智能手机市场上最棒的产品。曾带领加州大学洛杉矶分校十次赢得

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今天我们要学的词是gold standard。 Gold standard, 意思是同类事物的最高标准。 The iPhone is the gold standard in the smartphone market, iPhone是智能手机市场上最棒的产品。曾带领加州大学洛杉矶分校十次赢得