VOA标准英语2012--Afghans Hopeful, But Worried About Future

Afghans Hopeful, But Worried About Future Modest changes There is a growing middle class in Afghanistans cities, including the capital Kabul. 在阿富汗的城市中，包括首都喀布尔在内，中产阶级正在不断壮大。 It is an increasi

VOA标准英语2011--Idled Atom-Smasher Yielding Data Months After Shutdown

Idled Atom-Smasher Yielding Data Months After Shutdown The Tevatron Accelerator at the U.S. government's Fermi National Laboratory in suburban Chicago once led the world in studying what happens when subatomic particles are thrown together at nearly

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Comedian Sasheer Zamata is at a crossroads. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for four seasons. One of her characters was Beyonce at her gynecologist's office while she was pregnant with twins. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, S

SSS 2008-04-28

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Chirisopher Intagliata, got a minute? But mum, that's not fair! sound familiar? Even as children we hate getting gypped, whether it's fewer slices of pizza or lousy presents from Santa. More surpri

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Ratan Tata is the chairman of the Tata Group, India's largest corporation. He is the latest in a long line of Tatas to head the family-owned company. Ratan has revolutionized the company by focusing on high-tech products. He increased the internation

各国名人英文介绍-Tata Young

Tata Young was born as Amita Marie Young in Thailand in 1980. She is a Thai superstar and is popular all over Asia. She became an international success after she released her first English-language album, I Believe in 2004. This followed four albums

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The Tata Group is the largest corporation in India. It has a diverse range of business interests, including cars, steel, information technology, energy, tea and hotels. It was founded in 1868 by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, who set up a company in Mumb

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King Tut's Tough Life New analysis of the mummy of King Tut, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that the boy king had severe bone disease and malaria. Christopher Intagliata reports The Journal of the American Medical

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Grammar Girl here. We've received several requests to address Latin plurals, so today we're going to tackle a tricky one. A listener called with this request: Hi, Grammar Girl. This is Adam from Peoria. I was wondering if you could go over the usage

2007年VOA标准英语-Minority Populations Growing in Many US Distric

By Brian Wagner Miami, Florida 15 August 2007 U.S. minority population are expanding New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that black, Asian, Hispanic and other minority populations are expanding in many districts where whites were once dominant

China's Datang Int'l Power profit down 22.78 pct in 2011

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Datang International Power, a listed unit of China Datang, a major Chinese power producer, said Sunday its net profit fell 22.78 percent year-on-year to 1.91 billion yuan (303.2 million U.S. dollars) due to rising therma

2007年VOA标准英语-Malian Authorities Fail to See Humor in Satiric

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 21 June 2007 Activists in Mali are protesting the arrest of several newspaper directors, a journalist and a high school teacher for printing a satirical essay about the sexual exploits of a fictional president. Journalists and

2006年VOA标准英语-Bird Flu Computer Database Helps Scientist

By Deborah Block Washington, DC 24 January 2006 watch Bird Flu Database report A computer database in the United States is helping researchers find a human vaccine for the bird flu virus -- a disease

voa标准英语2008-Data Show More Bad News for US Economy

World markets were mixed Tuesday amid confirmation that the U.S. economy shrank in the third quarter of the year. The Bush administration says it believes fourth quarter numbers will be even worse. The U.S. Commerce Department says the U.S. economy

VOA标准英语2012--Simulated Disasters Provide Earthquake Data

Simulated Disasters Provide Earthquake Data The Rock Mechanics Laboratory is one of several specialized labs at Lamont-Dohertys Division of Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics, now studying the subterranean dynamics of earthquakes. Research profes

VOA标准英语2012--Egyptian Presidential Hopeful Promises Islamic, Inclusive Future

Egyptian Presidential Hopeful Promises Islamic, Inclusive Future Morsi wasn't the first choice for president of the Islamist group, Muslim Brotherhood. But with its lead candidate disqualified, Morsi has grasped his role as an accidental front-runner

US Senators Spar Over Key Tax Cut

The White House and congressional Democrats continue to press for a federal-tax-cut extension that would benefit nearly all wage and salary earners, but especially the middle class. Paying for the extension remains a sticking point on Capitol Hill, w

VOA标准英语2008年-MESSENGER Provides New Data On Planet Mercury

Data from the first flyby of the planet Mercury in January of 2008 by the spacecraft MESSENGER are reported in eleven papers this week in the journal Science. The findings reveal new details about the solar system's smallest planet 77 million kilome

2006年VOA标准英语-Hamas Gunmen Fire on Fatah Rivals in Gaza

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 December 2006 Four people have been wounded in the latest violence between rival Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, a deadly shooting incident has set off a wav

在外国 如何打出租车Takeataxi

在外国如何打出租车Takeataxi A： Manhattan Square， please. B： All right， sir. When are you supposed to be there？ A： Id like to go around the city， if you dont mind. －请到曼哈顿广常 －好的，先生。要求几点到。