This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Countries across Asia and beyond are reporting small amounts of radiation from the disabled nuclear reactors in Japan. But officials say these levels are not a threat to public health. On Tuesday, Chines

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Ukrainian Volunteers Search for Bodies of Missing Soldiers 乌克兰志愿者搜索失踪士兵的尸体 SAVUR MOHYLA, DONETSK, EASTERN UKRAINE As the cease-fire becomes more fragile in eastern Ukraine, a team of volunteer body collectors travels to

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Winking Star Six Centuries Ago Explained 揭秘600年前那颗一闪即逝的恒星 On March 11, 1437, Korean royal astronomers noticed something out of the ordinary in the night sky. There was a brand new star they'd never seen before, between two o

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EDUCATION REPORT – August 1, 2002: National Education Association By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Education Report. American public education activist Reg Weaver has been elected p

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By Paul Thompson Broadcast: September 10, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Seven astronauts and

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A medical aid program in Kenya offers hope to women and girls suffering from a condition known as fistula. About two million women and girls worldwide have the condition. There are about one thousan

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Technology Report - Living in a World With Facial Recognition 科技报道 - 面部识别软件正走进我们的生活 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 A new study looks at privacy i

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By Joseph Mok Grand Canyon, Arizona 27 June 2007 The Grand Canyon in the Southwest state of Arizona is one of the seven natural wonders in the world. Carved out by the Colorado River over millions of years, the colorful gorge is over 400 kilometers

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Vancouver Winter Games officials have made some major changes to the viewing area by the Olympic cauldron that sits on a downtown waterfront plaza. The changes came after a huge public outcry. An unsightly tall, chain-link fence some 50 meters from t

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Some of America's brightest students came to Washington for the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, the nation's oldest and most prestigious science competition. The awards ceremony was the culmination of an intense week during which the 40 finalists w

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如今,各式各样的电子游戏特别令孩子们着迷,不少孩子也因此而戴上了近视眼镜,这不,雪莉今天就带着视力下降的丹尼尔来检查视力了。结果怎样呢? Listen Read Learn Clerk: Good afternoon, Ma'am. What can I do for you? Shirley: Good afternoon. My son's sight s

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I would say bossa nova is a kind of soft samba, maybe played a little bit slower, just with the guitars, simpler, and very light singing, soft singing, and soft guitars doing the rhythm. Not a lot of drums like the big samba schools, maybe just a few

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Tom Jobim wrote many of his songs here in the countryside outside Rio. Jobim lived and worked in the house that his son and grandson are now restoring. He studied a lot Chopin, Debussy, Brahms also. He liked to wake up very early. And hes in this hou

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And in April 1962, the two of them released Jazz Samba, reworking Joao Giilberto and Jobim songs like Desafinado. Remarkably for a jazz album, it became a best-seller and stayed in the American charts for a quite astonishing 70 weeks. Bossa nova sudd

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Brazil's history has been expressed through its national passion for music. Samba, the country's dominant musical style, was used by politicians in the '30s in an attempt to create unity and a sense of national identity in this vast multi-racial stat

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(The) military strike in '64 was...the worst thing that ever could happen to this country, because until today, we have never recovered from that. It was bad times. It was bad times. But at the same time, I think that the opposite of that was, that /

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I don't know. In Brazil they said it was a big mess. But I think it was important there. And the most important thing is that many of the musicians / went there to play in the concert. They stayed there and then they began to work around, like Oscar

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I think we were playing exactly what the Beatles did. We were, we thought that we were playing rock'n'roll, you know. I think Brazil is such a kaleidoscope of information, especially then. There was no information, so we used to pick up music from, t

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - 'Paper Architect' Pens Creative Solutions for Refugee Housing By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, May 23, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Shigeru

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HEALTH REPORT - Countries in the Americas Observe Vaccination Week By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Officials hope to vac

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