VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about four more individuals who are making a difference in the world. Each person is helping others in special ways. (MUSIC) VOICE O

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Throughout their long history, the Chinese have been farmers. If you are committed to your land, you stay put and accumulate possessions--land, livestock and homes that you fill with furniture and goo

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In the heart of a harsh winter, Meng Jiangnu(孟姜女) decided to visit her husband who had been sent to work on the construction of the wall. Bringing warm clothes for her beloved husband, she went

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And many never returned home, ending up in graveyards like this one. Large tombs for generals, small ones for the soldiers, and all of them died defending the Great Wall. But the soldiers' misery did

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[00:01.42]Aboriginal legends, [00:02.91]songs and dances tell of powerful spirits [00:06.34]who created the land and people [00:08.09]during the Dreamtime. [00:10.22]There was no written Aboriginal language and, [00:13.06]in fact, most of the 600 tri

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Cats and Man Cats struck a bargain with 1 man about 5,000 years ago when he shifted from a nomadic 2 to an agrarian 3 society. As man began to farm, he stored grain. The grain attracted rodents 4 , wh

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By Judith Latham The Sudanese government agreed Tuesday to halt military flights over the Darfur region, and it signed a separate agreement to allow access to aid for the nearly two million people dis

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. If evolution weeds out detrimental traits, why do some seem to stick around? Well what's bad in our current environment may have been good in the conditi

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AS IT IS 2016-01-25 Scientists Find Most Ancient Evidence of War British scientists say they have found the oldest known evidence of war. Researchers discovered the remains of 27 people near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Scientists say they believe

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An up-and-coming rock group from Brooklyn, New York has launched a collaboration with local artists in Mali. At Studio Bogolan in Mali's capital city of Bamako, Jeremiah Lockwood is working on the guitar part for a song on a new album by his band, th

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LYNN NEARY, HOST: For the past decade, Boko Haram has been killing thousands across northeastern Nigeria, causing millions to flee from their homes. But now there's another conflict in Nigeria that's killing more people than Boko Haram and threatenin

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Where did Russia come from, why is it so big, and what are the differences between it and its neighbors? 俄罗斯起源于哪里,为何幅员如此辽阔,它和其邻国有什么不同呢? The answers lie in an epic story of seafaring warriors

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Todd: So Heidi, I was talking with my friend and he actually lives in Mongolia now and he says its a great place. He recommended that I go there. So if I go to Mongolia, what season is the best season to go? Heidi: Fall. Todd: In the fall? Heidi: Yes

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布拉格恢复地铁运营 PRAGUE, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Prague resumed the operation of all its three metro lines on Thursday morning after a four-day closure amidst flooding threats from the Vltava River, the Prague Public Transport Company (DPP) has

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The word hutong (胡同) means water well(水井) in Mongolian. The Mongolians keep the nomadic tradition of settling down around springs or wells. A hutong is the passage formed by lines of siheyuan (四合院, four-side enclosed courtyards). Strict

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The United Nations has called it the worst humanitarian crisis since 1945, and, just today, the lead editorial in The Washington Post called it the worst crisis you have never heard of. Drought and famine threaten 20 million people in the war-torn co

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12. 土耳其人 Given that their homeland straddles two continents, it should be no surprise that Turkish people have a fairly cool outlook on life, embracing a diverse range of cultures, cuisines and plumbing standards. 土耳其横跨两大洲,土

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Hutong and Siheyuan The word hutong (胡同) means water well(水井) in Mongolian. The Mongolians keep the nomadic tradition of settling down around springs or wells. A hutong is the passage formed by lines of siheyuan (四合院, four-side enclosed

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Middle east and Africa: East African camels: Speedy and tasty 中东和非洲:东非骆驼:又快又有味儿 The camel trade is increasingly lucrative. 骆驼贸易越来越获益。 Allahu akbar! the boys shout gleefully from atop their camels,

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One illustration of the transformational power of technology is in Kibera. 一个与科技改革力量有关的例子发生在基贝拉 Kibera is one of Africa's largest slums. 基贝拉是非洲最大的贫民窟之一 It's on the outskirts of Nairo

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