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Soldiers backing Ivory Coast's incumbent president are calling for reinforcements in their battle against fighters supporting the country's internationally-recognized president. In the third day of combat for control of the commercial capital, Abidja

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New Zealand had its first hijack attempt on Friday when a woman tried to make the pilot of a small plane fly her to Australia. The plane was flying from Blenheim to Christchurch, a distance of 250km. It was a small plane with only 7 passengers on boa

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Grammar girl here. For this show, Twilight from the Twilight and Thebes Show called in with a question about homophones: Now, here's Twilight: I'm confused with the word through, [as in] I looked through this pile of papers. It can't be threw because

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

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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

VOA标准英语2008年-Four Days of Competition Remain at Beijng Olymp

The big push begins Thursday for the conclusion of the Olympic Games in Beijing. A total of 23 medals are to be awarded as four days of competition remain. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from China where tournaments are concluding and individual events

我国AG600水陆两栖飞机成功完成首次地面滑行

China's large amphibious aircraft AG600 last Saturday successfully conducted its first glide test in Zhuhai, Guangdong, as it is preparing for its maiden flight. 我国大型水陆两栖飞机AG600于上周六在广东省珠海市成功进行了首次地

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 19 July 2007 High-level talks between India and the United States are going into an unscheduled third day in Washington in the hopes of overcoming obstacles to a controversial nuclear cooperation agreement. VOA's Steve Herma

2017年CRI Global political parties to gather in Beijng for summit

A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official is suggesting an upcoming high-level meeting between the CPC and other political parties from around the world is set to serve as a significant platform to build a community of common destiny for manki

Hagel confirmed as Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 58-41 to confirm Chuck Hagel as the next Secretary of Defense. Hagel will be sworn in on Wednesday. The vote was basically along party lines, with four Republicans breaking rank to join

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William: Hello! Youre listening to Authentic Real English. My names William Kremer and Im joined by Feifei Feng. Feifei: 大家好，我是冯菲菲。欢迎收听《地道英语》，今天我们要学习的这个词是... um William: Is there somet

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今天我们要学的词是hijack。 Hijack, 劫持。 The bank robbers hijacked a car and fled away, 抢银行的人劫持了一辆汽车，逃之夭夭。 Somali pirates hijacked a cargo ship with 40 crew members on board, 索马里海盗劫持了一

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今天我们要学的词是hijack。 Hijack, 劫持。 The bank robbers hijacked a car and fled away, 抢银行的人劫持了一辆汽车，逃之夭夭。 Somali pirates hijacked a cargo ship with 40 crew members on board, 索马里海盗劫持了一

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By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 16 January 2007 watch Pipeline report Belarus/Russia pipeline Russia has resumed pumping crude oil to Western Europe through Belarus, after shutting down a pipeline for three days amid charges that authorities in Minsk were il

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想象一下这样一个国家，女孩需要冒着被杀死的危险，偷偷摸摸的上学。这就是塔利班统治下的阿富汗，而这些威胁延续至今。22岁的 habana Basij-Rasikh 在阿富汗创办了一所学校教育女孩子。她赞

2007年VOA标准英语-Concern Growing in US West Over Agroterrorism

By Jeff Swicord Cheyenne, Wyoming 10 September 2007 Workers at adairy farm There is growing concern that farms and ranches in the western U.S. could become the target of agroterrorism. The devastating outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Britain a

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The AG600 amphibious aircraft is expected to take its maiden flight over land in the first half of 2017 and on water in the second half, said its developer, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). 国有飞机制造商中国航空工业集团

Real Madrid work hard to beat Sporting Gijon

MADRID, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid had to work a lot harder than expected before defeating Sporting Gijon 3-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Saturday night. It was not until the 75th minute of the game that a Cristiano Ronaldo header, his

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Topic 1-Class Offered to Students to Avoid Drowning Some primary and secondary schools in Bengbu, Anhui Province, have set up special classrooms for the purpose of drowning prevention, and added the drowning prevention education into the curriculum.