Off a road in rural Wisconsin sits a 57-year-old American working in an open garage. He makes a small amount of money by selling metal parts from broken equipment. Until two years ago, the man worked as a dairy farmer. He had 24 cows to milk. But, li

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The Big Easy and Sin City Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Many cities have interesting nicknames. Nicknames can help establish the identity of a city. They can also spread pride among its citizens. New Orleans, Louisiana

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'The Big Short' Explains the Global Financial Crisis In 2008, two big Wall Street firms, or companies that trade money and investments, collapsed. The U.S. economy plunged into the Great Recession. That meant the economy was weak and many people lost

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now we're going to look at how one issue in one race is playing out. The tobacco industry is pouring money into Montana to fight a ballot initiative that would raise tobacco taxes to pay for Medicaid expansion. Montana

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And I'm Adam Navis. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 William Post did not have an

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今天我们要学的词组是big bucks。Big bucks意思是很多很多的钱。比如:Delta, UPS pay big bucks to sponsor NY Fashion Week. 按说,Delta, UPS一个是航空公司,一个是邮递公司,怎么会和时装有关系呢,不过它

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