Broadcast: July 8, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: I'm Sarah Long with Doug Johnson, and this is the VOA Special English program, SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. VOICE TWO: This week -- we look at some recent news about

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According to data posted on McDonalds famous Golden Arches , the fast food giant has served billions of customers around the world . It s safe to assume that other fast food purveyor s such as Burger King , Kentucky Fried Chicken , and others have di

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 08 May 2008 The U.N.'s humanitarian chief says he is disappointed with the government in Burma because it has not moved faster to allow in international aid workers and relief supplies to the cyclone-devastated coun

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The Great Depression Increased Life Expectancy A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that the population life expectancy actually increased during the Great Depression. Karen Hopkin reports Believe it or not, depression

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今天我们要学的词是depression。 Depression, 有不景气、萧条的意思。 The Great Depression, 就是美国历史上著名的大萧条时期。美国金融市场的一举一动,都牵动着投资者的神经。 The current situation i

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Bright Starby John KeatsBright star, would I were stedfast as thou artNot in lone splendour hung aloft the nightAnd Watching, with eternal lids apart,Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,The moving waters at their priestlike taskOf pure ablution

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