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New York City-based Pfizer Incorporated, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, has stopped research on torcetrapib, a drug they hoped to sell to treat heart disease. The drug was supposed to raise levels of what is known as good cholesterol. T

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Placebo Effect Update

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 19, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. When scientists want to test the effectiveness of a new drug, they usually divide

新标准初中英语八年级(上):UNIT2 Library rules

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Belief in Cause and Effect

Benjamin Frankin wondered about(at) lightning. He combined his curiosity with imagination and carried out his well-known experiment to show that lightning and an electric spark are the same thing. Cur

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music,candle,Liberia,By Nico Colombant Liberia 15 January 2006 Liberian President elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf waves at the crowds during pre-inaugural celebrations in Monrovia, Liberia, Jan. 14, 2006 Spiritual music and c

情景英语对话：Looking for the Library(3)

A: What are you looking for? B: I have been looking everywhere for the library. A: How long have you been looking for it? B: Ive been searching for the library for an hour. A: I can help you. B: I would really appreciate your help. A: You do know how

Birthplace effect “出生地效应”

今年7月，14岁的美国华裔少年刘继打破老虎伍兹的纪录，成为美国青少年高尔夫锦标赛史上最年轻的冠军，同时刷新老虎伍兹保持了19年的纪录。刘继出生在纽约州一个只有11万人口的小城市史

2007年VOA标准英语-Activists Battle Liberia's Rape Problem

By Kari Barber Dakar 28 February 2007 Rape was a common means of abuse during Liberia's brutal civil war and it remains rampant despite the enactment of one of West Africa's toughest rape laws. Activists are calling for a specialized court to deal w

VOA标准英语2008年-Rice: Israeli Settlements Have 'Negative Effect

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 15 June 2008 America's top diplomat is in the Middle East trying to get the peace process back on track. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets US Secretar

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Libya's opposition had success on the international stage Thursday, but setbacks in fighting against forces loyal to the country's leader, Moammar Gadhafi. The opposition lost territory in both the east and west of the country, though the rebels here

英语情景对话-Applying for a Library Card(2)

A: May I help you? B: Could I check out this book? A: Let me see your library card. B: I need to get one. A: You can apply for one right now, if youd like. B: Okay. Let me do that right now. A: Could you fill out this application? B: Im finished. Her

英语情景对话-Applying for a Library Card(3)

A: What do you need? B: I would like to check out a book. A: Im going to need your library card. B: I dont have a library card. A: Why dont you apply for one right now? B: Sure. That would be great. A: Please fill out this application. B: Okay. Here

2007年VOA标准英语-Analysts Generally Give Liberia's Johnson-Sirle

By Nico Colombant Dakar 16 January 2007 One year into the term of Liberia's post-war President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, many foreign analysts and aid workers are joining Liberians in giving her good marks for a job well done. But they also point to se

OMG!美语 Jib Jab

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今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

Ibra to miss Juve clash

ROME, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Italian giants AC Milan will see their striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic sidelined in the clash against league leaders Juventus on February 25, as the Swedish international was handed a three-match ban on Monday. The Swede, who has

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Pope leaves Vatican, resignation takes effect

VATICAN CITY, Feb.28 (Xinhua) -- The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came into effect at 8 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Thursday, who had left the Vatican by helicopter for the papal vacation retreat in south Rome earlier in the afternoon. The pope h