Historic Kilogram Measure to Be Replaced

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第35期: arm, clear, measure, length, cotton

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Love without measure Freda Bright says,Only in opera do people die for love. It's true. You really can't love somebody to death. I've known people to die from no love, but I've never known anyone to be loved to death. We just can't love one another e

New System to Measure 'Value' of College Education

Each year, millions of students complete their study programs at the colleges and universities across the United States. The new graduates receive an official piece of paper from their schools. This paper is known as their degree. It states what kind

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By Paula Wolfson White House 20 December 2006 President Bush has signed legislation normalizing U.S. trade relations with Vietnam. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House the provision was included in a wide-ranging tax bill. President Geor

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Trade War With China Heats Up, But Tariff Effects Are Already Rippling Across U.S.

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A number of analysts are suggesting that the recent tariff moves by the United States are severely undermining international trade rules. Observers believe that the U.S. side's threat to impose tariffs on even more Chinese products is in fact a tit-f

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今天我们要学的词是 tariff. Tariff 名词，是关税的意思。A top Chinese economic official promised to gradually lower tariffs on imported automobiles, but gave no specifics on a possible timeline. 中国政府经济系统一名高级官员

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is units of measurethose words and symbols that come after numbers. This first point might seem self-evident: you put a space between the number and the unit of measure. Even though it seems obvious, I'm telling you b

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 November 2007 On Capitol Hill, another fierce debate is underway about the war in Iraq, as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives considers a measure to provide $50 billion in short-term funding for U.S. mi

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 March 2008 The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Democrat-crafted foreign intelligence surveillance law that contains provisions strongly opposed by President Bush. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hi