This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. High-quality systems used in video conferencing are called telepresence systems. The images are life-size yet not truly lifelike. They lack the depth that people would normally see if they were in th

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Marjorie Prime is a science fiction film, sort of, but without explosions, laser weapons or fire-breathing robots and mythical creatures. As the film opens, Lois Smith plays an elderly woman who's getting to know the lifelike holog

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For decades, Holocaust survivors have told their stories to students and museum visitors in person and in videos. The Holocaust ended more than 70 years ago, and so every year, fewer survivors are alive to tell their stories. The I

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What is the cosmological effect of singer Zayn Malik leaving the best-selling boy band One Direction and consequently disappointing millions of teenage girls around the world? 歌手泽恩马利克退出热门的单向男孩乐队,进而导致数以百

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He was watching TV. The commercials started. One after another they came, like subway riders going through turnstiles. Five minutes later, the program resumed. Ten minutes later, a new cluster of commercials started. Five minutes later, the program r

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Ever since money was invented there have been people trying to fake it. Thats why its important for everyone to know how to spot a fake banknote. And the best thing to do is to know by heart what genuine notes should look like. Here is our expert Lee

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