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Hi, Brooke, so of course, we are gearing up now to welcome the new first family into the White House.(Right.)But last night, Showbiz Tonight caught up with the first family of Hollywood, the Julie-Pitts. The Julie-Pitts, of course. Everything was re

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EXPLORATIONS - South Street Seaport Museum Offers a Living Link With the Past By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The Peking, one the ships at the South Street

太空旅游的商业展望

It was a surprising announcement: SpaceX, a private company, said it will fly two people to the moon next year. This has not been attempted since NASAs Apollo moon landings about 45 years ago. The news came from SpaceX founder and chief executive off

VOA标准英语2008年-South Korean Officials Try to Keep Lid on Kim J

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is still nowhere to be seen, more than a week after South Korean intelligence officials revealed the belief he is recovering from a stroke. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, South Korean officials are trying to

VOA标准英语2008年-South African Police Chief Placed on Leave Amid

By Scott Bobb Jerusalem 12 January 2008 In South Africa, the national head of the police has been put on leave following an announcement by an independent investigating unit that he is to be charged with corruption. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Joha

VOA标准英语2008年-South Korean Lawmakers Delay US Trade Deal in B

By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 May 2008 South Korean lawmakers from mainly liberal parties say they will block ratification of a major free-trade deal with the United States amid a panic about American beef imports. The political stalemate ends hopes for a s

voa标准英语2008-South Africa Cuts Interest Rates to Stimulate Gr

South Africa has joined the global trend of lowering interest rates to combat the current economic slowdown. The move is an abrupt reversal for a country that has been raising interest rates for years to control inflation. The change signals that Af

VOA标准英语2010-South African Group Encouraging South Afr

The South African organization, the Homecoming Revolution, hosts a job fair to lure London-based ex-patriots back to South Africa Tens of thousands of South Africans have made Britain their home over the past two decades, attracted by higher wages an

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EXPLORATIONS - Styrofoam Stonehenge: A Full-Size Copy in a Search for Long-Lost AnswersBy Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some Black Americans Turn To Informal Economy In The Face Of Discrimination

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Race and our perceptions of it affects what happens in the workplace. NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health conducted a poll. And most African-Americans who participated said th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Her Own Medical Future At Stake, A Child Storms Capitol Hill

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Republican effort to replace the Affordable Care Act failed in part because of the changes they wanted to make to Medicaid. The proposal would have cut federal spending on the program by a third. Opposition came from all side

VOA常速英语2007-South Africa Wants Diamonds Polished Locally

By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 08 October 2007 South Africa's government is intervening in the international diamond market to ensure that uncut stones are polished by local jewelers. The government will soon begin buying 10 percent of the country's

VOA常速英语2008年-South Korean President Pledges Improved US Rela

By Kurt Achin Seoul 25 February 2008 New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak got straight to diplomacy on his first afternoon in office. As VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, he promised the visiting U.S. Secretary of State he would improve

2007年VOA标准英语-South Korean Conservatives Choose Presidential

By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 August 2007 Lee Myung-bak, waves his hand after he was elected presidential candidate in Seoul, 20 Aug 2007 South Korea's main conservative party has selected a former Seoul mayor as its candidate for president. Elections to re

VOA标准英语2008年-South Korean Politicians Demand Apology for Ame

By Kurt Achin Seoul 04 June 2008 The leader of South Korea's main political opposition party is accusing the United States ambassador in Seoul of insulting Koreans. The comments in question relate to an emotionally electrified controversy over resum

South Africa to meet Ethiopia in World Cup qualifiers

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- South Africa will start their 2014 World Cup qualification campaign at home to Ethiopia on the weekend of June 2-3, 2012. This was confirmed after the Ethiopians defeated Somalia 5-0 in their preliminary round qualif

VOA常速英语2008年-South Korea Will Send Woman Into Space

By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 March 2008 South Korean officials says they are replacing the male astronaut they intended to send on a space voyage with a woman. The shift in plans, coming just weeks before the scheduled launch, is due to an apparent violati

学个词Learn a Word 第869期 go south

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VOA标准英语2008年-South Korea Debates International Adoption

Since the 1950's, South Korea has sent more than 150,000 orphaned children to live with Western families. That is in part due to a prejudice that many Koreans have against taking in children who are not their own. But a growing number of advocates a

South Africa 1-1 Mexico

Mexico's Rafael Marquez struck 12 minutes from time to deny hosts South Africa a winning start to the World Cup at Soccer City in Johannesburg（约翰内斯堡）. Marquez controlled Andres Guardado's cross at the back post and rifled past Bafana Ba