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Ballou High School is a public schoolin one of Washington D.C.'s poorest neighborhoods.While the school struggles academically,its marching band is highly-regardedand will be one of the bands taking p...

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The little-known word "pettifogging" was used during a 1905 impeachment trial of a judge.This week, Chief Justice John Roberts used it againduring the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump....

1905年在弹劾一名法官的审判期间使用了pettifogging这个鲜为人知的单词。本周，美国最高法院首席大法官约翰-罗伯茨在美国总统川普的弹劾案中再次用到了这个单词。 罗伯茨是这次审判的主审。他在审判的第一天并没有说太多话。相反，众...

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Now,the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.People use their mouths for many things.They eat, talk,shout and sing.They smile and they kiss.In the English language,there are many expres...

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Now, the Special English program,AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story is called "The Diamond Lens."It was written by Fitz-James O'Brien.Today we will hear the second and final part of the story.Here is M...

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This week, we answer a question from a VOA listener who writes:I work with some native speakers of English.I want to practice speaking with them so I improve my English.But sometimes, I get nervous, s...

本周，我们回复美国之音某位听众提出的一个问题。 提问： 我的一些同事的母语是英语。我想要跟他们练练口语，以便提高我的英语水平。但是有时候我会很紧张，所以我们的对话很快就结束了。我怎样才能跟这些朋友多聊会呢？ 回答： ...

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The collection of tools and other artifacts that includes the hand-ax was discovered by a French team in the 1990s at a site near Kenya's Lake Turkana.That is less than 10 kilometers from where archae...

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(MUSIC)Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English.I'm Steve Ember.(MUSIC)American military planners had to make an important decision when the United States entered t...

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Going away to college used to be the ultimate flight of young people from the nest.It represented freedom for them and their parents alike.But last school year alone,instead of flying free,a whopping ...