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⾼中英语VOA常速听⼒2012年...LOS ANGELES ?a The number of students from China studying at universities across the United States has increased dramatically. According to some statistics, the number of undergraduate students from China in the U.S. has doubled in the last two years. Economists say the trend is due, in large part, to a growing middle class in China. Los Angeles county has one of the largest Chinese student populations in the U.S. - totaling more than 4000 students.At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, it is easy to spot students from China. They gather regularly for social events, as this Mid-Autumn festival.Environmental engineering student Sun Wei said he has not met many Americans because there are so many students from his home country. But he said there is a positive side to this.°The benefit is when I arrived it doesn't take much adjusting," Wei said. "It's all Chinese.±Opportunity and challengeBut coming to the United States is not easy for many Chinese students.An Rupeng, a doctoral student at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, said that being away from family has been difficult him and his wife.°We are the only child in both families. And when your parents get older, they tend to miss you a lot and miss their grandson a lot,?± said An.But An said he has enjoyed experiencing a different culture.Ferdinando Guerra, an economist with the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, said Chinese students have helped the local economy by contributing more than $100 million last year. And he said they contributed more than $4.5 billion to the U.S. economy.°The number of Chinese students studying in the United States has almost tripled in the past decade, and has almost quadrupled since 1995,?± said Guerra.Chinese wealth growsThe main reason for the dramatic increase is the growth of the Chinese economy, said RAND Corporation economist Jim Hosek.°There are a lot of Chinese entrepreneurs, businessmen of all sorts business leaders, who are simply wealthier today, and they can afford to send their sons and daughters abroad,?± said Hosek.Chinese native Li Jing agreed. She received her doctorate in education at the University of Southern California. Li said the way in which Chinese students pay for their tuition abroad has changed since she studied this topic in 2004.°The majority of Chinese students received scholarships," Li said. "Now, the majority of Chinese students pay their own way to come here to study.?±Influx of Chinese studentsIn addition, the number of undergraduate students from China in the United States has doubled during the past two years, said University of Southern California's Dean of Religious Life, Varun Soni. He said that although Chinese students typically study engineering and the hard sciences, a new generation is starting to major in subjects such as business, education, and film.°I think one of the trends we see with this generation is they're really thinking about what they can learn here that will help them when they go back to China. It's not like they want to move here permanently, like previous generations of students wanted to,?± said Soni.It is a trend that worries some Americans, said economist Jim Hosek.°The number one concern on people's minds has been the outflow of human capital,± he said.Exchange of culture, ideas, skillsUniversity of Southern California political scientist Stanley Rosen said Chinese are using what they learned here in theUnited States to set up businesses in China.°So it's really a more personal usage of what they get here and then use that technology, which may not exist or is at a lower level in China, to establish their own business and be supported by the government in doing so. But that's a problem in other countries as well,?± said Rosen.But experts, like Soni, say much can be gained from having Chinesestudents in the United States.°It's easy to demonize the other when you don't know the other. But as Chinese students become more integrated in American society and make American friends, and as American students increasingly go to China to study and to learn, I think we become more integrated as cultures, as nations, which makes the opportunity for collaboration, cooperation, much more apparent and achievable,?± said Soni.In addition to more integration of the East and the West, economists say Chinese graduates of American universities who return to their homeland also could help foster more Chinese investment in the United States.。
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OneDEVELOPMENT REPORT- UN Study Says Gains Would Outweigh Cost to End Child LaborBy Jill MossThis is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report.The International Labor Organization says child labor limits economic development. It says educating children instead of forcing them to work would create huge gains for developing countries. The International Labor Organization is part of the United Nations. The agency proposes that child labor be substituted with education by two-thousand-twenty.A three-year study by the agency compared the costs against the gains from ending child labor. Researchers found that paying for education in developing nations could bring seven times the return on investment.The researchers also note the other gains that would come from removing the worst forms of child labor. Ending slavery and the sale of children for sex would reduce injuries and sickness.The International Labor Organization estimates that about two-hundred-fifty-million children are involved in child labor. Of these, it says one out of every eight may be working with dangerous chemicals, breathing poisons or selling sex.The cost to replace child labor with education is estimated at seven-hundred-sixty-thousand-million dollars. But the U-N agency says the project should be seen as a long-term investment. It says the costs would be higher than returns mostly during the first fifteen years. For example, poor families would have to live at first without the wages earned by their children.To help balance this problem, the labor agency proposes that governments provide financial help to poor families with school-age children. Several nations including Brazil and Mexico already have support programs in place. The study says governments would also need to invest in new schools, books, equipment, and teacher training.Juan Somavia is the director general of the International Labor Organization. He says the proposal is not only a good social policy, but also a wise economic plan. He says each additional year of education for an older child adds eleven percent per year to future earnings.The labor agency says all parts of the world would gain by ending child labor. The study estimates that countries in North Africa and the Middle East would gain more than eight dollars for every one dollar invested. Asian countries would gain more than seven dollars for every dollar invested. And Latin American countries would gain over five dollars.This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss. This is Robert Cohen.TwoDEVELOPMENT REPORT - Poor Nutrition in the Developing WorldBy Jill MossI'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report.A new World Bank report warns that children who do not get enough good food in the first two years of life suffer lasting damage. They may be underdeveloped or under weight. They may suffer from poor health or limited intelligence. In addition, poorly nourished children are more likely to drop out of school and earn less money as adultsThe report is called "Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development." It notes that too little food is not the only cause of poor nutrition. Many children who live in homes with plenty of food suffer for other reasons. For example, the study says that mothers often fail to give their newly born babies their first breast milk. This milk-like substance is called colostrum. It is full of nutrients that improve a baby's ability to fight infections and disease.Severely malnourished children in Niger (WFP photo) The study also links malnutrition to economic growth in poor countries. A lack of nutrition in early childhood can cost developing nations up to three percent of their yearly earnings. Many of these same countries have economies that are growing at a rate of two to three percent yearly. The study suggests that poor countries could possibly double their economic growth if they improved nutrition.Africa and South Asia are affected the most by poor nutrition. The study says about half of all children in India do not get enough good food. The World Bank study also notes that rates of malnutrition in South Asia are almost double those in central and southern Africa. Other parts of the world are also severely affected, including Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Guatemala and Peru.The study recommends that developing countries change their policies to deal with malnutrition. Instead of directly providing food, the study suggests educational programs in health and nutrition for mothers with young babies. It also recommends cleaner living conditions and improvements in health care.World Bank nutrition specialist Meera Shekar was the lead writer for the report. She said theperiod of life between pregnancy and two years is extremely important. Governments with limited resources should take direct action to improve nutrition for children during this period.This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss. Our reports are online at I'm Steve Ember.ThreeAGRICULTURE REPORT- Raising Chickens——By Gary GarriottThis is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Raising chickens or other birds for their eggs and meat is a popular family and business activity almost everywhere in the world. The birds eat grain, seeds and grasses. They also eat small pieces of food that people throw away. Many of these materials would be wasted if the birds did not eat them. Chicken eggs and meat contain high quality protein and other substances important in the human diet.For many centuries, chickens were allowed to run free to find food for themselves. Then people used fences to keep small groups of birds from running away. After the chickens were kept inside a fence, people had to provide food for them.Early in the last century, raising flocks of thousands of birds became a successful business for many people. But the size of these flocks caused some serious problems, including pollution caused by chicken waste.Disease is one of the biggest problems in large flocks. The birds are kept close together all the time. So if one bird becomes sick, the sickness spreads. All the chickens in a flock can die from a serious disease. Avian flu, for example, can in some cases also spread to humans.Diseases that affect chickens are different in different areas of the world. One current example in Asia is an outbreak of avian flu in South Korea. Troops have been helping to kill and bury chickens and ducks that became infected at farms in North Chungcheong Province.To help prevent disease, experts advise these steps: Feed the birds a balanced diet. This will help them resist infections. Do not add adult birds to your flocks. If you must add adult birds, keep them separate from the flock for five to fifteen days to make sure they are healthy.Cover the floor of the buildings where the chickens are kept with material like straw, rice husks or sawdust. Change this material often.After you sell the chickens, completely empty the building where they were kept. Clean and wash the building. Then leave it empty for four weeks before putting in new chickens.Diseases affecting birds are not simple to understand and treat, so expert medical advice is important. You can get more information about caring for chickens and other birds fromV olunteers in Technical Assistance. VITA is on the Internet at v-i-t-a dot o-r-g.This VOA Special English Agriculture Report was written by Gary Garriott. This is Steve EmberFourECONOMICS REPORT - Holiday ShoppingThis is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Economics Report.About two-thirds of the economic activity in the United States is created by people who spend money -- consumers. And much of that activity is created this time of year, as consumers buy gifts for Christmas and other holidays. Government economists say big department stores make about fourteen percent of their sales in the month of December. That may not seem like a lot. But December sales are almost twice the monthly average for the rest of the year.The holiday shopping season traditionally starts the day after Thanksgiving. It is called Black Friday. Storekeepers used to record profits in black ink and losses in red ink. So being "in the black" on the Friday after Thanksgiving means a good thing, a return to profit.But it also means that people face crowded stores, which is the other idea of a "Black Friday,"a day they do not like. It used to be the busiest shopping day of the year. In recent years the busiest day has been the Saturday before Christmas.People who do not like crowded stores have another choice. Americans are buying more on the Internet. The Census Bureau says they bought almost fourteen-thousand-million dollars in goods online in the last three months of last year. Still, that was less than two percent of total retail sales.The National Retail Federation said it expected holiday sales in the United States to increase by five-point-seven percent over last year. The trade group said it expected sales of abouttwo-hundred-seventeen-thousand-million dollars.Another group, the Conference Board, measures how consumers feel about the economy. In November it said its Consumer Confidence Index increased by ten points, to eighty. That was good news for sellers. But it is still below the starting level of one-hundred set innineteen-eighty-five.Holiday shopping is also important to the stock market. Last week, the Commerce Department said retail sales were higher than expected in November. That report helped the Dow Jones Industrial Average to close above ten-thousand for the first time in eighteen months. Last Friday, though, the University of Michigan released its consumer confidence report. The first report for December showed an unexpected decrease in current conditions.This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter. This is Bob Doughty.FiveECONOMICS REPORT-The Dow Jones Industrial Average——By Mario RitterThis is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Doctors always measure the heartbeat of a patient when examining the patient's health. The heartbeat of America's stock markets is the Dow Jones Industrial Average（道琼斯工业平均指数）.No other measure of stock value is as widely known. Sometimes it is simply called the Dow. It is published by the Dow Jones Company, an influential publisher of international financial news.The Dow Jones Company is a product of Wall Street, the area in New York City that is the financial center of the United States. Three reporters, Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser, started the company in eighteen-eighty-two. At first, they published a handwritten newsletter for financial workers. It was very successful. By eighteen-eighty-nine, the newsletter became the Wall Street Journal newspaper.The Dow Jones Company began publishing the Dow Jones Industrial Average ineighteen-ninety-six. The list had twelve stocks. It represented the biggest industries in the American economy at the time. Today, the Dow lists thirty stocks. They are often called"blue-chip" stocks（蓝筹股）. These stocks represent an ownership share in companies that are considered strong. These well known companies include Coca-Cola, Eastman Kodak, McDonald's and General Electric.When you read the Dow Jones Industrial Average, you quickly see that it is not the average price of thirty stocks. For example, the Dow recently increased to more than ten-thousand for the first time in more than eighteen months. Ten-thousand does not seem like the average price of thirty stocks.In fact, the Dow Jones Industrial Average does not represent a price but a mathematical average. When the Dow goes up, it gains points, not dollars.The Dow Jones uses what is called a flexible divisor to keep changes in individual stock prices from affecting the whole average too much. The Dow system generally divides stock prices by the flexible divisor. The result is the number we see in newspapers and on television news reports.Today, the Dow is just one of many stock averages. The Standard and Poor's Five-Hundred Index averages five-hundred stocks. Still others measure foreign stock exchanges.While stock averages are good research tools, many people consider them the heartbeat of finance. This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter.SixTeen Taught by Mom Wins Top Science CompetitionWritten by Nancy Steinbach I'm Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Education Report.A sixteen-year-old boy from California (加利福尼亚, 加州) has won first prize in the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology. Michael Vis cardi of San Diego does not go to high school. His mother teaches him at home.His mother has a doctorate in neuroscience (神经系统科学( 指神经病学、神经化学等)); hisfather is a software engineer.Michael does, however, attend advanced math classes at the University of Californ ia, San Diego. He worked on his project with his professor.The project involved a mathematical problem first developed in the nineteenth cen tury by the French mathematician Lejeune Dirichlet. The winning research shows soluti ons to the problem. One of the judges said the young man’s work could lead to new developments in heat flow and other areas of physics. One possible use is in designing the shape of airplane wings (飞翼).The Siemens Westinghouse competition awards a top prize of one hundred thousa nd dollars for college to one individual and one team. The team prize this year went t o two students from Arizona (亚利桑那州), Anne Lee and Albert Shieh. They will sha re one hundred thousand dollars in college money.They improved computer programs used to study large amounts of genetic inform ation. The two did their work at the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoe nix (菲尼克斯), Arizona Their research could lead to finding genetic changes that caus e some disorders.The Siemens Foundation joined with the College Board and six universities to sta rt the competition in nineteen ninety-eight. This year, more than one thousand six hund red students took part.Experts from the universities judge competitions in six areas of the country. The i ndividual and team winners from those areas then compete nationally. They demonstrate(示范) their research projects to a group of university professors and scientists. The to p winners were chosen last week.The Siemens Foundation created the competition to improve student performance i n math and science in the United States. It is open to American high school students who develop independent research projects in the physical or biological (生物学) scienc es or mathematics.This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. Inte rnet users can read and listen to our reports at . I’m Faith Lapidus.SevenDevelopment Report – YoungPeople Are Subject of World Population DayWritten by Jill MossThis is the VOA Special English Development Report.The world has more than six thousand million people. Almost half are under the age oftwenty-five. This year's World Population Day on July eleventh dealt with the subject of young people and the problems many face. Poverty, crime, barriers to education and jobs, AIDS -- the list goes on.A message from the United Nations secretary-general said the lives ofyoung people are shaped by forces beyond their control. Yet today'syoung people also know more about the lives led by others their agearound the world. Kofi Annan says as a result many are demandingaction to narrow the divide between rich and poor.He says there is a clear need to answer the calls for measures to improve the lives of all. He says information and services related tosexual and reproductive health are especially important for youth empowerment. He noted that these are often overlooked.Kofi Annan says providing for young people is not just a moral duty, but an economic necessity.The United Nations Population Fund has estimated that about half of all unemployed people are between fifteen and twenty-four years old. And it says many young people who do find work are World population is expected to grow by more than 40 percent by 2050trapped in low-wage jobs with few chances to learn skills.The Youth Employment Summit Campaign was launched in two thousand two. This ten-year campaign known as YES aims to create programs and polices that lead to more jobs. Young activists lead the campaign with support from the U.N. Population Fund and other organizations.The next world meeting of the YES Campaign will be held in September in Kenya. About two thousand representatives, from more than one hundred twenty countries, are expected to attend. Half will be young people.The International Labor Organization says people younger than sixteen should not work. But the I.L.O. also says it recognizes this is not a lways possible. A family’s economic survival may depend on the labor of its younger members.Still, the U.N. agency reported in May that child labor has decreased worldwide for the first time. The levels fell by an estimated eleven percent between two thousand and two thousand four. The report said the end of child labor is within reach. And it called on countries to work to end the worst forms of child labor within ten years.With the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jill Moss, this is Shep O'Neal.。
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VOA慢速英语:Height, Hooks: The Passing of Two Civil Rights LeadersThis is IN THE NEWS (时事新闻、新闻报道)in VOA Special English.In recent days, Americans have lost two civil rights（公民权利）leaders of the twentieth century, Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks.Dorothy Height died Tuesday at the age of ninety-eight. She witnessed more civil rights history than any other African-American leader of her time. She said the greatest change she witnessed was the ending of racial segregation laws in the United States.She was the longtime chairwoman of the National Council of Negro Women. She was an activist, humanitarian and adviser to presidents including Barack Obama. He remembered her as "the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement."Dorothy Height grew up in Pennsylvania. She won a four-yearcollege scholarship, the top prize nationally in a public speaking contest on the Constitution.She arrived at school in New York City -- only to learn that an unwritten limit of "two Negro students per year" had already been met.DOROTHY HEIGHT: "I was accepted at Barnard College and I was denied admission when I arrived because they had a quota of two. And they did not know that I was not white. And so when I got there I was turned away."Dorothy Height went on to earn bachelor and master's degrees in four years at New York University. She worked with Martin Luther King Junior in the push for civil rights for blacks in the nineteen fifties and sixties.Yet she had to push to make herself heard as a woman among mostly male civil rights leaders. She was the only woman standing nearby as Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington.Dorothy Height received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal for her work for racial and gender equality.Benjamin Hooks died last week at the age of eighty-five. He was a clergyman, lawyer and former head of the NAACP -- the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in two thousand seven.Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis, Tennessee, at a time when the southern city discriminated against blacks in all areas of public life.He enrolled in college but was drafted into the Army and served in Italy during World War Two. During training, he and other blacks were kept apart from the whites they trained with.BENJAMIN HOOKS: "So when I came out of the Army, I had already decided I wanted to be part of breaking down segregation. Because I felt it had to be broken down. I felt it would be broken.So I consciously devoted my life to that."But because of his color no law school in Tennessee would admit him. So Benjamin Hooks enrolled at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, where he earned a law degree in nineteen forty-eight.Soon after that, he returned to Memphis to work with the NAACP. During the nineteen fifties, he helped organize non-violent sit-in protests and boycotts of segregated white businesses.He and Martin Luther King both wanted to create social change through a combination of moral persuasion and legislation. Martin Luther King spoke about changing white people's hearts and changing the laws. But Benjamin Hooks placed more importance on legal activism. He served as the director of the NAACP for fifteen years.。
VOA慢速英语听力：黑人少年枪杀案引发种族争议
VOA慢速英语听力：黑人少年枪杀案引发种族争议VOA慢速英语听力：黑人少年枪杀案引发种族争议This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.“Tragedy.” That word appears again and again in comments about the Trayvon Martin shooting in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon Martin was seventeen years old and unarmed. A twenty-eight-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed him on a rainy night in February.He says he acted in self-defense. He says the teenager attacked him.Trayvon Martin was black. The crime watch organizer, George Zimmerman, is white and Hispanic. Many accused him of racism. Many more denounced law enforcement officials for not bringing criminal charges. The United States Justice Department opened its own investigation.This week, a Florida prosecutor, State AttorneyAngela Corey, charged Mr. Zimmerman with murder.ANGELA COREY: “Let me emphasize that we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. We prosecute based on the facts of any given case as well as the laws of the state of Florida.”On Thursday Mr. Zimmerman appeared before Seminole County Judge Mark Herr.MARK HERR: “Mr. Zimmerman, you are here for your first appearances, a first appearance at this time for a charge of murder in the second degree. And you are represented by Mr. O’Mara? “GEO RGE ZIMMERMAN: “Yes sir.”MARK HERR: “Remember your right to remain silent.”The judge said there was enough evidence to move forward with the case. He told Mr. Zimmerman that he will be officially charged during an arraignment hearing on May twenty-ninth. A hearing is set for next Friday on the possibility of releasing him from jail on bond.Defense lawyer Mark O’Mara said Mr. Zimmerman would plead not guilty but he worries about getting afair trial.MARK O’MARA: “We need to calm this down and this case needs to be tried in a courtroom.”The shooting happened in the gated community where the girlfriend of Trayvon Martin’s father lives. Tracy Martin and Trayvon’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, accuse Mr. Zimmerman of targeting their son because he was black. They led the protests to have him arrested.SYBRINA FULTON: “We just wanted an arrest and we got it.”Police did not charge Mr. Zimmerman earlier because of a Florida law known as “Stand Your Ground.” It says people have a right to meet force with force, to stand their ground and not turn and run. The Florida legislature passed the law in two thousand five.Many other states have similar laws. Supporters say these laws can reduce violent crime and protect citizens who are trying to defend themselves. But Daniel Gross with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence told members of Congress that the Florida law needs to be examined closer.DANIEL GROSS: “In Florida, law enforcementauthorities do not have the discretion to take away licenses to carry concealed weapons even from those who have killed unarmed people.”Jeb Bush signed the law when he was Florida governor. He says it was not meant for cases like this one.JEB BUSH: “‘Stand Your Ground’ means ‘Stand Your Ground.’ It doesn’t mean chase after somebody who’s turned their back.”George Zimmerman had called the 911 emergen cy services number to report a suspicious person.911 OPERATOR: “Are you following him?”GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: “Yes.”911 OPERATOR: “We don’t need you to do that.”Mr. Zimmerman later told police that hefired(shot Mr. Martin) after the teen struck him and hit his head on the ground.President Obama commented on the case last month. He said when he thinks about Trayvon Martin, he thinks about his own children.BARACK OBAMA: “If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon.”Samantha Nolan is a neighborhood watch trainer in Washington. She tells volunteers never to chase anyone. In fact, she says the best way to fight crime is to just know your neighbors.And that’s IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember.黑人少年枪杀案引发种族争议。
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Smiling Japanese Man Is World’s OldestA Japanese man who believes in smiling has become the world's oldest male, Guinness World Records reports.Chitetsu Watanabe was born in Niigata in northern Japan in 1907. He received a certificate recognizing him as the world's oldest man Wednesday at a healthcare center in the city. It ______ he was 112 years and 344 days old.The former record holder was Masazo Nonaka, another Japanese, who died last month. The oldest living woman, Kane Tanaka, is also Japanese. She is 117 years old.Until about 10 years ago,Watanabe did bonsai, the Japanese ______ art of growing small sculpted trees. His work appeared at shows.These days, he loves eating desserts, such as sweet custards, Guinness said.Watanabe attended an agricultural school, and completed a study program there. He then moved to Taiwan to work at Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar.He lived in Taiwan for 18 years. He and his wife Mitsue had five children, Guinness also reported.After the end of World War II, Watanabe returned to Niigata, Japan. He worked for the local government until retirement. He also grew fruit and vegetables on the family farm.Asked about the secret to his long life, Watanabe says: Don't get angry and keep smiling.I'm Susan Shand.网络资源，仅学习分享，如侵权请联系删除。
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A Victory For Computers as Watson Wins ‘Jeopardy’By June Simms2011-2-27Photo: AP'Jeopardy!' champions Ken Jennings, left, and Brad Rutter, right, look on as an IBM computer called 'Watson' beats them to the buzzer to answer a question during a practice round.This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. An IBM super computer named Watson has won the latest battle of man versus machine.Watson won the first ever "Jeopardy!" quiz show competition starring a computer as a player. The show was broadcast on American television February sixteenth. The super computer defeated former "Jeopardy!" champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter during the three-day competition. The two men had been the show's most successful players until then.The IBM computer proved to be more knowledgeable in every category, including the arts, popular culture and science. The human contestants spoke about their loss after the show.KEN JENNINGS/BRAD RUTTER: "I think that we both got a taste of what it might have been like to play against us."Roger Norton is dean of the School of Computer Science and Mathematics at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. The school held a Watson watch party on the final day of the "Jeopardy!" competition. They compared it to a Super Bowl for the information technology industry. Roger Norton says everyone was amazed by Watson's performance.ROGER NORTON: "It was very impressive in a number of ways. One is its ability to understand natural language."In "Jeopardy!" players are given information in the form of an answer. They must give an answer in the form of a question. Roger Norton says the very nature of the game makes Watson's performance even more extraordinary.ROGER NORTON: "The ambiguity that's in those answers is very, very difficult for humans to understand, never mind a computer to understand. And then to be able to take that, try to understand it, then go off and search its vast amount of data that it has and do the appropriate analytics and come up with not only an answer but also a confidence level associated with that answer – very, very impressive."Watson was given the answer clues by electronic texts. It then searched through some fifteen trillion bytes of information stored in its database. That is equal to about two hundred million pages of text. The machine is able to perform up to eighty trillion operations per second.And its ability to understand language is more advanced than any other computer ever developed. This opens the door to a whole new world of computer applications. From business and investment, to medicine and healthcare, the possibilities are endless.Watson is now going to medical school. It is part of an agreement among IBM, Columbia University Medical Center in New York City and the University of Maryland's School of Medicine. The researchers will help IBM identify the best way that Watson can be used to help the healthcare industry.And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report, written by June Simms. You can find transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our reports at . I'm Steve Ember.超级计算机沃森在“危险边缘”节目人机对战中获胜This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. An IBM super computer named Watson has won the latest battle of man versus machine.这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。
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VOA NEWS 201303151.Thursday marks the first anniversary of the political unrest in Syria. Statetelevision showed large demonstrations in support the President Bashar al—Assad. Syrian activists reported Thursday that 23 bodies were found in the Edlib area of northern Syria. Some of the bodies were said to show signs of torture. Activists also said security forces carried out raids in several areas .A state media report said government forces clashed with armed terrorists groups in the Edlib countryside. It said a number of terrorists were killed. Separately, Turkey reported that 1000 refugees had entered the nation from Syria within 24 hours. It’s said 14,000 Syrian refugees are now living in Turkey.2.Afghan president Hamid Karzai has called American troops to pull back fromAfghan villages and return to their bases. His call followed the killing of 13 Afghan civilians earlier this week. An American soldier reportedly carried out the attack. Mr. Karzai also said his government wants full control of the nation’s security in 2013, not 2014 as planned. He spoke to American Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Kabul. Separately, the Taliban announced it was suspending peace talks with the US. The two sides were said to be meeting in Qatar over a political settlement to end the Afghan war. The Taliban said it wants the Americans to clear up their position on the issues. Also on Thursday, Afghan official said at least 10 women and children were killed when their vehicle hit a road side bomb.3.Ethiopia says it’s forces have attacked a military base inside Eritrea in whatEthiopia calls an act of defense. And Ethiopian Spokesman said Ethiopian troops moved 16 kilometers into Eritrea late Wednesday. He said they launched a successful attack against two military positions used by what he called subversive groups. The spokesman said the groups are receiving support from the Eritrean government .He spoke Thursday at a press conference in Addis Ababa, and the Eritrean diplomat told VOA he had no comment about the incident. The US has urged both sides to exercise self-control. Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a war between 1998 and 2000. An estimated 80,000 people were killed during the conflict.4.Italian police have arrested a Moroccan man suspected planning an attack on aJewish religious center in Milan. The man is said to be 20 years old, he grow up in Italy. The country anti-terrorism agency says the suspect was arrested early Thursday in the northern city of ______. Official said they found evidence on his computer detailing security at the religious center. In Britain police arrested a Yemeni woman who had been in contact with the Moroccan suspect. 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The opposition activist said the hunger strike was to protest the sentence. _______ is the head of Russia’s left front movement. He has helped to organize opposition protest in Moscow against Mr.Putin’s rule. He has been detained in the past few years in connection with similar judges.7.President Obama is accusing his political opponents of seeking an energy policythat will make the US dependent on the rest of the world. Mr. Obama spoke to the college students near Washington, he said that even if t he US used all of it’s oil resources, it would still be dependent on foreign oil. “We can’t allow to ourselves to be held hostage to advance on the other side of the globe; that’s not who we are. America controls its own destiny. We’re not dependent on som ebody else.”Several candidates seeking the republic and presidential nomination have criticized the president for not doing enough to develop oil and natural gas fields. Mr. Obama warned that demand for cars in developing countries and unrest in the Middle East will only increase oil prices.8.And American government lawyers have made public details of the chargesfacing army intelligence expert Bradley Manning. He is accused of passing secret documents to the website Wikilinks. Military lawyers provided written answers Thursday to a serious of questions about the accusations against Bradley Manning. He faces 22 charges including aiding the enemy. A military judge told the court that the government will claim the soldiers reported actions indirectly aided Al-Qaeda. Bradley Manning was charged last month, he is accused of having leaked diplomatic communications and military documents related to Iraq and Afghanistan.。