A report from the e-Marketer research group predicts that worldwide,tablet sales will reach more than eighty-one million in two thousand twelve.

VOA: special.2010.12.20

As much as we know about tobacco in the United States and the fact that there are only half the number of people smoking than used to be the case, it's still expected to rise by 45% worldwide By 2030 the deaths attributed to smoking will increase from four to ten million.

就我所知美国的烟民情况,在美国吸烟的人数,只有过去的一半,在世界范围内仍有预计45%的增长,到2030年,死于吸烟的人数,将由四百万增长至一亿

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As a result,in nineteen sixty-nine, the church removed Saint Valentine's Day from its official worldwide calendar of Catholic feasts.

VOA: special.2010.02.08

The study concludes that the worldwide health effects from drinking are about the same as that of smoking nine years ago.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The agency says more than six thousand people worldwide have died from H1N1.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

The vaccine rate has jumped worldwide from 66 percent to 79 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Grayson says Mexico's gross domestic product is likely to drop 5.5 percent this year due to the flu scare, the worldwide recession and declining production from Mexico's oil fields.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09