VOA标准英语2012--Urbanization Grows Worldwide

Urbanization Grows Worldwide The World Urban Forum (9/1-7) gets underway Saturday in Naples, Italy to address the growing trend toward urbanization. About 3-thousand participants from 114 countries are expected to attend the conference. This years th

Fighting Poverty with Better Nutrition for Women

Hunger and poverty continue to be major obstacles to the well-being of millions of women and children around the world. The Bread for the World Institute says those problems can be reversed by improving the social, economic and political status of ru

听一分钟英文：Poverty-贫困

I just dont understand why we have poverty today. There is so much money in the world. We are rich enough to really make poverty history. My government talks about making a better society while there are thousands of people living on the streets. My

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - UN Honors Six Anti-Poverty Activists

DEVELOPMENT REPORT – November 18, 2002: UN Honors Six Anti-Poverty Activists By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations Development Program recently observed

Terrorism: Religious and Poverty Roots?

By Leta Hong Fincher Over the past decade, analysts and government officials agree that the threat posed by Islamist terrorism has grown. But does Islam play a role in recruiting terrorists? Or are th

Nepal's poverty battle

Rob: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Rob. Vera: And hello, I'm Vera. Rob: In today's programme, we have news of a pioneering scheme to help families in one of the World's poorest countries. Vera: Yes, that country

VOA标准英语2008年-Poverty, Ethnic Tensions Fuel Indian Anti-Chris

Anti-Christian violence appears to be worsening in the eastern Indian state of Orissa with Hindu extremist groups ransacking churches, schools, health clinics and houses belonging to Christians. The violence has left at least 18 people dead and more

2006年VOA标准英语-Bangladeshi Anti-Poverty Banker Wins 2006 Nobel

By Tom Rivers London 13 October 2006 Muhammad Yunus waves to well-wishers at his home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct.13, 2006 Muhammad Yunus and the Bangladesh bank he set up 30 years ago have been jointly awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. --- Muhammad

美国国家公共电台 NPR How To Fix Poverty: Why Not Just Give People Money?

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There's an unprecedented experiment happening in a village in Kenya. Most people there had been scraping by on less than $2 a day. But last fall, an American charity announced they're going to give every adult an extra $22 a mont

2016年CRI President Xi urges more anti-poverty efforts in Ningxia

During the meeting in the region's capital Yinchuan, President Xi urged developed regions in the east to help their partner regions in the west to better fight poverty. He noted the strategy to pair eastern and western regions in poverty relief has p

纯正英语一分钟-poverty

I just dont understand why we have poverty today. There is so much money in the world. We are rich enough to really make poverty history. My government talks about making a better society while there are thousands of people living on the streets. My

词汇资料-考研作文经常遇到的中国特色词汇(3)

每日一词【280】poverty：贫困

今天我们要学的词是poverty。 Poverty, 是贫困的意思。To sink into poverty, 意思是陷入贫困。To fight poverty, 意思是打击贫困。美国人口普查局公布的最新数字显示，美国去年的贫困人口率出现下降，

China to "basically eradicate poverty" in 10 years

BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China aims to basically eradicate(根除) poverty by 2020 while greatly raise its poverty line, in order to help more people in need, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Sunday. The State Council is drafting a new ten-ye

Japan's antinuclear Tomorrow Party splits into two groups

OSAKA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japan's antinuclear Tomorrow Party on Friday split into two groups only a month after its inception due to internal conflicts over personnel matters, local press reported. Yukiko Kada, governor of Shiga Prefecture and the f

U.S poverty rate rises to 14.3 percent last year

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. poverty（贫困） rate climbed to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level since 1994, as households' incomes were squeezed by the deepest recession（衰退） since the 1930s and high unemployment（失业率 ）

CCTV9英语新闻：New strategy of targeted poverty reduction

Now for more analysis, let's bring in Tang Min, Counsellor at the State Council, and our senior reporter Xu Zhaoqun. Welcome, both of you, to our discussion. Q1: Let me start with you Xu Zhaoqun. You've been to a lot of villages in poor regions, and

NW China to lift 100,000 people out of poverty

LANZHOU, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Over the past few days, Rugur and his partners have been reconsidering how to help their village in northwest China's Gansu Province shake off poverty and make more money. Rugur is head of the remote Haikang village in t

More Nigerians Slip Into Poverty, Particularly in North

Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and its biggest oil producer. The West African country exports more than two million barrels of crude oil a day. Despite its oil wealth, however, a new government study says the number of Nigerians sinking int

环球英语 — 252：Praying Against Poverty

Voice 1 Hello, Im Rachel Hobson. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 The man smiles quie