美国国家公共电台 NPR In Utah, How You Tread Through This Canyon Matters

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's a truce in Utah's Canyon Country between preservationists and off roaders in Recapture Canyon, which is prized for its sensitive Native American cultural sites. And as NPR's Kirk Siegler reports, the agreement there could r

VOA慢速英语2014 乌干达居民因土地纠纷导致暴力行动

AS IT IS 2014-09-28 Land Disputes Lead to Violence in Uganda 乌干达居民因土地纠纷导致暴力行动 More than 700 residents crowd onto a small piece of land in Rwamutonga, a small village outside Hoima. The people say they have been unfairl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Push For 'Energy Dominance' Boosts Drilling On Public Land

Trump Push For 'Energy Dominance' Boosts Drilling On Public Land SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: In parts of the West, the Trump administration is opening up millions of acres of public land to oil and gas leases. That's fueling a drilling boom in places like

AP 2011-07-20

1. London police chief has quit over his links to a former News of the World editor caught up in the phone hacking scandal. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Stephenson denies any wrongdoing. Hours earlier, Rupert Murdoch's former British CEO Reb

VOA慢速英语2014 Video Highlights Domestic Abuse Issue

Video Highlights Domestic Abuse Issue Twenty-five percent of American women will experience domestic violence, that is, physical abuse by a partner. Most cases are never reported to police. But recently such violence was captured on video tape. The N

德里试图开展无车日减少交通、净化空气

AS IT IS 2015-09-23 Delhi Tries to Clear Traffic, Air with Car-Free Day 德里试图开展无车日减少交通、净化空气 September 22 is known on the Internet as World Car Free Day. People were urged to leave their motorized vehicles at home an

2007年VOA标准英语-England Goes Smoke-Free in Public Buildings Jul

By Tendai Maphosa London 28 June 2007 As of July 1 it will be illegal to smoke in enclosed public places in England. The law has divided the country with those for it saying it will save thousands of passive smokers' lives. Those against it say it is

VOA标准英语2012--Stubborn Holdouts Trip Up Land Developers

Stubborn Holdouts Trip Up Land Developers Before a big office complex or housing subdivision can be built, the developer must acquire all the land on which the buildings will rise. Sometimes this means buying up a lot of small parcels of land at the

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Baltimore Police Scandal Threatens Criminal Cases

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Hundreds of criminal cases in Baltimore are in jeopardy after two incidents picked up by police body cameras show officers allegedly planting drug evidence. So far more than 40 criminal cases have been dropped because of the vide

联合国首次公开面试秘书长候选人 半数为女性

The UN launched its first-ever public hearings for the job of the next UN secretary-general. 近日，联合国就下任秘书长候选人进行的首次公开对话会拉开了帷幕。 Last Tuesday marked the start of three days of General Assembly

2006年VOA标准英语-Fire Set at Nigerian Government Office Under In

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 05 September 2006 Nigeria's anti-graft agency has vowed to press on with corruption investigations in the northern state of Zamfara, despite a recent attack on a government office involved in a fraud probe. The anti-corrupt

Toronto Mayor to stay in office until appeal hearing

Toronto Mayor to stay in office until appeal hearing

Italy's PM resigns, paving way for early election

ROME, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti resigned on Friday after parliament gave final approval to the 2013 budget law. The 69-year-old economist handed in his formal resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano, who is expected t

公众人物毕业演讲 第261期:米歇尔2013东肯塔基大学(2)

A few years later, she began serving as assistant 数年后 她开始在芝加哥市政府 commissioner of planning and development for the city of Chicago 担当助理委员 负责城市规划与发展 and then became the founding executive director

新西兰英语 566 Ombudsman office needs more staff

The Ombudsman, Beverley Wakeham, told a Parliamentary committee that her office has too much work and too few staff. She needs another $1m to employ extra staff and for general administration. The job of the Ombudsman office is to deal with complaint

专业术语-财务英语词汇O3

offeree 受要约人 offeree company 受要约公司 offeree shareholder 受要约公司的股东 offeror 要约人 offeror company 要约公司；提出要约公司 off-floor terminal 离场交易终端

世界名人简介 第144期: 吉尔伯托·吉尔

Gilberto Gil is a Grammy award-winning singer, guitarist, environmentalist and politician.Between 2003 and 2008, he served as Brazils Minister of Culture on the invitation of President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva. He stepped down from the post to focus

怎样翻译中文称谓？

在外事接待活动中，译员首先面临的一道难题是称谓的口译。称谓代表了一个人的职位、职衔或学衔，体现了一个人的资历和地位。称谓的误译不仅是对有关人员的不尊重，而且也会产生种种

2018年CRI China-Africa Agricultural Modernization

In opening this week's FOCAC sessions in Beijing, Chinese Presient Xi Jinping said that all ten cooperation plans launched by China 3-years ago are now being implemented. CRI's Xu Yawen with more on how agricultural development in Africa - one of the

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'An Eerie Silence' Where Federal Land Agency Workers Are Furloughed

LEILA FADEL, HOST: We've been hearing a lot about overflowing trash bins and unsafe conditions at national parks due to the partial government shutdown. But other critical works on public lands has also stopped. NPR's Kirk Siegler reports. KIRK SIEGL