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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 April 2008 Nigeria, Africa's biggest importer of rice, plans to buy 500,000 tons of rice amid a global grain shortage. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja the purchase was approved during a meeting of President Um

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(四月)

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 17 March 2008 A $44 billion lawsuit brought by the Nigerian government against three tobacco companies has resumed at the Abuja federal court. The federal government is seeking damages for what is says were public health cos

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 October 2007 The Nigerian government has announced plans to enforce stricter safety regulations in a bid to stem spiraling road accidents. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja the announcement follows an accident t

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

Groups in Nigeria's Niger Delta have criticized the Yar'Adua administration for the proposed spending for the region next year. President Umaru Yar'Adua proposed a slight decrease in government expenditure in the Niger Delta, despite a clamor for ma

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)

Representatives By Dan Robinson Washington 24 October 2006 Nancy Pelosi If Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in the November 7 congressional elections, a Democratic lawmaker from the state of California could become the first wom

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(196) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十月)

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 18 July 2007 Nigerian authorities are investigating a suspected case of human trafficking involving children. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA that Nigeria has taken a tough stance in the fight against human trafficking. Nea

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The head of Nigeria's House of Representatives has warned that spiraling violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta is now a major national security threat. The warning came hours after gunmen abducted eight oil workers in three separate incidents on Frid

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

Nigeria's polio cases have increased dramatically this year as officials struggle to fight an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine three years ago. Gilbert da Costa looks at a new community-based drive to eradicate the crippling disease in this bac

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A: Hi. I wanted to talk to you about the letter we received about fumigating the building. B: Yes, I would be happy to help you with that. What do you need to know? A: Do we have to leave our apartment on the day they do it? B: You will have to vacat

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 地道英语对话-租房

A: Good morning. I had some questions about the fumigation letter we received. B: I am here to answer your questions. What do you need clarification on? A: Will I have to find somewhere else to go on that day? B: You cannot stay in your apartment for

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A: Hello. Could you help me understand a few things about the fumigation letter? B: It would be my pleasure to help you. What is your question? A: Can I still stay in my apartment while they are doing this? B: You and your pets will have to leave you

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Still in Books and Arts; Book Review;A memoir of Nigeria;Madmen on the ground; 文艺;书评;尼日利亚回忆录;尼日利亚游记; Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria. By Noo Saro-Wiwa. 《寻找仙境:尼日利亚游记》

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 November 2007 Nigeria plans to reform its gas sector by introducing new pricing rules and providing infrastructure to improve supplies to the domestic market. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that another key co

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 December 2006 The incoming Speaker of the House of Representatives says Democrats will push for creation of a new bipartisan committee to oversee how money is spent on and by the U.S. intelligence community. VOA's Dan

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 12 July 2007 An audit to enhance accountability and transparency in Nigeria's oil industry has been launched. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that while oil firms and politicians have benefitted from oil revenues, the weal

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By Scott Stearns White House 09 November 2006 U.S. President George Bush and leaders of the opposition Democratic Party say they will work together. Their comments came after the latest election results showed Democrats have won control of Congress

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By Sarah Simpson Abuja 06 October 2007 Nigeria gave seven soldiers a state burial in the federal capital Abuja on Friday. The seven were killed while on a peacekeeping mission in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. Sarah Simpson reports for VOA from Abuj

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

Wendi: I wanna know what goes on at the bachelorette party. Have you had to throw one - like having been a bridesmaid - have you ever thrown a bachelorette party for a girlfriend? Rachel: Yeah, but, I don't know if I want to talk about it. Wendi: I d

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 06 July 2007 Officials in the tense delta region of Nigeria are searching for the three-year-old daughter of a British oil worker who was abducted on Thursday. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the kidnapping o

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(七月)

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 07 September 2007 An official U.S. warning that Western interests in Nigeria are at risk of a terrorist attack has provoked a strong reaction from the Nigerian government. A government spokesman rejected the report as an unf

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)
学英语单词
administration budget
AFFECT and EFFECT
agricultural petty bourgeoisie
amoretto
annual aberrations
at some point
back discharge extinguishing voltage
Bastiglia
batiked
coarse wavelength division multiplexer
cold-heartedly
cshesive bandage
culvert wing wall
De Vries' theory
defie
Dentinocemental
determinate cleavage
diagram flow
dial pulse interpreter
dicranota (amalopina) fumicostata
dietamiverine
disk harrow bearing
double formed crystal
dry-etch
endearingly
exhiliration
explodable symbol
Fjaere
flagellum apparatus
formed wire
four address code
genus Secale
gillom
grained soap
guntrip
Hexalgon
high definition TV set
high nickel-coppertin alloys
iceteroids
infrared viewer
intangible cultural heritage
intensity frequency of rainfall
interiorize
iron roof
jesuitism
jet part
Jyaistha
lanthanum (la)
Laser Pollution Detective Devices
leftfielder
light-diffusing glass
line tape
Mata Mourisca
metabolic alkalosis
molecular orbital space
multilaminar
Muscat & Oman
musculi illiocostalis
nitroic acid
nwbws
oloja
pallidomesencephalic syndrome
precious topaz
prejudizes
private delimiter
process limited
program-controller
Puccinia atrofusca
pure xenon column
race attitude
recovered brine
remittances
revolutions per minutes
rostislav
Salieri
Schwartzman reaction
scruples
seize with teeth
semifinished product control
shocky
Sholom Asch
sidefoot
skein gauge
Southern Sudanese
step-wife
strigulate
striking at
subdiaphanous
thermoelectric measurement
Tofinus
toggle joints
tooth volume
torpedo-boat depotship
triplicate book
unappointable
under the stars
unfeasible
uppermost belly of omohyoid muscle
verification of footing and posting
water wash system
Welfurin
write skew