美国有线新闻 CNN 尼日利亚发生洪灾 致100余人死亡

Nigeria has both the largest population and largest economy of any African nation. There are two major rivers in Nigeria, the Benue and Niger Rivers and both of them have flooded. The country is in it's rainy season. Flooding is common at that time.

Take Away English-Summer Festivals 夏季的节日

UK Music Festivals 英国的音乐节 What's your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants? It may so

英语听力—环球英语 1455 Homeless for a Purpose

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 I sold all I had. What I could no

新视野大学英语视听说教程 3 Unit 6-11

V. Lets Talk Script Today Ill be presenting a report on our findings on the condition of the worlds population. It may be a surprise to you that half the people in the world live on less than two dollars a day, and one billion people live on less tha

公众人物毕业演讲第25期:比尔盖茨夫妇于斯坦福大学(6)

But the next day I went to Soweto, 第二天 我去了索韦托 the poor town just southwest of Johannesburg, 约翰内斯堡西南面一个很贫穷的城镇 that had been the center of the antiapartheid movement. 曾经反种族隔离运动的中心

Squatters Demonstrate Brazil’s Poverty

Luciano Oliveira looks at the floor of the small poorly built wooden house where he lives. It is among thousands of similar poor homes in an occupation near the city of Sao Paulo. Oliveira was fired from his restaurant job at a few months ago, after

与美国小学生一起学英文第10册 第13期:绿洲

Oases 绿洲 Where can we find an oasis? In a desert. 我们在哪儿能找到绿洲？在沙漠里。 An oasis is a fountain or spring in a desert. 绿洲是沙漠中的喷泉。 In desert areas, oases are the most important places. 在沙漠地区，

VOA慢速英语 2007 0115a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Fifty years ago, most people lived in rural areas. But the world has changed. By some point next year, more than half of all people will live in cities, for the first time in history. So says the mo

VOA慢速英语2014 贫困不仅仅是缺钱

AS IT IS 2014-06-23 Poverty Is More Than Just Lack of Money 贫困不仅仅是缺钱 Poverty is not just about money. Oxford University in Britain says poverty also means not having enough food, education, healthcare and shelter. Earlier this month,

VOA标准英语2010年-Jakarta Man Leads Slums Tours to Raise

Urban poverty is often hidden, relegated to neighborhoods tourists rarely visit. But in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ronny Poluan gives guided tours of city slums to tourists. Critics say he exploits poor people for personal gain. Poluan says h

VOA标准英语2012--Where Do the World’s Poor Live?

Where Do the Worlds Poor Live? Most of the worlds poor do not live in poor countries. New research says nearly 80 percent are actually in middle income countries. Two billion poor people those who live on two dollars a day or less live in middle inco

VOA标准英语2010年-The New Bottom Billion: Where Are the

Most of the world's poor are not in poor countries. That's the finding of new research from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex. It could lead to a re-thinking of donor aid and ways of achieving the Millennium Devel

VOA双语新闻：印度贫困人口多于非洲26国穷人总数

According to a new study more people live in poverty in eight Indian states than in 26 of sub-Saharan Africa's poorest countries. The creators of the new study said the level of poverty in South Asia compared to Africa was a surprising discovery. 根据

英语听力—环球英语 1293 The Simple Way

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Old factories stand in lines alo

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

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，

VOA标准英语2010年-Study: More Poor People in India than

According to a new study more people live in poverty in eight Indian states than in 26 of sub-Saharan Africa's poorest countries. The creators of the new study said the level of poverty in South Asia compared to Africa was a surprising discovery. The

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 ）

【英音模仿秀】停杯投箸不能食，拔剑四顾心茫然

模仿句子 Three quarters of Myanmar's farmers live in poverty, with rural life expectancy, according to the UN, some seven years shorter than it is in the cities, but greater challenges may lie ahead. 翻译 四分之三的缅甸农民生活贫困。

英语听力—环球英语 1083 Homeless for a Purpose

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 I sold all I had. What I could no