杰奎琳.诺沃格拉茨在赞扬世界对非洲和贫穷的高度兴趣同时,也很有说服力地争辩应该用新的方法来解决这些问题。

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:贫穷至进步

肯尼亚国会议员约瑟夫.乐库顿在介绍完他非凡的教育历程后,讲述了一个昭示非洲如何发展的寓言,不啻于希望之声。

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:贫穷至进步

Improved Seeds Could Help Africa Feed Itself 改良种子可以帮助非洲养活自己 Large governmental organizations controlled the production of seeds in Africa for many years. Owners of small farms had to buy their seeds from these agencies. Bu

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(四)月

AS IT IS 2015-10-13 Air Accidents More Likely in Africa 在非洲发生航空事故的可能性更大 Africa has about 5 percent of global air traffic but 20 percent of accidents and deaths in 2014. Siddi Kone is an air navigation safety expert. He s

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Actress Brings African Experiences to America 女演员为美国演艺界带来非洲元素 Actress Danai Gurira calls herself a Zimerican. Her parents came from Zimbabwe. She was born in the American state of Iowa. But her family moved back to Harar

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So even though we've been growing, the structure of the economies has not changed very much. 即使我们一直在发展,经济的机构并没有什么改变。 We are still exporting commodities, and exporting commodities is what? It's exporting j

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

Two, debt. In 1994, the debt-to-GDP ratio of African countries was 130 percent, and they didn't have fiscal space. 第二件事,债务。在1994年,非洲国家债务对GDP的比例是130%,而且他们没有财政空间。 They couldn't use the

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

But that narrative is being challenged now 然而,这个故事现在遇到了挑战 because the continent has not been doing well in the last two years. 因为非洲大陆在过去两年内一直表现不佳。 It had been growing at five percent p

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Business Retailing The beast goes on safari 商业 零售业 巨兽出击 Can Wal-Mart make it in Africa? 沃尔玛能在非洲得偿所愿吗? FOUR billion dollars doesn't count as an every day low price, but Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer

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Business. 商业。 African entrepreneurs. 非洲企业家。 Parallel players. 同舞者。 Why many of Africa's budding businessfolk are jacks-of-all-trades. 为何许多非洲的新兴企业家杂而不精。 ONE of the many terms Silicon Valley h

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Books and Arts; Book Review;Slavery in Africa;Gathered in the marketplace; 文艺;书评;非洲奴隶制;汇集于集市; The Last Slave Market: Dr John Kirk and the Struggle to End the African Slave Trade. By Alastair Hazell. 《最后的奴

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

Chapter 3 The Land by the Nile 第三章 尼罗河畔的国家 Here - as I promised - History begins. 历史--我答应过你--将从这里开始。 With a when and a where. 以一个什么时候和一个哪里, It is 3,100 BC, that is, 5,100 years

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第四届欧盟非洲首脑会议在布鲁塞尔拉开序幕 BRUSSELS, April 2 (Xinhua) - The 4th EU-Africa summit kicked off in Brussels on Wednesday under the theme of Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace, aiming to promote breadth and scope o

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The ban was hailed by the United Nations Environment Programme as a breakthrough. 这个禁令被联合国环境规划署视为重大突破,推崇备至。 Our oceans are being turned into rubbish dumps, says Erik Solheim, the head of the agency. 艾

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Lexington 莱克星顿 The Ebola alarmists 埃博拉恐慌者 Stoking panic will not help America fight Ebola 引发恐慌对美国战胜埃博拉无益 IN THE crowded field of Ebola alarmists, Rand Paul ofKentuckystands out. Before he was a Republic

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1/ What can a thirsty traveller find in the country of Lesotho? 1.在莱索托国,旅者要是口渴了可以找到什么? a) The oldest pub in Africa a)非洲最古老的酒吧 b) The highest pub in Africa b)非洲地处最高的酒吧 c) The ch

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Marathons are not only a method to entertain but a way to make a living. 马拉松不仅仅是一种娱乐方式,还是一种谋生手段。 Amid a marathon upsurge in China, many marathons offer a medal bonus which has attracted many African stude

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Robert Mugabe has served as Zimbabwe's leader since 1980. He was Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and has been President since 1987. He became a hero across Africa after leading rebel forces to victory against white minority rule in the 1970s. In rec

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Small wonder Africa grew poorer between 1980 and 2000. 难怪在1980至2000年期间,非洲变得更穷了。 Now inflation has largely been tamed, most central banks are islands of excellence and many ministers boast of cutting red tape. 现在,通

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So I'm here to tell you a story of success from Africa. 在这里,我要跟大家分享一个在非洲的成功故事。 A year and a half ago, 一年半以前 four of the five people who are full time members at Ushahidi, 在这里的5个人是Ush

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇