世界最大淡水湖乍得湖或将消失 Lake Chad, which is bordered by four African nations: Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria and Chad, was once one of the world's largest. But a combination of climate change, drought and bad use of resources, have shrun

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国际社会为伊拉克募集援助资金 More than 2 billion dollars in new money was raised for the people of Iraq at a recent donors'conference jointly hosted by Canada, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, and theUnited States. The funds wil

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Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you very much for this honor you are awarding me tonight. I've always believed that real measures of celebrity success was not just how famous he becomes, but what he does with that fame and fortune. Especially i

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今天我们要学的词是 tribute. Tribute 的意思是致敬,表达敬意。Music fans from different genres and generations are paying tribute to soul singer Aretha Franklin across the globe,全球各地不同流派、不同世代的音乐爱好

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1. In Chicago, investigators study the site where a jet slid off the runway at Midway Airport amid heavy snow killing a 6-year-old boy. 2. A snowstorm that's moved across the middle of the US, hits th

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US Engagement in Iraq Continues美国继续参与伊拉克事务 Western engagement continues to intensify in Iraq, where the United States and Britain are delivering humanitarian supplies while U.S. air strikes target radical Sunni militants. Airdro

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全世界难民数量创新纪录 WASHINGTON The United Nations refugee agency says a record number of people worldwide have been displaced by war, violence and persecution and the number of people forced to flee their homes is rapidly growing. In a

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美国帮助伊拉克清除两伊战争残余炸弹 As Iraqi armed forces and their Global Coalition allies continue to uproot ISIL from the territoryit once occupied, the scope of the devastation in Iraq is becoming more clear. Since 2014,over 3.3 m

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2016年美国的亚洲政策 Next an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. 下面的这篇社论反映了美国政府的观点。 Entering its last year in office, the Obama Administration has made it clear that engagement w

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The United Nations World Food Program says it may have to ground a vital humanitarian air service to parts of Africa this month because of a severe funding shortage. The WFP says some of the poorest countries in Africa will be deprived of critical as

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The International Committee of the Red Cross said Gaza is suffering what it calls a full-blown humanitarian crisis. It said the death toll and number of injured is rising, the infrastructure of the Palestinian territory is shattered and civilians lac

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今天我们要学的词是assistance。Assistance, 是帮助的意思。美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿星期天表示, The Obama administration stands ready to offer 'any type of assistance' to Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi, 美国政府

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Economic policy makers from all corners of the word ended their meeting in in Washington with a call for assistance to countries most affected by a recent sharp rise in food prices. 来自世界各个地区的经济政策决策者们结束了他们在华

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A new report by a consortium of British aid agencies says the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is the worst in forty years. VOA's Jim Teeple reports the report blames Israel for the crisis, but Israeli officials say Hamas militants are to bla

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An influential member of the U.S. Congress, Senator Joseph Biden, is proposing a massive increase in non-military financial aid to Pakistan. Senator Biden made the proposal during a news conference in Islamabad. 在美国国会有影响力的参议员拜

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The United Nations reports it is running a record funding-shortfall of $4.8 billion for its aid operations in 16 crisis-ridden countries. The United Nations says it has received less than half of the $9.5 billion it needs to carry out it humanitarian

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has formed a high-level task force to deal with the global food crisis. 联合国秘书长潘基文组建了一个高层工作小组来应对全球的粮食危机。 Mr. Ban just returned from a trip to Europe and W

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Iraq's ambassador to the United States says his country still needs U.S. reconstruction assistance, despite large Iraqi fiscal surpluses driven by record-high oil prices. In Washington the ambassador spoke on U.S. television. 伊拉克驻美国大使苏

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has long had a policy of engaging with Burma, even when many countries have criticized its military government. Now, some regional political analysts credit ASEAN with helping persuade Burma to allow in fore

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The leader of Zimbabwe's smaller opposition faction says negotiations on the country's political crisis are a three-way affair and no one party can sign a settlement deal with another. 津巴布韦反对党一个较小派别的领导人说,有关解决

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