奥黛丽赫本(Audrey Hepburn),1929年5月4日出生于比利时布鲁塞尔,英国电影和舞台剧女演员。 1948年,赫本在一部时长仅39分钟的荷兰风光纪录片《荷兰七课》中出镜,开始电影生涯。1954年,她

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语名人堂

The liberation of Mosul is a critical milestone in the global fight against ISIS. This victory, and every significant victory of the campaign, was achieved with the support of the 73-member nation Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and with Iraqi Secur

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(7月)

Humanitarian Evacuations in Syria The United States welcomes the urgent and long awaited medical evacuations that took place from Eastern Ghouta in Syria between December 27 to the 29th. In a press statement released December 29th, U.S. Department Sp

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This is AP news minute. 1. President Obama arrived in Vietnam on late Sunday for a 3-day visit. He hoped to have deal in a strong political and commercial tie between the U.S and that country. This is the first stop of his a week-long Asia trip which

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Pacemakers are expensive. Though some pacemaker manufacturers have dropped the price down to $800 in poorer countries, thats still out of reach for many. One to two million people die each year because they dont have access to this life-saving techno

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The 8th of May is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. It is on this day because this is the date of birth of the founder of the Red Cross Henry Dunant. He got the first ever Nobel Peace Prize. Red Cross Day was celebrated for the first time in 1948

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Over the past two decades, much of East Africa has suffered through recurrent droughts resulting in failed crops, dying cattle and escalating food prices. The result is hunger, undernutrition and suffering for millions of people. 过去二十年,东非

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On February 20th, the United Nations declared a famine in parts of South Sudan. This crisis is man-made, the direct consequence of a conflict prolonged by South Sudanese leaders who are unwilling to put aside political ambitions for the good of their

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在加勒比岛国海地本月12日发生强烈地震后,国际社会纷纷伸出援手,表示将向海地提供人道主义援助。美国总统奥巴马13日就海地遭遇强震发表讲话,承诺美国将迅速积极反应,全力帮助海地

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1. Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda 台风海燕 2. Malila 马尼拉(菲律宾首都) 3. Leyte 莱特岛 4. Samar 萨马岛 5. Tacloban 塔克洛班市 6. Cebu 宿雾岛 7. Oriental Mindoro 东民都洛(省) 8. Mindoro 民都洛岛 9. Bohol 保和(省)

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Angelina Jolie, who won Best Supporting Actress for the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted, was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Sciences again on Saturday night with an honorary Oscar. 凭借 1999 年的影片《移魂女郎》获得奥斯卡最

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Death toll in Guatemalan earthquake rises to 52 GUATEMALA CITY, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina on Thursday confirmed that the death toll of the 7.4- magnitude earthquake rose to 52, 22 people remain missing, and 1.2 million

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Angelina Jolie, who won Best Supporting Actress for the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted, was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts Sciences again on Saturday night with an honorary Oscar. 凭借 1999 年的影片《移魂女郎》获得奥斯卡最

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China on Tuesday announced embargoes on some imports from and exports to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). 我国于周二宣布对朝鲜民主主义人民共和国禁运部分产品。 In terms of imports, China banned purchases of c

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The tradition of an Olympic Trucebegan in ancient times to allow safe passage for athletes travelling to the Games. This resulted in an environment where the true spirit of the Olympic Games was on display: peaceful competition among nations, feats o

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

1. President Barack Obama was hunkered down in Williamsburg, Virginia as he prepared for his upcoming debate with Mitt Romney. The Republican candidate is also preparing for the face-off. They did spend some time on the stop in Ohio. 2. Pakistani off

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(十月)

And I would like to share one short vignette. 我想与大家分享一个小故事。 One Hazara said to his Pashtun counselor, 一个哈拉扎人对他的普什图咨询师说, If we were to have met some years ago, then we would have killed each

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Moira. Is it happening? 莫伊拉。是真的吗 Yes. The Humanitarian Award ceremony. 对。人道主义奖颁奖礼上 Isn't that a little public? 太公开化了点吧 No one will expect it. 没人会料到的 I have very welcome news to share wit

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that it's still a long way from getting the Syrians together for a political solution to the crisis in the country. At his first press conference this year, Ban characterized the humanitarian situation in Syria a

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In Nigeria, 在尼日利亚 open-source, open-source SMS tools are being used by the Red Cross community workers 红十字会的工作人员也在使用开放的短信工具 to gather information from the local community 他们从当地社区里收集资

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