Report Says More Than 200 Land Activists Killed Last Year A new report says killings of land and environmental activists rose in 2017. The environmental and human rights group Global Witness reports that Mexico and the Philippines registered sharp in

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(七)月

全球饥饿人口达历史新高 The report finds the combined food and economic crises have pushed the number of hungry people worldwide to historic levels. It says poor people everywhere are going without food, but nearly all the world's undernour

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美国史上最高彩票奖金上升到16亿 This is AP News Minute. An estimated 5,000 migrants from Honduras are walking across southern Mexico, hoping to reach the US border. President Trump said on Twitter the group will not be allowed to enter t

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The International Labor Organization says the world faces an urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade. It says those jobs are needed to generate sustainable growth after three years of continuous crisis conditions

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Today's show begins in South America, where a deadly natural disaster has hit the nation of Colombia. It started in rain, torrential rain on Friday night. That caused three rivers to overflow around the city of Mocoa. It's located in the southwestern

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Financially speaking, your credit is your trustworthiness to pay back a loan, might be for a house or a car, or something you buy in a credit card. One major company that keeps track of people's credit is Equifax. You don't sign up for Equifax and yo

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本篇是乔辛迪波沙达在TED 大学会议的一个短篇讲演,他与大家分享了一个关于推迟享受的有意义的试验,以及这个试验如何预示参与者以后的成就。他放映了小孩们各自尽最大努力不吃棉花糖

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AS IT IS 2015-03-24 Landmark to Close as Camp David Hosts Afghan Meeting 戴维营举办的阿富汗会议或达里程碑协议 Since the 1950s, American presidents have been going to Camp David in the mountains of Maryland, just outside Washington,

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Americans continue to gain weight and it's having a negative impact on their quality of life, according to a new report. Poor eating habits and a lack of exercise are two of the reasons people gain weight. 不良的饮食习惯和缺乏运动,是人们

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US Tourist Towns Assess Shutdown Damage 美国的旅游城镇评估政府关门的损失 At a coffee shop near the edge of town, customer Dan Palo waits for his morning coffee. He is a regular here and he said this coffee shop lost a lot of business.

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President-elect Barack Obama is proposing an emergency $800 billion economic stimulus plan that would use government spending and taxing power to help pull the faltering U.S. economy out of recession. 美国总统当选人奥巴马提出一个8000亿美

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Not everything in Leonardos career ended in failure. Sometimes he actually finished a job. It is true that only ten completed paintings are known to be by Leonardo. Thats a tiny number. But each and every one is a treasure. The story is that in 1505

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VERROCCHIOS STUDIO WAS TYPICAL OF ITS DAY. APPRENTICES WERE AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE LADDER. ABOVE THEM WERE WORKERS CALLED JOURNEYMEN. THEY HAD MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE AND HELPED TEACH THE APPRENTICES. THEY WERE ABLE WORKERS BUT WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH

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Leonardo was one the greatest artists of the Renaissance. But he was not alone. The Renaissance in Italy was such a special time because it produced so many talented artists. Besides Leonardo, the two other greatest names belong to Raphael and Michel

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In 1499, when the French attacked, the duke lost his power. He fled Milan. Then, later on, he was captured. He died a prisoner in France. In December of that year, Leonardo left Milan, too. Salai went with him. So did another old friend. Leonardo did

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Milan had a famous university. But it was not a center for famous artists like Florence was. But Ludovico Sforza was very interested in the arts. The duke liked to give big parties. He like to put on pageants. He also wanted someone to design new wea

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Leonardo stayed at Verrocchios workshop a long timethirteen years. He became a master and a member of the guild. But he didnt move out to start a studio of his own. Perhaps Verrocchios studio felt like a home to Leonardo, a place where he belonged an

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