Across South Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, and Somalia, 20 million people are at risk for famine, said U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. 南苏丹、也门、尼日利亚、索马里等国有2000万人面临饥荒的威

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(226) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(6月)

President Donald Trump addressed a group of African leaders during his trip to New York. He told them, We hope to extend our economic partnerships with countries that are committed to self-reliance and to fostering opportunities for job creation in b

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The spread of violent extremism and terrorism pose significant challenges to Africa's security, long-term development goals, and democratic gains, said U.S Ambassador to the African Union Mary Beth Leonard. These threats to the global community, she

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Gaming Industry Breaks Gender Barriers in Pakistan 巴基斯坦的游戏公司打破了性别障碍 LAHORE In a country where women's rights are often ignored, Pakistan's young gaming industry is breaking gender barriers. An example is two start-up c

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AS IT IS 2016-12-05 Africans Demand for Democracy Declines 非洲人民对民主的需求下降 A report about a new public opinion survey shows that a ten-year-long period of Africans demanding democracy has recently ended, and such demands have bee

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The Nigerian Sound of Afrobeat By John Kuti My surname Kuti is a normal Hungarian surname it means something like Wells as in the places where you get water out of the ground. By a strange coincidence Kuti is also a name in Nigerian. In the Yoruba la

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First Ladies in Africa Creating Change for Women Last month, The Washington Post published an opinion piece about reports that the United States government had separated 2,000 children from their parents. The writer was Laura Bush, wife of former U.S

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AS IT IS 2016-08-08 Football Player's Non-Profit Supports Start-ups in Africa 足球员创办的非营利组织在非洲支持初创企业 While recovering from a football injury, an American college student named John Cefalu decided to use his free

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AS IT IS 2016-05-15 Many Pay Bribes for Basic Services in Middle East, Africa 中东、非洲基础设施建设是腐败的温床 In the Middle East and Africa, about 50 million people paid bribes last year to get basic services like water and electr

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AS IT IS 2015-12-19 Islamic State Looks for Oil, Recruits in Africa 伊斯兰国组织欲在非洲寻找石油和兵源 The United States says it is concerned about the Islamic State group attracting recruits and acquiring resources in North Africa.

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AS IT IS 2015-11-02 US Trains African Soldiers Against Boko Haram 美国训练非洲士兵对抗博科圣地 American soldiers are training soldiers in Niger to fight Boko Haram militants. 为抗击博科圣地武装分子,美国士兵正在对尼日

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AS IT IS 2014-10-21 Climate Change Could Destroy Farms in Africa 气候变化会使非洲农场受重创 A new study says the speed and severity of climate change could cause major damage to small African farms. These farmers are already struggling t

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Ex-Hutu Rebel Sworn In as Burundi's New President 前胡图族反政府武装领导人宣誓任职布隆迪新总统 Former Hutu rebel leader, Pierre Nkurunziza , was sworn in Friday as Burundi 's new

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TB Origins Found in Africa 肺结核起源于非洲 The origins of humans have been traced to Africa. And now, so have the origins of tuberculosis. New research shows the evolutionary trees of both humans and TB have grown side-by-side. TB bacteria o

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The teenaged Texas Tech cheerleader who created a social media firestorm with photos of the African big game she hunted has fired back at her online attackers. 一名德州理工大学的青年女学生、拉拉队长在社交网络上晒出自己猎杀

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Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of the World Health Organization's Africa Region, says Tu Youyou's development of a treatment for malaria has been a life-saver. As you know Malaria is one of the biggest killers of African people, particularly

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Madonna has adopted two children, five-year-old David and Mercy, four, from Malawi, and she wants to visit the country soon to help with charity work. Also, she's reportedly planning to let David see his biological father before the end of this year.

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National Flag 国旗 A national flag is a symbol of a country. 国旗是国家的象征。 It has a special design to represent the nation. 它有一个代表国家的特殊设计。 The oldest national flag is the flag of Denmark. 最古老的国旗是

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Civil war is emptying huge swaths of South Sudan. The violence has uprooted four million people, including two million who've fled to neighboring countries. In the last year, more than a million South Sudanese have poured into northern Uganda alone,

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Jessica: Ashley, when you went to Kenya did you do a safari? Ashley: Yes, it was incredible. Uh, we went of a five day safari. We were up every morning at 4:30 in the morning, um, to watch the animals and then we would have all day to kind of sit bac

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