非洲移民给意大利带来的问题 LONDON Thousands more migrants have arrived on the southern shores of Italy from North Africa in the past two days. Authorities say they expect the total number of arrivals this year to far exceed previous leve

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(八月)

Topics: American Movies-Sunset Boulevard; the Borscht Belt and the Chitlin'Circuit; renumeration/remuneration versus reimbursement versus kickback; to print off (copies) versus to photocopy; nitty-gritty Words: narrator scriptwriter to be in dire str

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With Parliament in recess, we don't hear much from our political masters. 在国会休会期间,政治精英们没有发表太多言论, MP's, as well as many business leaders, are on holiday. 议员和商界领导正在度假。 I hope they have

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Optimism, for me, 乐观在我看来 is not a passive expectation that things are going to get better. 并不是一种认为未来会变好的被动期望 For me, it's a conviction and a belief that we can make things better. 而是一种信念 相信我

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The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) says more than 500,000 children in Libya are in need of some kind of humanitarian assistance. The UN agency notes that migrant children passing through Libya are especially at risk of abuse. Competing govern

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says the leaders of Syria and Lebanon have agreed to re-establish normal diplomatic relations for the first time in years. Sarkozy made the announcement, speaking through a translator after a meeting in Paris. (D'abo

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Key Arab nations and western powers have reportedly reached an agreement in principle on a UN resolution will impose a cease-fire in Gaza. That News comes as Palestinian officials say the bodies of 35 people were found beneath rubble in a battle zon

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After earning a Ph.D in neuroscience from UCLA, actress Mayim Bialik shares her learning strategies that also come in handy for life outside the classroom. 在加州大学洛杉矶分校得到了神经学的博士学位后, 演员马伊姆-比亚利克

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The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping federal tax bill that will swell America's national debt by hundreds of billions of dollars and, it is hoped, stimulate a lagging U.S. economy. Attention now shifts to the House of Representative

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希腊跌跌撞撞濒临破产边缘 Former employees of Greece's public broadcaster,stormed their old workplace earlier this week. 本周早些时候希腊公共广播电视公司(ERT)的前雇员们攻占了他们早些工作过的地方。 The pre

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21An oracle concerning the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror. 2A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Medi

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December 1st marks the 18th annual World AIDS Day. AIDS affects every continent, every country. More than 40 million people live with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, or with AIDS itself. There were five million new cases this year - more than half w

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模仿文本: The UN refugee agency the UNHCR estimates that half a million Syrians who have fled the conflict at home have gone to Jordan. They may find a temporary shelter, but many remain destitute. Faced with a dire situation, some Syrian famil

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JUDY WOODRUFF: And now to the devastating effects of the deadly virus overseas.Jeffrey Brown has that. JEFFREY BROWN: As we reported earlier, the director of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, issued a dire assessment today of Ebola's

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He had been upstairs, enjoying the comfort of a featherbed and the warmth of Shae's body beside him, 片刻前,他人还在楼上,躺在柔软舒适的羽毛床上,怀抱雪伊温暖的身体。 when his squire had woken him to say that a rider

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The International Committee of the Red Cross reports bitterly cold weather is increasing the misery of thousands of people fleeing the conflict in northern Yemen. At least 150,000 people have been affected by the escalating fighting between the Yemen

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Social unrest is sweeping southern Europe, with protesters taking to streets in Spain and Greece, angry about high unemployment, welfare cuts and their governments' handling of the economic crisis. With demonstrations showing no sign of ending soon,

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People hold placards bearing images of Iranian Neda Agha Soltan during a demonstration against Iran's clampdown on opposition activists, at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 25 Jul 2009 Iran last weekend blocked VOA's airing of a

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Most people can identify their top priority at work. Generally, it will be the part of the job that is most productive for their employer: for a merger and acquisitions banker, it could be landing a big deal for a client; for a lorry driver, the punc

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1. Long-time columnist Robert Novak says he's retiring immediately, a week after being diagnosed with the brain tumor. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Novak's condition is dire. The 77-year-old told the paper that he plans to receive radiation an

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