Hurricane Irene is gaining strength over the Bahamas as it makes its way straight for the Eastern US. Though still a Category 3, the storm's top winds are now at around 120 miles per hour. Evacuations are already underway on one of the tiny islands o

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

1. Freed American hostage, David Jacobsen, appealed today for the release of the remaining captives in Lebanon, saying,

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 高级英语听力

By Noel King Khartoum 30 April 2006 A top U.N. envoy is in Sudan to assess the human-rights situation in the embattled nation. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour is to mee

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(四月)

1. The BP executive who angered Gulf residents by saying he wanted his life back is spending the day at a yacht race in England. A BP spokesperson calls it a rare moment of private time for CEO Tony Hayward. 2. A top US envoy is calling for an indepe

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)

By Tendai Maphosa London 21 September 2007 The Zimbabwean ambassador to the United Nations has accused British Prime Minister Gordon Brown of trying to dictate who should attend the European Union-African Union summit by threatening to stay away if P

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

By Margaret Besheer Washington 17 March 2006 The United Nations' special representative for Iraq says he does not believe Iraq is headed toward a civil war despite an escalation in sectarian violence.

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(三月)

Middle East envoy Tony Blair is saying that the elements are in place for a ceasefire in Gaza, after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Egyptian diplomatic efforts to mediate a cease-fire, meanwhile, have hit a number of snags. Tony Blai

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(一月)

13A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke. 2From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful have a craving for violence. 3He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rash

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 圣经旧约 箴言

Books and Arts; Book Review;Richard Holbrooke;Bullish and bullying; 文艺;书评;理查德霍尔布鲁克;风生水起,恃强凌弱; The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World. Edited by Derek Chollet and Samantha Power. 《不

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

By Michael Bowman Washington 15 April 2007 Bill Richardson A special U.S. envoy to North Korea says he believes the communist nation will honor an agreement to shut down a nuclear reactor, despite the expiration of a key deadline Saturday. VOA's Mich

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(四月)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. special envoy for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea human rights issues will visit China, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan this month to discuss a range of issues, the State Department said on Tuesd

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States urged South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar to end hostilities and begin mediated political talks, according to a statement issued by State Department on Tuesday. U

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Long-anticipated peace talks on the conflict in Yemen are due to start in Geneva on Monday. The talks were originally scheduled for last month, but were postponed after the main warring parties failed to agree on the terms of the talks. The talks are

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

MOSCOW, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Russia was seriously alarmed by the fate of an adopted Russian child in the United States to whom Russian consulate workers were being denied access, a high-ranking diplomat said Wednesday. We are seriously concerned with

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

JUBA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The Republic of South Sudan declared independence Saturday, waiting to be recognized as the 193rd member of the United Nations and hoping to keep peace with the north after decades of war. Speaker of South Sudan Legislative A

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta visited Afghanistan Thursday to discuss the war's progress and plans for the troop drawdown. Panetta acknowledged the spike in violence in the south, saying while insurgents are better organized, overall violence

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(228) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(六月)

UNITED NATIONS, May 13 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday announced that he accepted the request of Lakhdar Brahimi to step down as the UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria, adding that the resignation will be effective on May

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BOGOTA, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Both Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that they will meet next week to mend bilateral relations. On Monday we will meet with President Maduro at the border t

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

request the consent of 征求的同意 information service 新闻 diplomat 外交官 diplomatic rank 外交官衔 diplomatic representative 外交代表 ambassador 大使 ambassador-at-large 巡回大使 special envoy 特使 counselor 参赞 consul-g

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 托福英语

A top Chinese negotiator arrived in Pyongyang on Monday with a view to restarting the long-stalled Six-Party Talks and further improving the situation on the Korean peninsula, the Foreign Ministry told China Daily on Tuesday. It is the first visit to

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻