STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Americans who volunteer for the Peace Corps get a chance to help improve lives in developing countries. They also get a chance to le

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(三)月

U.N. Asks for Record $22 Billion to Aid World's Needy The United Nations, or U.N., is asking for $22.2 billion dollars to provide life-saving help for nearly 93 million people worldwide. The U.N. made the request on Monday to international donors. Th

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

The Ministry of Civil Affairs has urged shelters nationwide to help the homeless in order to prevent deaths in severely cold temperatures. The ministry said that local shelter management authorities should provide 24-hour services to those in need. R

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: we're back with Ralph Keyes, author of the new book I Love It When You Talk Retro. RS: He explores the origins of terms that Americans use even if they are too young to remember w

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By Lisa Schein The United Nations is appealing for $1.5 billion for humanitarian assistance next year in conflict-ravaged Sudan. Lisa Schlein in Geneva reports almost half the money will go towards li

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--世界经济

The U.S. Congress is moving to help encourage Americans to increase monetary donations to the earthquake relief effort in Haiti. The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved bipartisan legislation, which the Senate is also expected to pass, to

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

USAID Democracy Programs Can Complicate International Relations After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the leaders of Russia asked the U.S. for assistance in building a democracy and a market economy. Over the past 20 years, election-monitoring grou

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USAID Boosts Female Entrepreneurs in Pakistan An accomplished embroiderer with no formal education, Jamila struggled for years to augment her husbands income by doing stitching and beadwork in a poor Karachi district. Thanks to USAID-funded business

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In this image taken from the Free Gaza Movement website 28 May 2010, one of the Turkish ships taking part in the 'Freedom Flotilla' is seen docked prior to heading for the shores off the Gaza Strip in this recent but undated photo We have only one ai

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Cameroon's new mineral research center will begin operations this year. South Korean mining researchers are making trips to Cameroon to determine the overall cost of the facility, to be located in the capital, Yaounde. They say the center will cost s

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(二月)

The U.S. House of Representatives is holding hearings ahead of the summit of the seven leading industrialized countries and Russia next week in Scotland hosted by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The U.S. government has expressed support for the id

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 23 October 2007 Mongolia and the United States have signed an agreement providing Ulaanbaatar with $285 million worth of developmental aid. In an interview with senior correspondent Andr de Nesnera, Mongolian President

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EDUCATION REPORT - December 5, 2002: Foreign Student Series #12 Financial Aid By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our series of reports about how foreign s

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(438) / 评论(0) 分类 教育与新闻

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 December 2007 The United Nations is launching a $3.8 billion appeal to provide urgent support to 25 million people in humanitarian emergencies in 24 countries. Nine of the 10 countries in the 2008 Humanitarian appeal are in

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U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States will do all it can to help the victims of the Haitian earthquake. American rescue teams have been dispatched to the disaster area. The president adds that the United States has launched a swift, aggr

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

The participants at the ongoing Ghana conference on international aid are hoping to improve the effectiveness of aid to help poorer countries. A discussion is taking place over how to give developing countries more control over how aid money is spen

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

A US Army soldier gives a hand as women leave an aid distribution site carrying sacks of rice on their heads in Port-au-Prince, 01 Feb 2010 U.S. government agencies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on rescue and relief efforts in Haiti, whi

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Imagine this situation. You are

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Imagine this situation. You are at

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Imagine this situation. You are ret

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