Why would a U.S. Government agency specializing in administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance, concern itself with religious freedom in the countries where it works? At USAID, we see freedom of worship as an essential element in ou

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(八月)

The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is reorienting its development work around two very simple principles. First, the purpose of our foreign assistance must be ending its need to exist, said USAID Administrator Mark Green. That's

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is How to Use Attributives Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Dialogue is hard to write and dont let anyone tell you otherwise. Getting characters to have individual voices has caused more sleepless nights than too much co

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Does Foreign Aid Work? Opinions Are Divided By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, December 19, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. Foreign aid is an im

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 农业与发展

A measure called the Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Mexico City Policy will likely affect the lives of many women in developing countries. The memorandum was among the first executive orders signed by Donald Trump after he became president of

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The head of Oxfam says the British aid group is investigating 26 new reports of sexual wrongdoing by its workers. Mark Goldring spoke before Britains parliament Tuesday. He answered questions about the behavior of Oxfam workers on the Caribbean islan

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Broadcast: Mar 27,2003 The Bush administration's decision to include about one billion dollars in aid to Turkey as part of its Iraq war budget has boosted investor confidence, 1) perking up financial

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(上)-商业论坛

IN THE NEWS - Afghanistan Aid Conference By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, April 03, 2004 This is Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Nations from around the world agreed this week

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 教育与新闻

Many Congolese Still Need Emergency Aid Humanitarian agencies are still trying to reach thousands of people in the eastern DRC who were displaced by the recent military offensive by M23 rebels. Many of the displaced fear they may have to flee violenc

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Here's an idea that sounds pretty obvious. Before you spend lots of money on an aid program, wouldn't you want to run a test to make certain the program actually works? If you want to help farmers, should you buy them seeds or just

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With Christmas upon us, many of us are much more likely to respond to charity advertisements featuring hardship and poverty. But in an article for the BBC, UK charity founder Georgie Fienberg argues for an end to what she calls pity aid, and for peop

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

A country maid was walking along with a can of milk upon her head,when she fell into the following train of reflections.The money for which I shall sell this milk will enable me to increase my stock of eggs to three hundred,These eggs,allowing for wh

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 精美英文欣赏

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a Washington policy address Wednesday said the Obama administration intends to put development and foreign aid on the same level as diplomacy and military power in U.S. foreign policy. She also said empowering w

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Charity foundations from the United States and China are to jointly carry out a 10-year program to help Chinese with hearing loss. The Audiology Development Foundation of China launched the initiative on Friday with the A

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged a wide-ranging response for farmers and ranchers to the one of the worst droughts in more than 50 years. Obama said in his weekly address Saturday the current corn crop is in poor or very poor condition and cat

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Sunday met Greece's Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos in Washington on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the Washington-based IMF

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

PARIS - Some of the planet's poorest countries may be feeling the fallout of Europe's financial crisis. New studies show that European Union development aid is falling, and that billions of dollars are not reaching needy countries. Released Monday, a

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

At ten in the morning I was laughing at something At the airport terminal At nine in the evening I was sitting crying to you over the phone Well passing the border from a state to another Filled with people whom I couldn't help to relate to And we st

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

Han Junwen, an Aid-Tibet program agricultural expert from northwest China's Shaanxi province, brought forage seeds to the remote area in 2005. When he first came to the county, he was shocked by what he saw large plots of barren land. Since the count

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 2015CRI中国国际广播电台

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:2019-03-15 / 阅读(209) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight