Worries Boost Gasoline Prices and Stir Up US Politics U.S. gasoline prices are rising to a level that angers many motorists. American Petroleum Institute chief economist John Felmy blames rising gasoline prices on rising demand for oil by major emerg

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(三月)

Places like these are where most of the worlds plastics end up in landfills and a fair amount of it ends up in the worlds oceans. But a new British recycling firm wants it to end up here. 这种地方是世界上大多数垃圾最终的归处垃圾填埋

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(十二月)

Community colleges still don't get the dollars of their four-year counterparts(1), but they're standing very much in the spotlight(2) these days. President Barack Obama made them the focus last week when he unveiled(3) his proposed budget. Why all th

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

By Mil Arcega Washington 21 May 2008 The Air Transport Association predicts fewer domestic airline passengers in the U.S. this summer, between June 1 and August 31. The airline trade group says higher fuel prices and a weak economy have reduced airli

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(五月)

By Nino Gnecchi Nairobi 23 August 2006 Foreign diplomats based in Uganda are urging the Kampala government to deal more forcefully with charges that international donations to fight AIDS have been embezzled by officials once in the government. The c

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(八月)

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 21 January 2008 Israel has decided to lift the blockade on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip Tuesday to allow a single shipment of fuel and medical supplies into the territory. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from our Jerusalem bureau.

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(一月)

By David Gollust Washington 23 July 2007 The U.S. envoy to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program says completing the next phase of the disarmament process is still feasible by year's end, even though talks in Beijing last week failed t

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(七月)

By Paul Sisco Washington 28 March 2007 watch Ethanol Racing report If it works for one, the rest usually follow suit. That's the way it is in motor racing. This year all 33 race cars in the Indianapolis 500 are running on ethanol, not gasoline, not

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(三月)

A week-long Earth Day celebration has ended in Washington, D.C. The Earth Day Network hosted performances and information sessions to show people how to conserve natural resources and keep their communities clean. For the past week people gathered on

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(四)月

East Africa Food Shortages Expected to Affect More People In East Africa, millions people are in need of emergency food assistance because of the prolonged, severe drought. Now a U.N. agency warns that things could get worse. Steady rain is hard to c

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(六月)

Fuel Shortages in Nigeria Could Affect Economy, Election 尼日利亚燃料短缺可能影响其经济和选举 LONDON Nigeria is suffering from a gasoline shortage as falling oil prices have affected the countrys ability to import and distribute ref

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(三月)

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's February, which means it's Black History Month, the time designated by Congress to focus on the contributions of African-Americans to this country. And often, that focus will turn to a celebration of the civil rights movemen

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 October 2007 Israel is tightening sanctions on the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the move is casting a shadow over peace efforts. Israel began cutting fuel supplies to Gaza in response

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 20 December 2007 The director of the Russian company building Iran's nuclear power station at Bushehr says the facility will not begin operations before the end of 2008. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Moscow. T

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

Soaring Price of Used Grease Attracts Thieves The high price of food and fuel has made a valuable commodity out of an unexpected resource: the price of used vegetable oil from restaurant fryers is so high that people are stealing it. Just ask grease

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

The delivery of Russian natural gas is expected to resume Tuesday morning after Ukraine, Russia and the European Union signed a protocol allowing observers to monitor pipelines that transport the fuel across Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv came to an agreem

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年1月

April Fools'day no joke for the motorists this year.double-whammy of rising petrol prices and increased road taxes is hitting the driver's heart.Bend's amcares wihich make the most too will cost extra 500 pounds to drive out the show room from today.

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

By Brian Wagner Miami 02 November 2007 Haiti is looking to a small shrub called jatropha to fuel an alternative energy boom that may help cut the impoverished country's reliance on oil and charcoal. VOA's Brian Wagner reports the efforts already are

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

China says it will expand the search area for the missing jet in the coming days. The search will be expanded to the east and west, with intensive search in the east region and enhanced efforts in the southeast from Saturday, according to the China M

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 2014CRI中国国际广播电台

Soaring food prices are causing big problems in many parts of the world today. One factor in the ballooning costs may be the increasing global demand for biofuels - vehicle fuels made at least partly from corn (maize) or other food crops. 粮价的猛涨

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年4月