Ebola Spread Fuels Fear Among Americans, Africans WASHINGTON News that a Texas man was diagnosed with Ebola after returning home from a visit to Liberia has raised new concerns about the spread of the disease. For health workers the stakes are partic

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(十月)

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading emergency talks aimed at tackling the growing crisis caused by soaring food prices around the world. Participating in this two-day high-powered meeting in the Swiss capital, Bern, are the President of the

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今天我们要学的词是 wean. Wean 的意思是断奶,断绝。Fuel taxes are part of president Macron's strategy of weaning France off fossil fuels. 税收是马克龙希望法国摆脱石化燃料战略的一部分。 The new government of Pa

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Section 28 Acid Rain 50 years ago, no one talked about acid rain. Then we didn't really know the harm it was causing to the world. Today almost every adult and school child is aware of acid rain and i

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From electric automobiles to solar wheels, hybrid cars are the wave of the future. But what about a truck that runs on the energy of the past? An unconventional doctoral student is determined to make the original renewable fuel an efficient, economic

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India's Agriculture Boom Fuels 'Rural Urbanization' Life in India's countryside still involves plenty of hard work. But standards of rural living have gone up dramatically in recent years. Inflated food prices - otherwise a headache for politicians a

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The Crooked Road generally begins in Rocky Mount, where a restored train station is the town's Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center. The tiny mountain town of Floyd, Virginia has one traffic light. Only 500 people live here year-round. But there's

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Farm workers in a field near the city of Udon Thani in Thailand's impoverished northeast, 14 May 2010 Thai Government Concerned Over Rising Casualties, Blames Militias for Violence Many of the red shirt protesters who have been battling the army for

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Al-Shabab Fuels Tensions Between Kenya, Somalia Kenya's decision this past week to send troops over the border into Somalia in pursuit of al-Shabab militants appears to be a major shift in foreign policy. The full extent of Kenya's operations are not

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Burger Makers Fight to Repeal Biofuel Law Corn competition When you drive up to Wendy's or other fast-food chains in the U.S., you are consuming corn in at least two ways. The chicken or hamburger in your meal comes from an animal raised on corn. Sin

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Instability in Iraq Fuels Kurdish Independence Move LONDON The president of Iraqs Kurdistan Regional Government has told VOA the situation in the country has increased the urgency of creating an independent Kurdish state. Peshmerga fighters from the

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Syria's Civil War Fuels Violence in Iraq Iraqis are witnessing the worst violence to rock their country in five years. Bombings and other attacks against Sunni Muslim and Shiite targets are stoking sectarian tensions. One major reason is the civil wa

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 19 December 2007 The end of 2007 will mark the one-year anniversary of an Ethiopia-led offensive that ousted Somalia's Islamist movement from power and helped install a secular interim government in its place. As VOA Corresponde

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When the wind picks up at the foot of the Rockies, there are those who believe they can hear the future. At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, making alternative power sources competitive with fossil fuels has been a mission since the energy c

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暂无音频 STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT Today I have signed into law H.R. 146, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. This landmark bill will protect millions of acres of Federal land as wilderness, protect more than 1,000 miles of rivers throu

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By Gary Thomas Washington 20 September 2007 The French foreign minister sparked an uproar recently when he said the world should brace for a possible war with Iran. The statement about a possible military confrontation with Iran fueled expressions of

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By Paula Wolfson Sao Paulo, Brazil 09 March 2007 The United States and Brazil have entered a new partnership to promote the production of ethanol around the world. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the two countries signed a

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By Greg Flakus Houston 05 April 2007 The quest for a fuel that will both reduce air pollution and U.S. dependence on imported energy has led to massive investments in ethanol and other fuels produced from plants. Backers of programs to develop such e

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New UN report highlights livestock production as major environmental threat Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 04 June 2010 A new United Nations report singles out food production as a major factor driving environmental degradation. Raising animals for

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 April 2008 Next month, India will unveil a national policy to increase the use of bio-fuel. But, as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there is growing concern that increased demand for bio-fuel is contributing to

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