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乍得湖盆地亟需人道主义援助 On September 23, at a Lake Chad Basin side event at the UN General Assembly, the United States pledged an additional $41 million in funding to meet emergency needs for conflict-affected and vulnerable household

VOA常速英语2015--索马里改善儿童生活状况

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VOA标准英语2014--中非食品安全遭受重创

CAR Food Security Hard Hit 中非食品安全遭受重创 Violence in Central African Republic has taken a heavy toll on food security. A new U.N. assessment says crops, livestock and fishing have all been affected. Nearly one million people have bee

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-08-22

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. Former President Jimmy Carter is receiving radiation treatment this afternoon for cancer, which doctors have diagnosed as melanoma. In a candid exchange with reporters early today in Atlanta, Carter reco

VOA双语新闻 ---UN Announces Food Crisis Task Force

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will head a new task force to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging tens of millions of people into poverty and hunger. He is calling for international donors to urgently fund a three-quarter-billio

VOA标准英语2013--土著居民有更多的健康问题

Indigenous Peoples Have More Health Problems 土著居民有更多的健康问题 A new report says the worlds minorities and indigenous peoples suffer more ill health than other segments of the population. It says decades of marginalization, poverty

2007年VOA标准英语-Study Finds Early Breastfeeding Can Save Babies

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 August 2007 WHO Breastfeeding awareness poster The World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund say breast-feeding babies immediately after birth can prevent many neonatal deaths in developing countries. The

2007年VOA标准英语-World Bank in Turmoil Following Ouster of Leade

By Barry Wood Washington 10 July 2007 The Washington-based World Bank, the planet's biggest anti-poverty agency, has been in turmoil--its president forced out amid a staff revolt. VOA's economics correspondent Barry Wood reports that the bank--owned

2007年VOA标准英语-Human Rights Group Seeks Accounting of Ethiopia

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 27 August 2007 An Ethiopian human rights group is demanding that the United States and other international donors monitor the food and financial aid they give to Ethiopia for its impoverished Ogaden region. As Nick Wadhams rep

2006年VOA标准英语-Famine Experts Say Niger Faces Another Dif

By Joe Bavier Niamey 24 April 2006 Last year, widespread food shortages hit Niger, forcing a massive relief effort to save millions of people at risk of malnutrition. Now, nearly one year later, the l

2006年VOA标准英语-Drought Rages in Ethiopia's Somali Region

By Cathy Majtenyi Gode 20 March 2006 The Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia is being hit by a drought that is also affecting parts of Kenya and Somalia. Residents and aid workers fear that widespr

VOA标准英语2008年-Technology Key to Producing More Food

By Bill Rodgers Washington 19 May 2008 The Green Revolution is a good example of how technological advances can have a dramatic effect on economic development - in this case on food production. Other technological innovations are helping to improve a

VOA标准英语 Southern Africa Floods Affect Hundreds of Thousands

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported excessive rainfall is causing havoc with the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in seven Southern African countries. People take the high road to p

VOA标准英语2013--Report: Up to Half of World Food Production is Wasted

Report: Up to Half of World Food Production is Wasted Every year the world produces around four billion tons of food. And between a third and half of it goes to waste, according to the report from the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The

VOA常速英语2007-Humanitarian Group Appeals for Support of Ready-

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 October 2007 The international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders says it is launching a worldwide appeal aimed at getting donors and governments to support a campaign to provide ready-to-use food to malnouris

VOA标准英语2008年-Aid Groups, Governments Appeal for More Access

By Kent Klein Washington 09 May 2008 Days after a deadly cyclone swept through Burma, governments and aid organizations around the world are ready to help, but Burma's military government has allowed very few aid workers to enter the country. As VOA'

VOA标准英语2012--Civilians Bear Brunt of Sudan, South Sudan Violence

Civilians Bear Brunt of Sudan, South Sudan Violence A humanitarian group says unless South Sudan has a sustained period of peace, it will never be able to provide the necessary infrastructure, healthcare and education for its people. World Relief is

VOA标准英语2009年-Ethiopia Again Struggles to Treat Malnutri

By Peter Heinlein Harerge Region, Eastern Ethiopia 15 October 2009 A dry field of sorghum in Ethiopia Hunger is again stalking East Africa. The United Nations says 20 million people will need emergency food aid before the end of this year in six nat

VOA双语新闻：联合国人权理事会急议粮食危机

Nations attending a United Nations-sponsored special session on the world food crisis say failure to address the soaring cost of food threatens to undermine gains on reducing poverty. They warn this could lead to growing instability. The 47-member U.

学个词Learn a Word 第1300期 severe

今天我们要学的词是severe。 Severe, 严重的，严峻的。最近美国大部分地区陷入酷暑之中。 The elderly and the young are the most vulnerable to severe heat and humidity, 老年人和小孩子是最难以承受高温和湿热天