Out of the frying pan and into the fire 【1+1英文】 Angela:

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panacea /ˌpnə'si:ə/ A two-week vacation is wonderful for fatigue, but will not cure baldness or improve vision. It is no panacea. -- remedy for all ills; cure-all; universal remedy ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 January 2008 An international agricultural research group recently announced a fellowship program to help African women who work in agricultural sciences to advance their careers. The program is based on two earlier pilo

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By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 21 April 2008 A new type of business consultant is emerging in South Africa. They help companies complete racial scorecards the government now requires under its black economic empowerment program. Some observers say th

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 15 October 2007 A U.S. Navy ship leaves Tuesday for a seven month deployment to West Africa as part of increased U.S. military engagement with the continent following a series of regional meetings and requests. But in his first

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By Kari Barber Dakar 24 November 2006 As part of a week to raise awareness against gender violence in Africa, the U.N. Population Fund is training local journalists to report on the issue in a way that can help solve it. Kari Barber attended a day-l

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 29 August 2007 At its regional meeting in the Republic of Congo this week, the World Health Organization called for African governments to improve sanitation in an effort to cut the number of deadly cholera infections on the cont

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By Tendai Maphosa London 25 September 2007 Mauritius is the best run country in Africa and Somalia is the worst, according to a new good governance index published on Tuesday. Tendai Maphosa has the details in this report for VOA from London. The fir

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By Scott Stearns Dakar 24 September 2009 Supporters of Guinea's ruling military council say sanctions threatened by the African Union are unfair but the AU says it will impose them anyway if the country's military ruler decides to run for president.

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According to a new study published in Britain, wildlife conservation in Africa is leading to widespread human rights abuses. In her new book, Nature Crime, researcher Rosaleen Duffy wrote that organizations in Africa are operating a shoot-to-kill pol

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Successful South Africans are smoking more cigars as cigarette usage declines Darren Taylor | Johannesburg, South Africa 15 March 2010 We cant all drive Rolls Royces and Maseratis, but a lot of us will be able to afford one of the best cigars on eart

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A new organization aims to sharply improve the quality of African laboratories, allowing health professionals to better track, treat and test for diseases. It's called the African Society for Laboratory Medicine, or ASLM. A new organization aims to s

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Agriculture is one of the most important economic activities in Africa. In addition to providing employment, agriculture has the potential to transform African societies through the increased export of produce to Western markets. Many agree that tran

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今天我们要讲的习惯用语都包括pan这个词。它最常见的意思是平底锅或者盘子。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: out of the frying pan into the fire。 Frying意思是油煎或者油炸,所以frying pan就是煎东西

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EDUCATION REPORT - U.S. Foundations Expand Support for African Universities By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, September 29, 2005 I'm Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Education Report. Si

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By Delia Robertson Polokwane, South Africa 18 December 2007 The National Conference of the African National Congress has elected Jacob Zuma as the new president of the organization. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from Polokwane. The announcement of Ja

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By Phillip Wellman Dakar 14 October 2007 The United States Agency for International Development and the U.S.-based World Cocoa Foundation have agreed to launch a multi-year partnership aimed at improving education and providing greater opportunities

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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 04 December 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set for talks Wednesday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, home of the African Union, to explore peace prospects in conflict zones from Sudan and Somalia to the

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As African communities develop and modernize, proponents of traditional medicine are evolving new faces of the practice to keep up. Naomi Seck reports from a holistic healing center in Senegal's capital, Dakar, where traditional healing practices ar

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By Paula Wolfson White House 13 February 2008 President Bush will set the stage for his upcoming trip to Africa in a speech Thursday morning in Washington. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House. This will be the president's second trip to

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