This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Amizade volunteers learn about local culture and make friends as they work in communities throughout the world Amizade means friendship in Portuguese. It is also the name of a service organization

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(七)月

With the recession biting and unemployment rates rising, Britain is the latest European country to experience social unrest. At issue in the U.K.; the practice of legally employing foreign European workers in certain sectors while some Britons remain

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年2月

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the strikes spreading across Britain protesting the employment of foreign European workers, while unemployment soars in the country. 英国首相布朗谴责正在英国蔓延的罢工。罢工工人抗议在英

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年2月

By Tendai Maphosa London 11 December 2007 The African islands of Cape Verde have a rich musical tradition and one young, new artist, Sara Tavares, is carrying that tradition forward and to new levels. She played in London recently, where Tendai Mapho

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

By David Byrd Miami 02 February 2007 While the National Football League's Championship Game, the Super Bowl, is played in the United States by U.S. teams, it has worldwide appeal. This year's game in Miami, Florida will be broadcast live to 232 count

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(二月)

By Parke Brewer Berlin 29 June 2006 After 19 straight days of matches in the first and second rounds at the World Cup in Germany there were two days off Wednesday and Thursday. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer is in Berlin and takes a look at what's i

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(六月)

The president of East Timor has urged Australian resources giant, Woodside Petroleum, to support its plan to base a multi-billion-dollar oil and gas plant in his impoverished nation rather than in the Australian city of Darwin. From Sydney, Phil Mer

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says Kenya has agreed to help launch a new strategy for combatting piracy off the coast of Somalia. The proposal calls for police from the Horn of Africa to deploy on international warships to arrest Soma

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(五月)

By Kari Barber Dakar 06 July 2007 After years of turmoil and economic hardship, the small West African nation of Guinea Bissau is facing a health challenge caused by the absence of iodine in the nation's diet. In countries where iodine is not already

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(七月)

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Happy Friday. Time for a drink. KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Bill Schroh has a bottle that he may or may not open for happy hour. BILL SCHROH: It has a very clear label. It says Lenox Madeira, Robert Lenox of Philadelphia. And it has a dat

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

By Craig Fitzpatrick and Larry London Washington, DC 12 January 2007 watch Joan Jett report Joan Jett has been involved in rock music for over 25 years -- especially the punk style that developed as an alternative to mainstream rock 'n' roll during

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(一月)

This was a period when black communities across the Americas were taking renewed entrust in their African roots. In the United States, it was the era of black pride and an emphasis on black history, while in Africa itself in the early 70s, guerrilla

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

So a leopard has walked along these dunes? Where is the leopard from then? Well, they come from the mountainside. Im so scared when the farmers can see them, they can shoot them because they eat their lambs. Yes, a leopard is not really the best frie

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

By Phuong Tran Praia, Cape Verde 15 April 2007 When people talk about Cape Verdean music, it is inevitable they mention Cesaria Evora, the singer who introduced many to the country's melancholic music known as morna . Some have said that singer Tete

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(四月)

By David Gollust Washington 14 February 2007 The Bush administration said Wednesday it plans to accept at least 7,000 Iraqi refugees for resettlement in the United States this year, and to step up funding to the U.N. refugee agency. The announcement

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(二月)

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 14 September 2007 Guinea-Bissau's military recently said it would shoot down planes suspected of transporting illegal drugs as it attempts to fight the drug trade that some say could overrun the country. But some in the West Af

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

By Tendai Maphosa London 20 September 2007 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that he will not attend the European Union-African Union summit slated for December in Lisbon if Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe also attends. Tendai Maph

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

By Lisa Bryant Paris 16 September 2009 Jose Manuel Barroso The European Parliament has endorsed European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, for a second term in office. Barroso has pledged a stronger and more fiscally responsible Europe durin

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(九月)

Australia has played down fears that a police investigation into the deaths of five journalists in East Timor will spark a diplomatic dispute with Indonesia. Australian police have begun a war crimes investigation into the deaths of the five newsmen

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(九月)

By Phil Mercer Sydney 11 February 2008 The President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has been shot and wounded in attack by rebel soldiers at his home in the capital Dili, an army spokesman said. A fugitive renegade soldier who has been blamed for r

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)