突破口语之独白(15):A disgruntled traveler一位不满的旅客 Traveling involves so much stress! Preparation is especially hard - trying to arrange the transportation, accommodation, and time off from work. Packing isn't easy. How can you possibly know ev

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The Auckland University Council has voted to restrict entry to courses in Arts, Science, Education and Law from 2009. Some specialist courses, like medicine, engineering and business, have always been restricted but universities in New Zealand give o

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili, East Timor 08 May 2007 Election workers prepare ballot boxes to be distributed to remote sub-districts after a ceremony at the local district office in Dili, East Timor, 08 May 2007 The troubled nation of East Timor is c

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(五月)

Pakistan has rejected as baseless and irresponsible Afghan allegations that its spy agency was behind a recent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai. The two countries are allies in the U.S-led war on terror, but accusations that Taliban i

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(六月)

By Suzanne Presto Irbil 17 June 2008 The Kurdish Textile Museum in Irbil has launched a new program aimed at creating job opportunities for women, while reviving traditional Kurdish weaving skills. VOA's Suzanne Presto in Irbil attended the opening

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By Sean Maroney Washington 18 April 2007 Roanoke Firearms owner John Markell holds a Glock 9 mm pistol similar to the one sold in his gun shop 36 days ago to the Virginia Tech shooting suspect Cho Seung-Hui A disturbed gunman's rampage at a public un

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 January 2006 The Kenyan government is investigating claims that some relief food that had been donated to famine victims in the north and east is instead being sold in the

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 18 April 2008 Some good news from one of the world's most impoverished countries, which struggles to feed its people in the best of times. Bangladesh reports the rice harvest, just under way, appears to be a bumper crop. But

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(四月)

By Paul Burge Nottingham, England 17 May 2007 The University of Nottingham in Britain is building an environmentally friendly research house to promote the reduction of carbon emissions. The aim is for the experimental house to serve as a future guid

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(五月)

By Tom Rivers London 03 January 2007 The United Nations says it will investigate allegations that some peacekeepers in southern Sudan have been involved in the rape and sexual abuse of children. The abuse allegations were published Tuesday in Britai

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 May 2006 Two unidentified farm worker walk towards birds suspected of having bird flu virus Officials in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are investigating reports of a

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By Mike Cooper Alabama 08 February 2006 Law enforcement officials are investigating nine fires that have occurred at rural churches in the southern state of Alabama during the past week. The fires hav

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By George Dwyer Washington, DC 08 May 2006 watch Green Campus report With energy prices rising rapidly these days, consumers, businesses and other energy users are looking for creative ways to cut cos

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By Ken Wekesa Nairobi,Kenya 18 June 2007 A university degree brings prestige in Kenya, where institutions of higher learning are still valued as a means of social advancement. But the universities reputations have been tarnished by years of strikes b

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The United Nations has announced the establishment of a commission to investigate the 2007 assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Benazir Bhutto addresses media representatives at a press conference in Karachi, 19 Oct 2007

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By Michael Bowman White House 03 August 2007 President Bush is urging Congress to update the law governing U.S. intelligence services when they eavesdrop on suspected terrorists. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from the White House. President Bush has

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 15 October 2006 Efforts to convene a rare Israeli-Palestinian summit have broken down. The thorny issue of the release of Palestinian prisoners is at the heart of the dispute. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is seen at the weekly c

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 01 February 2007 watch Iran Karbala report U.S. media reports [New York Times, CNN] say the United States is investigating possible Iranian involvement in a recent attack that killed five American soldiers in Iraq

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 November 2006 The colonel who commands the U.S. Marines in and around Fallujah, west of Baghdad, says the key to transferring security responsibility to Iraqi forces, and eventually reducing the U.S. troop presence in the co

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By Stephanie Ho Washington 10 August 2006 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says the United States is stepping up its security measures, after authorities in Britain said they uncovered a major terror plot to blow up airplanes flying from

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(167) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(八月)