----(easy to figure it )out in your head. ---Do you speak English? Yes. May I buy a hot dog, please? ---Um-hum. Here’s how it works. Right now a Swiss Franc is worth 77 US cents, round that off to 8

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美国之音(以下称VOA)的英语节目,按播音速度可分为两种:一种是Standard English (标准英语);一种叫作Special English(特别英语)。 Standard English 是美国人日常

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By Cathy Majtenyi Rwimiyaga, Rwanda 19 July 2007 Many women in Rwanda are struggling to lift themselves out of poverty. The 1994 genocide left large numbers of them widows. With the support of international agencies, one group of women in northern Rw

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(七月)

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 31 August 2007 A United Nations fact-finding mission is in Ethiopia's restive Ogaden region to assess the food, water and health needs of civilians caught amid a military campaign against local separatist rebels. Human rights gr

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Transcript of VOA Interview with Laura Bush By VOA News Washington 17 January 2008 Interview Transcript of US First Lady Laura Bush by VOAs Afghan Service VOA: From your point of view, how has life changed for the people of Afghanistan in the last si

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afghani 阿富汗尼(阿富汗) baht 铢(泰国) balboa 巴波亚(巴拿马) birr 比尔(埃塞俄比亚) bolivar 玻利瓦(委内瑞拉) cedi 塞迪(加纳) CFAF 非洲金融共

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By Scott Bobb Huambo, Angola 17 September 2007 International civic groups are in Norway to mark the 10th anniversary of the treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. The Treaty has been signed by 155 countries and activists say it has brought thousand

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 09 August 2007 Mauritania's legislature has approved a law that will criminalize slavery. Anti-slavery lobbyists say enforcement will determine if this law can end slavery in the West African country where it has continued despit

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By Ernest Leong Washington 25 July 2007 She is a Persian-American athlete who was both a state and national Tae Kwon Do champion, and one of the top amateur boxers in the world. Now, barely two years after having her second child, Kina Elyassi has se

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Two more deadly car bombings have rocked Algeria, killing at least 11 people according to state radio. This follows a suicide car bomb attack on Tuesday which officials say killed more than 40 people and injured 45. VOA's Nico Colombant has more fro

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After recent attacks on newspaper offices in Senegal and ongoing detentions of journalists in Gambia, international attention is yet again being focused on the state of journalism in West Africa. Journalists in Gambia describe their daily fear of re

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At the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting last month, the mayor of Albuquerque, N.M., asked a provocative question: How would his citizens feel if the city bought thousands of ordinary writing pens the kind that cost about $1 each in most stores and

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VOA Uses Google Glass at Concert VOA在演唱会上使用谷歌眼镜 WASHINGTON Washington celebrated a milestone in music history this week: It has been 50 years since the Beatles first arrived in America and won the hearts of millions. They went o

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Hotel in Rio Favela Attracts Jazz Enthusiasts 里约热内卢贫民窟酒店吸引爵士乐爱好者 RIO DE JANEIRO You might not expect to find a hotel in one of Rio de Janeiros favelas - the local name for the city's shantytowns. The success story

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People hold placards bearing images of Iranian Neda Agha Soltan during a demonstration against Iran's clampdown on opposition activists, at the Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, 25 Jul 2009 Iran last weekend blocked VOA's airing of a

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By Cache Seel Shalatin, Egypt 10 July 2007 Facing Drought and the loss of grazing land for their herds, many Bedouin of southeastern Egypt are giving up their traditional lifestyle. The Egyptian Government and aid organizations have stepped in to hel

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A second journalist is dead of gunshot wounds fired under suspicious circumstances in Russia's volatile Caucasus region this week. VOA Moscow correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the death of the first journalist sparked an anti-government demonstra

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India has captured its first-ever Olympic gold medal in an individual event, thanks to the steady aim of Abhinav Bindra in the 10-meter air rifle event, Monday. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on the accomplishment. Newspapers across India are telling

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Name名称 Country or Places 国家或地区 Afghani阿富汗尼 Afghanistan阿富汗 bath铢 Thailand泰国 balboa巴波亚 Panama巴拿马 aolivar博利瓦 Venezuela委内瑞拉 colon(哥斯达黎加)科郎 Costa Rica哥斯达黎加 colon(萨尔瓦多)科郎 El Salvador萨尔瓦多 cordoba科多巴

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Exactly a month after Zimbabwe's power sharing agreement was signed, the signatories are still bickering over Cabinet posts. Tendai Maphosa took to the streets of Harare for VOA to hear what the people think about the deal, which represented some ho

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