Oxfam: Power, Water Shortages in Goma As fighting continues in the eastern DRC between government forces and M23 rebels, the humanitarian crisis is growing worse. Oxfam says its stepping up efforts to help about 80,000 people in and around Goma, the

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)

A salty breeze blew into the tree house. Seagullsscreeched overhead. Jack and Annie looked out thetree house window. They were high in the branches of a gnarled oldtree. The tree was on a sea cliff beneath snowcappedmountains. The mountains overlooke

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Colin Lowther. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 In 1953, a flood destroyed Zeela

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Zhoushan, a city in eastern China and a critica point along the Yangtze River Economic Belt, has seen improvements in water quality as the government has channeled more energy into environmental protection. Inspired by China's River Chief system, the

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Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on(1) a vast reservoir of groundwater. They say that the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on the surface. The British Geological Survey and t

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He loved his plants. His plants were in pots. There were 10 pots in back of the house. There were eight pots in front of the house. There was a different plant in every pot. No plants were the same. They were all different. They were all beautiful. I

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By Deborah Tate Washington 31 October 2007 President Bush's nominee to be attorney general, Michael Mukasey, has told U.S. senators he does not know whether the interrogation technique known as water boarding amounts to torture. His response has rais

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Water may seem harmless, colorless, odorless, transparent. 水也许看似无害、无色、无味、透明。 Water may seem harmless, but it kills millions of people every year all around the world, just like that, silently, quietly. When only a li

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By Greg Flakus Mexico City 22 March 2006 watch Water Forum report At the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City, 11,000 people representing 130 nations have been looking for ways to protect the vital

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Africa Major Player at World Water Forum African ministers say water is vital to improving health and economic development on the continent. Africa placed high on the agenda at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France, March 12-17. Bai-Mas Taal

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Residents of Nairobi Slums Face Daily Water Challenges When the water tap threatens to run dry in this Nairobi slum, tensions rise. Women, waiting for their turn to fill their 20-liter containers of water, fight as they fear not being able to fill he

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Water Scarcity Root of Darfur Conflict The conflict in Western Sudan's Darfur region erupted more than eight years ago. It has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced an estimated two million people. Disputes over scarce water and grazin

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Asian Water Summit Focuses on Security, Disaster There was no sign of a water shortage here in northern Thailand as delegates gathered for the Asia-Pacific Water summit. But inside, there was talk about an impending crisis facing Asia. For the region

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep with the deeper meaning of water spinach. It's a staple food among some Asian-American families - they use them in stir-fries and soups - but it's grown commercially in only a few parts of the United States.

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A consortium of more than 60 international non-governmental organizations says it will launch a global campaign on the Right to Water on March 22, which is World Water Day. The activists say they want the United Nations to begin negotiations for a le

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By Mil Arcega Washington, D.C. 12 July 2007 New York has joined the growing list of cities urging Americans to stop buying bottled water.The city recently launched an advertising campaign asking people to trade their bottled water for ordinary tap w

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 15 April 2008 The European Union and several key Danube organizations are urging countries along the river Danube to prevent irreversible damage to the waterway, warning the growing pollution could endanger drinking water for s

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A number of wells providing water for Christchurch city were damaged during the September 4th earthquake. Christchurch residents are fortunate. The water that comes out of taps in peoples homes is pure and natural because it comes from under the grou

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By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 11 December 2007 The Asian Development Bank says that governments in the region need to improve the management of water resources to avoid a crisis in water security. Claudia Blume reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hon

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Chen Fengying is the director of World Economy Center with China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. She says cooperation related to water resources is one of the priorities of the meeting, and locals will enjoy benefits from such coo

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