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Lesson 30 Adventures of Ideas 大胆的想法 Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decays. There is a widespread estimony that this ominous fact is due to inherent biological defects in the crowded life of cities. Now, slowly and at first
图片1 peak n.山顶,顶点,(记录的)最高峰 adj.量高的 v.到达最高点 例句:Tourism is at its peak in August. 旅游业在八月份达到高峰。 summit n.顶点,最高阶层 adj. 政府首脑的 例句:The mountai
accumulate积聚 affluent丰富的 anecdote轶事 appliance用品 barren贫瘠 canvas画布 culminate达到高潮,告终 cumulative累积的 filter过滤 fundamental基本的 fruition实现 massive大量的 monopoly垄断 nourishment营养 proficie
Annan Unveils Comprehensive UN Reform Plan Secretary General Kofi Annan has unveiled a sweeping plan to reform the United Nations and sharply increase its authority in world affairs. From U.N. headqua
Most of the winners on the fifth full day of competition at the Beijing Olympics will come from sports not widely followed. But as VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from the Chinese capital, their victories will mean as much as the gold medals claimed in
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 26 February 2007 Women's activists and government delegates from around the world are meeting at the United Nations to develop a strategy for ending discrimination and violence against girls. From U.N. headquarters, V
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Tuesday urged his Republican opponent, Senator John McCain, to stop questioning his character and patriotism. Obama spoke to the same veterans group in Florida that McCain addressed the day before when
London Not Gripped by Olympic Fever At Trafalgar Square, in the heart of the city, the official Olympic countdown clock gets a steady stream of people posing for pictures. But most of them are foreign tourists. Many Londoners appear indifferent, worr
Globes showing environmental challenges are lining the National Mall for Earth Day activities. Week-long activities to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in the United States have kicked off with an eco-village on the National Mall and gre
AILSA CHANG, HOST: A prototype space station, put into orbit by China, will soon be falling back to Earth. It is the size of a city bus. No one knows where parts of it will land although regions of the continental U.S. are in the potential crash zone
By Nico Colombant Dakar 21 January 2007 Mauritania The large sparsely populated desert country of West Africa, Mauritania, has held a senate election as part of a post-coup process to bring about civilian rule. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our r
By Robert Berger Bethlehem 24 December 2007 Palestinians in Jerusalem marched through the streets of Bethlehem Monday celebrating the Eve of Christmas, the day before the traditional birth of Jesus Christ. Robert Berger is in Bethlehem and filed this
By Phil Mercer Sydney 05 September 2007 There has been commuter chaos in parts of Australia's biggest city, a result of the tightest security the country has ever seen. The disruption to daily life, caused by this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Coopera
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 15 October 2007 Thomas Sankara, the charismatic former president of West Africa's Burkina Faso who gave the country its name, will be memorialized alongside the celebrations for progress made under the current rule of President
By Greg Flakus Chicago 06 February 2008 Voters went to the polls and to caucuses in more than 20 states, Tuesday, providing both Democratic presidential candidates, New York Senator Hillary Clinton and Illinois Senator Barack Obama, with significant
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 01 March 2006 Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Ash Wednesday to mark the start of the Catholic Church's period of Lent. He said the Christian response to the violence that thre
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 15 July 2007 Bangladesh's army-backed interim administration has completed six months in power. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the government's widely hailed crackdown on corruption has earned it public suppor
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 18 September 2009 Israeli women receive food aid for Jewish new year holiday in Jerusalem, 17 Sep 2009 The High Holy Days have begun in Israel. Israel is marking Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, beginning 10 days of rep
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain were the big winners Tuesday in presidential primaries in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. 竞争美国民主党总统候选人提名的奥巴马和共和党提名的麦凯恩都在星期
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 March 2008 Pope Benedict XVI made a strong appeal for peace in Iraq at the end of Palm Sunday mass in Saint Peter's Square. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome thousands of people took part in the service, whi