VOA慢速英语 2007 1226a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. What do you think of health in your country? Researchers asked people in forty-seven countries around the world. They also asked them what they think of the efforts of donor nations. The findings are in

应聘电信行业高级经理的英文求职信

Wilma A. Davidson 102 Senneca Drive Fairlawn, NJ 18227 Mr. Stephen R. Troutsman Vice President MIS lri Star Manufacturing, Inc. 600 Commerce Street Newark, NJ 18223 Dear Mr. lroutsman: Enclosed is my resume outlining more than 15 years extensive expe

联合国维和摊款中国占10.2% 仅次于美国

China is set to be the second-largest country to share UN peacekeeping costs from 2016 to 2018, just behind the US, accounting for 10.3% of the total, according to the Under-Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations, Herve Ladsous. 联合国负责

做职场中的最强者

访谈录,最强,职场,I think if you wanna get some excitement in your life, you ought to become a leader. How do you influence others? How do you make a difference in their life and the organizations that you are gonna le

世贸:标志性贸易协定生效

GENEVA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Director-General announced Wednesday that the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) has entered into force after two thirds of members completed their domestic ratification process. This m

当局否认二胎政策五月实施

Song Shuli is a National Health and Family Planning Commission spokesperson: This speculation is without foundation. The family planning strategy should be maintained, as the size of the population puts pressure on resources, the environment, as well

EU leaders hold broad talks on growth

BRUSSELS, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Top leaders of the European Union (EU) Thursday held broad talks on growth without making concrete decisions on the first day of the two-day spring summit in Brussels, against the backdrop of easing market pressure but

China's healthcare reform tasks completed

BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Missions set in a three-year plan for China's healthcare reform program in the 2009-2011 period have been completed on schedule, according to a new official report. The report said the reform efforts have brought about pr

英国伊朗重开各自驻对方大使馆

TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran and Britain agreed on Sunday to enhance cooperation as their embassies reopened in each other's capital after nearly four years of closure. The embassies in Tehran and London are reopened at the level of charge de aff

G20峰会重要议程:促进经济增长,反对恐怖主义

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday urged G20 leaders to focus on growth strategies in their summit in the Turkish seaside resort of Antalya. 土耳其总统雷杰普塔伊普埃尔多安星期日在土耳其海岸城市安塔利亚举行的

希腊联盟领导人改组内阁

ATHENS, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Greece's two partite coalition government leaders proceeded with a cabinet reshuffle, a government spokesman announced on Monday after a meeting between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and socialist PASOK party head Evangel

Pentagon scraps rule prohibiting women from combat

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday announced as part of the department's plans to remove gender-based barriers to service, the Pentagon is to rescind a 1994 rule that prohibits women from assignment to dir

泰国军方召集对立各方会谈

BANGKOK A day after Thailand's army chief declared martial law, he gathered top politicians and protest leaders for talks in Bangkok. The talks are intended to try to break the six-month political deadlock that continues to damage the countrys econom

委内瑞拉简化存取外币提高最低工资标准

CARACAS, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela is working to simplify the process for private companies to buy U.S. dollars and other foreign currencies, National Foreign Trade Center (Cencoex) President Alejandro Flemming said Tuesday. The Cencoex, which o

Logitech halts production of Google TV: report

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Logitech, a provider of personal peripherals for computers and other digital platforms, said its production of Google TV was a big mistake, giving a major blow to Google's aspiration to change the traditional TV exp

印度3D斑马线提醒减速慢行

The Indian government may use 3D paintings as virtual speed-breakers on major highways and roads, in a bid to check speeding and rash driving, and ultimately make its deadly roads a little safer. 为了抑制超速、变灯冲刺等驾驶行为，并最

经济学人:欧元区改革: 中肯的提议(2)

The Franco-German compromise gives the nod to various proposals from the European Commission. 法德做出妥协，认可欧洲委员会的各种提议。 The first involves reforms to the euro zone's sovereign bailout fund, the European Stability Me

President Hu meets HK's new chief executive

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao Wednesday told Leung Chun-ying, the newly appointed chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), that the central government has high hopes on him and will give its all-out

Top Taliban arrested in Pakistan

One of the highest ranking Taliban officials in Pakistan has been arrested with four other militants in the country's north-west, officials say. Muslim Khan was a key spokesman for the Taliban as well as being one of the most senior militant command

奥巴马呼吁两党努力加快经济增长

奥巴马呼吁两党努力加快经济增长 WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday said bipartisan efforts were critical to bolster the nation's economic growth despite recent progress made on job creation and manuf