今天要学的词是snag。Snag的原意是暗礁。一艘船碰到暗礁就搁浅了。所以, snag也就是障碍;什么东西卡住了,动不了了。一个新电影在华盛顿首次演出,来了许多电影明星。报纸报导说:The

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Global Pollution Trends According to a recent report by the UNEP 1 , if car numbers keep increasing at the present rate, there will be more than a billion on the road by 2025. Today, motor vehicles pu

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - U.N. Says Aid, Economic Growth Fail to Cut Poverty in Poorest NationsBy Brianna Blake Broadcast: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:00:00 UTC I'm Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Develop

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59 第56届联合国大会将于周二召开 IN THE NEWS - September 8, 2001: UN General AssemblyBy Jerilyn Watson (start at 1'07

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UN: Ecuador Struggling to Deal With Venezuelan Refugees The United Nations refugee agency is increasing its efforts in Ecuador to help the government deal with a large number of people from Venezuela. The office of the United Nations High Commissione

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Ailing UN 联合国状态不准 The United Nations is at a

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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon will travel to Pakistan(巴基斯坦) to visit the country's flood-ravaged areas on Saturday, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said here on Friday. The spokesman noted, however, tha

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Stereotypes are usually the last thing to change in the face of contradictory evidence. A case in point is the long held belief that boys are better at mathematics than girls. Well a meta-analysis to be published in the journal Psychological Bulletin

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BANGKOK, Aug. 29 (Xinhua)-- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Thursday that Thailand is committed to further strengthening the strategic partnership between China and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). In an exclusive int

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about W.E.B. Du Bois. He was an African-American writer, teacher and protest leader. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: William Edward Bur

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IN THE NEWS - UN Seeks $187 Million in Aid for the Victims of Cyclone in Burma Appeal is to help meet the needs of more than 1.5 million people over the next six months. Transcript of radio broadcast: 09 May 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special E

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Robert Zoellick is President Bush's choice to head the World Bank. He is fifty-three years old and currently a vice chairman at Goldman Sachs, the New York investment bank. He has held a number of

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rinderpest, foot-and-mouth disease and bluetongue disease are all animal viruses that can ruin a farmer. An outbreak of one disease is bad enough. Britain has been dealing with foot-and-mouth -- an

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi

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NASA Satellites Help Protect Developing Nations Satellite technology is the newest tool for helping developing countries deal with climate change and natural disasters. Satellites can measure conditions on the ground and share the data with communiti

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AS IT IS 2016-01-24 Fake Reports of Fish Caught Harms Economy, Environment 过量捕鱼危害经济和环境 The amount of fish caught worldwide is much larger than has been reported. And that could mean serious problems for the environment and natio

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Should We Torture Suspects for Information? 我们应该拷问嫌疑犯的信息吗? People are divided about whether governments should torture people suspected of terrorism. Torture involves severe physical or emotional pain to gain information f

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AS IT IS 2016-03-20 Israeli and US Jews: Alike and Different 以色列与美国的犹太人:相似与不同 Jews in Israel and the United States share pride in their religion, says the Pew Research Center. But there are also differences in how they v

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AS IT IS 2016-03-08 World Fails to Educate Its Girls 世界对女性教育的不重视 Nearly twice as many girls are denied an education as boys. That is according to a new report by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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> 53 限制废气排放以整治环境污染 DATE=8-10-01 TITLE=ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Climate Change Agreement BYLINE=Mario Ritter (Start at 59

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