IN THE NEWS - 'The United States Will Not Retreat From the World,' Bush SaysBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, February 04, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. George Bu

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(二)月

For much of its brief existence, South Sudan has been has been mired in a civil war, a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and forced some 4 million to flee their homes, creating Africa's worst refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan g

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1. At least seven people have been killed in severe weather that tore through the Midwest. Some of the worst damage was in Parkersburg, Iowa where homes and a high school were destroyed. Forecasters are keeping an eye out for more severe weather tod

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Angela: Would you like ... to tell me about it? Denise: Yes, I think ... it's rather a unique experience, actually. I was in New York, er, er, a few years ago and I wanted to read a particular poem, s

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Another concern is the sheer size of the proposed deal. 另一个担忧则是拟议交易的绝对规模。 The largest buyout to date, the takeover by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts of RJR Nabisco in 1989, was worth $64bn in today's money. 迄今为止,规

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The world this week-Politics 本周政治要闻 The shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines jet, apparently by pro-Russian rebels fighting Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine, changed the parameters of the five-month conflict. 马航飞机被击落显然是

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Anti-Gadhafi forces in Libya are consolidating their hold on the capital and other parts of the country even as pro-Gadhafi fighters put up fierce resistance. Recent developments have given many Libyans who had fled the fighting hope that it is safe

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NATO has resumed airstrikes on the Libyan capital after a brief layoff, hitting several targets late Tuesday. Witnesses say they heard loud explosions(爆炸) in the center of Tripoli and saw plumes of smoke. Libyan state media say the bombings hit c

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The Indian government is promising to increase efforts against corruption(腐败), which has emerged as a major challenge for the country. India's president made the commitment(承诺,保证) during an address to parliament, which was stalled

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For the second time this month, Bangladesh was hit Sunday by a general strike that closed shops and businesses and interfered with transportation. The 36-hour work stoppage was called by the opposition(反抗对立) Bangladesh Nationalist Party a

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Margaret Thatcher (nee Margaret Roberts) was born in 1925 in England. Her father owned two local grocery stores, which is where she first developed her business sense. The young Margaret had a strict religious upbringing. She studied chemistry and th

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Robert Mugabe has served as Zimbabwe's leader since 1980. He was Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and has been President since 1987. He became a hero across Africa after leading rebel forces to victory against white minority rule in the 1970s. In rec

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One of the most closely-watched U.S. Supreme Court cases in years began Monday as oral arguments got under way in a legal challenge to President Barack Obamas health care law - the signature achievement of his presidency so far. Analysts say the outc

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Months after Iranian opposition leaders denounced acts of torture and rape at the infamous Kahrizak detention center, the country's parliament has released a report detailing incidents of mistreatment and suspicious deaths. Notorious former Tehran pr

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HARI SREENIVASAN: The coming battle for the ISIS capital, Raqqa, in Syria is beginning to take shape; 400 additional American troops, Marines and some Army Rangers will join 500 U.S. special operations troops already on the ground, with an array of T

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The ceremony will take place in Romania today to activate a key part of an American missile defense system. It's designed to protect NATO countries in Europe from ballistic missile attack from Middle East. Jonathan Bill reports. America spent 800 mil

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Ukraine is holding ceremonies to mark the 30th anniversary of Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear accident. Siren sounded at the exact moment of the first explosion in the plant's reactor in April 1986, from Ukraine, Tom Burridge. Candles were lit a

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Middle east and Afica: Inheritance in Zimbabwe: Why widows get evicted? 中东和非洲:津巴布韦的遗产:遗孀为何被驱逐? The scourge of in-laws robbing the bereaved 姻亲剥夺遗孀(财产)的根源 Activist, firebrand and fem

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Banyan 菩提 The long arms of the law 法律的长臂 Across Asia, judges are having too much say in politics 在亚洲,法官对政治施加了过多影响 AFTER nearly three years, Yingluck Shinawatra's stint as prime minister of Thailand drew t

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Turkey's election 土耳其大选 How big will the protest vote be? 反对票会占多大比例? Why the ruling AK party may not do as well on June 7th as in the past 土耳其执政党正义与发展党在6月7日大选的表现为何会不如以往

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