By Derek Kilner Nairobi 29 February 2008 Following the signing of a power-sharing agreement the mood in Kenya's capital is one of relief and hope that life will begin to return to normal. But as Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, there is an awarenes

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

If you want a job that carries prestige, look down the block to the nearest firehouse. Firefighters ranked as the most prestigious occupation according to the latest Harris Interactive Poll. Almost tw

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Angelina Jolie has beaten the likes of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Hillary Clinton and even the Queen to be named the most admired woman in the world. 近日,安吉丽娜朱莉(Angelina Jolie)击败诺贝尔和平奖得主马拉拉

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1. Congress is set to vote today on last week's budget deal which last until September. Next, lawmakers will start the budget battle for 2012, which maybe a tougher fight than this fight that almost shut down the government. Republican and White Hous

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 27 March 2008 An Indonesian court has acquitted the late dictator Suharto in a civil case but found his charity foundation guilty of graft and ordered it to repay the government more than $100 million in state funds. V

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By Sonja Pace London 22 June 2007 British Prime Minister Tony Blair steps down June 27th after a decade in power during which he re-energized his Labor Party, embarked on an interventionist foreign policy and forged ever-closer ties with the United S

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U.S. lawmakers have accused major credit rating agencies of serious failures in how they assessed mortgage-backed securities and other investments. Executives of major firms, and former employees testified at a congressional hearing, the latest to e

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said broad, coordinated global action is key to repairing the damaged credit markets and lifting the world out of recession. He said the Obama administration wants Congress to act quickly on legislation that

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Now, add more, let's, let's continue emotional cheating here for a second, (Yes. )alright? It, it hit a nerve with those people. What'd the women in the poll say? Which would bother them more, emotion

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调查显示:沃尔玛最能代表美国 Half the respondents of a new poll say taxing the richest Americans by at least 50 percent is a great idea, while more than a third consider Twitter a fad that will likely fade. Those are among the findings

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退休后去哪里?澳洲最受青睐 Australia ranks tops for retirement Australia is the country most workers and retirees around the world would like to live in 20 years' time, an international survey found. Australia is the country most workers

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 08 February 2007 International law enforcement authorities now meeting in Los Angeles say the problem of violent street gangs crosses borders. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, officials from Canada, Mexico, and Central A

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傻瓜们使用手机请注意 The jury is still out on the relationship between cell phone use and brain tumors. But the American Association of Neurological Surgeons has issued a statement to remind people that cell phones present lots of other r

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TOKYO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Japan's main opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is likely to win nearly 300 seats in the House of Representatives election held on Sunday, according to the latest poll released Thursday. The LDP, headed b

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Muslim groups are accusing Australian soldiers in Afghanistan of cultural insensitivity and violating rules on treating prisoners. The Australian defense minister and soldiers' groups say the treatment was lawful and not inhumane. From Sydney, Phil

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

幸福的源泉:你的另一半 一项在情人节发布的全球调查显示,将近三分之二的夫妻和情侣认为他们的另一半是幸福生活的最重要源泉。近一半的单身族最渴望找到自己的爱人,约45%的单身者说

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The village is full of the colour of white, and noises Acacia flowers are blooming, attracting the wings of bees To be covered with pollens of the sunshine If you mix acacia flowers with flour and steam it We take a short cut to get ahead of the bees

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KIEV, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Chocolate King Petro Poroshenko has won Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday with an absolute majority, exit polls showed. Poroshenko won 55.9 percent of the vote, ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko 12.9 percent of the v

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Workers are most happy with their jobs at the age of 32, according to a new survey. 最近调查表明,人们在32岁时对职业的满意度达到顶峰。 The findings suggest that the period before family responsibilities kick in is the time of

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is seeing a surge in support among voters, with poll numbers released Tuesday suggesting his approval rating is nearing the 50 percent mark. According to a national survey done by CNN/ORC In

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