Doctors, Nurses Continue to Provide Care at Damaged Sirte Hospital The destruction of Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, Sirte, during Libya's revolution included significant damage to the city's main hospital, where a small crew of intrepid doctors and nur

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week marked Barack Obama's first month as president -- and his first major action as commander-in-chief. He approved seventeen thousand more troops for Afghanistan. The security situation is getting w

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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 28 February 2006 The Kremlin's hand-picked prime minister of Chechnya has submitted his resignation, clearing the way for a possible replacement by acting prime minister, and lo

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It's Going to Make You Proud One Day 有一天你会为此骄傲 选自:Scent of a Woman《女人香》 ■和人争辩常常觉得自己的语言缺乏力量,总想用最强有力的音量和言语来战胜对方,更何况在一个众目睽睽的场合下。这一段戏发生在大学礼堂里,上校落地有声的话语让听者有种

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 11 October 2006 Police officers inspect the ruins of a nightclub destroyed by an explosion in Denpasar, Bali, in this Oct. 13, 2002 photo The threat of terrorist attacks is still alive in Indonesia. Security experts a

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Century-Old Sailor Songs Delight Crowds Peter Kasin has been on staff with San Francisco's Maritime National Historical Park for 20 years. Like other park rangers, he escorts sightseers and ensures their safety during their visits. But there's one pa

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By Rachel Abrams New York 24 April 2007 Spoken word poetry - a mix of rap, storytelling and poetry - has captured the attention and talents of many New York City teenagers. In some instances, it has changed their lives completely. Correspondent Barba

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ENVIRONMENT REPORT -August 9, 2002: US Proposes Ban on Snakehead Fish By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. American Interior Secretary Gale Norton has proposed a ban on

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 健康与环境

By George Dwyer Washington, D.C. 24 July 2006 watch Google profit report Google Inc., the U.S.-based web search firm, announced last week its profits have more than doubled in the most recent quarter. The company has managed to avoid the seasonal sl

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Augie: Todays the day. Im giving you the heads up . Our company is rolling out its new line of cell phones. Lillian: I can see youre excited about it. Whats so special about the new products? Augie: This line of phones has state-of- the-art technolog

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. True or false? Potatoes are root vegetables. False. Potatoes are underground stems called tubers. Most kinds of potatoes can be planted during cool weather. But John Masiunas of the University of I

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Everyone knows that ships are a favorite target of pirates. But another problem takes place under the sea and often gets less attention: fish piracy. The technical term is illegal, unreported and u

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some of the longest-lasting effects of colonization can be found in the health of the native people who were colonized. Indigenous and aboriginal groups are often less healthy than the people whose

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Agriculture report - Project in DRC Aims to Increase Fertilizer Use This is the VOA Special English Agriculture report. North Kivu is a war-torn province that used to be called the breadbasket of the Congo. Now, some farmers are being trained to incr

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By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 21 February 2007 watch New Discovery Center One of the newest attractions for visitors to Florida, the southernmost point in the continental United States, celebrates the undersea world in and around the famous Florida K

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By Liu Enming Washington, DC 29 December 2006 watch Tiny Literary Giant After publishing her first book when she was only seven, Adora Svitak was dubbed a Tiny Literary Giant by Diane Sawyer of Good Morning America. For producer Liu Enming, Elaine L

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 22 November 2006 Reconstruction in central and southern Iraq has been hindered by the ongoing violence. But in northern Iraq's relatively calm Kurdistan region, some 2,000 South Korean troops are on a mission to help

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By Scott Stearns White House 25 August 2007 President George W. Bush speaks to Veterans of Foreign Wars, 22 Aug 2007 In his weekly radio address Saturday, President Bush says U.S. troop reinforcements in Iraq are helping to reduce sectarian violence

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By Patricia Nunan/Kate Pound Dawson Kathmandu/Hong Kong 21 April 2006 Tens of thousands of protesters covered the main road surrounding Kathmandu, demanding that Nepal's King Gyanendra give up the con

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The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has now ended, with the top general's spokesman confirming to VOA that all the combat troops sent in last year to bolster security efforts have ended their tours of duty and left the country. But according to the Pentago

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