Nigeria's health, education, agriculture and governance sectors will get an extra assist from the United States. The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, announced $89 million in additional development assistance to Nigeria to continu

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(二月)

Most of the tens of thousands of people plucked from the Mediterranean this week have been taken to ports on the Italian coast. They are severely dehydrated, usually malnourished and suffering from infections and skin diseases. 从地中海地区一涌

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Thirteen years ago, 十三年前, we set ourselves a goal to end poverty. 我们设了一个目标, 结束贫困。 After some success, 在取得一些小成功后, we've hit a big hurdle. 我们遇到了瓶颈。 The aftermath of the financial c

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲国际问题篇

叙利亚难民逃离拉卡地区 The lines of cars are long as people wait tensely, trying to escape Raqqa where international airstrikes rain down on Islamic State targets. Civilians here are heading north in search of refuge in Kurdish-held areas.

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In 1993, US forces were part of a United Nations mission to end the civil war and humanitarian crisis in Somalia. But in October, an operation by elite American troops in Mogadishu met fierce resistance. It was made famous by the film Black Hawk Dow

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英音模仿秀

Books and Arts 《图书和艺术》版块 Johnson: Lost without translation 约翰逊:因没有翻译而错失 Language problems bedevil the international response to crises 语言问题困扰着国际社会对危机的反应 Sitting on a muddy fl

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Angelina Jolie 安吉丽娜朱莉 Most people are familiar with the movie star Angelina Jolie. Her stunning features, casual look and glowing personality are hard to miss even if you are not a tabloid reader or a movie buff; she just stands out; it i

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经济学家Eleni Gabre-Madhin概述了她将在埃塞俄比亚建立第一个商品市场的雄心愿景。她的计划将会创造财富,把农民的风险降到最低,并把世界最大的食品援助接受国转变成一个地区性的食品篮

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今天我们要学的词是assistance。Assistance, 是帮助的意思。美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿星期天表示, The Obama administration stands ready to offer 'any type of assistance' to Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi, 美国政府

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今天我们要学的词是refugee。 Refugee, 是难民的意思。refugee camp 是难民营。外国人在南非受到攻击,造成数千人出逃。分析人士说, This is a classic refugee situation, 这是典型的难民情况。 最近,乍

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今天我们要学的词是catastrophe。 Catastrophe, 是灾难的意思。 Humanitarian catastrophe, 就是人道主义灾难。缅甸发生强热带风暴后,国际慈善机构乐施会警告说,缅甸已经处于一场公共健康灾难的边缘

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此次演讲流露出的幽默感和人道主义跟在他的纪录电影难以忽视的真相如出一辙,戈尔阐明了15种应对气候危机立马有效的方法而且简单易行,从购买混合动力产品到发明新产品替代碳排放产品

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The Leaders and Representatives of Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America made the following statement on the margins of the Group of 20 Nations Lea

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The latest sign of deepening crisis in Venezuela? McDonald's has been forced to suspend sales of Big Macs in the country because it can't source one of the burger's key components. 这是委内瑞拉危机日益加重的最新迹象吗?由于委内瑞

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Iran says it has released a retired Canadian-Iranian professor, who had been detained on security charges. 伊朗表示,释放了一名伊朗裔加拿大退休教授。此人先前因安全指控被拘留。 A foreign ministry spokesman, quoted by

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For Safeena Husain, who runs Educate Girls, the process was as satisfying as the results. 对于女孩教育行动的创始人Safeena Husain而言,该项目的进程和结果一样令人满意。 Instead of having to send tedious reports to a donor

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The true humanitarian in the Merlyn family was my wife Rebecca. 我家真正的慈善家,是我的妻子丽贝卡 Many of you here knew her. 在座许多人都知道她 She tirelessly devoted herself to helping those less fortunate in the glades. 她

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Well, President Obama recently gave a major foreign policy speech at the West Point Military Academy in which he outlined his plan to forge counterterrorism partnerships with US allies in different regions of the world. The White House is now seeking

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Francis Firebrace is an Aboriginal storyteller of the Yorta Yorta people in Australia.As wellas telling stories, he is an inspirational speaker, an entertainer and an artist.He also describes himself as a passionate humanitarian. He has entertained a

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前前后后干了近二十年的翻译工作,近几年我在翻译和校对中的体会尤其深刻,也积累了一些素材,想与年轻同仁分享,以便共勉:翻译是一种职业,很平淡;但它是一座桥梁,很重要;它还

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