IN THE NEWS - Iraq War Ends, an Uncertain Future Begins 新闻报道 - 伊拉克战争结束,伊拉克前途未卜 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This week, the war in Iraq officially en

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AZUZ: In the Middle Eastern country of Iraq, about two-thirds of the population is Shia Muslim and one-third is Sunni Muslim. The country's second largest religion is Christianity, but at an estimated 8/10 of one percent of the population. Though Chr

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US and Allies Consider Ways to Help Iraqi Refugees 美国及其盟友想办法帮助伊拉克难民 The U.S. and its allies are discussing ways to rescue thousands of Iraqi civilians trapped on a mountaintop in northern Iraq. They are mostly members

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战争,干旱威胁伊拉克沼泽地 Drought that has stretched for two decades means less fresh water flowing into the marshes. As water levels fall, salinity goes up, leading to fish kills. The lack of fresh water has also pushed Marsh Arabs who o

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Thirty years ago, on March 16, 1988, and just before the start of the al-Anfal operation, the regime of then-President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, committed one of the worst atrocities of the modern era: the murder by poison gas of thousands of civilian

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Iraqi officials say they have postponed a key national conference that was scheduled to start on Saturday. The aim was to choose a special council to oversee the new interim government. 伊拉克官员说,他们推迟了原定星期六举行的一次

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Bush administration officials continue to react to a complaint from an American soldier headed for Iraq that U.S. forces deployed for battle there are not getting the vehicle armor they need to protect themselves from attacks. The issue came up durin

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President Bush has awarded America's highest civilian honor to three men who were instrumental in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. 美国总统布什把美国非军人最高荣誉奖章授予了三个在伊拉克战争中曾起到关键作用的美国人

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President Bush says American voters ratified his stand on Iraq when they re-elected him in November, and there is no need to hold officials accountable for any miscalculations or mistakes in judgment either before or after the invasion. The comments

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Albanian 阿尔巴尼亚人 Algeria 阿尔及利亚 Algiers 阿尔及尔(阿尔及利亚首都) OPEC=Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 石油输出国组织 Amman 安曼(约旦王国首

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今天我们要学的词组是backup。作为形容词,backup的意思是后备,替代。媒体报道说,布什总统实施新的伊拉克计划之后,一些州长在白宫询问布什和参谋长联席会议主席Peter Pace有没有后备计划

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今天我们要学的词是price tag。 Price tag, 是标价的意思。美国国会的报告说,美国在伊拉克战争上已经投入了大约6480亿美元。 The total cost of the Iraq War is approaching the price tag of the Vietnam War, 伊拉克

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Iraqi officials say much work is needed to secure and restore the port of Umm Qasr in the oil-rich province of Basra. They charge criminals and corrupt officials have been working together to siphon off wealth while terrorists are sabotaging reconstr

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Protesters in several US cities held anti-war rallies Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, March 20th. More rallies are planned in coming days in other U.S. cities. Several thousand joined an anti-war protest in Lo

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Demonstrations against the war in Iraq have been held across the United States on the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion. Several thousand protesters gathered near major landmarks and federal buildings in Washington. 美国领导的伊拉克战

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The war in Iraq took center stage in the U.S. presidential election campaign Wednesday on the fifth anniversary of the start of the conflict. 星期三是伊拉克战争爆发五周年。在这一天,伊拉克战争成为美国总统竞选的中心议

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Heavy fighting has been raging in Basra following a major pre-dawn offensive by thousands of Iraqi troops against Shi'ite militias in the southern city. Iraqi officials say at least 12 people have been killed and 18 wounded in the clashes, but the nu

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今天我们要讲两个由paper发展而来的习惯用语。大家知paper是纸。Paper也可以作动词。例如在下面的习惯用语里:paper over。 Paper作动词的时候解释用纸复盖,所以paper over就是用纸遮掩什么了。

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We start with some breaking news. The first video footage of the man believed to be the leader of the ISIS, the militant group which has taken control of large part of Syria and Iraq. This is the material that was posted online. But it appears to sho

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