Ivory Coast Fights Child Labor on Cocoa Plantations 关注象牙海岸可可童工 ABIDJAN Seventy percent of the worlds cocoa comes from West Africa, most of it from Ivory Coast. Child labor on cocoa plantations has been well documented and persists

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(三月)

AS IT IS 2016-04-13 #EqualPayDay Brings Attention to Wage Differences 美国同工同酬日关注男女工资差异 This is Whats Trending Today Tuesday was National Equal Pay Day in the United States. The day is designed to bring attention to wage d

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Malala Yousafzai, thank you for joining us. Tell us what inspired you, at such a young age, to start speaking out for girls' education in really such a dangerous environment. MALALA YOUSAFZAI: First of all, my father inspired me, because he's a great

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GWEN IFILL: We're bombarded with advertising every day on TV, online, or just walking around the neighborhood. That's no accident. The ad business spends over $160 billion a year on it. But even before the ad reaches your smartphone or whatever, manu

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MARGARET WARNER: Finally tonight: new rules requiring healthier snacks to be sold in schools beginning next year.Ray Suarez has the story. RAY SUAREZ: Estimates suggest that many kids consume at least half their daily calories while at school. The ne

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This year's show has been highlighted by a number of luxury and concept vehicles on display. Among them, self-driving vehicles were one of the big draws. Two self-driving cars developed by Chang'an Automotive Group became a focus as they were driven

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187 印尼局势倍受关注 Security Concerns Rise in Indonesia Patricia Nunan Jakarta 17 Jul 2001 12:19 UTC Thousands of Indonesian police and soldiers put on a show of force just days before a 1)po

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How many times do you check your Moments or Facebook page in a day to see whether your latest post has got another like or thumbs up? 你一天会检查多少次你的朋友圈或脸书,查看你最新发布的状态是否得到了他人的喜欢或点

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

China's Ministry of Science and Technology has started planning a five-year air pollution prevention and control project. According to the draft, the focus of air pollution control should be shifted from simply responding to heavy smog to a coordinat

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WASHINGTON This week will bring a renewed focus on the flawed U.S. government website where Americans are supposed to sign up for private health care insurance. The so-called Obamacare website is apparently functioning better, but far from perfectly,

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Employers Are Looking at Your Social Media 雇主正在关注你的社交媒体 If you grew up with social media, then your parents and teachers warned you throughout your life about the damage you can do to your reputation online. But, will prospect

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Anbang Insurance Group, which this week bought New Yorks Waldorf Astoria hotel for $1.9bn, has a big thing going for it in its home market: its founder and chairman is the grandson-in-law of Deng Xiaoping, architect of modern China. 本周以19.5亿美

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This week large parts of England and Wales have fallen under the spell of a hazy sky. The Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) said pollution in the southeast of England, including London, reached nine on a scale of 10. Jill Mea

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WASHINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The White House expressed its concern Monday over the protests in Turkey, urging all parties to refrain from violence. We continue to follow the events in Turkey closely and with concern, said White House spokesman Jay

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The Democratic presidential candidates said Saturday they are focused on the U.S. economy and defeating the Islamic State group as their top priorities. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said the United States cannot be thought of as the police of the w

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FATIMA TLISOVA: Whatever you investigate in the North Caucasus is going to caught the attention of the authorities because corruption is widespread. So wherever you turn, you're going to be in the center of the attention if you are trying to do your

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把握文章结构大意 文章结构是做阅读题整体思路的关键。掌握了文章结构就知道文章大体的行文脉络,文章的大体意思也差不多了。文章的结构类型以及标志词,以及文章结构类型和主旨题之

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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANYThe leaders of seven major industrialized democracies are meeting for their annual summit, with the first day devoted to the global economy and talks to liberalize trade rules. But the meeting will also focus on the con

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Oocyte cryopreservation, or egg freezing, is a procedure where a woman's ovum are removed, frozen and placed in long-term storage. When the woman is ready to become pregnant, the eggs can be thawed, fertilized and transferred into her uterus. The tec

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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANYPresident Barack Obama will try to rally the Group of Seven partners to extend sanctions on Russia for its continuing involvement in Ukraine as the nations' leaders gather Sunday in Germany to begin a two-day summit. Ge

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