知名博主建议美国减少干涉 The Civil War in Syria and the Islamic State groups rapid seizure of land in both Syria and Iraq have challenged and confused Western policymakers. One way of understanding what is happening there is to look at Ce

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(十二月)

Scientists Fear Non-Pest Insects are Declinin Butterflies are as beautiful as the flowers they feed on.But they appear to be less abundant than in years past and that has scientists worried.Because butterflies, bees and other beneficial bugs pollinat

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塞内加尔推行生育间隔 或可减少贫困 On a busy day at the Fith Mith Clinic in a suburb of Gudiawaye, just outside of Dakar, MamyDiop had just given birth to her third child, only one year and three months after the previous.She did not k

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智能鞋帮助减少医院感染 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that, in 2011, about 75,000 hospital patients in the U.S. died of causes related to healthcare-associated infections, or HAI for short. One French hospital is t

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Poverty Shaves Years off Life贫穷是疾病的一大根源 Back in 2011 member countries of the World Health Organization, the WHO, came up with a plan to cut mortality from noncommunicable diseases 25 percent by the year 2025. The program was thus

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英国每日邮报:锻炼能使人们更积极地看待周围的环境,从而减少我们对未知情况的担忧,从而减少焦虑. 运动有助于减少焦虑情绪 The Daily Mail: Regular exercise may help those who see their environments as thre

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This is AP News Minute. President Trump is expected to clear the way for the publication of a GOP-authored memo, over FBI objections according to White House officials. The 4-page document alleges surveillance abuses during the FBI investigation into

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The United Nations World Food Program has to drastically cut the number of hungry North Koreans it feeds because of a lack of international funding and new restrictions imposed by Pyongyang. 由于缺少国际资金和平壤新实施的限制,联合国

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主餐一道:泛听练习 以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握

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If you're not already convinced that regular exercise is important to stay healthy, now there is yet another reason to break a sweat, especially if you're a woman: breast cancer. Several studies have linked exercise to lowering the risk of developing

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US Central Bank May Cut Economic Stimulus 美央行可能减少经济刺激措施 Investors are watching nervously as the U.S. central bank considers when to reduce its efforts to stimulate the economy. Many economists predict that the cuts will come

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The United States is continuing diplomatic contacts for a Gaza cease-fire despite Israel's rejection of a French-proposed 48-hour truce. President Bush spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is said to have given an assurance Israel is tr

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OPEC will cut its oil output by 1.5 million barrels a day starting in November, with chances of more cuts to come. But the announcement was met by a further drop by financial markets. 欧佩克将自11月份起每天减少150万桶的石油产量,之

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The commander of U.S. forces in Korea says he does not anticipate any reduction in the number of U.S. troops on the peninsula, even as South Korea's army prepares to take responsibility for the country's wartime defense. The commander, General Walter

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Afghanistan's defense minister on Sunday said the Pentagon has pledged to take steps to reduce civilian casualties from aerial attacks against insurgents in the country. A strategic review of the war will also be conducted as Afghanistan gets permiss

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Although economists say the United States is not technically in a recession, the slowdown in economic activity is having a dramatic impact on the amount of money immigrants are able to send back home. The so-called remittances have fallen off sharply

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Big Cities Have Fewer Tweeters Per Capita Walking in New York City is almost a competitive sport. And people in cities really do walk faster than their country counterparts2.8 feet per second faster, according to a worldwide study in the 1970s. But t

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Matt: Hey, Rachel, so do you read the newspaper these days? Rachel: Actually, no. I used to get a newspaper delivered and I didn't read it at all, so I cancelled it cause I was worried about wasting trees, and wasting paper and therefore trees. Matt:

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今天我们要学的词是ebb。 Ebb,动词,是衰退,减少的意思。 美国最新就业报告出炉, After a winter of strong gains, U.S. job growth ebbed, 在经历了一个冬天的强力增长后,美国就业市场的上升劲头有所衰

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Preecha Jiabyu used to take tourists on a rowboat to see the banks of the Mae Klong River aglow with thousands of fireflies. These days, all he sees are the fluorescent lights of hotels, restaurants and highway overpasses. The firefly populations hav

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