Study Shows How Poverty Could Limit Learning 研究表明,贫困可能会限制学习 From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Studies have shown that children from poor families have more difficulty in school than other boys and girl

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(七)月

18. Thus poor countries might not be able to escape their poverty traps without political changes that may be possible only with broader formal education. 【分析】复合句。此句运用了双重否定句,主干是 Thus poor countries might no

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 考研英语长难句讲解

'Free College' Programs May Not Help Neediest Students The idea of free higher education is not a new one in some parts of the world. But the idea has only recently increased in popularity in the United States as the cost of attending colleges and un

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十)月

In Lebanon, Musician Helps Voices of Children Rise Above Poverty In the coming months, about 300 children across Lebanon will escape their daily struggles and learn to sing from an expert. Selim Sahab is an internationally celebrated Lebanese musicia

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1985年, 一名提供医疗卫生服务的土著领导人启发了建筑师保尔蓬乐若思(Paul Pholeros),在澳大利亚南部的一个土著小社区内,开展了一个不再有人生病的项目计划。关键的理念是:不光要考虑

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There is a house in New Orleans在奥尔良有一座房子 They call the Rising Sun他们叫它升起的太阳 And its been the ruin of many a poor boy在那片废墟里有很多贫困的人 And God I know Im one上帝知道我就是其中之一 My m

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

AS IT IS 2014-06-23 Poverty Is More Than Just Lack of Money 贫困不仅仅是缺钱 Poverty is not just about money. Oxford University in Britain says poverty also means not having enough food, education, healthcare and shelter. Earlier this month,

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: to the story of a Chicago theater where the scripts come from the real lives of the young performers. Jeffrey Brown has the story. ACTRESS: I did it. I did it. I did it. I ran away. JEFFREY BROWN: In a new play called Home/Land,

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈教育系列

JEFFREY BROWN:Finally tonight: ending extreme poverty around the world by 2030. That's the ambitious goal announced by World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, as his organization and the International Monetary Fund begin their annual spring meetings with

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Matthew Flores loves to read, but doesn't always have a lot of material. 马修弗?洛雷斯酷爱阅读,可经常并没有多少书可读。 Last week mailman Ron Lynch found Matthew reading 'trash' junk mail in Sandy, Utah, and he asked Lynch if

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WASHINGTON, April 2 (Xinhua) -- World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Tuesday called for global actions toward ending extreme poverty by 2030 and improving the lives of most vulnerable people in the developing countries. Now is the time to commit to endi

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The House Of Rising Sun - 美国乡村音乐 There is a house in New Orleans在奥尔良有一座房子 They call the Rising Sun他们叫它升起的太阳 And its been the ruin of many a poor boy在那片废墟里有很多贫困的人 And God I know Im one上帝知道我就是其中之一 My mot

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The smell of beef stew wafts from a kitchen as a brigade of volunteers put their cooking skills to use on a recent Saturday evening in Tokyos commuter belt. 最近一个星期六的夜晚,东京的上班族聚居区,炖牛肉的香味从厨房飘来

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模仿句子: Rash and her family are among roughly 380 thousand of Lebanon's poorest, who receive help under the National Poverty Targeting Programme, a welfare service set up in late 2011 that has been stepped up in the wake of the Syrian refugee

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Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty. The success or failure of that war has been debated ever since. As part of our anniversary coverage, NPR's Pam Fessler is reporting on the difficulties of living in poverty and on h

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Britain Measuring poverty 英国 衡量贫困 The end of the line 贫困终止 The government sets out to redefine what it means to be poor 政府着手重新定义贫穷 When Seebohm Rowntree, a chocolate-maker and pioneering social researcher, bega

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JOHN LARSON: Just a look at Main Street in Columbus, Mississippi and you can sense why Travel and Leisure voted it one of America's Great Main Streets. But it hasn't always been this way. As these images taken over the years by Columbus's own renowne

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1. indigence /'ɪndɪdʒəns/ n. 贫穷 By hard work, many people have raised themselves from indigence to wealth. 许多人通过辛勤的劳动,从贫困变得富裕。 2. economize /ɪ'kɒnəmaɪz/ vi. 节省开支;节俭 Housewives can econom

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本期内容: A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真交 in need 在患难中,在贫困中的 我们还可以学习一个短语 in need of 需要什么时 in need of a friend 需要一个朋友时 再来学习一个单词 indeed I-N-D-E

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Indonesia's anti-poverty plans 印尼反贫困计划 Full of promise 承诺满满 Cutting fuel subsidies makes space for an ambitious income top-up scheme 削减燃油补贴为雄心勃勃的收入提升计划铺路搭桥 BARACK OBAMA signed his heal

发表于:2019-03-09 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列