USAID Unveils New Efforts to Reduce Child and Maternal Deaths 美国国际开发署努力降低儿童和孕妇死亡率 WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Rajiv Shah, says that every day this year 18,000 mor

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(六月)

Better Street Lighting Lowers Carbon Emission 科学家研发降低碳排放街灯照明 A United Nations panel on climate change says global warming is causing extreme weather all over the world and is calling on governments to come up with new idea

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(十一月)

G-8 leaders in Italy pledged to cut global emissions 50 percent by 2050. But advocacy organizations say that the commitment is much too weak and too vague for sub-Saharan Africa, which is already facing serious challenges due to a changing climate. 在

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年7月

JERUSALEM, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Shimon Peres Saturday night that he has completed the task of forming the new ruling coalition, which is expected to be sworn in Monday. As you know, I forme

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Road to recovery now open: Greek PM

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

US Central Bank Lowers Growth Forecast But Says Economy Rebounding 美联储降低增长预期但称经济在复苏 WASHINGTON The U.S. central bank says economic growth is rebounding after stalling in the first few months of the year. But as expecte

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(六月)

Safe Water Lowers Absenteeism 饮用安全水可降低旷课率? Reducing absenteeism in schools in developing countries may be as simple as providing students with safe drinking water. A new study indicates that, but researchers are not sure why. Th

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(三月)

A new program to reduce hospital infections with relatively simple and inexpensive quality control measures is saving lives, according to a new study. 研究显示,采取一些比较简单和低成本的医疗质量控制措施,就可以减少感染

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2011年2月

The World Health Organization says exclusive breastfeeding can save millions of infant lives every year. As World Breastfeeding Week gets underway, W.H.O. and its partners are promoting mother's milk as the best way to give babies a healthy start in

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年8月

First subject today is tax reform. Major changes to the U.S. tax code haven`t been made for more than 30 years. But that`s a priority for congressional Republicans and U.S. President Donald Trump. 今日头条新闻,税改。美国税法30多年来都

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年11月

EU Leaders Urge Action to Reduce Youth Unemployment 欧盟领导人们敦促迅速行动来降低青年失业率 WASHINGTON European Union leaders have called for swift action to reduce youth unemployment, a growing problem in the 28-nation grouping.

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十一月)

MADRID, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Saturday denied that he and other members of his Popular Party (PP) had received illegal cash payments hidden from tax authorities. The accusations were false, Rajoy said at the PP he

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Dolphins Dumb Down Calls to Compete with Ship Noise The oceans are getting louder. And coastal areas are some of the noisiest, as in this underwater recording, captured 17 miles off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland. 海洋的声音越来越大。在这

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年科学美国人10月

HELSINKI, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Finnish President Tarja Halonen on Tuesday appointed(约定的,指定的) Mari Kiviniemi, new leader of the ruling Center Party, as the country's prime minister. Kiviniemi, 41, replaced her predecessor(前任) Matti

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

In the latest campaign against terrorists and extremists, Xinjiang police have shot dead nine suspects and captured one in Hotan prefecture. Local authorities say more than 30,000 civilians joined in the manhunt. In the latest campaign against terror

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2014年08月

BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authority has introduced a new weather warning system for smog which will use readings of PM 2.5, a particle pollutant. The announcement comes as thick haze chokes many cities. The National Meteorol

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIRUT, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A hand grenade(手榴弹) was tossed late Saturday night at the residence of the son of former Lebanese(黎巴嫩) Prime Minister Omar Karami, an ally of Shiite armed group Hezbollah. Unidentified assailants tossed a ha

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Japan's parliament is meeting to formally name Yukio Hatoyama as the next prime minister. His Democratic Party of Japan won a huge poll victory last month, ending more than 50 years of almost unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party. Prime Mini

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

RAMALLAH, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will resign Monday to open the door for reshuffling(改组) his West Bank-based government, sources said Sunday. The sources told Xinhua that Fayyad would form and lead the new

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti met with party leaders Saturday to build support for his proposed austerity measures as European leaders work to confront the continent's debt crisis. The government has not officially released details of the measur

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(1755) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻