Heifer International

Broadcast: August 18, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. One of the biggest problems in developing countries is hunger. An organization called Heifer Internation

美语听力 English Café 442

Topics: American Presidents Woodrow Wilson; junction versus intersection versus interchange; proprietary versus patent; to bluff (ones) way into a secure area Words: income tax salary graduated antitrust market to merge to campaign league occupation

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Topics: Ask an American-International work visas; to demonstrate versus to indicate versus to denote; hoot and to not give a hoot; Nice to meet you Words: skill set workforce competitive to stretch innovative to sponsor current up chances are optimis

学英语 44 In a Cyber Café

I access the internet in the cyber cafe. 我到网咖上网. Since my PC broke, I had to go to the cyber cafe. 由于我的电脑坏掉了, 我必须到网咖. There are lots of people enjoying playing online games in the cyber cafe. 网咖里很多人

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Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is taking care of clichs. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes, clichs can be a writers worst enemy, and the reader usually doesnt like clichs much either. Writers from Jonathan Swift to George Orwell have ranted against the

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, DC 20 March 2006 watch Prejudice report More Americans are expressing unfavorable views about Islam. A recent public opinion poll shows 25 percent of Americans now sa

Amnesty International Criticizes US War on Terror

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EBRD Picks Up International Support to Expand Operations

注释： European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 欧洲复兴开发银行 endorsement [in5dC:smEnt] n. 认可 eligible [5elidVEbl] adj. 符合条件的，合格的 Armenia [B:5mi:njE] n. 亚美

International Agencies Rally to Help Explosion Victims in N.

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In this conversation, some business people are meeting at a seminar. During a break for refreshments, they discuss their jobs. Dan: Hi. Im Dan Sabel. Gail: My pleasure. Im Gail Mirabel. Ron: And Im Ron Southerly. Glad to meet you. Jody: My names Jody

职员在会上就工作开展情况进行讨论

In this conversation, some business people are meeting at a seminar. During a break for refreshments, they discuss their jobs. （在这个会话中，一些商务人士正在开一个研讨会，在休息的间歇，他们讨论着各自的工作。）

International Co-operative Day（国际合作节）

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Chinese premier meets UN chief on international issues

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By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 17 July 2007 INTERPOL is working with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to step up efforts to capture the remaining 18 genocide fugitives. As Arjun Kohli reports for VOA from Nairobi, Rwandan officials say 13 years

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I know you love her, love her 我知道你爱她，爱她 But deep down under the covers, covers 可却将其深藏心底，从不提起 Does she know that I am the other, other 她又知不知道你还拥有着我， Does she? 到底知不知道呢