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Rob: Hello I'm Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm joined today by Finn. Hello Finn. Finn: Hi Rob. Rob: Today we're talking about literacy - that means the ability to read and write. And one way to improve your literacy is to read books and literat

Improving Literacy Worldwide

By Jill Moss Broadcast: September 22, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Development Report. Literacy, by its most basic meaning, is the ability to read and write. The United Nati

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1. unconcern /ˌʌnkənˈsə:n/ -- lack of concern, anxiety or interest; indifference The audience is breathless with anxiety during the daring tightrope act, though the acrobats themselves performed with seeming unconcern for their own safety. 在大胆

CNN 2011-07-07

Good morning. Hi, good to see you there, thank you, bye. Hey, guys, how are you doing? How are you. Great to see you. We have a very event-filled mission ahead of us. We have 12 days. We'll be very, very busy. You can tell we have an abridged crew. A

英语课程计划-International Literacy Day

September 8 is a very important day all around the world. It is International Literacy Day and it highlights the importance of reading. It was started in 1965 by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Its aim is

Supporting Literacy in Rwanda

The United States is working with its partner, Rwanda, to help children read. On February 16, the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, held a launch event at Groupe Scolaire Kinyinya to highlight the U.S. government's Early G

IN THE NEWS - INS Re-Organization

IN THE NEWS – March 23, 2002: INS Re-Organization By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. President Bush is considering ways to re-organize the agency t

VOA标准英语10月-UN: Literacy Rates Not Rising Fast Enough

A new U.N. report warns that not enough progress is being made in raising literacy rates, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia. U.S. First Lady Laura Bush was at U.N. headquarters in New York Tuesday to spotlight the need for improve

SSS 2008-02-15

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? On February 14th, the Union of Concerned Scientists issued a call for the protection of federal scientists. The UCS press conference took place in space made available by

SSS 2011-09-01

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Pasteurization makes food safe by heating microbes to death. But the high temperatures can destroy some nutrients too. A possible alternative? Ultrahigh

2006年VOA标准英语-Laura Bush to Hold Global Literacy Conference

By Amanda Cassandra New York 17 September 2006 On the eve of the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, First Lady Laura Bush will be in New York Monday to host an international conference on global literacy initiatives. Education officials fr

Abridged Taiwan epic to hit mainland cinemas

BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Taiwanese director Wei Te-sheng's wartime blockbuster Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, originally a two-part series lasting four-and-a-half hours, will begin screening in the mainland in May in a condensed, 150-minu

2006年VOA标准英语-President Bush Promotes Global Literacy Program

By Michael Bowman Washington 18 September 2006 Laura Bush (left) and President Bush President Bush is promoting literacy as a key to prosperity and liberty around the world. The president and Mrs. Bush spoke in New York Monday at a global literacy e

TED演讲 拍摄神秘的世界(1)

Okay, so 90 percent of my photographic process is, in fact, not photographic. 好的，事实上，我摄影过程的百分之九十不仅仅只是照相。 It involves a campaign of letter writing, 它是一个包涵了写信， research and phone c

UNESCO Literacy1 Campaign

Broadcast: April 14, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations has launched a new ten-year campaign to increase literacy around the world. People with li

学个词Learn a Word 第1683-literacy

今天我们要学的词是 literacy。Literacy 意思是读写能力。McDonalds stores in the UK will replace the toys which come with its Happy Meals with books to boost child literacy. 英国的麦当劳将把儿童套餐里的玩具换成书籍，

芬兰学校将不再开设写字课

Handwriting is dead, long live keyboard skills! 书写已逝，键盘技能万岁！ So says the Finnish education system. From 2016 handwriting will no longer be taught in Finnish schools. And when a high-performing country like Finland makes an edu

Keep in touch

Keep in touch 保持联络 Kate:Hello, Im Kate Colin and this is 6 minute English. Today I'm joined by Jackie Dalton and we'll be talking about keeping in touch the old-fashioned way. Hi Jackie, a quick question for you to begin with.I'd like to know wh

环球英语 — 215：International Literacy

Voice 1 Hello. Im Christy Van Arragon. Voice 2 And Im Marina Santee. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 In my vill

英语听书《白鲸记》第388期

Concerning the officers of the whale-craft, this seems as good a place as any to set down a little domestic peculiarity on ship-board, arising from the existence of the harpooneer class of officers, a class unknown of course in any other marine than