音标:['fækәlәtiv] ;
a. 允许的, 任意的, 兼性的, 偶发的

In countries around the world, hundreds of thousands of poor people face daily hazards to earn meager livings by scavenging for recyclable goods. In Cambodia, hundreds of scavenger families find their lives changing - they will lose their homes and

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(222) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

You know, I just wanna say one brief thing about something the previous speaker said. I didn't wanna spend too much time on that 'cause I don't think it's important enough. But one thing is worth considering. He's the -- He's the nominal head of an

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By Michael Bowman Washington 04 June 2008 Late Tuesday, Illinois Senator Barack Obama made history as the first African American to win the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party, becoming the presumptive Democratic standard bearer.

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(240) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(六月)

By Meredith Buel Washington 27 October 2006 The United States says it is ready to help Saudi Arabia defend its oil facilities against terrorist threats, following a statement by the British navy asking merchant shippers to be on alert for suspicious

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(261) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十月)

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 April 2006 A U.S. government official has told Congress Iraq's new government will require long-term U.S. and international assistance if reconstruction efforts are to

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By Dan Robinson Washington 29 March 2007 A detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba being escorted by two U.S. soldiers Arguments for and against the closure of the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba used for the interrogation and detention of suspected t

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(354) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(三月)

By Jim Randle Pittsburgh 25 September 2009 Leaders of 20 of the world's leading and emerging economies are gathered in Pittsburgh, seeking ways to fight the recession, and keep economic troubles from breaking out again. Friday, presidents, prime min

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(199) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(九月)

Negotiators at the climate summit in Copenhagen last month failed to agree on a new climate change treaty to replace the current Kyoto Protocol before it expires in 2012. Jonathan Lash is president of World Resources Institute, an environmental polic

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(205) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

Ethnic Karen minority children play soccer on a muddy field at their refugee camp along the Thai-Burma border near Mae Sot, Thailand, 29 Jun 2010 Burma's ethnic Karen communities and rights groups are reporting stepped up attacks by Burma's military

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Swaziland has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world - 26 percent for those between the ages of 15 and 29. But to deal with the epidemic, health officials must do more than increase treatment, care and prevention efforts. They must also

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(232) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十)月

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: Anu Garg, creator of the A.Word.A.Day Web site and author of a new book called Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

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HEALTH REPORT - Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. American

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By Chris Simkins Washington 16 April 2008 Millions of Americans could lose their homes this year and next as the rate of foreclosures across the United States rises to the highest in decades. The foreclosure crisis has worsened despite ongoing effort

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(215) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(四月)

今天我们要讲的习惯用语里都有一个主要的单词:scratch。很多人都知道scratch这个词的意思是抓、或者刨刮表面。你要是给蚊子叮了一口,你就会这样做:scratch your skin with your fingernails。就是你

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(352) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

By Al Pessin Pentagon 06 February 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates faces his NATO counterparts at a meeting starting Thursday in Lithuania, just days after comments he made and letters he wrote generated angry responses from some allies. VOA

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By Gary Thomas Washington 20 March 2008 Loyalists of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were big winners in the recent parliamentary elections. With many reformists locked out of the electoral process, the contests were primarily between different faction

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(210) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

MADRID, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho responded ironically to questions over who will play at left back for his side on their visit to Mallorca on Sunday night. Real Madrid are still without full backs Alvaro Arbeloa, Marcelo an

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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 17 October 2007 A group concerned with human rights in Ethiopia's eastern Ogaden region says refugees fleeing to neighboring Somalia are being rounded up by Somali authorities and handed over to Ethiopian troop

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(348) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Mil Arcega Washington 08 March 2007 watch Export Control report A coalition of technology and manufacturing associations is pushing for an overhaul of the nation's export control system. The group claims current U.S. regulations aimed at keeping

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(264) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(三月)

By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 07 September 2007 Recent reports to the U.S. Congress about the situation in Iraq point to limited success by the Iraqi government in establishing security but continuing problems in bringing about political reconciliation.

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(261) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)
学英语单词
a relay race
abraxas adilluminata
akele
alumoweld
analysis of financial statement
antiperthitic texture
aphthosis Neumanni
argumentum e fortiori
audion detector
bandpass half-width
bartons
be obsessed by
bearing bush
block of four
bottom double border
breead
chrisole
chronostratigraphic
claim-splitting
closed-cycle
comente
commoncold
complementary amplifier
compression-type refrigeration cycle
conductance matrix
confermed irrevocable letter of credit
control of working
copartnering
crexes
currentElement
dielectric material
dielectric rod antenna
Dingley act
direct electric arc
Direct nonprocess end use
Dymal
fancy-sick
fire-prone ecosystem
flame atomizer
gypsy's leave
hazardous-wastes
hemangioma of palate
introduction of representative
leading expert
let well enough alone
lime metasomatism
maxpe
mean consumption
medieval mode
megabase
moiley
Mosenthal's test
myxangitis
Môle-St-Nicolas
needle shaped crystal structure
Norfolk Glacier
operatories
packed on
pharyngeal fluid collection
philagra kanoi
pilos-
pinacol conversion
plagiarising
pseudoknots
psychologic action
pulmonary chondroma
racemize
re-training
rig operation cost
root-bark of tree peony
roussoella pustulans
sausage-shapeds
saving files
self-return
single loop controller
Siro
slab-on-ground
stimied
sting nettle
strongly-typed language
systematic error of a measuring instrument
Tai, Lake
taileron
tax-freer
teathe
techniquewise
telex communications
thyreoidism
took a lap
total debt to total assets
total radiant flux
transition plan
trenchcoats
type one counter model
unpounded
unresponsiveness
ushuaia
vehicle path
vigorless
walling in
Yukamenskoye