VOA慢速英语 2008 1224b

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about four more individuals who are making a difference in the world. Each person is helping others in special ways. (MUSIC) VOICE O

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Scientists from a South African university have found evidence of a population of what they say were small-bodied modern humans on an island of Palau, east of the Philippines. Lee Berger has spent his professional life searching for evidence of mank

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影片对白 Bridget: Everything under control , I see. Um... Excellent graph. Lovely legs. Becky: Thank you. Bridget: I am so sorry. I thought... Oh, I don't know what I thought. Now you're really angry with me. Mark: No, no, I'm not angry. Bridget: It

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托德和海迪在讨论蒙古有什么好玩的，准备去度假 Todd: So Heidi, I was talking with my friend and he actually lives in Mongolia now and he says its a great place. He recommended that I go there. So if I go to Mongolia, what season i

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A Threatened Way of Life: the Van Gujjars of Northern India

American writer and photographer Michael Benanav has traveled around the world studying the cultures of nomadic people. His work has taken him to places from Mali to Jordan to Mongolia. Benanav writes about people who are threatened, endangered or ch

International Journalists Discuss

By Judith Latham The Sudanese government agreed Tuesday to halt military flights over the Darfur region, and it signed a separate agreement to allow access to aid for the nearly two million people dis

VOA慢速英语--约旦史前遗址发现世界上最古老的面包

Worlds Oldest Bread Found at Prehistoric Site in Jordan The burned remains of bread made about 14,500 years ago in northeastern Jordan have given scientists a surprise: humans started making bread long before they developed agriculture. The bread was

英国科学家称已发现战争的最古老证据

AS IT IS 2016-01-25 Scientists Find Most Ancient Evidence of War British scientists say they have found the oldest known evidence of war. Researchers discovered the remains of 27 people near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Scientists say they believe

VOA慢速英语2016 世界游牧民族运动会在吉尔吉斯斯坦闭幕

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An up-and-coming rock group from Brooklyn, New York has launched a collaboration with local artists in Mali. At Studio Bogolan in Mali's capital city of Bamako, Jeremiah Lockwood is working on the guitar part for a song on a new album by his band, th

美国国家公共电台 NPR As The Climate Changes, Kenyan Herders Find Centuries-Old Way Of Life In Danger

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Kenya's Rift Valley has played a fundamental role in the evolution of humanity. For centuries, nomadic herders have relied on the vast expanses of grass in order to survive. But recently, all that grass has died. As part of

美国国家公共电台 NPR Clashes Over Grazing Land In Nigeria Threaten Nomadic Herding

LYNN NEARY, HOST: For the past decade, Boko Haram has been killing thousands across northeastern Nigeria, causing millions to flee from their homes. But now there's another conflict in Nigeria that's killing more people than Boko Haram and threatenin

2007年VOA标准英语-Bedouin Culture in Egypt Dying in Drought

By Cache Seel Shalatin, Egypt 10 July 2007 Facing Drought and the loss of grazing land for their herds, many Bedouin of southeastern Egypt are giving up their traditional lifestyle. The Egyptian Government and aid organizations have stepped in to hel

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To give me an idea of how many of you here 为了让我知道这里有多少人 may find what I'm about to tell you 待会儿会觉得我告诉你的事情 of practical value, 有实用价值， let me ask you please to raise your hands: 请符合条件

PBS高端访谈:干旱和饥荒威胁着索马里牧民的生活

The United Nations has called it the worst humanitarian crisis since 1945, and, just today, the lead editorial in The Washington Post called it the worst crisis you have never heard of. Drought and famine threaten 20 million people in the war-torn co

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And I'm Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 May your bucket be full with milk.

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TED演讲:科技为人道主义带来的变化(3)

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