中式口语纠错:A public servant

World Bank Calls for Better Public Services

By Jill Moss Broadcast: September 29, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank says the poor quality of public services in developing countries is hur

VOA慢速英语2014 新加坡电影禁令引发了关于言论自由的争论

AS IT IS 2014-10-31 Singapore Film Ban Raises Free Speech Issue 新加坡电影禁令引发了关于言论自由的争论 The documentary film, To Singapore, with Love tells about political dissidents from Singapore. The official website says the fil

林超伦实战口译练习笔记 第83期:电子商务演讲(下)

Nearly ￡ 50 million pounds of funding was announced recently for 64 partnership projects aimed at helping deliver better public services online. A number of them based on broadband services- Local authorities are making the most of new technologies

《名人传记》之乔布斯亿万富豪嬉皮士73:个人电脑市场的竞争日益加剧

There are some great partnerships, aren't there, in the world? 这世上有一些伟大的拍档 对吧？ One thinks of Lennon and McCartney and you and Steve Jobs. 说到这个 人们会想到列侬和麦卡特尼 还有就是你和乔布斯 Who wa

Public Library of Science

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: August 13, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report. Health news and other scientific information generally comes from research published in the

用人类智慧应对人工智能挑战

A lot of big claims are made about the transformative power of artificial intelligence. But it is worth listening to some of the big warnings too. Last month, Kate Crawford, principal researcher at Microsoft Research, warned that the increasing power

VOA常速英语2007年-Rice Launches Campaign to Aid Afghan Legal Syst

By David Gollust Washington 14 December 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday launched an effort to mobilize U.S. private-sector support for rebuilding Afghanistan's legal system. Under a new public-private partnership effort, U.S. l

VOA标准英语2008年-S. Korean President Apologizes, Promises US Bee

By Kurt Achin Seoul 19 June 2008 South Korea's president has made a second public apology for his management of a deal to resume controversial American beef imports. Responding to massive street protests, he says he will ensure age limits on the imp

新西兰英语 593 100 days for Christchurch city plan

Today, the Minister for Earthquake Recovery, Gerry Brownlee, announced a new Head of the Christchurch city development. He is Warwick Isaacs. He has been in Christchurch since the day after the February earthquake last year, leading the demolition wo

Hollande pledges to put public finances in order by 2017

PARIS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday reiterated his promise to reach zero deficit by 2017 via public spending cuts and growth stimulus. The path is that of achieving a balanced public finances at the end of the ma

White House Takes Gun Control to American Public

WHITE HOUSE The Obama administration is once again going to the American people to win support for one of its initiatives. The president and other White House officials are mounting a public campaign for passage of gun control legislation, evidenced

China issues first public services plan

BEIJING, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's cabinet, has issued the first national plan for public services, the country's top economic planning agency said Wednesday. The government will intensify its efforts to improve basic public s

Nepal bans smoking in public places from Sunday

KATHMANDU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Ban on smoking in public places will be enforced from Sunday with the Tobacco Control and Regulatory Act-2010 coming into effect. Those smoking in public places will be fined and civil servants will be liable to departme

Majority in U.S. supports public smoking ban

NEW YORK, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A Gallup survey released on Friday found a total of 59 percent of Americans support a ban on smoking in all public places. The July 7-10 survey among 1,016 national adults showed a change in the public's attitude toward

VOA标准英语2009年-Key South East Asian Countries Rank Low in Budg

A new survey indicates several South East Asian countries rank poorly in providing accessible and transparent information on their national budgets, raising fears of corruption in spending programs. Survey by the Washington-based International Budge

高收入女性婚姻更易破裂

You're in the job you always wanted and you're doing well, even making more money than your husband. But beware（当心）. Women who become the chief breadwinners（养家糊口的人） in their domestic partnerships are more likely to pay the pri

China, Uzbekistan forge strategic partnership

BEIJING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday held talks with Uzbek President Islam Karimov in Beijing, and both sides agreed to upgrade bilateral relations to a strategic partnership. Reviewing the healthy development of bilat

China to cement partnership with Ukraine

BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Tuesday said China is willing to cement a strategic partnership with Ukraine. He Guoqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Cen

全球首批无人驾驶taxi新加坡上路 画风略灵异

Autonomous vehicle software startup nuTonomy has made rides on its self-driving taxis available to the general public in Singapore for free, expanding a first-in-the world run that was initially invitation-only. 一家叫做nuTonomy的无人驾驶汽车