n. 【女名】女子名
[网络] 避难所;避难的栖所;庇护所
(refugia 的复数)

A young man whose name was Pythias had done something which the tyrant Dionysius did not like. For this offence he was dragged to prison, and a day was set when he should be put to death. His home was far away, and he wanted very much to see his fath

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 英文童话故事

By Dan Robinson Two U.S. lawmakers just returned from Sudan say the situation in the western Darfur region remains intolerable, and are urging the government in Khartoum to take further actions to all

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Mom took Carol to the stable. Their horse was in the stable. They walked over to Sugar. Sugar was their horse. Say hello to Sugar, Mom said. Carol said, Hello, Sugar. Mom gave a carrot to Sugar. Sugar ate the carrot. He ate the carrot fast. Mom gave

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Sonja Pace Israeli troops have withdrawn from one key neighborhood of the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, lifting a six-day siege and allowing residents out of their homes to again move

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Most U.S. companies act swiftly and forcefully to root out discrimination based on race, sex, age, or appearance when they discover it. And there are good reasons to do so: intolerance on the job hurts morale and productivity. It's illegal under civ

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

By Peter Heinlein Shimelba Refugee Camp, Northern Ethiopia 31 October 2007 Rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have led to an increasing flow of refugees across their common frontier. A border war between the Horn of Africa neighbors from 19

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Douglas Bakshian Manila 08 April 2008 A chapter of history is closing in the Philippines as the last Vietnamese refugees in the country head for Canada in a humanitarian program called Freedom At Last. They are the last of an estimated 2,500 Vietn

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By Karem Said Cairo 27 February 2006 A Sudanese refugee hangs an anti-UN placard as refugees camp out in a cramped Cairo park The Forced Migration and Refugee Studies department at The American Univer

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The United Nations is appealing for an additional $454 million to assist nearly two million Pakistanis displaced by fighting between army troops and Taliban militants in Swat Valley. The U.N. has already committed $88 million, bringing the total coa

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By Chad Bouchard Mae Sot, Thailand 03 October 2007 Communities along Thailand's border with Burma are closely watching for signs of a new wave of refugees following violence in Rangoon over the past week. As Chad Bouchard reports from the Thai border

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Anjana Pasricha India's prime minister-designate Manmohan Singh is promising to balance economic reforms with development for the poverty-stricken. He also says he will continue the peace process with

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Phobias are interesting things. Some of them are very serious and can have a really negative influence on life. The most common phobias are the fear of open spaces or closed spaces and the fear of heights and flying. Doctors say all phobias are treat

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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 07 February 2008 It used to be called The Club of Dictators. The African Union (AU), and before it the Organization of African Unity, lists among its alumni such infamous characters as Idi Amin, Charles Taylor, Sane Abac

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

By Jim Malone Washington 28 February 2008 The war in Iraq has reemerged as a central issue in the U.S. presidential election campaign. In recent days, Republican contender John McCain and Democratic candidate Barack Obama have exchanged verbal salvos

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 13 November 2006 Troops in the semi-autonomous and secular region of Puntland in Somalia have reportedly been placed on full alert, after they failed to stop Somali Islamists from capturing a town Sunday near Galkaayo. ---- Pun

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(168) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十一月)

Obituary;Mau Piailug 讣告;Mau Piailug Pius Mau Piailug, master navigator, died on July 12th, aged 78 庇护Mau piailug ,航海家,于七月十二日逝世,终年78岁 In the spring of 1976 Mau Piailug offered to sail a boat from Hawaii to T

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By Alisha Ryu Baidoa, Somalia 05 July 2006 When Islamic militias in Somalia seized the capital Mogadishu last month, many Somalis welcomed the Islamist's victory as the first step to possibly ending nearly 16 years of lawlessness. But as the leaders

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The British head of the U.N. Mine Action Program in southern Lebanon, Christopher Clark, and his 990-member team of mine clearers will receive the 2008 Nansen Refugee Award. The U.N. refugee agency says the prize recipients are being honored for the

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By Rachel Smalley London 04 October 2009 The foot of a person suffering from elephantiasis More than 120 million people worldwide are infected with elephantiasis, and one billion more are at risk of contracting the debilitating and disfiguring ailme

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十月)

By Elizabeth Lee Washington 16 October 2009 Man is transported to hospital room The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has approved a sweeping health care reform bill aimed at lowering insurance costs and expanding coverage to more Americans. In the comm

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学英语单词
absorbing
accutuned coaxial magnetron
antifreezing
arbitration bus
bank debit
barrier valve
besnuff
bicarbonate indicator
body-plan
Bowie, William
brandisia discolor hook.et thoms.
brauner
Broyes
carbophile
co-state equation
collinear lines
comes
Constable, John
crushed-rice
cyclic shift register
debussies
derivative controller action
Dharmjaygarh
diflucortolone
discontinuity of lubrication
drive (driving) fit
echo excess
enterprises which have long run at a loss
evergladess
everndens
extraversion
fictitious bargain
field theory model
foreign medium
forejudgements
Fred Karno's army
fuzzy group
gallium albite
gas exhaust
generator protection
get one's kit off
gravelike
haematin protein
hand clipping
home sales
hot-beef injection
hubstation
isallothermic chart
items of receipt
k-d tree
Kanyada
level-flight stalling speed
list enhanced
loibls
low-temperature air conditioner
make a big find
mental balance
meridian ellipse
milk whey
minor diameter of external thread
momentary supply
morindas
neck of scapula
neontological
nodular graphite cast iron
nonanticipative
number with
on - screen editing
parasitiferism
parroquet
photalgias
process-limited
propane steam cracking
putty chaser
quiet-time solar wind
radiately ridge
rayda
raymond lullies
re-implementations
reference values
rosin-core solder
rubidium oxide
salvative
Saussurean
seasonal migration
separate instrument
ship off to
ship plant
sociology of family
Somatostain
Sorghum vulgare
storage immediate
Suicidium
tallbacka
terminal supervisory program
tongue forceps
transfer rate of information
triptolemus (greece)
user process interface
water surface area
West Pacific
yard speed