VOA常速英语2008年-UN Announces Food Crisis Task Force

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 April 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will head a new task force to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging tens of millions of people into poverty and hunger. He is calling for international donors to

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about growing food problems around the world. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Food prices are rising in many countries. Economic policy makers warn

VOA双语新闻 ---UN Announces Food Crisis Task Force

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will head a new task force to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging tens of millions of people into poverty and hunger. He is calling for international donors to urgently fund a three-quarter-billio

VOA双语新闻 ---UN Holds Food Crisis Talks in Switzerland

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading emergency talks aimed at tackling the growing crisis caused by soaring food prices around the world. Participating in this two-day high-powered meeting in the Swiss capital, Bern, are the President of the

国家地理-2008-05-26 World Food in Crisis 粮食危机搅动世界

Its being called the worlds worst food crisis since the 1970s. Around the globe, food prices have risen about 40% in the last year, sparking protests and violence in at least 14 countries, and pushing the problem to center stage at the United Nation

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Broadcast: Jan 13, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. International experts are concerned about a growing humanitarian crisis - world hunger. Last year, the World Fo

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations says more than eight hundred fifty million people do not have enough food. For this year's World Food Day observance last week, VOA reporters examined the current causes of hunge

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - World Leaders Urg

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. World leaders are meeting in New York to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals they set ten years ago. Five years remain to meet eight goals to reduce hunger, poverty and disease and

VOA标准英语2010年-Hunger in Focus: On 30th World Food Da

The United Nations says the number of hungry people in the world has gone down by almost 1 million in the last year but the figure still stands at 925 million. 2010 is a significant date in the world's fight against global hunger: it marks 30 years s

英语听力：自然百科 World Food in Crisis 粮食危机搅动世界

Its being called the worlds worst food crisis since the 1970s. Around the globe, food prices have risen about 40% in the last year, sparking protests and violence in at least 14 countries, and pushing the problem to center stage at the United Nations

VOA常速英语2008年-World Food Crisis Worsening

By Carolyn Presutti Washington 25 April 2008 Increasing food prices have sparked protests in five African nations and several more countries worldwide. United Nations officials are warning that food prices are likely to keep rising. Humanitarians wor

VOA常速英语2008年-UN Holds Food Crisis Talks in Switzerland

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 April 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading emergency talks aimed at tackling the growing crisis caused by soaring food prices around the world. Participating in this two-day high-powered meeting in the Swiss ca

VOA常速英语2008年-Economic Policy Makers See Food Crisis as Major

By Barry Wood Washington 13 April 2008 Economic policy makers from all corners of the word ended their meeting in in Washington with a call for assistance to countries most affected by a recent sharp rise in food prices. VOA's Barry Wood reports. Wor

2007年VOA标准英语-Lesotho Facing Food Crisis

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 June 2007 Lesotho women draped in blankets walk to a voting station set in a school in the village of Machache (FilePhoto -17 Feb 2007) The World Food Program says the tiny South African country of Lesotho needs urgent inter

VOA标准英语10月-UN: Zimbabwe Experiencing Worst Ever Food Crisis

The U.N. World Food Program says that nearly half the population of Zimbabwe will need food aid by early next year. Peta Thornycroft reports that WFP says two million people in Zimbabwe need aid immediately. Zimbabwean woman puts maize into bag in D

2007年VOA标准英语-Floods Cause Food Crisis in Burundi

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 January 2007 The World Food Program says heavy flooding in Burundi has made thousands of people homeless and destroyed most of the food crop they were counting on for their subsistence. WFP warns Burundi could have a serious

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Chief Says Global Food Crisis Needs Quick Re

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 04 June 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday that dealing with the current global food crisis is a fight the international community cannot afford to lose. The U.N. chief is attending a world food sec

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Leader Warns of Increasing World Food Demand

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 03 June 2008 World leaders are gathered in Rome at the headquarters of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization. They are discussing ways to deal with soaring food prices and how to improve ways to provide food to the

VOA标准英语2009年-Hunger Casts Dark Cloud Over World Food Da

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 October 2009 School children eat free lunch at government school in Hyderabad on World Food Day,16 Oct 2009 Despite a goal set by world leaders nine years ago to cut the number of hungry people in half by 2015, the num

VOA标准英语2008年-World Leaders Pledge to Combat Food Crisis

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 June 2008 World leaders at a UN summit in Rome have pledged to reduce trade barriers and boost agricultural production to combat a global food crisis. At the end of a 3-day world food security summit in Rome, delegates