JEFFREY BROWN: And we head back to Chicago and the national spotlight focused on a teachers strike in the nation's third largest school system. Chicago teachers walked the picket lines for a second day as contract talks resumed. The union spokeswoman

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(29) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈教育系列

I think human rights only became an issue after World War II. Thats when the United Nations issued their Universal Declaration on human rights. This is kind of the rulebook, the dos and donts of human rights. When I look at the world today, it seems

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Jackie:Welcome to bbclearningenglish.com and a second chance to hear Insight Plus - a series first broadcast in 2001 that looks at the language of issues you hear about in the news. Todays topic is Human rights - do we have a right to freedom, food

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Opera Fallujah Shows US Veteran's Inner Battle The opera, Fallujah, is inspired by real-life events. It highlights 72 hours in the life of a U.S. Marine who recalls his battle experience in Iraq. Fallujah is based on one of America's most deadly batt

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By Peta Thornycroft South Africa 14 August 2007 A human rights organization is calling on leaders in southern Africa to take action to deal with the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Peta Thornycroft has more for VOA on an appeal by H

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今天我们要学的词是civil rights。 Civil rights, 民权。每年一月第三个星期一是美国联邦假日马丁.路德金日。Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader, 马丁.路德金是著名民权领袖。He played a

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