VOA慢速英语 2007 0927a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. More than half the teachers in the Houston Independent School District, the largest in Texas, have earned merit pay awards this year. Marjorie Hunt-Bluford is one of them. The idea seems reasonable.

voa标准英语2008年-US Wants North Korean Verification Commitments

The United States said Friday it expects North Korea, during an international meeting in Beijing next month, to commit, in writing, to allow inspectors to take samples from its nuclear sites. North Korea contends it hasn't agreed to sampling as part

VOA慢速英语2011--How Much Should a Teacher's Job Depend o

Education Report - How Much Should a Teacher's Job Depend on Test Scores? This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Students in Washington, DC, will return to classrooms this month to begin a new school year. But at least five percent of thei

VOA慢速英语2009-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - World of Sports Doping: Fr

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. Our subject this week is sports doping. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Sports have long been part of popular culture. In the United States, some pl

Pescara's worst performance, says Bergodi

MILAN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Pescara head coach Cristiano Bergodi said his side displayed our worst performance in my time here following their 2-0 loss to Inter Milan in the Italian league on Saturday. The Delfini, who had won three of the previous fo

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1. A battle for energy in the pursuit of the White House. In Iowa, President Obama blasts Mitt Romney for opposing tax supports for wind power. In Ohio, Romney came out in support of coal as a home-grown energy source. 2. An attorney for the family o

VOA慢速英语2011-Anxious Students Gain on Tests by Writing

Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a psychology professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers. SIAN BEILOCK: They start worrying

voa标准英语2008-US Cites Difficulties at Korea Nuclear Talks

The State Department said a critical round of talks in Beijing on ending North Korea's nuclear program is not trending in the right direction. U.S. officials said Pyongyang risks losing promised benefits if talks on verifying its nuclear activities

voa标准英语2008-US Says North Korea Deal Can't Advance Without V

The State Department says the deal under which North Korea is to end its nuclear program in return for aid and diplomatic benefits cannot go any farther without an agreement to verify disarmament steps. Four days of talks in Beijing on a verificatio

voa标准英语2008-US Expects "Difficult" Beijing Talks on North Ko

The U.S. State Department said it expects a meeting in Beijing next week on ending North Korea's nuclear program to be difficult, but that no consideration is being given to scrapping the six-party talks. The senior U.S. delegate to the talks Friday

VOA双语新闻：希尔：朝鲜半岛无核化核实最关键

The leading U.S. diplomat conducting talks with North Korea and its neighbors on the nation's nuclear program says verification will be the most important aspect of the effort to remove nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula. Assistant Secretary o

英闻天下——393 Banks Carry Out Nationwide ID Verification

Bankcard owners in China should take precautions now. If your bank account was opened any time before June 30th, 2007, you will have to go through an identity verification process when doing business at banks, as all the financial institutions are fo

VOA慢速英语20060413a

EDUCATION REPORT - School Districts Approve Plans to Link Teacher Pay with Student PerformanceBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, April 13, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Educat

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Remains Hopeful on Nepal Peace Deal Despite

By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 16 July 2007 Nepalese Maoist rebels train at a camp in Makwanpur, south of Kathmandu (File) Nepal's former Maoist rebels are refusing to allow United Nations officials to continue verifications called for in the agreement t

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Conference Aims to Reduce Threat of Biologic

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 August 2007 Experts attending an international conference are calling for quick action to reduce the threat posed by biological weapons. Participants attending the week-long meeting at the United Nations in Geneva say the so

VOA标准英语10月-US Envoy Hopes 'Conversation' in N. Korea Will Sa

Washington's main envoy in talks aimed at getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons is in South Korea. He plans to visit Pyongyang to discuss the North's recent steps toward resuming activity at its main nuclear facility. Meanwhile, Japan has ren

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Kids who eat better perform better in school, a new study of Nova Scotia fifth-graders confirms. Students who ate an adequate amount of fruit, vegetables, protein, fiber and other components of a healthy diet were significantly less likely to fail a

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2007年VOA标准英语-Nepal's Maoists Postpone UN Troop Verification

By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 14 June 2007 Nepal's former rebel Maoist party has asked the United Nations to postpone the verification of the number of their fighters, after two party leaders were killed in the country's south. The United Nations was sc

VOA标准英语2008年-US Says North Korea Remains on Terrorism List

The United States said Monday it is not removing North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism until Pyongyang produces an acceptable plan to verify its nuclear program. Monday was the earliest date that North Korea could have been droppe