[VOA听写] 2008-03-24
欢迎来到“杂乱的书桌”每天准时为你带来的VOA听写，本期的慢速VOA是清洁型厨灶的新闻第一部分，标准VOA则是关于美国总统候选人的新闻的第一部分。还犹豫什么，赶紧和Hugh一起加入到学习英语，锻炼听写的队伍中来吧！
简单总结，今天的慢速VOA中，没有太多的困难，我想很长时间以来，慢速VOA的难度都没有太大，所以以后应该考虑在听写的正确率以及实践上面进行提高，另外学习里面的一些表达也很重要。今天的标准VOA当中，主要是关于美国大选总统候选人的问题，所以了解候选人的名字，以及一些词汇是应该从这里学到的东西，像总统候选人提名一类的词语。另外在这种标准语速下听写，经常出现认识的词听不出来，应该想想是自己平时发音的问题，还是听力确实不好。动词的时态，单复数经常出现问题。
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题目: Building a Better Cook Stove for the World’s Poor(1/2)
专有名词: Envirofit, Shell Foundation, Martha Kohlhagen, Colorado
重点总结: pilot project（试点工程）
原文
Breathing smoke from cooking stove or open fires is a comman cause of lung infections in developing coutries. Indoor air pollution is blamed for an estimate 4000 deaths everyday, mostly woman and children. A non-profit group based in the American state of Colorado is working to save lives. Researchers at Envirofit International have developed an clean-burning cook stove that uses less fuel and reduces smoke.
They say it cuts the smoke and dangerous gases by up to 80% compared to open fires or simple traditional stoves. The cook stove was designed to produce the greatest amount of heat in the shortest amount of time and with the least amount of fuel. It can burn wood, animal waste or crop waste.
The Shell Foundation has formed a partnership with Envirofit to market the cook stoves. The British Charity established by the Shell group in the year 2000 has invested 10,000,000 dollars in a pilot project for India.
Martha Kohlhagen at Envirofit tells us as many as 10,000,000 stoves will be sent to southern India by the end of this year. She says the stoves are being manufactured in China and will begin arriving in May.
译文
在发展中国家，吸入烹饪或者明火产生的烟雾是导致肺部感染的常见病因。据估计，室内空气污染每天会导致4000人死亡，其中主要是妇女和儿童。成立于美国科罗拉多州的一个非赢利性组织正在努力挽救生命。Envirofit International的研究人员发明了一种能够节省燃料，同时减少烟雾的清洁型厨灶。
他们表示相对于明火和传统的厨灶，这款厨灶减少了高达80%的油烟和有害气体。它能够用最少的燃料，在最短的时间内产生最多的热量。燃料可以是木材、动物排泄物以及农作物废物。
Shell Foundation与Envirofit合作出售这款厨灶。由Shell Group在2000年建立的British Charity已经为印度的一个试点工程投资了1000万美元。
来自Envirofit的Marth Kohlhagen告诉我们多达1000万的厨灶将在今年年底被送往印度南部。她表示这些厨灶是在中国生产的，将从五月开始运达印度。
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题目: State Department Acknowledges Presidential Candidates’ Passport Files Breached (1/3)
专有名词: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Oregon, John Macain, Sean McCormack
重点总结: reprimand（谴责，惩戒）, presidential nominee,
原文
The State Department first announced that the passport file of Senator Barack Obama had been breached three time since January this year. The department said that two contract workers were dismissed in connection with those incidents, and a third was reprimanded.
A department spokesman later acknowledged that Senator Hillary Clinton’s file had also been breached last year. Campaigning in Oregon, Obama told reporters that he expects a full and thorough congressional investigation.
“One of the things the American people count on in their interactions with any level of government is that they have to disclose personal information that is, that stay personal and stay private.”
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack also said that one of the contract workers who had accessed Senator Obama’s file had also improperly breach the file of the presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee, Senator John Macain.
Macain was travelling in France and said the breach incidents requires an apology and a full investigation. “United States of America values everyone’s privacy corrective action should be taken.
Spokesman McCormack said that State Department’s offce of inspector general is already investigating the incidents and where they were politically motivated.
译文
美国国务院首次宣布自今年1月起，参议员Barack Obama的护照档案被侵入三次。国务院称参与该事件的两名合同工已被开除，另一名已被惩戒。
一位国务院发言人不久后承认，参议员Hillary Clinton的护照档案在去年也被侵入。Obama正在奥勒冈州参加竞选活动，他向记者表示，他希望就此事件有一个全面完整的国会调查。
“美国人民关心的其中一件事是，在他们与各级政府机构的互动中，是否需要透露个人信息，而这些信息应该保证是个人的隐私的。”
国务院发言人Sean McCormack也表示，一位侵入议员Obama档案的合同工也不正当地侵入了可能成为共和党总统候选人的参议员John McCain的档案。
McCain正在法国旅行，他表示这次档案侵入事件需要道歉和彻查。“美国重视每个公民的隐私，因此必须采取纠正措施。”
发言人McCormack称国务院检查长办公室已就此事展开调查，并确定涉案人员是否有政治动机。
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