[VOA听写] 2008-04-14
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是女性教育投资的新闻第二部分，标准VOA则是布什谈论伊拉克的新闻的第一部分。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！
今天头一回慢速VOA没有出现错误，不知道是不是自己核对的不够仔细，因为沪江的对比器似乎有点问题，今天总是不能完全比对。而今天的标准VOA当中有些很奇怪的词，确实不知道是什么，专门上网上查了一下，象Shi’ites这个词，到wikipedia上查，也会redirect到Shia上，而且文中听得好像就是Shia啊，或者和阿拉伯语的发音有关系，不知道了。另外象al-Qaida这个词也有些奇怪，似乎按照我拼写的al-Qaeda也对，wikipedia上是这么说的。
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题目: Goldman Sachs Invests in Women Through Education (2/2)
专有名词: Goldman Sachs Group, Afghanistan, Cairo
原文
Dina Powell is the managing director of Goldman Sachs. She says that 10,000 Women is not a “one size fits all” program. Each university decides what to teach to fulfill local needs. At the American University of Afghanistan, for example, women will study the general ideas of business management. But at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, the partner school will offer beginning and higher-level business classes to the first 500 women. Such classes may include financial record keeping, market research and advertising. Women also could learn how to write a business plan, do business over the internet or gain investors.
Goldman Sachs plans to give 100 million dollars to the 10,000 Women program over the next 5 years. It also will urge its employees to donate their time and knowledge in the classroom. The program is based on a Goldman Sachs research report called “women hold up half the sky”. The research shows the powerful effects that working women have on their nations’ economies and societies.
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题目: Bush Says Iraqi Security Improving (1/2)
专有名词: Sunnis, Shi’ites, al-Qaida, Nouri al-Maliki, Basra, David Petraeus
原文
In the 15 months since he ordered more US troops to Iraq, President Bush said there has been a major strategic shift, with many mainstream
(Suni)Sunnis and(Shia)Shi’ites now actively confronting extremists.“Fifteen months ago,
(al-Qaeda)al-Qaida was using bases in Iraq to kill our troops and terrorize Iraqis. Today, we have put(al-Qaeda)al-Qaida on(a defense)the defensive in Iraq, and now we are working to deliver a crippling blow. Fifteen months ago, Americans were worried about the prospect of failure in Iraq. Today, thanks to the surge,(we provide)we’ve revived the prospect of success in Iraq. ”In his weekly radio address, Mr. Bush said
(securing)sectarian violence, civilian deaths, and military deaths are down since he sent 30,000 reinforcements to Iraq last year. He said security improvements have helped clear the way for political and economic progress. However, violence has intensified in Iraq since Prime Minister(N-a-M)Nouri al-Maliki ordered a crackdown on(Shia)Shi’ite militias in Basra last month. This past week, President Bush accepted the recommendation of the top US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus and suspended the planned withdrawal of US troops after July, while the security situation is re-assessed.
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