杂乱的书桌

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是环境问题的新闻第一部分，标准VOA则是美国大选的新闻的第二部分。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！

今天到了晚上才开始听写, 本来是想把明天的一起听写了的, 因为后面几天的听写都没法按时完成了. 明天去荷兰找同学玩, 到三号才回来, 正好明天是荷兰的女王节, 去看看到底是什么样子.

其实最近还是很忙的, 正好抽劳动节休息一下, 回来就要搞定美国的签证, 打算把在瑞典签证的经过写写, 好像还没看到有朋友介绍过, 我先去探路了. 这个月的博客总结估计也写不了了, 如果明天可能的话借同学的电脑试试. 提前祝大家节日快乐!

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题目: Seven Win Goldman Environmental Prize (1/2)

原文

This Tuesday is Earth Day. On April 22, 1970, millions of Americans took part in activities to bring attentions to the environment. Senator Gayler NilsonGaylord Nelson from Wisconsin had calledcalls for a huge protest against pollution and other threats. And environmental movement was born, and Earth Day is now observed around the world. Last week, the seven winners of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize were announced in San Francisco, California. Winners are chosen from each part of the world. The winners of the Goldman Prize for South and Central America are Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza in Ecuador. The two men are leading a major legal case against the Chevron Oil Company. It involved petroleum pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon between 1964 and 1990. The case was brought against Texaco, Chevron bought that company in 2001. The winner of this year’s Goldman Prize for Africa is Feliciano dos Santosin Mozambique. He, and his band Massukos, use traditional music to educate villagers about the importance of clean water. He also works to bring better sanitation to poor villages.

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题目: Clinton Challenges Obama to Debate (1/2)

原文

Clinton is trailing Obama in delegates and in the popular vote, and she has been putting pressure on him to hold more debates before the May 6 primary elections in Indiana and in the southern state of North Carolina. On Saturday, Clinton called for a 90-minute debate without a moderator.
“I hope we will be able to have a good old-fashioned Lincoln-Douglas debate right here in Indiana, so that you can see for yourself to make the decision about who our next president should be.”
The style of debating where each side presents an argument gets its name from the 1858 debates in Illinois between US Senate Candidates Abraham Lincoln and Steven Douglas. Obama’s campaign aidsaides say they are studying the debate request. Obama has complained thatin the last debate on April 16th, the moderators focused too much on political trivia, and too little on real issues. Clinton told thea crowd in South Bend, Indiana Saturday she is focusing on the substance of the issues while Obama is relying on style.
“I have been veryspecific, across Indiana and America to talk about solutions. Because my campaign is about solutions, not speeches. It is about working to make the changes that we know we must have.

 

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