2017年CRI Professor Stephen McCaffrey wins 2017 Stockholm Water Prize

Professor Stephen McCaffrey was named 2017 Stockholm Water Prize on March. 22. 2017. [Photo: SIWI] American Professor Stephen McCaffrey has won 2017 Stockholm Water Prize for his unparalleled contribution to the evolution and progressive realization

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International Wateryear

Broadcast: February 21, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Everywhere, water use is increasing. Humans already use fifty-four percent of all the fresh water in riv

VOA标准英语2012--Low-Lying Areas of New York City Suffer Flooding

Low-Lying Areas of New York City Suffer Flooding Sounds of sump pumps fill the air in low-lying areas of New York City. Don, a water systems professional in Brooklyn, has been on the job, pumping out basements since before dawn. He says the worst flo

美国国家公共电台 NPR High Demand, Low Supply: Colorado River Water Crisis Hits Across The West

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For decades, the Colorado River has fed growing cities from Denver to Los Angeles, and a lot of the produce in grocery stores across the country right now was grown with Colorado River water. Now with climate change and severe drou

Water Storage Systems

Broadcast: May 12, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, millions of people in Bangladesh drink ground water that has been polluted by naturally high levels

Brazil: Water Is an International Problem

A Brazilian official says water restrictions in Brasilia will end by December, when an expanded supply system will be completed. United Nations officials say Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, is one of a growing number of cities with water shortages.

英语听力：自然百科 黄石公园的夏天 Yellowstone—6

As the migrating herds arrive in the plateaus river valleys, the spring is here. This is why they have made the journey after the famine of winter. Food is everywhere. Birds have flown in from as far away as the Arctic and subtropics. Canada geese jo

VOA标准英语2008年-Low Technology Solutions Find Favor in Developi

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 19 May 2008 Fuel efficient stoves and ceramic water purifiers are two examples of low-tech innovations that can help people in poor countries improve their quality of life. Because what is known as appropriate technology usu

VOA慢速英语2014 AS IT IS 2014-04-05 Community Colleges Offer Easy and Low-cost Opportunities 社区大学为大家提供简单和低成本的学习机会

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VOA标准英语2012-- Leasing Land, Leasing Water

Leasing Land, Leasing Water 土地征用协议引发对水权利的担忧 A new report says land acquisitions in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America have sharply increased since the 2007/2008 food crisis. Some fear the investments by foreign cou

VOA标准英语2012--Residents of Nairobi Slums Face Daily Water Challenges

Residents of Nairobi Slums Face Daily Water Challenges When the water tap threatens to run dry in this Nairobi slum, tensions rise. Women, waiting for their turn to fill their 20-liter containers of water, fight as they fear not being able to fill he

VOA标准英语2009年-Expert Says Days of 'Easy Water' Are Over

The fifth World Water Forum opened on Monday in Istanbul, Turkey. Thousands of people are at the meeting - from heads of state and environmental and business leaders to scientists and activists - to discuss ways to manage and conserve the precious r

VOA标准英语2012--Afghan Economy Slows

Afghan Economy Slows Row upon row of heavy construction equipment lies idle along Kabul's Jalalabad Road as international contracts begin to dry up with international forces pulling out. Machines like these had been used to build the heavily fortifie

美国国家公共电台 NPR Lethal Pneumonia Outbreak Caused By Low Chlorine In Flint Water

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Scientists announced today that they have figured out the cause of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Flint, Mich., a few years ago. Twelve people died. This was at the start of the city's water crisis. And the problem was a l

VOA双语新闻 Non-Government Groups Launch Safe Water Campa

A consortium of more than 60 international non-governmental organizations says it will launch a global campaign on the Right to Water on March 22, which is World Water Day. The activists say they want the United Nations to begin negotiations for a le

2007年VOA标准英语-International Response to Solomon Islands Tsuna

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 April 2007 Children hunt for clothes after their village of Titiana, where 15 people died, was hit by a tsunami on the outskirts of Gizo island in the Solomon Islands, 05 Apr 2007 The International Federation of Red Cross an

英语听力：自然百科 黄石公园的夏天 Yellowstone—11

The living is easy. But it won't last long. At this altitude, the air is so dry that rain evaporates before it even hits the ground. The water that flows off the plateau is no longer being replaced. Already there is drought in forests beyond the mead

2006年VOA标准英语-UN: Water, Sanitation Crisis Killing Millions o

By Catherine Maddux Washington 09 November 2006 watch UN Water report A new United Nations report says a growing water and sanitation crisis around the world is costing the lives of about two million children a year. A child fills a container with w

VOA标准英语2009年-Key South East Asian Countries Rank Low in Budg

A new survey indicates several South East Asian countries rank poorly in providing accessible and transparent information on their national budgets, raising fears of corruption in spending programs. Survey by the Washington-based International Budge