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SENEWS-2007-06-21 Report
Education Report



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                                   Washington university

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

A student at XinJang normal university in China has a question for our foreign students series. Ac Mamat wants to go overseas after graduation and would like some information about Washington university.

Washington university in Saint Louis, MO. is a median sized school in the midwest. It has almost 11,000 students. 12% this last school year were international students. Mostly graduate student. The university has schools for law, medicine and social work. It also has a business school, a school of design and visual arts and a school of engineering and plane sciences. But more than 70% of courses are t\ throug the arts and sciences program.

The new school year that begins this fall will cost 52,000 dollars for undergraduates that includes 12 month sub-living expenses estimated at 17,000 dollars. Graduate T differs by program. T for the master of social work program,for example, will cost 27,000 dollars in the coming year. The master of business administration program will cost about 38,000 dollars. The University offers finacial assistance to international students including fist year students. But says its resources are limited. Scholarships are available. The university also offers a monthly payment plan to spread out the cost of T. And it offers loan programs. International students in the United States generally can not recieve federal student loans. But they may be able to take out private loans as many American students do. The student loan industry is in the news right now. Investigation looking at questionable dealings between cologist and lenders.

Washington university in Saint Louis was named A seminary when it opened in 1853. Later, the name was changed to honor the first American president John Washington. But other schools share the name Washington including the university of Washington and John Washington university. So in 1976 Washington university added the words in Saint Louis to its name.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report written by Nancy Steinbach. Our foreign studnets series on higher education in the United States is online at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.

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It's 10:00 Universal Time. This is news from the Voice of America.

From the VOA News Center in Washington, I'm Bill Hazard, VOA News.

The US military says troops have killed 30 suspected terrorists in a massive operation against al-Qaida in Iraq northeast of Baghdad. The military also says soldiers found numerous weapons and bombs during the offensive in Diyala province. The military launched the operation which involves 10,000 soldiers early Tuesday. Meanwhile, the death toll from Tuesday's truck bombing outside a Shiite mosque in Baghdad has risen to 87. More than 200 others were wounded in the attack which Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki blamed on Sunni extremists. The bombing came two days after the lifting of a city-wide curfew. It was put in place to prevent sectarian attacks after last week's bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra sparked retaliatory attacks on Sunni mosques.

Israeli officials say Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the army to let some Palestinians in Gaza enter Israel. They say he instructed officials to let Palestinians needing urgent medical treatment cross into Israel. Hundreds of Palestinians are stuck in a tunnel leading to the Israeli site at the area's border crossing. Israel sealed border crossings with Gaza last week when the militant group Hamas took control of the territory. On Monday, Israeli forces entered Gaza to try to protect civilians of the crossing. Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in clashes overnight that seriously wounded one Israeli soldier. Meanwhile, the United Nations World Food Programme sent 8 trucks into Gaza Tuesday for the first time since Hamas took control. And in Washington, President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle with Hamas. Meanwhile, VOA Shayman Roni has this report from New York on what some analysts say needs to be done to bring peace to the region.

40 years after the six-day war, a new obstacle is threatening the existance of a future Palestinian state. The violent takeover of the Gaza Strip by the Islamic militant group Hamas recently has split the Palestinian government into two political camps . The moderate Fatah faction led by President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank wants to seek peace with Israel and Hamas in Gaza is refusing to recognize Israel or renounce violence. The international community led by the United States had cut off aids to the Hamas-led government since Hamas won the parliament election last year. However, aid resumed this week after President Abbas formed a new emergency government without Hamas. Both the United States and Israel are backing Palestinian President Abbas in his political battle with Hamas. Besides Israel, the European Union and the United States also consider Hamas as a terrorist group. Shayman Roni, VOA News, New York.

The top US envoy to talks on North Korea's nuclear program says he expects the six-nation negotiations to resume in early July. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said today in Tokyo he would prefer the talks to start soon after America's July 4th Independence Day holiday.

The UN Human Rights Council has overcome last minute objections by China and has set new rules for investigating some of the world's worst human rights offenders. The compromises agreed on do not totally satisfy all council members, but allow the body to end its first year of existence with a mandate to continue its work as the UN's principle guardian of human rights. Lisa Schlein has more in this report for VOA from Geneva.

The compromise agreement was saved after the UN Human Rights Council forced China to back down on a demand that would have made it more difficult to criticize countries over their human rights records. The country investigations are the backbone of the council's work. UN experts report on abuses around the world, identifying those countries that violate the rights of their citizens. Some developing countries dislike the finger-pointing and had sought to impose limits on what the experts can do. The council established a so-called Universal Periodic Review System under which all countries will have their human rights records regularly scrutinized. Independent experts will continue to report on abuses found in a number of countries including Haiti, Somalia, Congo, Sudan, Burma, and North Korea. Lisa Schlein for VOA News, Geneva.

From the VOA News Center in Washington, I'm Bill Hazard, VOA News. Get more news now on the Internet at voanews.com.

Vocabulary

bolster: v. to help someone to feel better and more positive 增强；激励
political camp: 阵营
guardian: n. someone who guards or protects something, especially an institution or moral principle （尤指某种制度或道德标准的）维护者，保卫者
backbone: n. (the backbone of) the most important part of an organization, set of ideas etc. 骨干；支柱；主力；中坚

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BBC World News, I’m Michael Polls.

The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said his emergency government would not engage in dialogue with Hamas, the Islamic militant group which seized control of Gaza Strip last week after violent clashes with its main rival Fatah. The President who leads Fatah accused Hamas of trying to set up its own state in Gaza which described as an empire of darkness. From R., A. M. reports.

Since Hamas forcibly took control of the Gaza Strip, its leaders have been calling for discussions with President Abbas. In his toughest speech since the violence, the President left no room for misunderstanding his position on the group. Mentioning Hamas members by name, he said there would be no dialogue with murderous coup leaders and traitors, saying he done so much to involve the movement in the democratic process / them to overrun his home and trample on his portrait.

The inceptive development Israeli new Palestinian government open formal contact telephone conversation between the Israeli Foreign Minister / and the Palestinian Prime Minister /. Ms. /told Mr. that the establishment of a new government without a mess would allow the political process to advance.

The increased / in Washington that the British Prime Minister Tony Blair who stands down next week after ten years in office maybe asked to become an envoy to the Middle East. White House officials told the BBC that President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have both talked to Mr. Blair about the potential new job.

President Bush has vetoed legislation that would have eased restriction on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The White House spokesman said the President believed it was not appropriate to put an end to humane life for research purposes. Instead, Mr. Bush said the House representatives should follow the lead of the senate and pass legislation encouraging research into stem cells that do not come from humane embryos. “The House leaders need to prepare similar legislation that would authorize initial fund for ethical stem cell research. There would be an important investment. And be an important statement. Because we can’t lose our opportunities we conduct research we get hope to those suffering from terrible diseases. And help this country move beyond the controversies over embryo destruction.

United Nations backed war crimes tribunal in / has convicted three former military leaders of crime against humanity including using children and soldiers during the country’s decade civil war. It’s the first time that international court has ruled on child constriction. The decision was described as a ground breaking step by the human rights organization, Human Rights Watch. The three man Alex /, / and S. were also convicted of terrorism, rape and murder. They will be sentenced next month. Convictions from the judgment (were) delivered by the tribunal in Free Town.

World news from the BBC.

Three Canadian soldiers serving with NATO led force in Afghanistan have killed by a road side bomb. The Taliban said it carried out the attack, the latest in a wave of violence. Charles Haviland reports from Kabul.

Canada’s forces are posed to one of Afghanistan’s most dangerous provinces Kandahar and these death raised to sixty the number of Canadian troops killed in action in the country since the Taliban were driven from power in 2001. In all, over 600 foreign troops have died. The Head of Canadian forces here, / General Team Ground said the three Canadians were on a re-supply mission between two check points using a small / vehicle when they were blown up by a road side bomb.

The mayor of Los Angles has appointed / Minister to lead a multi-million dollars initiative to tackle the cities violent gangs. Revend J. becomes director of gang reduction and youngth development. He told the BBC the a comprehensive approach for the problems was needed because gang / as attempting way out of poverty. “you are young person, and you / the opportunity to make $300 a day selling drugs even though it’s a very risky business. Or you can work a minimum way of job making six bucks an hour. For some kids, that’s a difficult choice.”

A group of medical scientists say they have developed a way of turning a simple type of sugar into a new low carbon fuel for cars. They said the fructose, a sugar found in apples or oranges can be converted into a fuel called DMT which can store 40% more energy than ethanol, the only bio-fuel currently produced on a large scale.

Police in the American city of / in Taxes are investing the death of a man. They believed was lynched by a mob after the car he was traveling in hit an injured girl. The authorities say a crowd of taxi car driver when he stopped to check on the girl’s condition before turning on the passenger whose investigator’s say was killed by up to twenty men.

BBC World News.

[ 本帖最后由 vanbryan 于 2007-6-21  11:01 编辑 ]

ms没有坚持做到每日吧？:gggggg

没有调查没有发言权

lz是当代雷锋挖
害的偶都感到羞愧了，把你的材料下下来了，准备复习下听力了

你还需要复习

比本科时退步了挖