Asia's export-driven growth over the past 30 years has drawn millions of women into the work force, making consumer goods for the world. The work lifted families out of poverty and gave women grid greater independence set and opportunities.

Now the global economic downturn means tens of thousands of women are losing their jobs, as slow demand forces factories making everything from clothes to electronics to shut down.

Kee Beom Kim, an economist with the United Nation’s Nation's International Labour Organization, says women in export industries the region are especially xxx vulnerable to the current economic climate. Kim says the consequences are wide ranging.
　
" They have lost their jobs and, you know, without a job, they cannot, in some cases, for those who are poor, they are not able there, you know, - their food consumptiondecreases, the decreases in their health consumption;we . In some cases, or we'll see that children are being withdraw withdrawn from school. And for example, and in thegovernment some of many garment sale sector industries, all reduced working hours basically means less take home pay – for them, which, of course, says a detrimental effect on consumption and savings. "
　
China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia are some of the countries where exports account for a large proportion of national output. A slowdown in foreign investment and a decline in remittances from overseas workers worsen the poor economic climate for women workers.

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President Obama Condemns North Korean Nuclear Test ( 本次听写约152词 )

President Obama appeared before television cameras at the White House to deliver of one a blunt message to North Korea's leaders.

"North Kore's Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs pose a xxx grave threat to the peace and security of the world, and I strongly condemn their xxx reckless action."

Speaking just hours before the U. N. Security Council was due to meet in emergency session on North Korea, the president just stressed the need for international solidarity.

"North Korea's actions endanger the people of Northeast Asia. They are xxx a blatant violation of international law. And they contradict North Korea's own prior commitments. Now, the United States and the international community must take action in response. "

Mr. Obama said Pyongyang is deepening its isolation, and inviting increased international pressure. He made specific mention of the response from Moscow and Beijing to North Korea's announcement of an underground nuclear test, and the reported test firing of three 3 short range ground-to-air missiles.

笔记:

1.      blunt: 钝的,生硬的

2.      ballistic missile: 弹道飞弹

3.      grave: 墓穴,严重的,铭记

4.      reckless: 不计后果的

5.      Security Council: 联合国安全理事会

6.      blatant: 喧嚣的

7.      violation: 违反,妨碍

8.      prior commitment: 事先参与

"The president hasnot hasn't decided where some of the detainees will be transferred. Again, those are decisions that the task forces are working on, and that the president will begin xxxto lay out and discuss tomorrow. "

Despite the uncertainty about the fate of the detainees, Gibbs says the president is committed, above all, to American's Americans' safety.

"The President president understands that his most important job is to keep the American people safe, and that he is not goingto gonna make any decision or any judgment that repairs imperils the safety for of the American people. "

Some republicans Republicans say Guantanamo should be kept open, and that abuses there have been ended. They also warn that theterrorist terrorists who cannot be convicted might be set free in the U. S.
　
Gibbs says Guantanamo's continued existence is helping terror groups recould recruit new members.

Also Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the U. S. can still hold some prisoners at Guantanamo indefinitely without any charges.

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South Korea Steers Toward Electric Auto Future (2/2)( 本次听写约190词 )

Professor Cho says the technology will have big benefits - but will take some time to implement.

He says widespread use of the technology will automatically solve many of Korea’s Korea's environmental and fuel scarcity problems. Cho The key challenge, he sayswe , will be building a reliable and extensive infrastructure.
 

He says if current tries trials are successful, a field trial is planed planned in the South KoreaCapitalKorean capital. After that, other local cities will get a chance to adopt the online electric vehicle.

One of the key attractions of the model is that it limits eliminates the need for countless individual charging stations for each vehicle, or the need to swap out batteries on a continual abasesbasis. Instead, the online road strips are connected to large larger charging stations, which South Korea intends to charge mainly through nuclear plants.

Cho says the online vehicle is a cost-effective solution for mass transit planersplanners.

He says the main competitors of this electric vehicle are electric subways and trams. However, establishing subways costs about $10million 10,000,000 a Kilometerkilometer, and about $5million 5,000,000 per kilometer for a tram line. By contrast, he says online electric vehicle power strips will cost only about $400,000 per kilometer.

笔记：

1.       trial: 试验，考验

2.       charging station: 充电站

3.       mass transit: 大量交通工具总称

4.       tram: 有轨电车

World Health Organization DirectGeneralDirector-General, Margaret Chan, says the world is facing multiple crises, on multiple fronts. And, these are occurring at a time when the global economic crisis is making it more difficult to maintain good health, especially in the developing world.

The WHO Chief chief says the new Swine Flu A-H1N1 virus shows how health challenges are changing.

"The world of today is more vulnerable to the xxx adverse effects of an influenza pandemic than it was in 1968, when the last pandemic of the previous century began. The speed and vulume volume of international travel have increased to an astonishing degree. As we are seeing right now with H1N1, any city with an international airport is at risk of an important imported case. "

Dr. Chan says increased enterthepandemic interdependence among nations creates a great potential for economic disruption. This means the gov gap between the haves xxxhavenotxxx and the have-nots will grow even larger than it already has.

"Today, about 85% of the burden of chronic diseases is concentrate concentrated in low and middle income countries. The implications are obvious. The developing will world has, by far, the largest poor pool of people at risk for severe and fatal H1N1 infections. "

笔记:

1.      vulnerable: 易受攻击的

2.      adverse: 不利的,敌对的

3.      influenza: 流行性感冒

4.      interdependence: 互相依赖

5.      disruption: 中断,分裂,瓦解,破坏

6.      gap: 缺口,隔阂

7.      haves: 富人, 富国

8.      have-nots: 穷人, 贫穷国家

With several hundred anti-abortion protesters gathered outside Notre Dame's front gates, President Obama was greeted inside the Joyce Center on campus with long and thunderous xxxapplause. But his speech was interrupted a number of times by anti-abortion xxxhecklers, with most graduating students drowning out the xxx hecklers in support of Mr. Obama.

The president began his remarks by acknowledging the storm of controversy his visit caused with a dose of self-deprecating humor.

" Thank you for the honorary degree , that I've received. I known know it has not been without controversy. I don’t don't know if youare you're aware of this, but these honorary degrees are apparently pretty hard to come by. So far Iam I'm only one 1 for two 2 as Presidentpresident. "

Mr. Obama delivered his first commencement address as president to the University of Arizona several days ago. The University university decided not to award him an honorary degree, saying his body of work is " not yet finished" . "

At Notre Dame Sunday, President Obama took on the issue that has dogged his visit and sharply divided and polarized Americans for decades – - abortion. He called for people on both sides of the debate to keep an open mind and to stop demonizing each other.

A CongressionalForeignAffairsSubcommittee congressional foreign affairs subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday on the national and global implications of the H1N1 flue flu epidemic.

Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the hearing that U. S. health officials have moved with impressive speed to isolate and study the new virus. " We have been able to move within two short weeks to identify this novel virus, understand the complete xxxxxx genetic characteristics and compare the genetic composition of xxx specimens from U. S. patients to others around the global globe to watch for mutations. "

Schuchat said these efforts put the United States in a good position to produce the a vaccine. " Wehave We've initiated steps so that should we need to manufacture the a vaccine, in terms of the U. S. government’s government's role, we can work towards that goal very quickly. "

Dr. Dennis Carroll, a special adviser on pandemics with the U. S. Agency for International Development , said investments to prevent xxxflue an avian flu epidemic helped lay the groundwork for the quick response to the H1N1 virus. But Dr. Carroll also warned of a broader and disturbing global trend relating to new diseases and animals.

笔记：

1.       novel: 新奇的，新颖的，异常的；小说

2.       genetic composition: 遗传组成

3.       specimen: 范例，样本，待试验物

4.       mutation: 变化，生物物种的突变

5.       in terms of: 根据，按照，在…方面

6.       avian: 鸟，鸟类的

7.       groundwork: 地基，根基

The UNChildren’s U. N. Children's Fund says an all too familiar year tragedy is unfolding in the Horn of Africa. It warns an already bad situation for children will only get worse unless the world acts with much greater urgency to provide food and other assistance.

It says countries in the region are reeling from a combination of radical erratic weather patterns, the global economic crisis and intensifying conflict and insecurity. It says xxx piracy and the highxxx hijacking of ships off the Somali coast also is adding to the emergency.

UNICEF spokeswoman, Miranda Eeles, says 19. 8million 8-million people, including 4million four-million children under the age 5of five, are in need of emergency relief assistance.

"This is a substantial increase over the September 2008 figure of 14 million people requiring assistance,over . Over the last few months, there has been a steady increase in the numbers of children suffering from acute xxxmalnutrition. Data collected from nutrition xxx surveillance and feeding centers indicate growing numbers of children are suffering from acute xxxmalnutrition, a condition which if not treated quickly can lead to death. ”"

笔记：

1.       unfolding: 伸展，演变

2.       reel: 蹒跚在走，旋转，骚乱

3.       erratic: 不稳定的，奇怪的

4.       intensify: 加强，强化

5.       piracy: 海盗行为，侵犯版权

6.       hijacking: 劫机

7.       substantial increase: 大幅增长

8.       malnutrition: 营养失调，营养不良

9.       surveillance: 监视，监督

The Commissioner commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Keith Hall, presented the Labor Department of report to the Joint Economic Committee.

"This was another bad report. There was a significant situation deterioration in the labor marketagain. The job loss is largeinthiswhichbread, itis it's widespread, and it's affecting every industry sector and every demographic group. ”"

Some 539,000 jobs were lost in April, bring bringing the total number of unemployed to 13.7million13,700,000, up from 13.2million 13,200,000 in March.

But the number of job losses were the fewest in the past 6 months, tempered in part by the federal government’s government's hiring of temporary workers to prepare for the U. S. census next year. Commissioner Hall says the slowdown in layoffs could be, as he put it, " a glimmer of hope" that the economy could be improving.

"That looks like a moderation, but it’s it's only one month. ”"

Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat who chaired the hearing, said the Labor Department report underscores the need for continued government assistance.

笔记:

1.       Bureau: 局，办公署

2.       deterioration: 变坏，退化，堕落

3.       demographic: 人口统计学的

4.       tempered: 调节的，缓和的

5.       layoff: 临时解雇，操作停止，失业期

6.       moderation: 适度

"So, that is different than the severity of a pandemic. The severity of a pandemic has to do with when people get infected, how often are they going to develop really severe disease. ”Doctor "

Dr. Fukuda says it is very important to closely monitor the evolution of the disease. He says the world is much better prepared to respond to a potential pandemic than it was in 1918.

The so-called Spanish flueflu, which circulated around the world in 1918 and1919 and 1919 killed an estimated 50million 50,000,000 people. WHO says there is no indication right now that the world is facing the a situation like that, which occurred in 1918.

In a related issue, Dr. Fukuda reeducatesWHO’s reiterates WHO's position that people are getting infected with the H1N1 virus from other people and not from pigs. He says people will not get infected from eating pork and pork products. And, ifhandle when handled correctly and cook cooked properly, they pose no problems.

He says pigs are not a danger to people. It is people who are a danger to other people. 
 

笔记：

1. reiterate: 反复地说，重申