我有一位祖母级的朋友，上周我们聊天时她说道自己从前就是一个挂钥匙儿童，这样其实好处颇多。她指责我们这些育儿专家在这个问题上的态度过于消极。 母亲们应该尽量让孩子学会这些小...
To most thoughtful people, unemployment benefit embodies a painful trade-off. It's the mark of a civilised society, clubbing together to provide assistance to those in need. It is also, regrettably, an incentive to remain unemployed. At its worst, un...
benefit,n 利益＝profit＝gain；津贴，救济金，保险费＝allowance 【例】Exercise benefits our health 运动有益于我们的健康。disability benefits 残废抚恤金 【记】bene好，fit做－做事后的好处...
The turmoil in the U.S. financial markets is dominating the debate in the presidential election campaign, and Democrat Barack Obama appears to be gaining because of it. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has more on the political impact of the cr...
By George Dwyer Washington 09 November 2007 A series of All Star Chef benefit dinners is being held across the United States this year, all part of a 20-city celebration honoring the 20th anniversary of the James Beard Foundation. The foundation is n...
And it's time again for StoryCorps, we've been hearing from this oral history project as it crisscrosses the country. In New York city, it's gathering interviews with families and friends who lost loved ones at the World Trade Center. StoryCorps w...
It's true that some people have more hurdles in life than others. But commentator Joseph C. Phillips says regardless of the trials and tribulations, one factor can improve the lives of all people hope. An 8th grade reading teacher recently told me t...
By Prospero Laput Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines 16 July 2007 Electricity has yet to reach hundreds of villages in the Philippines. The Philippine government is tapping innovative technology to light up some villages, but in this report by producer...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 October 2006 Five year-old Abubaker Kabir who is suffering from measles receives medication while his mother Ladi Kabir, left, watches in Kano hospital, Nigeria (File photo) In Nigeria, health officials who have fanned o...
By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 24 July 2006 Haitian artwork on display at the concert benefiting development in Haiti The Rotary Club has partnered with the Fort Lauderdale sister cities program for a concert that raised money for sustainable development...
