VOA慢速英语2010年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - USS Lexington; Felix

Host: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week We visit an aircraft carrier that served during World War Two Answer a question from Brazil about the cartoon character Felix the Cat And listen

VOA慢速英语 2007 0217

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Drew Gilpin Faust will be the first president since 1672 without a Harvard degree On July first, America's oldest university will get its twenty-eighth president but, most notably, its first female presiden

VOA慢速英语2012--Agriculture Report - A Call for Equal Rights for Women Farmers

Agriculture Report - A Call for Equal Rights for Women Farmers 农业报道 - 呼吁在农业上赋予女性农民平等权利 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 A new report says if w

VOA标准英语2010年-Green Crafters Combine Beauty, Functio

Jamie Galloway is an eco-friendly fiber artist. A recent graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, she was among 700 exhibiters at the American Craft Council Show in Baltimore, Maryland displaying their handmade jewelry, clothing, and home

VOA标准英语2011--USS New York: An Enduring Reminder of th

USSNewYork:AnEnduringReminderoftheWorldTradeCenter A relic of the fallen World Trade Center is in New York Harbor today, honoring in a vivid and lasting way the memory of those who died 10 years ago. The USS New York is built around seven and a half

VOA标准英语2011--Harvard's First Woman President Settles

Harvard's First Woman President Settles into Role Harvard University is arguably one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1636, it is among the oldest in the United States. In 2007, Harvard named h

VOA标准英语2010年-Party Winds Down for Baseball Organist

Going to a baseball game is an American summer tradition, and a big part of that ballpark experience is the stirring, up-tempo organ music that's played throughout the game. When teams score runs or players make hits, organ music leads the fans in ch

英语视频-名人演讲：哈佛大学校长2012毕业典礼演讲

Drew G. Faust是哈佛375年历史上第一位女性校长，第一位非哈佛毕业生校长，杰出的历史学家，2001年从宾西法尼业大学到哈佛的Radcliffe学院任教。这是她在2012年哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲。

哈佛大学校长Drew Faust 2012毕业典礼演讲

With Commencement today, we close our year of commemorating Harvards 375th birthday. From an exuberant party for 18,000 in torrential rain and ankle-deep mud here in Tercentenary Theatre last fall to todays invocation of John Harvards spirit still wa

熊出没注意! 俄发布"遇熊逃生指南"

Officials in a remote Russian city have drawn up a list of practical tips for locals on how to survive(逃生) encounters with bears, after growing numbers have wandered（漫步,徘徊） into the streets in search of food. The officials in the city

Russian team in London smaller but stronger

MOSCOW, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The Russian national team heading to the London Olympics will be smaller in numbers but stronger by quality than it was in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said. In numbers, we will be a b

VOA标准英语2009-Russian Gas: Pipelines, Politics and Money

By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 11 November 2009 Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine he will cut off the country's gas supplies if it siphons fuel from export lines. Mr. Putin made the statement i

Russian long jumper banned for doping

MOSCOW, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Russian long jumper Tatyana Kotova had been banned for a provisional doping case, the Russian Anti- Doping Agency announced Friday. The three-time world indoor champion had a sample at the 2005 World Championships tested po

Paralympic sports festival kicks off in Russian Far East

VLADIVOSTOK, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- First Far Eastern paralympic sports festival opens in Khabarovsk on December 18. The athletes from four regions of the Russia's Far East take part in it, RIA Novosti news agency reported. About 100 athletes came to th

Russian Arms Trafficker Viktor Bout Gets 25 Years in US Prison

A federal judge in New York Thursday sentenced Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to 25 years in prison for conspiring to sell weapons to a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist group based in Colombia. U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin could have

Russian football head steps down after Euro exit

MOSCOW, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Russian Football Union chief resigned Monday and apologized for the national squad's failure during the Euro 2012 tournament. Sergei Fursenko, head of the RFS, told President Vladimir Putin his decision during a morning me

Russians vote for new president

MOSCOW, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Voting began on Sunday in Russia's Far East in the presidential election which almost certain to hand victory to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. As Russia's vast territory encompasses nine time zones, voting first began in

Russians Begin Voting in Parliamentary Elections

Voters in Russia's far east have begun casting ballots in parliamentary elections that are expected to favor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. The voting Sunday comes amid claims of campaign fraud and unprecedented intimidation of

Gorbachev Slams Russian PM On Democracy

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has accused Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of undermining democracy in Russia. Gorbachev spoke to the BBC in an interview Thursday, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a failed coup aimed at removing hi

英文摇滚歌曲：Emigrate - Faust

Whatd you say? About being saved? Cause all it took Was just a taste I set the hook And drove the blade Ready for you Whenever Everything is what it seems So much more Than what you dreamed They take you where Shadows roam Roaming in the never Now I