VOA双语新闻：里斯腾森与他的“小丑关怀”项目

Professional clown Michael Christensen doesn't just confine his act to the Big Apple Circus he co-founded. He also brings laughter to a place that is often badly in need of it: pediatric hospitals across the country. 迈克尔克里斯腾森是一位专

VOA双语新闻：克里斯腾森与他的“小丑关怀”项目

Professional clown Michael Christensen doesn't just confine his act to the Big Apple Circus he co-founded. He also brings laughter to a place that is often badly in need of it: pediatric hospitals across the country. 迈克尔克里斯腾森是一位专

VOA双语新闻：美国纪念内战150周年

This month marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. Civil War - a conflict that nearly tore the United States apart. Eleven southern states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America, vowing to maintain their

VOA双语新闻：美国政府债务面临严峻考验

The political wrangling in Washington about federal budgets is likely to get more intense as the stakes rise from billions of dollars to trillions. Some of the focus is changing from a squabble over government spending for one year, to a bigger battl

VOA双语新闻：老挝与邻国在湄公河水坝争议中互不相让

Countries along the Mekong River have disagreed with Laos on its proposal to build the first hydropower dam on the main stream of the lower river. Laos says the dam will cause no serious problems, while its neighbors say more information is needed ab

VOA双语新闻：美国内战遗留问题及非洲裔美国人

The U.S. Civil War began 150 years ago this week and became the deadliest conflict in U.S. history. More than a century later, people are debating the reasons for the war, slavery versus states' rights. Some historians and civil rights leaders sugges

VOA双语新闻：老年痴呆症症状出现之前的先兆

Memory loss and mental confusion are the first overt signs of Alzheimer's Disease, an incurable and fatal brain ailment. 记忆力丧失和心智混乱，是老年痴呆症最先出现的症状。这是一种无药可治的脑部致命疾病。 But s

VOA双语新闻：日本地震影响对美进出口

Japan is the United States' fourth-largest trading partner, and trade had increased the first two months of this year -- before the earthquake and tsunami. Now the two busiest container ports in the United States are seeing the effects of the disaste

VOA双语新闻：世行和国际货币基金召开春季年会

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank stressed the need for continued cooperation among world economies, saying the global financial system remains vulnerable to further shocks. The warning comes as the world lending institutions prepare

VOA双语新闻 ：美空置核电站招商 音响实验室入住

The Satsop nuclear plant in western Washington State never generated a kilowatt of electricity. The cavernous and windowless nuclear reactor building has gone begging for commercial tenants for years. And it finally has one. 位于华盛顿州西部的

VOA双语新闻 ：俄罗斯总统访问约旦河西岸

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a rare visit to the West Bank, where he reaffirmed Moscow's recognition of a Palestinian state. 俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫对约旦河西岸进行了一次罕见的访问，并重申莫斯科承认一个巴

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—巴勒斯坦人抗议 以色列边界起暴力

Israeli troops have fired at protesters along Israel's borders with Lebanon and Syria. At least 10 people have been killed as thousands of Palestinians mobilized to mark the anniversary of the uprooting of Palestinians that resulted from the creation

VOA双语新闻：21世纪儿童如何学习

One size does not fit all. That's the philosophy behind an innovative approach to primary education which started in Britain less than a decade ago. The International Primary Curriculum (IPC) is now taught in more than 1,000 primary schools in 58 cou

VOA双语新闻：美穆斯林团体忧国会听证使人

Many Muslim-American organizations are worried that congressional hearings under way in Washington could stereotype their community as a source of Islamic radicalism in the United States. One of those organizations, the Council of Islamic Organizatio

VOA双语新闻：日本核电灾难影响全球能源政策

Experts and diplomats are predicting Japans recent deadly earthquake and tsunami, along with its ongoing nuclear reactor crisis, will not have too much of an effect on Japan itself in the long-term, but rather on energy policies in other countries. D

VOA双语新闻：卡扎菲称联合国对利比亚决议无效

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has sent urgent messages to world leaders Saturday, claiming that his country is fighting al- Qaida and that the United Nations resolution on Libya was invalid. 利比亚领导人卡扎菲星期六向世界领导人发出紧

VOA双语新闻：日本地震经济损失超预期 或超千亿

The economic cost of the worst natural disaster in Japan's history continues to rise. Experts are saying the devastating combination of earthquake, tsunami and now - the deepening nuclear crisis, is likely to result in bigger-than-expected financial

VOA双语新闻：日本海啸幸存者艰难

Amid the desperate attempts by rescue teams to find anyone alive in the wreckage left by the Japan tsunami, survivors of the disaster are struggling to get by. Close to half a million people are estimated to be living in shelters, most sleeping on th

VOA双语新闻：美国经济不景气，慈善组织需更多

Despite a sluggish economy, charitable giving by American people and companies rose more than 6.5 percent last year from 2009. 虽然经济仍不景气，但是一项新的调查发现，2010年，美国人和美国公司的慈善捐款比2009年增加

VOA双语新闻：白宫新报告介绍美国妇女现状

March is Womens History Month in the United States, an opportunity to examine how far women have come and the areas where there is still work to be done. One of these areas is employment and income, according to a recent report released by the White