英语听力：VOA双语新闻—油价虽然走低 市场动荡依旧

In recent months, crude oil prices have experienced their sharpest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, and now stand at around $80 a barrel. 近几个月，原油价格经历了2008年金融危机以来最深的跌幅，现在保持在每桶80美元左

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—世粮署：埃塞俄比亚紧急粮储接近于零

The head of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Ethiopia says the country's emergency food stocks are almost completely exhausted, with drought conditions expected to worsen before they improve. There are also growing concerns about food shortages i

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—战后三年俄罗斯与格鲁吉亚关系仍然僵滞

Three years after the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, the temporary ceasefire lines between the two look increasingly like permanent borders. 2008年格鲁吉亚与俄罗斯爆发战争，三年后的现在，两国间的临时停火线越来越像

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—挪威暴力事件引人关注右翼网上交流

Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man who admits to killing 77 people last month, allegedly contributed to a range of online neo-Nazi, nationalist and anti-Islam forums. Now the European Unions criminal intelligence agency, Europol, is launching

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—奥巴马签国债法案 称其为走向负责任财政第一步

President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, averting a potential government default only hours before the deadline. The president called the bill an important first step toward fiscal responsibility. 美国总统

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—饥荒加战祸 索马里逃荒民众日增

Drought and famine are forcing tens of thousands of Somalis to abandon their homes and seek assistance in the capital, Mogadishu, or neighboring countries. The U.N. World Food Program and other agencies say, however, the ongoing conflict in Somalia a

英语听力：VOA双语新闻 16、共和党内选激烈 罗姆尼宗教信仰遭批

In U.S. presidential politics, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has a narrow lead over Georgia businessman Herman Cain in the latest CNN-ORC public opinion poll. Most experts consider Romney the frontrunner for the Republican Party's preside

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—奋进号航天飞机展开最后一次飞行任务

The space shuttle Endeavour has lifted off on its 25th and final mission. 美国航天飞机奋进号，已经在最后一次任务中升空。 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 ... and liftoff for the final launch of Endeavour, expanding our knowledge and e

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—奥巴马向军人致敬，并宣布军方高层人事变动

The president began his day by hosting a breakfast at the White House for Gold Star Families - those who have lost loved ones in war. 这一天,总统首先在白宫举行早餐会,宴请那些获得金星奖的家庭，也就是那些在战争中失去

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—大肠杆菌：好菌变坏

As a major outbreak of a highly toxic strain of E. coli bacteria continues to sicken residents of Europe, medical experts are racing to find the source. 一种具高度毒性的大肠杆菌造成重大疫情，陆续使欧洲民众染病，现在医学

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—墨西哥犯罪率虽高仍吸引美国人买房

Some 40,000 people have been killed in Mexico over the past five years as the Latin American country's police and military battle powerful drug cartels that are also fighting with each other over smuggling routes. In spite of the dire headlines, hund

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—幕僚离职 金里奇总统竞选陷危机

Former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich says he will continue his quest for the Republican Party's presidential nomination despite a mass walkout of key campaign staff. The staff departure is the latest political setback for Gingrich, who began the c

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—帕内塔在美参院军事委员会作证

The Senate Armed Services Committee has held a hearing on President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta. Panetta, the current Central Intelligence Agency Director, was warmly received by the panel, but faced

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—移民家庭实现美国梦

Matilda Cuomo - wife, mother, teacher and former first lady of New York State - has perhaps had the most far-reaching impact as founder of Mentoring USA, which has trained volunteer mentors for more than 5,000 schoolchildren nationwide. 玛蒂尔达.科

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—共和党竞选人批评奥巴马和经济

Following their first major presidential debate, Republican White House contenders have made it clear they intend to make the 2012 U.S. presidential election a referendum on President Barack Obama's handling of the domestic economy. Political analyst

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—纽约时报：巴基斯坦逮捕中情局线民

A report in Wednesday's New York Times quotes unnamed U.S. intelligence officials as saying Pakistan has arrested five people, including a Pakistani military official, accused of passing information to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency prior to la

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国城市帮助难民落地生根

Zaw Wins journey from Burma to Buffalo, New York was not a matter of just buying an airline ticket. 梭温从缅甸来到美国，不仅是需要买一张机票而已。 He spent five years as a political prisoner in his native country where Win says

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—奥巴马访波多黎各，支持当地人民公投

President Barack Obama on Tuesday visited the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 美国总统奥巴马星期二抵达美国属地波多黎各，受到当地民众欢迎。 Buenas tardes! With a greeting of Good afternoon in Spanish, President Obama be

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—希腊经济危机 德法决心稳住欧元

The leaders of France and Germany signaled Friday they want to find a quick solution to the economic crisis in Greece. In Greece, the prime minister reshuffled his Cabinet and replaced his finance minister. 德国和法国领导人星期五就希腊的

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—四名肯尼亚人要起诉英国政府

Four Kenyans, three men and one woman, plan to take legal action against the British government over alleged colonial-era atrocities. Britain's High Court ruled Thursday that the elderly Kenyans can sue over alleged torture by British authorities com