VOA常速英语2017--特朗普指定国防部长拟定击垮IS方案

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump repeated his promise to defeat Islamic terrorism: 特朗普总统在其就职演说中反复承诺要打击IS恐怖主义： We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized wo

VOA常速英语2017--美国助力津巴布韦排雷

The United States is a leader in supporting the clearance of dangerous remnants of war all over the world. Since 1993, we have invested more than 2.6 billion dollars to clear or destroy landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other dangerous conventional

VOA标准英语2017--Global Hackathons Turn Ideas Into Entrepreneurial Reality

SAN FRANCISCO Among all the applications (apps) on a mobile phone, there is a good chance a few were created by hackers at a hackathon. A hacker is anyone who can take limited resources or be in any type of constraint, time constraint, resource const

VOA常速英语2017--亲俄官员被辞 美俄关系改善泡影破灭？

Russia's initial euphoria when Trump took office is fading after Flynn's resignation and Trump's call for Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine. Russia considered Flynn key to promoting improved relations with the United States. 特朗普的上任给俄罗

VOA常速英语--特朗普召开大规模集会 再抨媒体无良

One day after branding top news outlets the enemy of the American people, President Trump continued savaging the news media at a Florida rally. 特朗普在给各大新闻媒体贴上美国人民的敌人这一标签一天后，继续在佛罗里达州

VOA常速英语2017--美媒：投降吧，IS

Terrorists with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the western part of Mosul face two options: surrender or die, said the spokesman for the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve. 伊拉克以及叙利亚摩苏尔西部的IS恐怖分子

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Feb. 18

This is the Top Five Countdown! Were rewarding the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending February 18, 2017. Welcome to our post-Grammy countdown, which sees nearly all the artists participating in the

VOA常速英语2017--马达加斯加青黄不接 急需粮食救助

Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, known by various aliases including El Chapo, 59, arrived in the As the emergency in the south of Madagascar continues into the lean season between harvests, the United States government has donated an additional $2.7

VOA常速英语2017--科技为农业创收

Millions of smallholder farmers in South and Southeast Asia are attempting to diversify beyond staple crops to increase their incomes, nutrition, and resilience in response to climate change and shifting market demand. Although they are potentially s

VOA常速英语2017--索马里大选结果出炉

The United States congratulates the people of Somalia on the successful conclusion of their national electoral process and the election of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed as the next President of the Federal Government of Somalia. 美国发贺电祝贺索马

Robot Is the Star in New Play

WASHINGTON Robots are becoming commonplace in many areas of society -- from manufacturing to medicine to our homes. But now, a robot has taken to the stage, in a British play called Spillikin, where a humanoid robot plays the male companion of a woma

VOA常速英语2017--援助纳米比亚的干旱

Drought-related water and food shortages are posing a risk to many in Namibia, and the U.S. government is providing help. 接下来，是一篇反映美国政府观点的社论。 Drought-related water and food shortages are posing a risk to many in

VOA标准英语--欧洲最大的建设项目,挖掘8000年的伦敦历史

LONDON The biggest construction project in Europe is taking place beneath the British capital, London. The largely subterranean Crossrail route linking Heathrow airport to the eastern financial district and beyond is designed to ease congestion as Lo

VOA标准英语207--英国和美国某些航班禁止携带笔记本进入客舱

WASHINGTON Britain joined the United States Tuesday in banning laptops, tablets, cameras and some other electronic devices from cabin luggage on flights from Turkey and several countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Devices larger than a s

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 25

Were unlocking the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending March 25, 2017. The hit list continues to be in a generous mood, bestowing upon us another new song. It happens in fifth place where Ri-Ri is a

VOA常速英语207--美国副总统彭斯表示：美国与欧盟价值观一致

The United States and European Union continue to share similar goals: to promote peace and prosperity through freedom, democracy and the rule of law. And to those objectives, said Vice President Mike Pence on a trip to Brussels, we will remain commit

VOA标准英语--特蕾莎在墨西哥

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Director of Homeland Security John Kelly recently traveled to Mexico to discuss U.S.-Mexico relations. Although our two nations share a long history, our visit was forward-looking, focusing on common interest

Film Looks at Plastics in the Oceans

Eight million metric tons of plastic wind up each year in the oceans, harming marine life and entering the food chain. A film crew traveled the globe to document the rubbish, producing a new documentary film called A Plastic Ocean that looks at the p

VOA常速英语2017--美国财政部指定委内瑞拉副总统为毒枭

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, has designated Venezuelan national Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. 美国

VOA常速英语2016--特朗普风格突变，友好论调广受欢迎

LONDON World leaders have been digesting U.S. President Donald Trump's first speech to Congress Tuesday night, which touched on the United States' commitment to NATO and his plan to forge a new global trade system. 唐纳德.特朗普的演讲可能是