VOA标准英语--特朗普表示如有必要，将对叙利亚采取进一步行动

US Envoy to UN: Trump Will Strike Syria Again if Necessary WASHINGTON The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is suggesting if President Donald Trump needs to carry out more military strikes on Syria, he will. He will not stop here, Ambassador Nikk

VOA常速英语2017--美国务卿要求北约成员国增加占GDP2%的军事支出

Speaking in Brussels at a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on March 31, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the United States is strongly committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. This transatlantic political and military

VOA常速英语2017--美国抨击越南严重违背人权

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recently underscored that human rights is integral to American foreign policy, noting that Our values are our interests when it comes to human rights. In support of this interest, Congress mandates the State Depa

特朗普承诺保护和加强美国和约旦之间的关系

U.S. Values Its Partnership With Jordan During King Abdullah II's recent visit to the White House, President Donald Trump pledged to preserve and strengthen the relationship between the United States and Jordan. At a press conference with the King, h

美国提倡和平使用原子能

In 1953, then U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower in a speech to the UN General Assembly proposed the Atoms for Peace program, including the establishment of what would become the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, to facilitate the exchange o

美国要求俄罗斯对阿萨德政权施压

The U.S. State Department recently released newly declassified reporting and photos that underscore the brutality of the Syrian regime made possible by the continuing support of its allies Russia and Iran. According to the United Nations and credible

VOA常速英语2017--美国称并非不接收移民 只是不接收非法移民

Ending illegal immigration to the United States is a top priority of the Trump administration. In late April, during a trip to the southwestern United States, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly spok

VOA常速英语2017--特朗普呼吁打击恐怖主义

In Saudi Arabia, the first stop on President Donald Trump's inaugural overseas trip, he called on the Muslim world to unequivocally defeat terrorism and stamp out the ideology that drives it: 特朗普上任后出访海外的第一站就是沙特阿拉

VOA常速英语2017--美国防部长呼吁打击索马里青年党

There is renewed hope for the peace process in Somalia, said U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattisfollowing a recent British-sponsored conference on Somalia in London. Secretary Mattis told reporters that he had a productive meeting with Somali President

VOA常速英语2017--北极理事会召开部长级会议 商策如何应对全球变暖

The Arctic region is warming faster than any other region on earth, more than twice the rate of the global average according to recent reports. This means, among other things, that areas of the Arctic Ocean that were formerly inaccessible to humans a

VOA常速英语2017--美国务卿蒂勒森在安理会发表讲话

A stated objective of the United Nations Security Council is North Korea's abandonment of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. 联合国安理会的一个明确的目标是让朝鲜放弃研制核武器，并停止从事弹道导弹项目

VOA常速英语2017--成立筹备委员会以阻止核扩散

Speaking to the first Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Ambassador Robert Wood, Permanent Representative of the United States to the Conference on Disarmamen

VOA常速英语2017--沙特与美国进行经济合作

In late April last year, the government of Saudi Arabia, contending with low oil prices and diversifying energy production beyond traditional fossil fuel sources, formed a plan, called Vision 2030, to reduce the country's dependence on oil, and to in

VOA常速英语2017--美国呼吁加大力度对朝鲜施压

Speaking before the House Armed Services Committee Admiral Harry Harris, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, called North Korea the most immediate threat to the security of the United States and our allies in the Indo-Asia Pacific. 在面向众议院

VOA常速英语2017--美国致力于加强全球生物安全性

In today's interconnected world, a pathogen can travel around the globe in as little as 36 hours.Interactions between wildlife, domesticated animals, and humans can give rise to new andemerging infections. Spurred by urban density and international a

VOA常速英语2017--乌干达别出心裁接收难民

No one wants to choose to be a refugee, but many are forced to do just that. They flee violence at home, face restrictions in their new country, and are usually dependent upon others for food, water and health care. 如果可以选，没有人想做难

VOA常速英语2017--南苏丹等国“人祸”不断

According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, or FEWS NET, in 2017, some 70 million people across 45 countries will need emergency food assistance. Severe drought and economic instability are part of the problem, but so is violent conflict. 饥

VOA常速英语2017--美国与尼泊尔组办军演

Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., Commander of the United States Pacific Command, recently visited Kathmandu, Nepal to meet with Nepali leaders and to participate in the opening ceremony of a U.S.-sponsored multinational U.N. Peacekeeping exercise called

VOA常速英语2017--也门面临人道主义危机

Yemen's two-year conflict between the Houthi rebels and the country's elected government, supported by a Saudi-led coalition, has left the people of Yemen, in the words of Norwegian Humanitarian leader Jen Egeland, facing a famine of Biblical proport

VOA常速英语2017--6月20日-世界难民日

On June 20th, we observe World Refugee Day. It is an occasion to highlight the plight of refugees around the world, commend their resilience, and express gratitude to their hosts. 6月20日，我们纪念世界难民日。在这一天，我们着重强