VOA常速英语2017--美国独立日

The United States declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 to secure for all Americans their unalienable rights. These rights include, but are not limited to, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 1776年，美国脱离英国获得独立

VOA常速英语2017--美国盛赞非洲联盟贡献卓绝

The African Union is an indispensable partner to both America and the United Nations in promoting peace and security to Africa, said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley. 非洲联盟是美国和联合国促进非洲和平与安全不可或

VOA常速英语2017--特朗普于白宫接见印度总理

President Donald Trump recently welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House, where both leaders reinforced the close ties between the United States and India. 近日，印度总理纳伦德拉 莫迪到访白宫，特朗普对其表

VOA常速英语2017--意大利港口难民大批涌入 寻求欧盟援助

Most of the tens of thousands of people plucked from the Mediterranean this week have been taken to ports on the Italian coast. They are severely dehydrated, usually malnourished and suffering from infections and skin diseases. 从地中海地区一涌

VOA常速英语2017--G20峰会成果卓著

During the recent G20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, President Donald Trump met with foreign leaders to reinforce alliances and forge new ones. 近日，在德国汉堡召开的G20峰会上，特朗普总统与多国领导人会晤，以加强并打造联

VOA标准英语2017--美媒：IS时日无多

In 2014, although no one knew it at the time, ISIS had reached its high point. In June of that year, said Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS Brett McGurk, Mosul, a city of nearly 2 million people, fell to ISIS; and it

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending July 8

Were counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending July 8, 2017. Its a big week on the Hot 100, as we finally break a 12-week chart drought. Number 5: Ed Sheeran Shape of You Ed Sheeran slip

VOA常速英语2017--美国为也门等国提供人道主义援助金

In early July, President Donald Trump announced an additional nearly $639 million of humanitarian aid for the estimated 20 million people affected by food insecurity and violence in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, and Yemen. 7月初，美国总统宣布

VOA常速英语2017--美国支持非洲打击暴力极端主义

The spread of violent extremism and terrorism pose significant challenges to Africa's security, long-term development goals, and democratic gains, said U.S Ambassador to the African Union Mary Beth Leonard. These threats to the global community, she

VOA常速英语2017--南苏丹成立6周年 战火依然纷飞

July 11th marked the 6th anniversary of South Sudan's independence. But South Sudan and its people are suffering, the treasury is empty, and so President Salva Kiir cancelled the celebration. 7月11日是南苏丹独立六周年的纪念日。但南苏

VOA常速英语2017--美国与卡塔尔交好

The United States and Qatar have signed a memorandum of understanding laying out a series of steps aimed at stopping the flow of financial support to terrorist groups and at intensifying the two countries' global counterterrorism activities. 美国和卡

VOA常速英语2017--美国指定多名墨西哥毒枭

The United States is in the midst of its most severe drug epidemic since the 1980s. Indeed, although the flow of illicit narcotics across the U.S. border with Mexico threatens people in both countries, in the United States, heroin use has reached the

VOA常速英语2017--美国反对马杜罗政府设置制宪大会

Since President Donald Trump took office, he has made clear that the United States stands with the people of Venezuela in their fight for democratic governance, human rights, and the rule of law in the face of efforts by the regime of President Nicol

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Aug. 5

Were in the mix with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending August 5, 2017. Lo and behold, we get a new song this week to supercharge our lineup. It happens in fifth place, where French Montana and

VOA常速英语2017--伊拉克辛贾尔镇大屠杀3周年纪念

August marks the third anniversary of the assault by ISIS terrorists on the Yezidi community in northern Iraq, during which they sought to destroy this people and their culture. The brutality of the events marked both a disaster for the Yezidi commun

VOA常速英语2017--美国声讨伊朗政府

Earlier this year, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke of Iran's alarming and ongoing provocations that export terror and violence: 今年年初，美国国务卿蒂勒森谈到了伊朗现在令人触目惊心的挑衅行为，这些挑衅行为引

VOA常速英语2017--鳄雀鳝重返北美水系

Alligator gar are the second largest freshwater fish in North America. Later it disappeared from the state's waterways in the 1990s. 鳄雀鳝是北美第二大淡水鱼。后来，也就是20世纪90年代的时候，水域中就再没发现过这种鱼

VOA常速英语2017--简易爆炸装置威胁安全与稳定

Home-made bombs, known as Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, are used by terrorists not only to attack opposition military forces, but also increasingly to harm civilian populations. As a world leader in clearing explosive hazards that threaten c

Senegal Start-Up Trains Young Coders

Senegals tech scene has been slow to get off the ground due to a lack of qualified coders. But a locally run company is trying to change that, while also helping young people find jobs. Local tech start-ups are tackling day-to-day conveniences in the

VOA常速英语2017--美国称制裁伊朗有理有据

While the Trump administration reviews U.S. policy toward Iran, the United States will continue to counter Iran's malign activities and hold Iran strictly accountable to the requirements of the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac