VOA常速英语2017--特朗普呼吁对联合国体制进行改革

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley joined leaders of 127 other United Nations member states in supporting reform of the international body in a recent U.S.- hosted event. 美国总

VOA常速英语2017--特朗普在联合国大会发表讲话 指出全球面临的多个威胁

Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly, President Donald Trump described the present day as one of great danger and great potential. Success, he said, depends on a coalition of strong and independent nations that embrace their sovereignty to promote s

VOA常速英语2017--美国谴责阿塞拜疆逮捕新闻社主编

Azerbaijani authorities have arrested Mehman Aliyev, editor-in-chief of Turan Information Agency, and sentenced him to three months of pre-trial detention pending trial on charges of tax-evasion and abuse-of-power. 阿塞拜疆当局逮捕了图兰新闻

VOA常速英语2017--美国务卿面向民主共同体发表讲话

Across the globe, democratic nations and peoples are under threat, said U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a speech to the Community of Democracies. 全球的民主国家及其人民都正在受到威胁，美国国务卿蒂勒森在面向民主共

VOA常速英语2017--美国称已耗尽对朝耐心

Despite the best efforts of the United Nations Security Council over the past 24 years, the North Korean nuclear program is more advanced and more dangerous than ever, warned the U.S. Ambassador Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassad

VOA常速英语2017--利比里亚10月10日将选举新政府

Liberia has come a long way since the end of its second civil war in 2003. Since then, the economy grew by more than 7 percent per year, per capita income rose by nearly nine-fold, and life expectancy went from 53 to 61 years. 利比里亚自2003年结

VOA常速英语2017--联合国维和行动开启新篇章

Continuing a message of reform at the UN General Assembly's high-level week, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence lauded the UN Security Council's unanimous adoption of Resolution 2378 calling for improvements to UN peacekeeping operations. 在联合国大会

VOA常速英语2017--美国称俄罗斯散布虚假信息

Disinformation is as old as the human race, and has been used as a weapon since time immemorial. With the advent of the digital age came the capability to rapidly disseminate informationand disinformation--across the globe. 虚假信息与人类相生相

VOA常速英语2017--特朗普签署新旅游禁令

President Donald Trump issued new travel restrictions on nationals of North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, while continuing to restrict the travel of citizens from five of the six countries included in Executive Order 13780. The new restrictions will tak

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Oct. 7

We're cranking up the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Oct. 7, 2017. Three consecutive weeks, three consecutive Hot Shot Debuts in the Top Five that's incredible, and it's not even our biggest st

VOA常速英语201--美国指责古巴不保护美国外交人员

The United States has ordered 15 Cuban officials to leave the Cuban embassy in Washington. The move came just days after the United States announced it would significantly reduce its embassy staff in Havana, leaving only emergency personnel to carry

VOA常速英语201--哈马斯宣布解散加沙地带行政机构

In late September, the government of Gaza, Hamas, announced its agreement to dissolve its governing body and allow the Palestinian Authority to assume its full responsibilities there. Hamas has also agreed to talks with the rival Fatah movement and a

VOA标准英语2017--Hawija Liberated

On October 4th, the Iraqi Security Forces supported by the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, liberated the town of Hawija and over 150 surrounding villages from ISIS, along with as many as 85,000 civilians who had been trapped there. Hawija w

VOA标准英语201--Chinese Investor Faces Union Organizers in Ohio

Americans who work for one of Chinas biggest glass manufacturers are trying to organize a labor union at their factory in the Midwest state of Ohio. Chinas Fuyao Glass came to Dayton, Ohio, two years ago with $600 million to refurbish a closed automo

VOA常速英语2017--美国加强与非洲国家的合作伙伴关系

President Donald Trump addressed a group of African leaders during his trip to New York. He told them, We hope to extend our economic partnerships with countries that are committed to self-reliance and to fostering opportunities for job creation in b

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Nov. 4

We're blasting off with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Nov. 4, 2017. We greet one new song this week, and you don't have to wait long. Number 5: Imagine Dragons Thunder Imagine Dragons is b

VOA标准英语--随着TPS准备结束，海地人计划下一步行动

As TPS Prepares to End, NY Haitians Plan Next Steps Nearly eight years after Haitis devastating earthquake killed more than 200,000 people on the island, the Trump administration has decided to end its designated security program known as TPS, or Tem

VOA常速英语2017--刚果举办科技营应对健康危机

The United States is working with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of the Congo to better combat the outbreak of deadly disease. In October, the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa hosted a two-day TechCamp, The Congos: Ground Zero for the Preventi

VOA常速英语2017--伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区面临政治过渡期

The United States commends the decision of Masoud Barzani not to seek an additional term as President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The U.S. also supports the vote of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament to distribute presidential authorities to other Kur

VOA常速英语2017--美国支持约旦河西岸的排雷工作

The West Bank is littered with landmines and unexploded ordnance, due to decades of conflict beginning as far back as 1948. A survey conducted in 2012 identified 90 minefields. Of these, 13 were laid by the Jordanian military between 1948 and 1967. T