VOA常速英语2008年-Frogs: Serving as Ambassadors for the Planet

By George Dwyer Washington 29 February 2008 Representatives from the world's zoos and aquariums have officially proclaimed 2008 The International Year of the Frog. In Washington, the National Geographic Society is using the sudden global focus on fro

VOA常速英语2008年-African Union Peacekeepers Say More Troops Need

By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 31 March 2008 African Union peacekeepers in Somalia say the year-old mission needs at least 20,000 troops to stabilized the war-ravaged country, 12,000 more than the mission's original mandate. From the Somali capital, Mogadis

VOA常速英语2008年-Palestinian Rockets Make Life a Gamble in Israe

By Jim Teeple Sderot, Israel 29 February 2008 Every day is a gamble for the residents of the small Israeli city of Sderot . The city sits on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip and nearly every day Palestinian militants target Sderot with small rocke

VOA标准英语2008年-Palestinians Savor Open Gaza Border

By Jim Teeple Gaza 24 January 2008 Palestinians by the thousands continue to pour across the now open border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt - shopping, visiting relatives and enjoying their new-found freedom of movement. VOA's Jim Teeple reports fr

VOA常速英语2008年-Britain's Prince Harry Withdrawn From Afghan Du

By Tom Rivers London 29 February 2008 British defense chiefs have decided to pull Prince Harry out of Afghanistan in the wake of news reports about his deployment in Helmand Province. The decision centered on security concerns for the third in line t

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Meets NATO Secretary General

By Scott Stearns White House 29 February 2008 NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says the trans-Atlantic alliance is winning the war in Afghanistan and is a force for peace in an independent Kosovo. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stear

VOA常速英语2008年-Economy, Security Take Spotlight in US Presiden

By Jim Malone Washington 29 February 2008 Tuesday's primaries in the delegate-rich states of Texas and Ohio could be decisive in the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. One of tho

VOA标准英语2008年-White House, Congress Agree on Economic Stimulu

By Scott Stearns White House 24 January 2008 President Bush and Congressional leaders from both political parties have reached agreement on $150 billion in tax relief in an effort to help stimulate the U.S. economy. VOA White House Correspondent Scot

VOA标准英语2008年-Egypt Tries to Restore Order on Gaza Border

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 24 January 2008 The situation on the border between Egypt and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip remains chaotic, a day after Palestinian militants blew up the border wall. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Isra

VOA常速英语2008年-Nationals Baseball Team Inaugurates New Stadium

Baseball's Nationals Move Into New Stadium By Jim Stevenson Washington 31 March 2008 ----------------------------------------- Nationals Baseball Team Inaugurates New Stadium With Win By Jim Stevenson Washington 31 March 2008 Major League Baseball's

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush Leaves for Eastern Europe

By Scott Stearns White House 31 March 2008 President Bush is on his way to Ukraine for the start of a four-nation trip that also includes stops in Russia, Croatia and Romania where he will take part in a NATO summit. VOA White House Correspondent Sco

VOA常速英语2008年-Hardline Group Protests Dutch Lawmaker's Anti-I

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 31 March 2008 Several dozen members of a hardline Islamic group held a demonstration outside the Dutch embassy in Jakarta to protest a film made by a right-wing Dutch lawmaker that accuses the Koran of inciting violenc

VOA常速英语2008年-South Korea Weighs Options Amid Heightening Ten

By Kurt Achin Seoul 31 March 2008 South Korea is opting for a low public policy profile amid escalating tensions with North Korea. Seoul officials kept quiet, a day after Pyongyang threatened to turn the South into ashes. VOA's Kurt Achin reports fro

VOA常速英语2008年-Zimbabwe Election Commission Begins Announcing

By Peta Thornycroft Harare 31 March 2008 Zimbabwe's electoral commission has begun releasing official results from the nation's presidential and legislative elections. The announcement of the preliminary tallies, showing the ruling and main oppositio

VOA标准英语2008年-Finger Eleven Returns with Hit Song 'Paralyzer'

By Larry London Washington D.C. 24 January 2008 Canada has produced many great rock artists over the years. Nickleback, Alanis Morissette, Barenaked Ladies, and Finger Eleven. In 2003, Finger Eleven gained prominence with their hit, One Thing. The so

VOA常速英语2008年-Australia Seeks UN Security Council Seat

By Phil Mercer Sydney 31 March 2008 Australia has made a bid to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. The effort is part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's push to make Australia a bigger player on the world stage. Mr. Rudd

VOA常速英语2008年-Private Shelters and Clinics Help Control the U

By George Dwyer Washington 29 April 2008 Every year millions of unwanted dogs and cats in the U.S. are brought to animal shelters, where the hope is that they will be adopted. The reality is that about half of them will be euthanized, because there a

VOA常速英语2008年-High-Tech Video Artist Turning Heads in US

By Paul Sisco Washington 30 April 2008 An artist based in Los Angeles, California, is attracting attention with a showing of his work that combines video, audio and sculpture. Video art, or what some call new media art, has been around for some time.

VOA常速英语2008年-US Government Reviews Laser Eye Surgery

By Carol Pearson Washington 30 April 2008 Ten years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved LASIK, eye surgery with a laser that enables people to see without glasses. But about five percent of LASIK procedures fail, and those patients ca

VOA常速英语2008年-UN Announces Food Crisis Task Force

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 April 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will head a new task force to tackle the global food crisis that is plunging tens of millions of people into poverty and hunger. He is calling for international donors to