刘毅词汇 5000 lesson 19

刘毅词汇 5000 lesson 19

VOA标准英语--美国敦促土耳其释放美国牧师

Still Looking for Pastor Brunson's Release American Pastor Andrew Brunson, wrongfully incarcerated in Turkey, was moved from Buca Prison to house arrest recently. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, While this move is a positive development, it is n

VOA标准英语--伊朗和叙利亚再次违反《核不扩散条约》

Iranian and Syrian Noncompliance on WMD In a recent speech in Washington addressing the previous or current violations of either the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or the Chemical Weapons Convention by the regimes of Syria and Iran, Assistant Secre

VOA标准英语2018--Working With EU on Trade

What President Donald Trump called a breakthrough on trade occurred when European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker sat down with Mr. Trump at the White House for a discussion that has eased tensions between the world's two largest trading part

VOA标准英语2018--Stemming the Present and Future Epidemic

The United States is in the midst of its most severe drug epidemic since the 1980s. In 2016, nearly 64,000 people died from drug overdoses, and over 30 percent of those deaths involved a synthetic opioid like fentanyl, Alan Piracha of the State Depar

VOA标准英语--为塞拉利昂埃博拉幸存者提供更多帮助

More Help for Ebola Survivors in Sierra Leone As Sierra Leone recovers from the Ebola Epidemic of 2014-2016, the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history, the country's Ministry of Health and Sanitation is helping families to find the grave

VOA标准英语2018--叙利亚战后稳定工作

Stabilization Efforts in Syria Working The enduring defeat of ISIS remains a top priority for the United States. The U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS is leading stabilization efforts that consolidate military gains, restore basic essential se

VOA标准英语--庞培任命比根为朝鲜问题特别代表

Pompeo Names N. Korea Special Representative Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has named Steve Biegun as special representative for North Korea. He will direct U.S. policy towards North Korea and lead efforts to achieve President Donald Trump's goal of

VOA标准英语2018--Russia's Concerning Behavior in Space

Outer space is a frontier that inspires us and unites us more than anything else, declared Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Dr. Yleem Poblete. And as we continue to push further into our own solar system, new business

VOA标准英语2018--美国谴责委内瑞拉的政治暴力

U.S. Condemns Political Violence in Venezuela On August 4, explosives aboard two drones flying near Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro as he spoke in Caracas were detonated. Seven people were injured. Maduro has used the incident as a pretext to crac

VOA标准英语2018--Pence on Space Force

The first steps are being taken to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the American armed forces. The ultimate objective, said Vice President Mike Pence in a recent speech at the Pentagon, is to create a new branch of our military that is

VOA标准英语2018--津巴布韦法院支持选举结果

Zimbabwe Court Upholds Election Results Zimbabwe has a new president. Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in on August 27 following a ruling by the Constitutional Court declaring Mr. Mnangagwa the winner of the July 30 presidential election. The

VOA标准英语2018--人道主义援助埃塞俄比亚

Humanitarian Aid for Ethiopia Ethiopia has been suffering the effects of a devastating series of droughts, which began three years ago when the El Ni?o weather pattern caused higher temperatures in this country of 100 million people. While an above a

VOA标准英语--欧洲宗教自由状况令人担忧

Threats to Religious Freedom in Europe Religious freedom is often called America's first freedom. It is the first freedom America's founders included in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. Speaking at the recently concluded Ministerial to Advance

VOA标准英语--美国制裁俄罗斯船只

U.S. Sanctions Russian Ships In an effort to encourage the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or North Korea, to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, the United Nations Security Council last year passed Resolution 2375, which imposes sanctions

VOA标准英语--Pentagon Memorial Stands Tribute 17 Years After Terror Attack

Seventeen years ago, the U.S. Department of Defense came under attack. American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon, killing all passengers onboard the plane and 125 people working in the building. VOA Pentagon correspondent

VOA标准英语2018--特朗普宣布关闭美国电波钟

WHITE HOUSE President Donald Trumps administration wants to shut down U.S. government radio stations that announce official time, a service in operation since World War II. WWV and WWVB in the state of Colorado and WWVH on the island of Kauai in the

VOA标准英语--神经科学发现政治强腕的生物基础

Neuroscience Finds Biological Roots of Political Stubbornness Control of Congress is at stake in this November's U.S. midterm elections. In today's highly polarized political environment, Republican and Democratic partisans have staked their position

VOA标准英语--Perry: Geopolitics "Upended by Innovation, technology and American Know How

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry sees exporting technologies like carbon capture utilization, so-called clean coal technology, to ensure American energy security. In an interview with VOA Contributor Greta Van Susteren, Perry called battery developme

VOA标准英语2018--特朗普与民主党存争议

Trump, Democrats on Collision Course for November U.S. voters will head to the polls in two months to elect a new Congress and to render a midterm judgment on the often controversial and polarizing presidency of Donald Trump. The political stakes are