VOA标准英语2013--Russians, Americans Build Musical Bridges

Russians, Americans Build Musical Bridges MOSCOW In the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, the Yale Russian Chorus came to Moscow to break the ice between the Soviet Union and the United States. Fast forward 50 years and Americans and Russia

VOA标准英语2013--'Play Lady' Encourages Everyone to Play

'Play Lady' Encourages Everyone to Play On a recent Sunday afternoon, a street in a neighborhood outside Washington has been closed to traffic and transformed into a playground. Children and adults of all ages came outside. That is my exercise. It is

VOA标准英语2013--EU Confronts Youth Unemployment Crisis

EU Confronts Youth Unemployment Crisis In Spain and in Greece, unemployment among under-25s is running at over 50 percent. In Portugal, there are lines every day outside the Angolan and Brazilian consulates, as job-seekers look for better fortunes in

VOA标准英语2013--Uninsured Americans Face Confusing Bills, Inconsistent Charges

Uninsured Americans Face Confusing Bills, Inconsistent Charges Tatyana Schum was at home with her dogs when a burning sensation ripped through her body. Unbelievable pain like I've never felt before, said Schum. The pain was from an inflamed gallblad

VOA标准英语2013--Militants Target Pakistan's Candidates in Run-up to Elections

Militants Target Pakistan's Candidates in Run-up to Elections Shops in Karachi, Pakistans economic center, shut down following a bloody attack on the regional Muttahida Qaumi Movement party. Targeted by the Taliban for its anti-militant stance, dozen

VOA标准英语2013--US Senate Passes Landmark Immigration Bill

US Senate Passes Landmark Immigration Bill The Senates comprehensive reform bill provides a long and arduous path to residency and eventual U.S. citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. Democrat Richard Durbin helped craft the bill and ex

VOA标准英语2013--Washington Faces Terror Attack in 'White House Down'

Washington Faces Terror Attack in 'White House Down' This is not the first time Roland Emmerich is destroying the White House. In 1996, he blew it to smithereens in Independence Day. Back then, the enemy was aliens. Now, it's an inside job. A terrori

VOA标准英语2013--New Award Could Become Nobel for Engineering

New Award Could Become Nobel for Engineering At Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth presented her first ever Prize for Engineering, including one million British pounds, to Americans Robert Kahn and Vincent Cerf, and Frenchman Louis Pouzin for inventi

VOA标准英语2013--Obama Praises Democratic Progress in Senegal

Obama Praises Democratic Progress in Senegal Thousands turned out to welcome America's first African-American president, on his first return to sub-Saharan Africa since 2009. At the presidential palace in Dakar, Obama and First Lady Michelle were wel

VOA标准英语2013--Women Deliver Conference Opens

Women Deliver Conference Opens The Women Deliver conference opens Tuesday (5/280) in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Organizers call it the largest global meeting of the decade on the health and well-being of women and girls. About 7,000 people h

VOA标准英语2013--2012 Sees Record Number of Internally Displaced

2012 Sees Record Number of Internally Displaced The number of people displaced within their own countries by armed conflict, violence and human rights violations totaled nearly 30-million in 2012. Many of the newly displaced were in Syria and the eas

VOA标准英语2013--约旦与叙利亚难民危机斗争

Jordan Struggles With Syrian Refugee Crisis 约旦与叙利亚难民危机斗争 Zaatari camp in Jordan has more than 140,000 Syrian refugees. Thousands of other refugees live in Jordanian towns close to the border with Syria. Humanitarian workers sa

VOA常速英语2013--沙雕塑家庆祝短暂的艺术

Sand Sculptors Celebrate Transient Art 沙雕塑家庆祝短暂的艺术 LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA Sculptures made of sand are transient, here today and gone tomorrow, subject to the whims of wind and waves. Yet each year, artists spend hours creating e

VOA常速英语2013--美国打击叙利亚可能带来的影响

How Would US Attack on Syria Affect Washington's Asia Pivot? 美国打击叙利亚可能带来的影响 STATE DEPARTMENT What does a possible U.S. attack on Syria mean for the Obama administration's pivot to Asia, which Washington is presenting as pa

VOA标准英语2013--歌手和演员 Herb Jeffries 斯庆祝100岁生日

Singer/Actor Herb Jeffries Celebrates 100th Birthday 歌手和演员 Herb Jeffries斯庆祝100岁生日 Herb Jeffries earned fame as a singer with Duke Ellington, and as an actor in Hollywood westerns of the 1930s. He turned 100 on September 24. One

VOA标准英语2013--Kashmir Separatists Active in Forgotten Conflict

Kashmir Separatists Active in Forgotten Conflict SRINAGAR, INDIAN KASHMIR Cross-border firings, militant attacks, deadly separatist protests - the people of Indian-controlled Kashmir have witnessed nearly every type of violence in recent years. Throu

VOA常速英语2013--一些美国立法者对伊朗核协议心存戒心

Some US Lawmakers Wary of Iran Nuclear Deal 一些美国立法者对伊朗核协议心存戒心 WASHINGTON As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Western envoys meet with Iran's foreign minister, part of a renewed push to get Iran to agree to a de

VOA标准英语2013--New Approach Creates Optimism About Iran Talks

New Approach Creates Optimism About Iran Talks LONDON Conciliatory statements by U.S. and Iranian leaders at the United Nations this week, a historic ministerial meeting and an agreement between key U.N. countries and Iran to resume detailed talks on

VOA常速英语2013--坦桑尼亚儿童黄金矿工工作条件危险

Child Gold Miners Work in Hazardous Conditions in Tanzania 坦桑尼亚儿童黄金矿工工作条件危险 The international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, HRW, warned children as young as eight years old are working in small-scale g

VOA标准英语2013--Historic Ferry Keeps Giving Passengers Enjoyable Rides

Historic Ferry Keeps Giving Passengers Enjoyable Rides WASHINGTON Ferries once were a vital means of transportation across rivers. On the Potomac River, which runs through the Washington region into the Chesapeake Bay on the U.S. East Coast, there on