VOA标准英语2013--Washington Week: Focus Turns to US-Pacific Ties

Washington Week: Focus Turns to US-Pacific Ties North Koreas latest nuclear test will be a prime topic of discussion between President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The actions taken by North Korea cannot be permitted or condon

VOA标准英语2013--Most Entertaining Documentary May Win The Oscar

Most Entertaining Documentary May Win The Oscar Dick Kirbys Oscar nominated documentary The Invisible War is a gut-wrenching expose on rape in the U.S. military. The film contends that since 1991 about half a million military men and women have been

VOA标准英语2013--Thousands March on White House to Protest Climate Change

Thousands March on White House to Protest Climate Change Demonstrators formed a human pipeline Sunday, stretching from the National Mall to the White House, to protest an oil pipeline that would stretch across the United States, linking Canada to the

VOA标准英语2013--Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe

Horse Meat Scandal Spreads Across Europe The scandal started in Ireland and the United Kingdom in January, but has since spread all around the EU. DNA checks on beef have found that some products, including hamburgers, contained as much as 30 percent

VOA标准英语2013--Orchestra Comprised of Afghan Street-Children Concludes US Tour

Orchestra Comprised of Afghan Street-Children Concludes US Tour This is Bolro. It is an orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel, first performed at the Paris Opera in 1928. The composition is played here by Afghan students in Boston, Massachusetts. Classic

VOA标准英语2013--Missile Defense System Keeps Watch on Syria

Missile Defense System Keeps Watch on Syria U.S. soldiers are maintaining Patriot Missiles. Since January, the missiles have been stationed at a Turkish military base outside Gaziantep. The city is 50 kilometers from Syria, where an an increasingly b

VOA标准英语2013--Syrian Rebel Town Empties After Government Bombing

Syrian Rebel Town Empties After Government Bombing There are almost no unbroken windows in Azzaz. Residents have given up replacing the broken glass because of repeated bombings by Assad's forces. The air attacks began eight months ago after rebels s

VOA标准英语2013--US Troop Reduction to Test Afghans

US Troop Reduction to Test Afghans In his State of the Union address this week, the president put the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan into high gear ahead of next years withdrawal deadline. This spring our forces will move into a support role

VOA标准英语2013--Oscar-Nominated Film Traces Journey of Ailing African Youngsters

Oscar-Nominated Film Traces Journey of Ailing African Youngsters The film follows Rwandan cardiologist Emmanuel Rusingiza as he struggles to save young heart patients, some with just months to live. You know, sometimes when I go back home, I spend ma

VOA标准英语2013--Conflict Threatens Mali Farming

Conflict Threatens Mali Farming The conflict in northern Mali is threatening the countrys food security. Many farmers are among the hundreds of thousands of people whove been displaced. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said the next plantin

VOA标准英语2013--Obama to Speak About His Faith at Prayer Breakfast

Obama to Speak About His Faith at Prayer Breakfast The National Prayer Breakfast is a chance for influential Americans and foreign dignitaries to hear the president talk about his faith, as he did last year. In my moments of prayer, Im reminded that

VOA标准英语2013--Recording Rights Abuses in Northern Mali

Recording Rights Abuses in Northern Mali The French-led military intervention in northern Mali has enabled a rights group to gather evidence of alleged abuses, killings and disappearances in the region. Human Rights Watch has been interviewing victim

VOA标准英语2013--Acting Alone in Mali Has its Rewards and Limits

Acting Alone in Mali Has its Rewards and Limits French President Francois Hollande received a heros welcome in Mali last week. Malians lined up to thank him for sending troops to end a growing insurgency by Islamist militants. Even though the operati

VOA标准英语2013--Syrian Refugees in Iraq Face Harsh Winter

Syrian Refugees in Iraq Face Harsh Winter Freezing rain falls on the Arbat Refugee Camp in northern Iraq, more than 400 kilometers from the Syrian border. In the past five months, more than 500 Syrian refugees have traveled to this ad hoc camp in the

VOA标准英语2013--Indian Activists Say New Rape Law Falls Short

Indian Activists Say New Rape Law Falls Short Consider Purnima Rao, who has lived in New Delhi her entire life. She does not remember a time when she felt safe in the city, whether it was as a young girl or now as a 33-year-old filmmaker. You get sta

VOA标准英语2013--Obama Security Team Faces New Challenges, New Priorities

Obama Security Team Faces New Challenges, New Priorities In nominating former Senator Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, President Obama acknowledged that his team will deal with a changing world. Ending the war in Afghanistan and caring for those who

VOA标准英语2013--Gas Shortages Highlight Pakistan's Energy Crisis

Gas Shortages Highlight Pakistan's Energy Crisis At Islamabad gas stations, this is what it looks like on Wednesdays. People are stocking up, because on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, stations close and there is no gas. In recent years, when gasoline

VOA标准英语2013--Many Get Lost at World's Largest Religious Gathering

Many Get Lost at World's Largest Religious Gathering Raja Ram Tiwari started a group that began helping lost people at the Kumbh Mela in 1947. He says that in that first year year, he used a megaphone for announcements. Now, thousands of loudspeakers

ＶＯＡ标准英语２０１３－－New Audio Book Revives Slave's Firsthand Account

New Audio Book Revives Slave's Firsthand Account Academy-award-winning actor Louis Gossett, Junior, reads the words of Solomon Northup from his autobiography, Twelve Years a Slave, which was published in 1853. It tells how Northup, a free black man f

ＶＯＡ标准英语２０１３－－Report: LRA Rebel Defections on the Rise

Report: LRA Rebel Defections on the Rise A new report says the Lords Resistance Army killed fewer people, launched fewer attacks and had a higher number of defections in 2012 than in recent years. The LRA Crisis Tracker project monitors the rebels ac