VOA标准英语2014--Forces Removing Equipment From Afghanistan Keep Eye on Russian Route

Forces Removing Equipment From Afghanistan Keep Eye on Russian Route LONDON How to remove millions of tons of equipment from a landlocked country with primitive infrastructure? Thats the challenge facing international military forces in Afghanistan a

VOA标准英语2014--'Return to Homs' Puts Human Face on Syria Conflict 纪录片“返回霍姆斯”讲述叙利亚内战故事

'Return to Homs' Puts Human Face on Syria Conflict 纪录片返回霍姆斯讲述叙利亚内战故事 As the Syrian civil war enters its fourth year, a new film focuses on one of the opposition fighters who leads a group of rebels against his govern

VOA标准英语2014--US Christians Work with Palestinians on Martin Luther King Play

US Christians Work with Palestinians on Martin Luther King Play In the film, Al Helm [The Dream]: Martin Luther King in Palestine, an African-American gospel choir travels to the West Bank to work with members of the Palestinian National Theater on a

VOA标准英语2014--NATO Boosts Presence in Eastern Europe as Turmoil Continues in Ukraine

NATO Boosts Presence in Eastern Europe as Turmoil Continues in Ukraine WASHINGTON Turmoil in eastern Ukraine continued Tuesday, a day after the United States and Europe announced new sanctions against Russia for failing to take steps to de-escalate t

VOA标准英语2014--Analyst: Ukrainian Separatists Aim to Swap Hostages

Analyst: Ukrainian Separatists Aim to Swap Hostages KYIV, UKRAINE Ukrainian officials are accusing separatists in Eastern Ukraine of using hostages as human shields to prevent the military from taking action against them. But some observers in Kyiv d

VOA标准英语2014--批评者们质疑奥巴马主义

Critics Question Obama Doctrine 批评者们质疑奥巴马主义 WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama's foreign policy has come under criticism, not just from Republican lawmakers and conservative pundits, but also from centrists who accuse the presid

VOA标准英语2014--乌克兰极右候选人反映主流民族主义者的观点

Ukraine's Far Right Candidate Reflects Mainstream Nationalist Views 乌克兰极右候选人反映主流民族主义者的观点 KYIV Ukraines Svoboda party, which means freedom in Ukrainian, espouses an ultra-nationalist, anti-Russian agenda, and it

VOA标准英语2014--New Robotic Arm Can Grasp Moving Objects

New Robotic Arm Can Grasp Moving Objects An international team of engineers based in Switzerland built a robotic arm that learned to perform complex movements. The term robotic arm covers a variety of mechanical devices from robots that weld automoti

VOA常速英语2014--乐施会警告南苏丹会出现饥荒

Oxfam Warns of South Sudan Hunger Crisis 乐施会警告南苏丹会出现饥荒 Oxfam International says a massive and rapid surge in aid is needed for South Sudan. Otherwise, it says, millions of people are at risk of what it calls catastrophic lev

VOA标准英语2014--US Lawmakers Examine Response to Boko Haram Abductions

US Lawmakers Examine Response to Boko Haram Abductions CAPITOL HILL The Obama administration says it is taking action to help rescue more than 250 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted in mid-April, but that it is encountering challenges and obstacles in the

VOA常速英语2014--70岁大学生的影响

70-Year-Old College Student Leaves Impact 70岁大学生的影响 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA May is typically a month of college graduations in the United States. But this years college graduation at one Virginia School featured an unusual graduate, s

VOA标准英语2014--US, Britain: Tough Sanctions Against Russia if Ukraine Vote Is Disrupted

US, Britain: Tough Sanctions Against Russia if Ukraine Vote Is Disrupted LONDON U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary William Hague say the United States and European Union will hit Russia with far tougher economic sanction

VOA标准英语2014--Top 5 Countdown for Week Ending May 17

Top 5 Countdown for Week Ending May 17 This is the Top Five Countdown! Were hitting the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending May 17, 2014. I was happy last week, I'm walking on air this week: all the

VOA标准英语2014--Europe Raises Stakes With Tour of Former Soviet States

Europe Raises Stakes With Tour of Former Soviet States LONDON The President of the European Council Herman van Rompuy visited Georgia Wednesday - the latest stop on a tour of former Soviet states which aim to sign Association Agreements with the Euro

VOA标准英语2014--联合国叙利亚问题特使赫达尔·卜拉希米辞职

UN Syria Envoy Brahimi to Resign 联合国叙利亚问题特使赫达尔卜拉希米辞职 WASHINGTON The United Nations and Arab League mediator on the conflict in Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, plans to resign his post after a nearly two-year effort that

VOA标准英语2014--美国废除种族隔离统治标志60周年

Landmark Desegregation Ruling Marks 60th Anniversary 美国废除种族隔离统治标志60周年 WASHINGTON Sixty years ago, the highest court in the United States changed the face of education. On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled t

VOA标准英语2014--欧洲法院称谷歌应尊重"被遗忘权"

Is There A 'Right to Be Forgotten'? 欧洲法院称谷歌应尊重被遗忘权 The so-called right to be forgotten is being debated after the European Court of Justice ruled that the Internet search engine Google must sometimes, on request, remove li

VOA标准英语2014--穆斯林对女生绑架的讨论

Muslim Reaction to Schoolgirl Abductions Debated 穆斯林对女生绑架的讨论 WASHINGTON The faces of young girls held captive by Islamist militants have fueled anger and shock around the world and raised questions about why more Muslim leaders

VOA标准英语2014--报告称卫生工作者成冲突袭击目标

Report Says Health Workers Are Targets Health workers are frequently becoming targets in countries undergoing conflict or civil unrest. A new report says since 2012, hundreds have been attacked in dozens of countries.Human Rights Watch and the Safegu

VOA标准英语2014--莫迪大获全胜印度民众期望高

Landslide Vote for Modi Raises Expectations for Change in India 莫迪大获全胜印度民众期望高 WASHINGTON Hes been called polarizing, efficient and autocratic - often in the same sentence. No Indian politician has generated so much attention