VOA标准英语2014--肯尼亚跳绳队欲夺世界冠军

Kenyan Jump Rope Squad Eyes World Championship 肯尼亚跳绳队欲夺世界冠军 NAIROBI A Kenyan jump rope team is hoping to become world champs - after winning numerous competitions. The team members are all from the Nairobi slum of Kibera and a

VOA标准英语2014--在塞拉利昂开始抗疟疾运动

Anti-malaria Campaign Begins in Sierra Leone 在塞拉利昂开始抗疟疾运动 A large-scale campaign has been launched in Sierra Leone to distribute malaria drugs to one-and-a-half-million people. Its being done because many infected with malaria

VOA常速英语2014--新技术使牙医病人少遭罪

Technology Reduces Time in Dentists Chair 新技术使牙医病人少遭罪 WASHINGTON Medical robots help surgeons perform delicate operations more safely and with greater dexterity than with instruments manipulated by hand. Such sophisticated tools

VOA标准英语2014--埃博拉的废物处理费问题

Questions Remain on Ebola Waste Disposal 埃博拉的废物处理费问题 Ebola is contracted by coming into contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. Health workers wear spacesuit-like protective gear when treating patients. But researc

VOA标准英语2014--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 13

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 13 Were parading the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending Dec. 13, 2014. The Grammy nominations were announced on Friday Dec. 5, and almost all our featured acts earn

VOA标准英语2014--许多美国城市举行新的抗议警察暴行的活动

Many US Cities Hold New Protests Against Police Brutality 许多美国城市举行新的抗议警察暴行的活动 NEW YORK Protests in New York and other U.S. cities continued Thursday, following a New York grand jury's decision not to charge a whi

VOA标准英语2014--美国就业增速为1999年以来最高

US Job Growth Now Strongest Since 1999 美国就业增速为1999年以来最高 WASHINGTON The U.S. job market showed a big improvement in November -- adding 321,000 jobs last month. Although the unemployment rate remained unchanged from the previous

VOA标准英语2014--融合科学,技术和艺术的《超能陆战队》

'Big Hero 6' Fuses Science, Technology and Artistry 融合科学,技术和艺术的六大英雄 BURBANK, CALIFORNIA Disneys latest animated film, Big Hero 6, is a blend of science, technology and art. Cutting-edge technology was used in the making of

VOA标准英语2014--棋盘游戏为对抗埃博拉筹集资金

Board Game Helps Fight Real World Ebola 棋盘游戏为对抗埃博拉筹集资金 LOS ANGELES As doctors and scientists continue to try and contain the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and find a cure, a global community of board gamers is also helping

VOA标准英语2014--新闻博物馆致敬2013年牺牲的记者

Newseum Salutes Journalists Who Died Covering News in 2013 新闻博物馆致敬2013年牺牲的记者 WASHINGTON The Journalists Memorial at the Newseum in Washington bears the names of reporters, photographers, editors and others who died or were k

VOA常速英语2014--世界杯庆祝在里约热内卢工人阶级社区遇冷

World Cup Celebrations Subdued in Rio Working Class Neighborhood 世界杯庆祝在里约热内卢工人阶级社区遇冷 RIO DE JANEIRO Football fever is building as Brazil prepares to launch the 2014 World Cup on Thursday, but celebrations in some

VOA常速英语2014--克里米亚鞑靼人担忧再次被俄罗斯驱逐

Russia Courts Crimeas Muslims 克里米亚鞑靼人担忧再次被俄罗斯驱逐 MOSCOW Three months after Russia annexed Ukraines Crimea, the Russian ruble is now the currency of the peninsula, and half of Crimeas 2.3 million residents have applied

VOA常速英语2014--乌克兰总统波罗申科将与俄罗斯谈判

Ukraine's Poroshenko Negotiates with Russia 乌克兰总统波罗申科将与俄罗斯谈判 Ukraine's new president is negotiating with Russia to try to end the violence in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists refuse to relinquish their po

VOA常速英语2014--滞留泰国的缅甸克伦难民仍然归期无望

Karen Refugees in Thailand Still Waiting to Return to Burma 滞留泰国的缅甸克伦难民仍然归期无望 MAE SOT, THAILAND Northern Thailand has long been home to thousands of Burmese refugees who have fled ethnic fighting and their countrys m

VOA标准英语2014--经济学家关注跨国汇款

Remittances High on Radar of World Economists 经济学家关注跨国汇款 Many migrants send small amounts of money - called remittances - home to friends and family members. But with 200 million international migrants out there, those small sums

VOA标准英语2014--Study: Electric Brain Stimulation Alleviates Some Disorders

Study: Electric Brain Stimulation Alleviates Some Disorders HOUSTON Modern medicine relies mainly on drugs to cure or alleviate disorders, but for some conditions doctors apply electrical stimulation. The pacemaker, for example, helps weak hearts mai

VOA常速英语2014--巴西世界杯在抗议声中即将拉开帷幕

Despite Protests, World Cup Excitement Building in Brazil 巴西世界杯在抗议声中即将拉开帷幕 RIO DE JANEIRO With days to go until the start of footballs (soccers) World Cup tournament, excitement is building in host country Brazil. This

VOA标准英语2014--Mad World: 80s New Wave Rock Acts in Their Own Words

Mad World: 80s New Wave Rock Acts in Their Own Words Music fans have already seen songs of the 1960s get their due and the sounds of the 1970s have been endlessly analyzed as well. But what about the 1980s? The authors of a new book are celebrating t

VOA标准英语2014--Best-Kept Secret Tops Off Broadway’s Winning Looks

Best-Kept Secret Tops Off Broadways Winning Looks NEW YORK At New York theaters up and down Broadway, in dramas and comedies and musicals, chances are a lot of the actors are wearing wigs. But when the 68th Annual Tony Awards were presented in a cere

VOA常速英语2014--伊拉克库尔德摄影师帮助移民工人和难民

Iraqi Kurdish Photographers Reach Out to Immigrant Workers, Refugees 伊拉克库尔德摄影师帮助移民工人和难民 NORTHERN IRAQ The recent economic boom in northern Iraq has attracted thousands of migrant workers from South Asia and Africa