VOA标准英语2014--HRW: US Should Cut Security Aid to Uganda Over Anti-Gay Law 人权观察称美国应该削减乌干达的安全援助

HRW: US Should Cut Security Aid to Uganda Over Anti-Gay Law 人权观察称美国应该削减乌干达的安全援助 STATE DEPARTMENT Human Rights Watch says the United States should cut back security assistance to Uganda in response to the country'

VOA常速英语2014--Drug-Resistant TB is Global Threat 耐药性肺结核对全球造成了威胁

Drug-Resistant TB is Global Threat 耐药性肺结核对全球造成了威胁 The medical aid group -- Doctors without Borders -- warns that drug-resistant tuberculosis has become a global threat. It says despite the growing number of cases, there ar

VOA常速英语2014--Iranians Prepare For Traditional New Year Celebrations 伊朗民众为庆祝传统新年做准备

Iranians Prepare For Traditional New Year Celebrations 伊朗民众为庆祝传统新年做准备 WASHINGTON Iranians around the world are preparing to celebrate their traditional new year, Nowruz, which falls on Thursday. The ancient tradition is al

VOA标准英语2014--Foundation Promotes Breast Cancer Self-Exams, Education 基金会推动乳腺癌自我检查以及相关知识教育

Foundation Promotes Breast Cancer Self-Exams, Education 基金会推动乳腺癌自我检查以及相关知识教育 Early detection is the key to helping women survive breast cancer. But medical experts say getting that message out remains a challen

VOA常速英语2014--Empowering Employees with Disabilities 激励人心的残疾人员工

Empowering Employees with Disabilities 激励人心的残疾人员工 CHANTILLY, VIRGINIA Lifelong intellectual disabilities often can hinder a person's ability to acquire skills or get a job. The people who run the Wildflour catering company near Wa

VOA常速英语2014--Active MRI Shows How Joints Work 活动核磁共振成像显示身体关节如何运作

Active MRI Shows How Joints Work 活动核磁共振成像显示身体关节如何运作 Since its introduction in the 1980s, magnetic resonance imaging machines, commonly known as MRI scanners, have become a highly valuable tool in diagnostic medicin

VOA标准英语2014--Will Sanctions Against Russia Work? 对俄罗斯实施制裁措施有用吗？

Will Sanctions Against Russia Work? 对俄罗斯实施制裁措施有用吗？ WASHINGTON Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a treaty making Crimea a part of Russia in the wake of a weekend referendum in which residents of the Ukrainian peni

VOA标准英语2014--Safe Water Lowers Absenteeism 饮用安全水可降低旷课率?

Safe Water Lowers Absenteeism 饮用安全水可降低旷课率? Reducing absenteeism in schools in developing countries may be as simple as providing students with safe drinking water. A new study indicates that, but researchers are not sure why. Th

VOA常速英语2014--US First Lady Set for Education-Focused Trip to China 美国第一夫人将携家人访华

US First Lady Set for Education-Focused Trip to China 美国第一夫人将携家人访华 WASHINGTON U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is set to start a week-long visit to China focusing on education. Her trip is not expected to feature controversial s

VOA标准英语2014--Comfort Women Statue Sparks Debate in California 加州慰安妇塑像惹争议

Comfort Women Statue Sparks Debate in California 加州慰安妇塑像惹争议 GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA Last July, the City of Glendale California, unveiled a statute in its central park of a Korean-American who was a so-called comfort woman -- one of t

VOA标准英语2014--Niger Delta Communities Pressure Shell on 2011 Oil Spill

Niger Delta Communities Pressure Shell on 2011 Oil Spill YOUBEBE, NIGERIA Local leaders in the Niger Delta want to unite competing communities to pressure Shell Petroleum to pay billions of dollars in reparations and clean up of fishing areas they sa

VOA标准英语2014--Global Effects of CIA-Senate Dispute Uncertain 中情局和参议院争议的全球影响

Global Effects of CIA-Senate Dispute Uncertain 中情局和参议院争议的全球影响 WASHINGTON The recently-exposed dispute between the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee and the CIA is causing a stir in Washington. Some analysts say, though, i

VOA常速英语2014--Obama Urges Abbas to Accept Framework For More Talks 奥巴马敦促阿巴斯接受会谈框架

Obama Urges Abbas to Accept Framework For More Talks 奥巴马敦促阿巴斯接受会谈框架 President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry held extensive talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington Monday. The closed-do

VOA标准英语2014--Poor Economy Forces Ukraine Miners into Illegal Operations 经济不景气迫使乌克兰矿工违规操作

Poor Economy Forces Ukraine Miners into Illegal Operations 经济不景气迫使乌克兰矿工违规操作 DONBASS, UKRAINE The Donbass coal field in eastern Ukraine is a huge reserve that once made this region one of the most powerful in the former

VOA常速英语2014--Experts: Syria's Foreign Fighters Negatively Impacting Anti-Assad Fight 专家表示叙利亚的来自国外的战斗人员对反阿萨德的战斗有着负面影响

Experts: Syria's Foreign Fighters Negatively Impacting Anti-Assad Fight 专家表示叙利亚的来自国外的战斗人员对反阿萨德的战斗有着负面影响 International efforts to stop the fighting in Syria have failed to end the conflict,

VOA常速英语2014--Burma's Rohingya Face Census Dilemma 缅甸罗兴亚族人面临人口普查困境

Burma's Rohingya Face Census Dilemma 缅甸罗兴亚族人面临人口普查困境 Burma, also known as Myanmar, is conducting its first census in more than three decades, at a time when ethnic and religious tensions are high. Census workers are expe

VOA常速英语2014 Ukraine-Russia Tension Hampers Chernobyl Cleanup 俄罗斯乌克兰关系恶化 切尔诺贝利清理工作艰难

Ukraine-Russia Tension Hampers Chernobyl Cleanup 俄罗斯乌克兰关系恶化 切尔诺贝利清理工作艰难 CHERNOBYL, UKRAINE The tensions between Russia and Ukraine have begun complicating the ongoing cleanup at the site of one of the worlds

VOA标准英语2014--Kenya Pursuing Nuclear Power Despite the Risks

Kenya Pursuing Nuclear Power Despite the Risks NAIROBI Kenya is forging ahead with plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2025 as part of an ambitious development agenda. However, the project is not without its doubters, who wonder whether nuclear p

VOA常速英语2014--South Africa Leads Continent in Nuclear Development 南非领先非洲大陆核能研发

South Africa Leads Continent in Nuclear Development 南非领先非洲大陆核能研发 JOHANNESBURG South Africa is Africas only nuclear power, and the first nation to have voluntarily relinquished its nuclear weapons. The government then committed

VOA标准英语2014--Malaysia Jet Search Continues to Draw Ire

Malaysia Jet Search Continues to Draw Ire The Malaysian government has been criticized for its handling of the investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Its been more than two weeks since the plane and its 239 passengers -