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--分析师称尼日利亚与俄罗斯有军火交易

Analysts Weigh Nigeria-Russia Arms Deal 分析师称尼日利亚与俄罗斯有军火交易 Nigeria has turned to Russia to buy heavier weapons following a recent strain in relations with the United States. After the U.S. rejected a request for Cobra

VOA标准英语2014--乌干达医生援助苏丹内战的受害者

Ugandan Doctors Aid Victims of Sudan's Civil War 乌干达医生援助苏丹内战的受害者 GIDEL In Sudan's state of South Kordofan, the number of amputees as result of civil war is in the thousands, but few have access to sufficient medical help

VOA标准英语2014--海啸十年后,渔民仍感觉不被重视

10 Years After Tsunami, Fishermen Still Feel Slighted 海啸十年后,渔民仍感觉不被重视 BAN NAM KHEM, THAILAND When the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit Thailands coast 10 years ago, the world saw images of huge waves hitting scenic beachsi

VOA标准英语2014--Educators: It Pays to Introduce Children to New Technologies

Educators: It Pays to Introduce Children to New Technologies WASHINGTON Scientists and educators in U.S. and China say it pays to introduce very young children to new technologies - from computer programing to designing electronic circuits. With the

VOA标准英语2014--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 6

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 6 The boys and girls play together nicely in this weeks Top Five, as youll soon discover. Lets start in fifth place, where Taylor Swift steps back two slots to fifth place with her former champ Shake It Off. Next year

VOA标准英语2014--克里称以色列与巴勒斯坦敌对现状不可持续

Kerry: Israeli, Palestinian Status Quo Unsustainable 克里称以色列与巴勒斯坦敌对现状不可持续 STATE DEPARTMENT As Israeli politicians campaign to lead a new government, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says current hostilities betw

VOA标准英语2014--弗格森案和纽约事件有损美国的国际形象

Ferguson, New York Incidents Harm US Image Abroad 弗格森案和纽约事件有损美国的国际形象 LONDON Race relations in the United States are back on the global agenda after recent decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of tw

VOA标准英语2014--Little Progress in US Authorization for Fight Against Islamic State

Little Progress in US Authorization for Fight Against Islamic State CAPITOL HILL U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Congress should give President Barack Obama flexibility in combating Islamic State fighters, if and when lawmakers approve a mili

VOA标准英语2014--三座城市争建奥巴马总统图书馆

Three Cities Bid for Future Obama Presidential Library 三座城市争建奥巴马总统图书馆 CHICAGO President Barack Obama still has two years left in his term in office, but the effort to establish his post-presidential library is already unde

VOA标准英语2014--Civil War Re-enactors Honor Ancestors Who Forged Modern America

Civil War Re-enactors Honor Ancestors Who Forged Modern America GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA The echo of the American Civil War of the 1860s still resonates in the United States. The descendants of those who made history come together every year to remem

VOA标准英语2014--终结艾滋病的策略

Ending AIDS Requires Strategy, Funding 终结艾滋病的策略 December 1st, is World AIDS Day. In the 35-years of the epidemic, about 80-million people have become infected with HIV and nearly 40-million have died. But great progress has been made

VOA标准英语2014--AWF Launches Anti-poaching Fund

AWF Launches Anti-poaching Fund The African Wildlife Foundation has announced a $10 million fund to quickly target poachers. The Urgent Response Fund aims to reduce the killings of thousands of endangered elephants and rhinos every year. The AWF said

VOA标准英语2014--Native American Colleges Push to Bridge Unemployment Gap

Native American Colleges Push to Bridge Unemployment Gap FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA As only the fourth sitting president to visit a Native American reservation, President Barack Obama has made improving education in tribal communities one of his admini

VOA标准英语2014--科学家治愈艾滋病的希望更大了

Scientists Getting Closer to Finding AIDS Cure 科学家治愈艾滋病的希望更大了 Scientists searching for a cure for AIDS say they have uncovered the basic chemistry of the HIV virus and that the most likely strategy for fighting the disease

VOA常速英语2014--纽约进行艾滋病毒测试

New York Conducts AIDS Testing 纽约进行艾滋病毒测试 NEW YORK An estimated 35-million people around the world are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. And the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates some 39-million people worldwid