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 -

VOA标准英语2014--Egypt's Sissi Appears Virtually Unchallenged in Presidency Bid

Egypt's Sissi Appears Virtually Unchallenged in Presidency Bid CAIRO Egyptian military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has resigned from the military and announced he will run for president. With few viable opponents to challenge the field marshal, his o

VOA标准英语2014--Rwanda’s Genocide Orphans Still Struggling

Rwandas Genocide Orphans Still Struggling GIPOROSA, RWANDA The Rwandan genocide left behind an estimated 400,000 orphans. Some, now adults, found refuge in the Kigali slum Giporoso. Aid organizations raise money for Giporosos genocide survivors with

VOA常速英语2014--India’s Tribal Councils Under Fire After Gang Rape 轮奸事后印度部落委员会遭攻击

Indias Tribal Councils Under Fire After Gang Rape 轮奸事后印度部落委员会遭攻击 WEST BENGAL, INDIA Two months after a woman was gang raped in eastern India at the orders of a tribal court, the Supreme Court has directed the state of West

VOA标准英语2014--Crimea Aggression by Former Soviet Ally Stuns Ukraine's WWll Veterans

Crimea Aggression by Former Soviet Ally Stuns Ukraine's WWll Veterans KYIV, UKRAINE Ukraine and Russia, former Soviet allies, are scheduled to jointly celebrate 70 years since the end of World War ll, but after Moscow's aggression in Crimea, some Ukr

VOA标准英语2014--Rwanda's Youth Looks Forward 20 Years After Genocide

Rwanda's Youth Looks Forward 20 Years After Genocide KIGALI Nearly a generation has passed since more than 800,000 people were killed in the Rwandan genocide. Now, after years of healing, young Rwandan remember the past but also hope for a better fut

VOA标准英语2014--Europe Pledges Peacekeepers, Trade Ties for Africa

Europe Pledges Peacekeepers, Trade Ties for Africa LONDON African and European Union leaders have wrapped up a two-day summit aimed at improving trade ties, but the talks in Brussels were overshadowed by the worsening crisis in the Central African Re

VOA标准英语2014--US Companies Reach Out to Hire Veterans 美国公司愿意尽量雇佣退伍老兵

US Companies Reach Out to Hire Veterans 美国公司愿意尽量雇佣退伍老兵 NEW YORK Despite an improving economy, U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are still having difficulty finding jobs - and their unemployment rate of just

VOA标准英语2014--After 28 Years, Spandau Ballet Returns to US 28年后施潘道芭蕾舞团重返美国

After 28 Years, Spandau Ballet Returns to US 28年后施潘道芭蕾舞团重返美国 Eighties hitmakers Spandau Ballet created quite a buzz during the recent South By Southwest (SXSW) music and film conferences in Austin, Texas. Spandau Ballets fir

VOA标准英语2014--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 5

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 5 Were counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending April 5, 2014. Were off to a fast start in fifth place, where Idina Menzel vaults nine slots with her s

VOA常速英语2014--First Factory Opens in West Bank Industrial Zone 建立在西岸工业区的第一个工厂

First Factory Opens in West Bank Industrial Zone 建立在西岸工业区的第一个工厂 BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK A new factory has opened in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. It is the first paper product plant in the history of the ancient city and t

VOA常速英语2014--Passover Celebrates Liberation from Bondage 世界各地犹太人庆祝逾越节

Passover Celebrates Liberation from Bondage 世界各地犹太人庆祝逾越节 WASHINGTON Jewish people around the world are celebrating Passover, a commemoration of their liberation from slavery in Egypt more than 3,300 years ago. According to scr

VOA标准英语2014--Millions Labor in Pakistan's Informal Economy 巴基斯坦非正式经济中的数百万劳工

Millions Labor in Pakistan's Informal Economy 巴基斯坦非正式经济中的数百万劳工 ISLAMABAD The World Bank says that in Pakistan, roughly 70 percent work in the so-called informal sector, a part of the economy that is unregulated and unt

VOA标准英语2014--1,000 Dead in Nigeria Communal Violence 尼日利亚公共暴力造成1000人死亡

1,000 Dead in Nigeria Communal Violence 尼日利亚公共暴力造成1000人死亡 While attacks by the militant group Boko Haram have killed many people in northern Nigeria, communal violence is also taking a toll. The group Human Rights Watch saID