VOA常速英语2014--Teenagers Live Extraordinary Lives to Make a Difference 青少年追寻梦想造就不平凡生活

Teenagers Live Extraordinary Lives to Make a Difference 青少年追寻梦想造就不平凡生活 LOS ANGELES While most teenagers in the United States spend their time juggling school, home and friends, there are a few who are choosing a different

VOA标准英语2014--Pakistan's Bonded Laborers Trapped in Cycle of Debt 巴基斯坦契约劳工陷入债务圈套

Pakistan's Bonded Laborers Trapped in Cycle of Debt 巴基斯坦契约劳工陷入债务圈套 ISLAMABAD In Pakistan today, more than 2 million people, including children, work as bonded laborers, a system the United Nations describes as modern-day s

VOA常速英语2014--Somali Forces Seek Out Terrorists Hiding in Shadows 索马里部队突袭潜藏的恐怖分子

Somali Forces Seek Out Terrorists Hiding in Shadows 索马里部队突袭潜藏的恐怖分子 MOGADISHU Somalia's special forces may be one of the few success stories in the country's feeble armed services, working overtime to nab suspected terroris

VOA标准英语2014--Detained American Provides Glimpse Into Chinese Forced Labor Practices

Detained American Provides Glimpse Into Chinese Forced Labor Practices SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA An American Fulbright Scholar who was arrested in China for stealing spent eight months assembling Christmas lights in a detention center. Stuart Foste

VOA标准英语2014--Putin Strategy With Ukrainian Separatists Differs From Crimea 普京对乌分裂分子的态度与对克里米亚不同

Putin Strategy With Ukrainian Separatists Differs From Crimea 普京对乌分裂分子的态度与对克里米亚不同 STATE DEPARTMENT Russian President Vladimir Putin's approach to pro-Russian militants destabilizing southern and eastern Ukraine d

VOA常速英语2014--Summit to Protect Oceans Opens 全球海洋保护峰会开幕

Summit to Protect Oceans Opens 全球海洋保护峰会开幕 Officials from around the world are meeting this week to discuss protecting the worlds oceans amid climate change and overfishing. The Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blu

VOA常速英语2014--Donetsk Residents Anxious for Return to Normal Life 顿涅茨克居民渴望重返正常生活

Donetsk Residents Anxious for Return to Normal Life 顿涅茨克居民渴望重返正常生活 DONETSK, UKRAINE Away from the two government buildings being held by pro-Russian separatists, normal life goes on in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk

VOA常速英语2014--News Business in US Faces Big Challenges 美国新闻业遭遇巨大挑战

News Business in US Faces Big Challenges 美国新闻业遭遇巨大挑战 HOUSTON The business of providing news and current affairs commentary in the United States is facing big challenges as the older audience diminishes and new digital services s

VOA常速英语2014--Some Multi-National Companies Ignoring Western Sanctions Against Russia 一些跨国公司不担心对俄罗斯的制裁

Some Multi-National Companies Ignoring Western Sanctions Against Russia 一些跨国公司不担心对俄罗斯的制裁 Western sanctions are hurting Russias economy. Thats according to the countrys economic minister, who says Russias economic outpu

VOA常速英语2014--Hollywood Visual Effects Go Global 好莱坞视觉特效走向世界

Hollywood Visual Effects Go Global 好莱坞视觉特效走向世界 LOS ANGELES Many of todays Hollywood blockbuster movies include stunning visual effects. Most of those effects used to be produced in Hollywood, but that has changed. Now, one film

VOA标准英语2014--Enroute to Asia, Obama Visits Landslide Victims in Western State

Enroute to Asia, Obama Visits Landslide Victims in Western State WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is on a four-nation tour of Asia, visiting Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines. On his way to Asia, the president stopped in the northwest

VOA常速英语2014--全世界怀疑普京对乌克兰选举的支持

World Reacts with Suspicion to Putin's Endorsement of Ukraine's Election 全世界怀疑普京对乌克兰选举的支持 WASHINGTON The world has welcomed, but also expressed suspicion about the Russian president's endorsement of Ukraine's upcoming

VOA标准英语2014--国际特赦组织：南苏丹境内的战争罪行

Amnesty Int'l: War Crimes in South Sudan 国际特赦组织：南苏丹境内的战争罪行 Amnesty International says both sides in South Sudans conflict have committed horrific atrocities against civilians. It says the attacks have been ethnically

VOA标准英语2014--救援人员指责苏丹军方轰炸医院

Hospital Bombing Rattles Sudan Relief Workers 救援人员指责苏丹军方轰炸医院 Relief workers and human rights advocates are criticizing Sudan's military for allegedly targeting the only functioning hospital in the war-torn Nuba Mountains r

VOA标准英语2014--Ryan Tedder, the Busiest Guy in Music Business?

Ryan Tedder, the Busiest Guy in Music Business? Ryan Tedder may be the busiest guy in the music business these days. Lead singer for the band OneRepublic, Tedder also writes and produces hits songs for other artists, last year earning an estimated $2

VOA常速英语2014--澳大利亚科学家证实117号元素的存在

Australian Scientists Confirm Existence of Element 117 澳大利亚科学家证实117号元素的存在 Most of the naturally-occurring elements have already been discovered, but that does not mean that new elements cannot be created - only that they

VOA常速英语2014--中非共和国的无家可归者努力获得充足的食物

Displaced in CAR Struggle to Get Enough Food 中非共和国的无家可归者努力获得充足的食物 BUOAR, C.A.R. Bouar lies about 450 kilometers west of the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui. The town has become a refuge for thousands

VOA标准英语2014--专家辩论女子学校教育女孩的优点

Experts Debate Merits of Same-sex Education for Girls 专家辩论女子学校教育女孩的优点 Educators at an all-girl school in Washington believe they do but others say there is evidence to support that claim. They say there other, more criti

VOA标准英语2014--耶伦看好美国经济复苏但表示风险仍然存在

Yellen Upbeat on US Recovery but Says Risks Remain 耶伦看好美国经济复苏但表示风险仍然存在 U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was mostly upbeat on the U.S. economy in remarks before Congress Wednesday. Despite a harsh winter th

VOA标准英语2014--在美的尼日利亚人为被绑架的女孩举行集会

Nigerians in US Rally for Kidnapped Girls Back Home 在美的尼日利亚人为被绑架的女孩举行集会 The threat by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to sell the scores of school girls it says it kidnapped three weeks ago has sparked out