VOA标准英语2014--青少年生活的改变

Teenagers Live Extraordinary Lives to Make a Difference 青少年生活的改变 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 life. They are cha

VOA标准英语2014--环境奖获得者通过狼来理解人性

Environmental Prize Winner Looks to Wolves to Understand Humans 环境奖获得者通过狼来理解人性 LOS ANGELES Economists are learning about the workings of the financial world by studying packs of wolves and schools of fish. That's according

VOA常速英语2014--基辅亲西方抗议者加入到乌克兰国民卫队当中

Ukraine's Expanding National Guard Includes Kyiv Pro-Western Protesters 基辅亲西方抗议者加入到乌克兰国民卫队当中 KYIV In Ukraine, there has been a sharp rise in military recruitment following Russia's annexation of Crimea and effo

VOA标准英语2014--联合国要求叙利亚完全上缴化武

UN Calls for Syria to Complete Surrender of Chemical Weapons 联合国要求叙利亚完全上缴化武 WASHINGTON The United Nations has called on Syria to complete the surrender of its chemical weapons by the approaching deadline. The well-armed fo

VOA常速英语2014--越来越多的人因袭击逃离尼日利亚

Growing Numbers Flee Nigeria Attacks 越来越多的人因袭击逃离尼日利亚 Ibrahim Gaidam, Governor of Yobe state, left, looks at bodies of students inside an ambulance outside a mosque in Damaturu, Nigeria, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Islamic mi

VOA标准英语2014--当地企业主导非洲种子产业

Local Start-Ups Dominate Africas Seed Industry 当地企业主导非洲种子产业 A new report released on May 7, finds that locally owned African seed companies now dominate Africas seed industry. The analysis was conducted by the Alliance for a G

VOA标准英语2014--敖德萨活动人士或许死于氯仿中毒

Chloroform Poisoning Might Have Killed Odessa Activists 敖德萨活动人士或许死于氯仿中毒 ODESSA, UKRAINE Ukraine's government says 32 pro-Russian activists who died during a fire in a building they had taken over early this month in Odes

VOA常速英语2014--Syria Sets Presidential Election Amid Reports of Chemical Weapons Use 叙利亚传出再度使用化武

Syria Sets Presidential Election Amid Reports of Chemical Weapons Use 叙利亚传出再度使用化武 WASHINGTON Syria has announced that it will hold presidential elections June 3, despite an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 150,000 peo

VOA标准英语2014--Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Abuja Bombing 博科圣地宣称对阿布贾轰炸事件负责

Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Abuja Bombing 博科圣地宣称对阿布贾轰炸事件负责 ABUJA The Nigerian militant group known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a bombing in the capital Abuja on April 14 that killed 75 people.

VOA常速英语2014--Pacific Rim Trade Deal Proves Elusive 环太平洋贸易协议协商困难

Pacific Rim Trade Deal Proves Elusive 环太平洋贸易协议协商困难 WASHINGTON With the U.S.-led war in Iraq ended and American military involvement in Afghanistan winding down, President Barack Obama has sought to pivot the country's foreign

VOA常速英语2014--Ukraine Developments Loom Over Obama Trip to Asia 乌克兰阴云笼罩奥巴马亚洲行

Ukraine Developments Loom Over Obama Trip to Asia 乌克兰阴云笼罩奥巴马亚洲行 BEIJING President Barack Obama's trip to Asia this week comes as concerns about Beijing's territorial ambitions are growing in the region. Those concerns have b

VOA标准英语2014--Russia's Shrinking Free Media Environment 俄罗斯日渐萎缩的自由媒体环境

Russia's Shrinking Free Media Environment 俄罗斯日渐萎缩的自由媒体环境 The Russian government continues to cut the Russian people off from independent voices and from media perspectives that differ from the states controlled narratives.

VOA常速英语2014--Parents of Autistic Adults Worry About Future 自闭症成年人的父母担心子女的未来

Parents of Autistic Adults Worry About Future 自闭症成年人的父母担心子女的未来 Rafael Angevine can spend hours taking photographs. 拉斐尔安杰文拍起照来可以花上好几个小时。 I just do it for myself,I don't try to set

VOA常速英语2014--At NY Auto Show Electric Cars Coming On Strong 电动汽车在纽约车展上强势来袭

At NY Auto Show Electric Cars Coming On Strong 电动汽车在纽约车展上强势来袭 NEW YORK Plug in your car, then unplug, and drive away. More and more consumers are doing just that. At the 2014 New York Auto Show many automakers unveiled ele

VOA标准英语2014--Pope Francis Hopes Dual Canonizations Will Reconcile Church

Pope Francis Hopes Dual Canonizations Will Reconcile Church On April 27, two popes - John the XXIII and John Paul II - will be made saints in a ceremony at St. Peters Square. The dual canonization is part of the current popes program to reconcile lib

VOA标准英语2014--US Anti Apartheid Movement Helps Bring Change to South Africa 美国反隔离运动给南非带来改变

US Anti Apartheid Movement Helps Bring Change to South Africa 美国反隔离运动给南非带来改变 It's been 20 years since the end of apartheid in South Africa, the system of racial segregation that curtailed the rights of black South Africans

VOA常速英语2014--Successful Costa Rican Elections 索利斯当选哥斯达黎加新一任总统

Successful Costa Rican Elections 索利斯当选哥斯达黎加新一任总统 The United States congratulates Luis Guillermo Solis on his election as the next president of Costa Rica. 美国对于路易斯吉列尔莫索利斯当选为下一任哥斯达

VOA标准英语2014--科学家寻求超级大豆以帮助全球粮食短缺

Scientists Seek Super Soybean to Help Global Food Shortage 科学家寻求超级大豆以帮助全球粮食短缺 LOS ANGELES According to the United Nations, the worlds population will increase by 34 percent by the middle of the century. Global food

VOA常速英语2014--教皇以色列之行，强调不同信仰之间交流

Popes Israel Visit to Highlight Inter-Faith Dialogue 教皇以色列之行，强调不同信仰之间交流 OLD CITY, JERUSALEM Pope Francis is to visit the Holy Land for the first time since he became head of the Roman Catholic Church 14 months ago.

VOA常速英语2014--调查发现很多乌克兰人现在反俄罗斯

New Survey Finds Many Ukrainians Now Anti-Russia 调查发现很多乌克兰人现在反俄罗斯 KYIV A new survey indicates that Russia's takeover of Crimea and its support of rebels in eastern Ukraine have turned much of the Ukrainian population a