VOA标准英语2014--研究表明非洲铝锅含有铅

Study: African Aluminum Pots Contain Lead 研究表明非洲铝锅含有铅 Locally made aluminum pots in Cameroon, and probably in much of Africa, are likely to be contaminated with lead ( (Courtesy: Occupational Knowledge International). Locally ma

VOA标准英语2014--把科学带进教室

SharkFinder Brings Science Excitement to Classrooms 把科学带进教室 Science is advanced by professional researchers and scientists. Yet, many believe that average citizens - including school children - can make contributions to scientific advan

VOA常速英语2014--美国警察局利用中文社交媒体为民服务

US Police Department Uses Chinese Social Media to Reach Residents 美国警察局利用中文社交媒体为民服务 ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA A police department in a community near Los Angeles is using an unconventional tool to reach its residents. It

VOA常速英语2014--奥巴马称投资非洲依赖于安全局势

Obama: Investment in Africa Depends on Security 奥巴马称投资非洲依赖于安全局势 WHITE HOUSE One goal of the African leaders' summit in Washington is to build on a strategic relationship that the United States has established in Africa a

VOA常速英语2014--美国将采取异于中国的非洲参与路线

US Takes Different Approach to Africa than China 美国将采取异于中国的非洲参与路线 WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama's effort to engage Africa brought together the largest summit of African leaders ever held in Washington. But China h

VOA常速英语2014--灾区设新式智能卫生间防止水污染

New Smart Toilet to Prevent Water Pollution in Disaster Areas 灾区设新式智能卫生间防止水污染 WASHINGTON The destruction of sanitary systems by war or natural disasters can aggravate the initial tragedy, causing disease and prolonged ri

VOA标准英语2014--东盟部长讨论南海及其他问题

ASEAN Ministers to Discuss South China Sea, Other Issues 东盟部长讨论南海及其他问题 BANGKOK Foreign ministers of Southeast Asian countries, as well as those from the U.S., China and other nations, are gathering in Myanmars capital Naypyi

VOA标准英语2014--美国小银行帮助失业的借款人找到工作,避免丧失抵押品赎回权

Small US Bank Helps Unemployed Borrowers Find Jobs, Avoid Foreclosure 美国小银行帮助失业的借款人找到工作,避免丧失抵押品赎回权 Home foreclosures have declined in many parts of the United States, but tens of thousands of Amer

VOA常速英语2014--猪膀胱助病人的干细胞生长出新肌肉

Pigs Bladder Helps Patients' Stem Cells Grow Missing Muscles 猪膀胱助病人的干细胞生长出新肌肉 The promise that stem cells may someday help regenerate damaged tissue seems to be close to fulfillment. Scientists at the University of Pit

VOA标准英语2014--支持者说纽约面临饥饿危机

Advocates Say New York City Facing Hunger Crisis 支持者说纽约面临饥饿危机 NEW YORK In the Harlem section of New York City, people come early and line up each day for food to feed their families at a pantry run by the Food Bank for New Yor

VOA标准英语2014--News / Africa US-Africa Summit Under Way in Washington

News / Africa US-Africa Summit Under Way in Washington WHITE HOUSE U.S. President Barack Obama this week hosts the largest-ever summit of African leaders in Washington to talk about boosting U.S. engagement with the continent. The U.S. leader hopes t

VOA标准英语2014--Displaced Gazans Fear Returning Home Despite Israeli Assurances

Displaced Gazans Fear Returning Home Despite Israeli Assurances BEIT LAHIYA, GAZA The Israeli military has told residents of several neighborhoods in Gaza that they may return home, seeming to indicate that the operation to destroy infiltration tunne

VOA常速英语2014--奥巴马考量解决边境危机之道

Obama Ponders Action on Border Crisis Without Congress 奥巴马考量解决边境危机之道 WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress has begun a five-week recess without addressing the arrival of tens of thousands of undocumented Central American youths along

VOA标准英语2014--调查人员终于赶到MH17失事地点

Investigators Finally Reach MH17 Crash Site 调查人员终于赶到MH17失事地点 LONDON A team around 100 international investigators and police was able to visit Friday the crash site of Malaysian Airlines flight 17 in eastern Ukraine. The inspe

VOA标准英语2014--加沙的“和平”太短暂了

'Peace' in Gaza is All Too Brief 加沙的和平太短暂了 GAZA CITY Cease-fires in embattled Gaza have been all too brief in recent days, shattered by a swift return to fighting between the Israeli military and Hamas militant fighters. Civilians a

VOA标准英语2014--联合国空运紧急救援物资到利比里亚

UNICEF Airlifts Supplies to Liberia 联合国空运紧急救援物资到利比里亚 The U.N. childrens fund UNICEF has begun airlifting emergency supplies to Liberia, the country hardest hit by the West Africa Ebola epidemic. A cargo plane carrying

VOA常速英语2014--美国7月增加20.9万工作机会 但失业率回弹到6.2%

US Adds 209K Jobs in July, Unemployment Rises to 6.2% 美国7月增加20.9万工作机会 但失业率回弹到6.2% WASHINGTON The latest employment report www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm shows the U.S. economy growing at a steady pace, addin

VOA标准英语2014--巴拿马运河在日益激烈的竞争中迎来100岁生日

Panama Canal Turns 100 Amid Growing Pains, Competition The Panama Canal turns 100 this week. Officially opened in 1914, the 77-kilometer channel joins the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean at the isthmus of Panama. It made the world smaller, creating a shor

VOA标准英语2014--For Nairobi's Disabled, an Equal Chance Behind the Wheel

For Nairobi's Disabled, an Equal Chance Behind the Wheel NAIROBI Each day, 45-year-old George Papai makes an arduous journey to and from work and his commute is unusually long. Today is no different. Whereas an able-bodied person would make the same

VOA常速英语2014--加沙冲突为以色列边境社区带来新危机

Gaza Conflict Brings New Worries to Israeli Border Communities 加沙冲突为以色列边境社区带来新危机 KIBBUTZ NAHAL OZ, SOUTHERN ISRAEL A temporary three-day cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian fighters in Gaza has brought a few da