VOA标准英语2014--韦斯特盖特围攻给人们带来痛苦的回忆

Westgate Siege Anniversary Brings Back Painful Memories 韦斯特盖特围攻给人们带来痛苦的回忆 NAIROBI One year after it happened, the survivors of the terror attack on Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Mall still cannot shake the images of th

VOA标准英语2014--欧洲核子研究中心粒子加速器升级

CERN Accelerator Back in Business 欧洲核子研究中心粒子加速器升级 The long upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider is over. The scientific instrument responsible for the discovery of the Higgs boson -- the so-called God particle -- is bein

VOA标准英语2014--捕鲸峰会选票维护日本捕鲸禁令

Whaling Summit Votes to Uphold Ban on Japan Whale Hunt 捕鲸峰会选票维护日本捕鲸禁令 LONDON The International Whaling Commission has voted to uphold a court ruling banning Japan from hunting whales in the Antarctic Ocean. Conservationist

VOA标准英语2014--外国劳工大量涌入导致索马里青年就业压力大

Flood of Foreign Workers Leave Young Somalis Out of Work 外国劳工大量涌入导致索马里青年就业压力大 MOGADISHU Romans Onyango is the site engineer at one of Mogadishus luxury apartment buildings under construction. While there are no

VOA标准英语2014--脱水是南亚利桑那州非法移民的头号杀手

Dehydration Is Top Killer of Southern Arizona's Migrants 脱水是南亚利桑那州非法移民的头号杀手 TUCSON, ARIZONA The border separating the United States and Mexico spans 3,200 kilometers from the Gulf of Mexico to Baja California. Yet

VOA标准英语2014--美国试图打击南部边境人口贩运

US Attempts Crackdown on Trafficking Along Southern Border 美国试图打击南部边境人口贩运 NOGALES Nogales, Arizona, is notoriously known as a tunnel city, utilized by traffickers to smuggle humans and narcotics into the United States. The

VOA标准英语2014--Report: Action on Climate Change Boosts Economic Growth

Report: Action on Climate Change Boosts Economic Growth A landmark report released Tuesday at the United Nations finds that taking action on climate change is compatible with economic growth. The report comes one week before the U.N. Climate Summit o

VOA常速英语2014--波罗申科仍获得很多支持

Despite Criticism, Ukraine's Poroshenko Still Has Much Support KYIV Just over three months after taking office, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is facing some increased opposition based largely on controversial decisions he has made in the count

VOA标准英语2014--奥巴马在联合国与伊斯兰国家讨论埃博拉防治

Obama Goes to UN With Islamic State, Ebola on Agenda 奥巴马在联合国与伊斯兰国家讨论埃博拉防治 WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama will head to the United Nations General Assembly this coming week with two missions: to rally interna

VOA标准英语2014--“enviropreneur”—变废为宝,拯救环境

Enviropreneur Seeks to Save the Environment, Empower Community enviropreneur变废为宝,拯救环境 NAIROBI Lorna Rutto, a former banker, is now an enviropreneur - turning plastic waste into furniture and fences. Rutto discusses the challenges face

VOA常速英语2014--伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区教会帮助基督徒孩子们

Iraqi Kurdistan Church Helps Christian Children Cope 伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区教会帮助基督徒孩子们 IRBIL In the past six weeks, tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians have been forced to flee their homes by Islamic State militants and f

VOA标准英语2014--:埃博拉病毒或对经济造成巨大影响

Ebola Deals Economic Blow 埃博拉病毒或对经济造成巨大影响 The World Bank Group warns that the West Africa Ebola crisis could deal a huge economic blow to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone unless swift action is taken World Bank Group Pre

VOA标准英语2014--Hot Tech Ideas Seek Investors at San Francisco Expo

Hot Tech Ideas Seek Investors at San Francisco Expo The TechCrunch exposition in San Francisco is a place where tech start-up companies can meet potential backers for their new products. Under the banner Disrupt, inventors tried to convince investors

VOA标准英语2014--乌克兰总统访问美国以寻求更大支持

Ukrainian Leader to Seek Greater US Support on Visit 乌克兰总统访问美国以寻求更大支持 WASHINGTON Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko visits Washington this week amid a shaky cease-fire with Russian-backed separatists, the ratificatio

VOA常速英语2014--全球饥饿人口呈现下降趋势

Chronically Hungry Numbers Decline 全球饥饿人口呈现下降趋势 Global hunger continues to decline. About 805-million people are reported to be chronically undernourished. That's down 209-million since the early 1990s. 全球饥饿人口继续呈

VOA标准英语2014--伊朗核项目在联合国恢复谈判

Iran Nuclear Program Talks to Resume at UN 伊朗核项目在联合国恢复谈判 STATE DEPARTMENT Iran and and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany are set to resume talks on Iran's nuclear program Thursday in New Yo

VOA常速英语2014--虽有未知数，但阿里巴巴IPO或创纪录

Alibaba Seeks Investors, May Hit Record 虽有未知数，但阿里巴巴IPO或创纪录 The huge Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba is set to offer its stock to the public for the first time later this week, an action that may raise more than $20 bi

VOA标准英语2014--Kenyan Coastal Town Struggles With Deadly June Attacks

Kenyan Coastal Town Struggles With Deadly June Attacks MPEKETONI, KENYA Relative calm has returned to the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni, southwest of Lamu, after deadly attacks claimed by the militant group al-Shabab killed more than 100 people in

VOA常速英语2014--弗格森枪击案后种族和治安问题再度引发关注

After Ferguson, New Focus on Race and Policing 弗格森枪击案后种族和治安问题再度引发关注 NEW YORK The fatal police shooting of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri, has brought new attention to other allegations of excessive force

VOA标准英语2014--美国吹捧联盟, 以此对抗伊斯兰国家

US Touts Coalition to Fight Islamic State 美国吹捧联盟, 以此对抗伊斯兰国家 WASHINGTON The Obama administration is expressing confidence in the formation of an international coalition to combat Islamic State radicals who control swaths