VOA标准英语2014--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept. 27

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Sept. 27 Were celebrating the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending September 27, 2014. The Top Five takes a deep breath this week, with a couple of songs changing position

VOA常速英语2014--美国打击伊斯兰国行动可能面临长期挑战

US-led Effort in Syria Likely to Face Long-term Challenges 美国打击伊斯兰国行动可能面临长期挑战 STATE DEPARTMENT As coalition airstrikes hit militant targets in Syria, President Barack Obama's administration is appealing for broader

VOA常速英语2014--俄食品进口制裁令本国制造商受益

Russia's Food Sanctions: Boon for Some, Bust for Others MOSCOW Russia retaliated against Western sanctions imposed for its actions in Ukraine by halting food imports from the West. The temporary import ban on food from the European Union, North Ameri

VOA标准英语2014--类人猿感染埃博拉病毒

Ebola Also Strikes Great Apes 类人猿感染埃博拉病毒 While efforts continue to contain the Ebola outbreak among people in West Africa, researchers have a new technique to study Ebola among the Great Apes. Thousands of the primates are believe

VOA标准英语2014--庆祝美国国歌200周年

'The Star Spangled Banner' Celebrates 200 Years 庆祝美国国歌200周年 BALTIMORE This year, the U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland is celebrating its role in the birth of Americas national anthem. National Park Service Ranger Vince Vaise is Chief

VOA标准英语2014--埃博拉威胁利比亚粮食安全

Ebola Weakens Liberia Food Security Liberia has been the hardest hit country in West Africas Ebola outbreak with more than three-thousand cases. Fourteen of the countrys fifteen counties have been affected. Some of the first cases in Liberia were rep

VOA标准英语2014--高强度聚焦超声治疗恶性肿瘤进展

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Used to Kill Cancer Tumor 高强度聚焦超声治疗恶性肿瘤进展 LOS ANGELES, CA There is a new way of killing certain cancer tumors that allows the patient to go home on the same day. Surgeons at the Keck Med

VOA常速英语2014--以色列贝都因人重新安置削弱两国解决方案

UN: Relocation of Bedouins in Israel Weakens Two-state Solution 以色列贝都因人重新安置削弱两国解决方案 JERUSALEM Rural Bedouins living in disputed lands east of Jerusalem could soon find themselves forcibly relocated. While Israel

VOA标准英语2014--专家称恐怖分子招募外国战士威胁全球

Experts: Terrorist Recruitment of Foreign Fighters Poses Global Threat 专家称恐怖分子招募外国战士威胁全球 Foreign fighters are flooding into Syria and Iraq in record numbers. Up to 15,000 foreign fighters from at least 81 nations are

VOA标准英语2014--Tensions High in Lebanon as US-led Coalition Strikes Syria

Tensions High in Lebanon as US-led Coalition Strikes Syria BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON As a U.S.-led coalition begins bombing Islamist militant targets in Syria, tensions are soaring in neighboring Lebanon. Syrian refugees continue to clamor to get in, fle

VOA常速英语2014--科学家研究3D打印人体组织

Researchers Work on 3-D Printing of Living Tissue 科学家研究3D打印人体组织 Three-dimensional printers are rapidly becoming everyday appliances, much like color printers a couple of decades ago. Increasingly, the technology is being used in

VOA常速英语2014--利比亚流离失所人们接受紧急援助

Libyan Displaced Receive Emergency Aid 利比亚流离失所人们接受紧急援助 A U.N. truck convoy carrying emergency supplies for nearly seven-thousand displaced people arrived Monday in western Libya. The number of displaced is growing as fig

VOA标准英语2014--美国宇航局的Maven飞船到达火星

NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft Arrives at Mars 美国宇航局的Maven飞船到达火星 NASAs newest Mars probe, called MAVEN, has successfully entered its designated orbit around the red planet. Scientists will use its sophisticated instruments to try to

VOA标准英语2014--对于乌克兰西部城市 冲突远在天边却近在眼前

For West Ukraine City, Conflict Far Away Yet Near 对于乌克兰西部城市 冲突远在天边却近在眼前 LVIV The western Ukrainian city of Lviv prides itself on being both physically and culturally close to Western Europe. The Russian-backed

VOA标准英语2014--索马里再次面临长时间的干旱与饥荒的威胁

Prolonged Droughts Threaten Renewed Famine in Somalia WASHINGTON Droughts and heavy fighting have brought Somalia close to another bout of famine, just three years after food shortages killed 260,000 people in the troubled Horn of Africa country. The

VOA标准英语2014--独家:在塞拉利昂的病毒中心并没有治疗埃博拉的办法

Exclusive: No Ebola Treatment at Sierra Leone Holding Center 独家:在塞拉利昂的病毒中心并没有治疗埃博拉的办法 MAKENI, SIERRA LEONE Dozens of very sick people sat on the floor in an empty university building in central Sierra Leo

VOA常速英语2014--美国抚养孩子的成本继续上升

Cost to Raise a Child in US Continues to Rise 美国抚养孩子的成本继续上升 ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA The cost of raising a child in the United States continues to rise. In its latest annual report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says middle

VOA常速英语2014--北约领导人将讨论俄罗斯和中东问题

NATO Leaders Set to Gather on Russia, Middle East 北约领导人将讨论俄罗斯和中东问题 LONDON The leaders of the 28 NATO countries will gather for the first time in two years starting Thursday in Wales, in western Britain, with an agenda

VOA标准英语2014--Large Chinese Lanterns Make California Appearance

Large Chinese Lanterns Make California Appearance POMONA, CALIFORNIA Chinese lanterns with a long history are lighting up in new styles at the Los Angeles County Fair in southern California. When the sun sets, and visitors step through the red gates

VOA常速英语2014--互联网技术为未来记者提供学习新途径

Internet, Technology Offer New Tools for Journalists 互联网技术为未来记者提供学习新途径 LOS ANGELES The Internet and rapidly evolving technology is quickly changing how people receive news and how journalists deliver it. There are no