VOA标准英语2015--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 4

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 4 Here are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending April 4, 2015. There's no clever way to say it: nothing changes this week! We begin in 5th place where Rihanna, K

VOA标准英语2015--实现无现金社会 全球在效仿瑞典?

Moving Away from Cash: Is the World Emulating Sweden? 实现无现金社会 全球在效仿瑞典? Cash has not disappeared from everyday life, but the worlds largest information and financial companies are working on ways to replace it with wireless

VOA标准英语2015--For Obama, More Business Than Friendship With World Leaders

For Obama, More Business Than Friendship With World Leaders WHITE HOUSE Much has been said and written about the perceived dislike and disagreement between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who used a March 3 speech be

VOA常速英语2015--墨西哥建造伽马射线天文台即将开放

Gamma Ray Observatory to Open Soon in Mexico 墨西哥建造伽马射线天文台即将开放 American and Mexican scientists have completed construction of the world's largest gamma ray observatory, situated high in central Mexicos Sierra Negra Moun

VOA常速英语2015--埃博拉疫苗试验在西非进行

Ebola Vaccine Trials Underway in West Africa 埃博拉疫苗试验在西非进行 Ebola has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people in West Africa. Since last summer, researchers have rushed to get anti-Ebola vaccines into clinical trials. While

VOA标准英语2015--非法移民由巴尔干半岛西部抵欧盟

Migrants Trek Through Western Balkans to Reach EU 非法移民由巴尔干半岛西部抵欧盟 Migrants from Africa and other places are finding different routes into the European Union in search of a better life. The Associated Press followed one g

VOA标准英语2015--Tiny Camera Sees Inside Blood Vessels

Tiny Camera Sees Inside Blood Vessels Ahead of any surgical procedure, doctors try to learn as much as possible about the state of the organs they plan to operate on. A new camera developed in the Netherlands can now make that easier - giving surgeon

VOA标准英语2015--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 25

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 25 Were getting busy with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 25, 2015. Big things are happening in the hit list this week. Lets begin in fifth place, whe

VOA标准英语2015--TIME Magazine Honors Activists, Pioneers Seen as Influential

TIME Magazine Honors Activists, Pioneers Seen as Influential NEW YORK TIME Magazine named U.S. President Barack Obama, Cubas Ral Castro and Pope Francis, along with 97 others -- leaders, titans, icons, artists and pioneers -- in its 2015 edition of t

VOA标准英语2015--巴尔的摩反警察暴力抗议第五天

Baltimore Sees Fifth Day of Police Protests 巴尔的摩反警察暴力抗议第五天 BALTIMORE Hundreds of protesters gathered Thursday in downtown Baltimore, in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland, to again demand changes to the justice system foll

VOA常速英语2015--数据服务器可以给家庭供暖

Data Servers Could Heat Private Homes 数据服务器可以给家庭供暖 As every computer owner knows, when their machines run a complex program they get pretty hot. In fact, cooling the processors can be expensive, especially when you're dealing

VOA标准英语2015--James Webb Space Telescope Progresses Toward Launch

James Webb Space Telescope Progresses Toward Launch WASHINGTON While the space community is looking back this week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, workers in an airtight cleanroom at Goddard Space Flight

VOA标准英语2015--乌克兰官员恢复美国军事医院

Left for Dead on Battlefield, Ukrainian Officer Recovers at US Military Hospital 乌克兰官员恢复美国军事医院 BETHESDA, MARYLAND A Ukrainian Army colonel, badly wounded while fighting Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, is underg

VOA标准英语2015--克里访问在纽约的伊朗外交官邸

Kerry Visits Iranian NY Diplomatic Residence 克里访问在纽约的伊朗外交官邸 In a sign of how much U.S.-Iranian relations have thawed as negotiations over Irans nuclear file progress, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Irans Foreign Mi

VOA标准英语2015--On The Scene: Generosity Overwhelms Quake-Stricken Nepal

On The Scene: Generosity Overwhelms Quake-Stricken Nepal KATHMANDU Time is running out to find more survivors of Saturdays huge earthquake in Nepal, which the countrys prime minister estimates could have killed 10,000 people. But the effort to get cr

VOA标准英语2015--安吉丽娜·朱莉呼吁保护叙利亚难民

Angelina Jolie Appeals for Action on Behalf of Syrian Refugees 安吉丽娜朱莉呼吁保护叙利亚难民 UNITED NATIONS Actress Angelina Jolie Pitt, U.N. special envoy for refugee issues, told the Security Council on Friday of the suffering of Sy

VOA标准英语2015--‘Angel of the Migrants’ Helps Desperate Syrians Arriving in Europe

Angel of the Migrants Helps Desperate Syrians Arriving in Europe CATANIA, ITALY Waves of migrants are continuing to arrive on the shores of southern Italy from North Africa. After their dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, they face an unknown

VOA标准英语2015--电影《机械姬 Ex Machina》反思计算机时代的社交焦虑

Film Ex Machina a Reflection of Social Anxiety in Computer Era 电影《机械姬 Ex Machina》反思计算机时代的社交焦虑 Ex Machina, an intelligent and sleek sci-fi drama by first time director Alex Garland focuses on the relationship and

VOA常速英语2015--法国史前洞穴复制品对人们开放

Replica of Prehistoric Cave Opens in France 法国史前洞穴复制品对人们开放 A detailed copy of a cave containing the oldest figurative drawings made by Europes prehistoric inhabitants opened over the weekend [April 25.2015] in France, not

VOA常速英语2015--骚乱十周年 法国为被忽视的郊区寻找答案

Ten Years After Riots, France Searches for Answers to Neglected Suburbs 骚乱十周年 法国为被忽视的郊区寻找答案 CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, FRANCE The terrorist attacks in France in January and fears of more to come are casting a spotlight on t