VOA常速英语2017--东非人道主义危机即将爆发

Over the past two decades, much of East Africa has suffered through recurrent droughts resulting in failed crops, dying cattle and escalating food prices. The result is hunger, undernutrition and suffering for millions of people. 过去二十年，东非

VOA标准英语2017--保持美国安全

President Donald Trump has signed a revised executive order on immigration, Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called it a vital measure for strengthening [American] nation

VOA常速英语2017--支持尼日利亚基础教育

The U.S. government, through the Agency for International Development, or USAID, announced its continuing support to the education sector in Bauchi, Nigeria. 美国政府通过国际开发署（USAID）宣布将继续支持尼日利亚包奇州的教育

VOA常速英语2017--凯利出访危地马拉

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly traveled to Guatemala City for a series of meetings with senior officials there. He met with President Jimmy Morales, Minister of Government Francisco Rivas, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos

VOA常速英语2017--追击阿拉伯半岛的基地组织

The United States has carried out more than 30 airstrikes in Yemen in recent days against the terrorist group al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. This dangerous terrorist group remains intent on attacking the West, said spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Dav

VOA标准英语--2016年朝鲜人权报告

North Korea is an authoritarian state led by the Kim family for more than 60 years. According to the newly released annual State Department Human Rights Report, human rights conditions in North Korea remain abysmal. The government subjects citizens t

Al Nusra Front Leaders Sanctioned

From time to time, the United States identifies certain individuals as crucial to the operation of terrorist organizations. These include persons who have committed, or are deemed to pose a significant risk of committing acts of terrorism. When such

China, US Look to Chart Road Ahead During Tillerson Visit

BEIJING The thorny issue of trade will be a key topic that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will discuss with Chinese leaders when he visits Beijing this Saturday and Sunday. Given President Donald Trump's blunt criticisms of Beijing's trade practice

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 11

Were coming on strong with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending March 11, 2017. Last week, if you recall, we had a big new entry in fourth place. Well, THIS week, we have a big new entry in fourt

布朗菲尔德谈国际毒品管制战略报告

The United States is in the midst of its most severe drug epidemic since the 1980s. Nonetheless, the country is positioning itself within the international system to fight it, thanks to close cooperation with its international partners, and with mech

VOA标准英语2017--全线围攻ISIS

Iraqi security forces continue to make progress in their fight to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS terrorists. Iraqi forces have succeeded in taking back Mosul International Airport said the commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation

VOA常速英语2017--津巴布韦的人权问题

As has been the case in previous years, human rights conditions in Zimbabwe remain deeply troubling, according to the recently-issued State Department Country Reports On Human Rights Practices. In 2016, the government of President Robert Mugabe conti

VOA常速英语2017--美国强势回应化学气体袭击——战斧导弹轰炸阿萨德空军基地

Two days after Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, the United States struck the airfield from which the April 4 chemical attack was launched. On the orders of President Donald Tr

VOA常速英语2017--美国务卿蒂勒森出访土耳其

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recently traveled to Turkey to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The visit built on three mutual long-term goals: working together to defeat ISIS, also known as DAESH; building stability in the region; and bol

VOA常速英语2017--美国呼吁发展女性维和人员

Women and girls living in conflict areas are frequently the targets of specific forms of violence and abuse. Thus women develop a unique perspective on the causes and effects of conflict on the population. Yet they are severely under-represented duri

VOA常速英语2017--美国指责朝鲜为亚太地区和平稳定的毒瘤

The most urgent and dangerous threat to peace and security in the Asia-Pacific is North Korea, said U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Speaking in Singapore, he noted the North Korean regime has increased the pace and the scope of its nuclear program

VOA常速英语2017--越南判处某自由言论博主10年牢狱之灾

A Vietnamese court recently sentenced blogger and human rights activist Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh to 10 years in prison. We are deeply concerned, said State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, about the conviction of. . .peaceful blogger, Nguyen Ngoc

VOA常速英语2017--纪念法官法尔科内遭刺杀25周年

Every aspect of transnational crime has wide-spread negative consequences, causing serious harm to every society, at every level. 从任何方面来看，跨国犯罪都会引起广泛的负面后果，对社会各个层面都会造成严重的伤害。

VOA常速英语2017--美国抨击伊朗在打击人口贩卖方面无作为

An estimated 20 million people around the world are victims of the heinous crime of human trafficking. This year, the State Department's Trafficking in Persons report places particular focus on the responsibility of governments to hold offenders acco

VOA常速英语2017--马拉维举行女性科技夏令营活动

The United States has partnered with the United Nations Foundation's Girl Up campaign, Intel Corporation, Google, and other partners to lead the third annual Women in Science Girls STEAM Camp, to enable to girls to study the science, technology, engi