VOA常速英语2017--美国关于应对全球性挑战的几个方案

The world is getting smaller. And that means that too often, regional conflicts and threats to peace that only a few decades ago would have quickly burned themselves out, thanks to new technologies, as well as ease of travel and global communication,

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 14

Were in the mix with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending January 14, 2017. This weeks lineup has something for everybody: not only does the championship change hands, we also get a huge new entr

Migrants at Risk of Dying as Cold Blankets Southeast Europe

LONDON As the extreme weather grips southeast Europe, thousands of migrants are sleeping in empty warehouses or abandoned buildings that provide shelter from the driving snow, but inside the temperatures are well below freezing. I have not seen this

VOA常速英语2017--学生们聚集在美国、国外学习“通用语言”：编码

NEW YORK As a handful of students gathered to learn a new language at the Microsoft store in New York City, a different set of students gathered a world away in Nigeria to embark on a similar journey. The language in both cases is coding, and Microso

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Jan. 7

We're blasting off with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending January 7, 2017. Our first lineup of the new year is a keeper: not only do we welcome a new song, but the championship also changes ha

VOA常速英语2017--土耳其党派争斗恶化 战火纷飞

A religious ceremony gives Bilal Ozkan, state-appointed trustee, or mayor, a chance to meet the people of Diyarbakirs Sur municipality.The image of the Turkish flag,once all but invisible in this stronghold of Kurdish nationalism, now symbolizes Ozka

VOA常速英语2017--美国挪威致力于哥伦比亚排雷行动

The United States and Norway are co-leading the Global Demining Initiative for Colombia. Unexploded ordnance and mines continue to take thousands of lives. More than 11,000 Colombians have been wounded or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance o

VOA常速英语2017--美国呼吁国际社会就叙利亚问题向俄罗斯施压

Barrel bombs, missile strikes and mortar shells have reduced much of Aleppo to rubble. Amid the twisted wreckage live an estimated 250,000 people at constant risk of annihilation as the bombs continue to fall. 桶爆弹、导弹轰炸、迫击炮弹已

In 'Hidden Figures' 3 African American Women Help NASA Win 60s Space Race

In 'Hidden Figures' 3 African American Women Help NASA Win 60s Space Race Hidden Figures is the Hollywood version of the true story of three black women who in 1962 helped NASA launch pioneer astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Katherine G. Johnson, Dor

Pakistan's First Female Police Chief Breaking Cultural Taboos

Pakistan's First Female Police Chief Breaking Cultural Taboos Rizwana Hameed made history a month ago when she became the first female head of a male police station in Pakistans Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, or KPK, where conservative cultural and rel

VOA常速英语2017--美国称将继续评估伊朗造成的威胁

At a briefing to reporters at the State Department, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the Trump administration continues to evaluate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal with Iran known as the JCPOA: 在国务院召开的一次记

美国认为卢旺达选举不合规

The United States congratulates the people of Rwanda on their active and peaceful participation in the presidential election held August 4. More than 6.6 million Rwandans cast ballots for Mr. Kagame, according to the official tally, though this numbe

黑山共和国选举取得历史性进展

Virtually every state in the Western Balkans has recently held free and fair national elections, with the participation of all political parties, and with results that reflected the will of the people. This is a historic accomplishment, said Vice Pre

VOA常速英语2017--6月8日——世界海洋日

On June 8th, much of the world observes United Nations World Oceans Day. The idea is to remind people how important the world's oceans are to all life on Earth, to celebrate their beauty, and to bring attention to the impact human activity has on the

VOA常速英语2017--美国助力提高尼日利亚电能供应量

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency recently awarded a grant to the Nigerian company, Community Social Enterprises Limited, or CESEL, for a feasibility study supporting the roll-out of 25 solar photovoltaic microgrids across Nigeria. Together, the

VOA常速英语2017--中非共和国暴力形势加剧

There has been a spike in violence in one of Africa's poorest and most war-torn countries, the Central African Republic, known as CAR. 非洲最贫穷、受战争蹂躏最深重的国家中非共和国(CAR)出现了前所未有的暴力形势高峰。

VOA常速英语2017--伊朗遭遇恐袭

Iran has joined the list of countries targeted within its borders by ISIS. On June 7, at least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded in twin attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers in Tehran. The first assault occurred at the parliament building; th

VOA常速英语2017--美洲国家组织部长级会议 委内瑞拉问题成焦点

There has been a dramatic erosion of constitutional rule in Venezuela over the last 18 months. This includes the undermining of the authority of the democratically elected National Assembly; the thwarting of the recall referendum late last year; the

VOA常速英语2017--美国防部长就美国与澳大利亚合力抗击恐怖主义发表讲话

The United States and Australia have a long history of close cooperation. In the words of Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, We are the strongest of friends and allies. We have a shared military history going back 100 years, and tod

VOA常速英语2017--马歇尔计划70周年纪念

June marks the 70th anniversary of the European Recovery Program, better known as the Marshall Plan. It was one of the most successful U.S. foreign policy initiatives of the 20th century, praised by Winston Churchill as the most unselfish act by any