VOA常速英语2017--赤道几内亚执政党以绝对优势获得多数席位

The recent legislative and municipal elections in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea were a chance for the government there to live up to the goal of widening the country's democratic space; a goal that was the focus of Equatorial Guinea's celebrated

VOA常速英语2017--美国呼吁安理会制裁伊朗

The UN Secretary General recently released his biannual report on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2231. In it, he confirmed that all parties, including Iran, are living up to their commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac

VOA常速英语2017--阿塞拜疆暴力争端不断

The United States is deeply concerned over the recent violations of the ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which have resulted in multiple reported civilian and military casualties, including a young child. In a statement issued July 6, the

VOA常速英语2017--美国称不会轻易解除对俄的制裁

U.S. sanctions on Russia will remain until Russia reverses the actions that triggered those sanctions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson stated at a recent press conference in Kyiv. In the case of eastern Ukraine, that means full implementation of the

VOA标准英语--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 1

Were lighting up the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 1, 2017. As has been the case, we welcome one new song this weekand its a big jumper. Number 5: The Weeknd Daft Punk I Feel It Coming T

VOA标准英语2017--Nigerian Army Holds Drill in Sambisa Forest, Former Boko Haram Stronghold

For the first time in years, the Nigerian Army conducted military drills in the Sambisa Forest which previously had been a stronghold for Boko Haram. VOA was given rare access to the exercises. Brigades of the Nigerian Armys 7th Division performed th

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 9

This is the Top Five Countdown! Were on the march with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Dec. 9, 2017. If you feel your week isnt complete without a new song in the hit list, then youll be hap

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

After several exciting weeks, the chart falls asleep today. If you liked our last lineup, you'll love this one, too. Number 5: Imagine Dragons Thunder Let's open in fifth place, where Imagine Dragons holds with Thunder. This Las Vegas band put out it

VOA标准英语--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Aug. 5

Were in the mix with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending August 5, 2017. Lo and behold, we get a new song this week to supercharge our lineup. It happens in fifth place, where French Montana and

VOA标准英语--On Nagasaki Anniversary, North Korea Threat Tests Japan’s Nuclear Taboo

As North Korea and the United States increase rhetoric on Pyongyangs nuclear weapons program, long-held taboos are being broken in neighboring Japan the only country to have suffered nuclear bombardment, at the end of World War II. Analysts say the d

Super Bowl A Hit With Thousands of Fans

HOUSTON, TEXAS Kickoff is just around the corner for Super Bowl LI (51). The city of Houston, Texas hosts the big game, but for thousands of fans the sideshow to the spectacle of the Super Bowl is a way to spend family time without breaking the bank.

VOA标准英语2017--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Feb. 4

This is the Top Five Countdown! Were cranking up the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending February 4, 2017. Its another week where the deck gets shuffled but no new cards are dealt. Number 5: The Wee

VOA常速英语2017--国际大屠杀75周年

Seventy-five years ago, on January 20th, 1942, senior officials of the German Nazi Party met in a villa in the Wannsee district of Berlin to discuss what they called the Final Solution to the Jewish questionthe deportation and extermination of the Je

VOA常速英语2017--打击叙利亚IS之战再传捷报

The United States and its coalition partners continue to make gains in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. 美国及其盟友继续在对抗伊拉克和叙利亚IS(伊斯兰国)的战斗中再传捷报。 Iraqi forces have

VOA常速英语2017--HIV或越“变”越弱

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, frequently mutates. That has allowed the virus to bypass the immune system and infect about 80 million people over the last 35 years. However, researchers say the rapid evolution of HIV actually may be reducing its ab

VOA常速英语207--打击阿拉伯半岛的基地组织取得新进展

The U.S. military carried out a successful raid on the militant Islamist group al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula compound in Yemen on January 28. One U.S. Service member was killed and three others were injured in the raid. U.S. forces were instrumen

VOA常速英语2017--特蕾莎访美 巩固英美双边关系

One week after his inauguration, President Donald Trump welcomed his first foreign leader to the White House Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May. 就职一周后，特朗普总统就迎来了白宫第一位外国领袖的到来英国首相特蕾莎梅

VOA常速英语2017--特朗普指定国防部长拟定击垮IS方案

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump repeated his promise to defeat Islamic terrorism: 特朗普总统在其就职演说中反复承诺要打击IS恐怖主义： We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized wo

VOA常速英语2017--美国助力津巴布韦排雷

The United States is a leader in supporting the clearance of dangerous remnants of war all over the world. Since 1993, we have invested more than 2.6 billion dollars to clear or destroy landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other dangerous conventional

VOA标准英语2017--Global Hackathons Turn Ideas Into Entrepreneurial Reality

SAN FRANCISCO Among all the applications (apps) on a mobile phone, there is a good chance a few were created by hackers at a hackathon. A hacker is anyone who can take limited resources or be in any type of constraint, time constraint, resource const