石油泄漏致尼日利亚的新生儿死亡率翻倍

Nigeria Oil Spills Double Risk of Infant Mortality, Research Shows Babies are much more likely to die in their first few weeks of life if their mothers live close to the site of an oil spill, according to new research. Scientists studied data on infa

VOA常速英语2017--:药物过量成美国人意外死亡的罪魁祸首

The United States is in the midst of its most severe drug epidemic since the 1980s. Today, more people are dying from drug overdoses than from gun homicides and motor vehicles combined, said President Donald Trump: 美国正面临着自20世纪80年代

VOA常速英语2017--伊朗以从事间谍活动罪名判处一名医生死刑

While the United States is deeply concerned over Iran's destabilizing behavior in the Middle East, there is another reason why President Donald Trump has called the Iranian government a fanatical regime exercising extremist rule: 虽然美国深切忧虑

VOA常速英语2017--美国称朝鲜践踏人权的情况依然十分严重

Some of the worst human rights abuses in the world are perpetrated by the government and officials of North Korea, also referred to as DPRK. That is the conclusion reached by the State Department's third report detailing serious human rights abuses i

VOA常速英语2017--尼日利亚农业部部长获世界粮食奖

On October 20th, Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina of Nigeria became the 2017 recipient of the prestigious World Food Prize. The World Food Prize, known as the Nobel Prize for Agriculture and Nutrition, is the foremost international honor recognizing the

VOA常速英语2017--贝鲁特爆炸案34年纪念

It's been 34 years since the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. At a ceremony honoring the 241 Americans who were killed during the mission to keep peace in that war-torn country, Vice President Mike Pence said that attack was th

VOA常速英语2017--美国防部部长在韩国发表讲话

The U.S.-South Korea alliance grows more important by the day, said U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on a recent trip to the Asian nation. 美韩联盟的重要性日益增强，美国国防部部长马蒂斯( Jim Mattis )在近日出访韩国这个

VOA常速英语2017--美国呼吁继续在全球范围内打击IS

The U.S.-led Global Coalition has achieved great successes against ISIS on the battlefield in Syria and Iraq. We celebrate the coalition's gains on the ground but, notes U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan Sales: We also have to be mindful t

VOA标准英语--India Seeks to Promote a Staple Dish as Its Brand Food Across Globe

India Seeks to Promote a Staple Dish as Its Brand Food Across Globe Indian cuisine is often identified with spicy curries and a range of kebabs, but the government wants to propel a staple dish made with rice and lentils across the global stage. The

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Dec. 2

Were gathering the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending December 2, 2017. The hit list seems comfortable with offering one new song a week, because thats what we have once more. Number 5: Cardi B. Bo

Syria, Russia Step Up Airstrikes Ahead of Renewed Peace Talks in Geneva

Talks between the Syrian government and opposition forces aimed at bringing an end to the six-year war resume Tuesday in Geneva. Nearly half a million people have been killed since the President Bashar al-Assads crackdown on an uprising during the 20

VOA标准英语--US Senate to Vote on Tax Overhaul

This week could decide whether Republicans salvage one of President Donald Trumps major agenda items during his first year in office or head into a midterm election year with no landmark legislative accomplishments to tout. In coming days, Senate Rep

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Nov. 25

Were feasting on the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Nov. 25, 2017. Its Thanksgiving week, and right on schedule, the chart sends us a tasty new title. Number 5: Imagine Dragons Thunder Lets beg

VOA常速英语2017--约旦助力叙利亚难民进行战后心理康复

In the six and a half years since Syria's civil war began, more than 5 million Syrians have abandoned their homes and fled the country to escape the violence unleashed by Bashar al-Assad's regime against its own people. Today, more than 5 million peo

VOA常速英语2017--美国国际开发署在抗击恐怖主义方面的角色

Over the past few years, the global community has dealt severe, even debilitating defeats to some of the most high-profile terrorist organizations around the globe. Nonetheless, terrorism still poses an existential threat to many states around the wo

VOA常速英语2017--阿萨德政权对子民使用化学武器

Two and a half years into the Syrian civil war, the Syrian government attacked its own people with chemical weapons. On August 21st, 2013, rockets delivering deadly Sarin gas landed in Ghouta, a rebel-controlled suburb of Damascus. It is not clear ho

VOA常速英语2017--特朗普访华期间呼吁与中国进行平等合作

Cooperation, responsibility and respect were recurrent themes of President Donald Trump's recent visit to China. 合作、责任与尊重是特朗普总统最近出访中国期间最常出现的字眼。 In conversations between Mr. Trump and Chinese