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

VOA常速英语2017--东帝汶议会选举圆满结束

The people of Timor-Leste went to the polls on July 22 to select 65 parliamentary representatives. It was the fourth set of general elections, including both parliamentary elections and the presidential election in March, to take place since the half

VOA常速英语2017--副总统彭斯在爱沙尼亚发表讲话

On his recent trip to Estonia, Vice President Mike Pence reiterated America's support for Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania saying, America stands with the nations and the people of the Baltic Statesand always will. 近日出访爱沙尼亚期间，美国副

VOA常速英语2017--安理会通过对朝鲜制裁新决议

The United Nations Security Council has passed additional sanctions aimed at increasing economic pressure on North Korea to end its nuclear weapons and missile development program. The resolution we've passed, said U.S. Ambassador to the United Natio

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

VOA常速英语2017--美国反对马杜罗政府设置制宪大会

Since President Donald Trump took office, he has made clear that the United States stands with the people of Venezuela in their fight for democratic governance, human rights, and the rule of law in the face of efforts by the regime of President Nicol

VOA标准英语2017--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常速英语2017--伊拉克辛贾尔镇大屠杀3周年纪念

August marks the third anniversary of the assault by ISIS terrorists on the Yezidi community in northern Iraq, during which they sought to destroy this people and their culture. The brutality of the events marked both a disaster for the Yezidi commun

VOA常速英语2017--美国声讨伊朗政府

Earlier this year, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke of Iran's alarming and ongoing provocations that export terror and violence: 今年年初，美国国务卿蒂勒森谈到了伊朗现在令人触目惊心的挑衅行为，这些挑衅行为引

VOA常速英语2017--鳄雀鳝重返北美水系

Alligator gar are the second largest freshwater fish in North America. Later it disappeared from the state's waterways in the 1990s. 鳄雀鳝是北美第二大淡水鱼。后来，也就是20世纪90年代的时候，水域中就再没发现过这种鱼

VOA常速英语2017--简易爆炸装置威胁安全与稳定

Home-made bombs, known as Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, are used by terrorists not only to attack opposition military forces, but also increasingly to harm civilian populations. As a world leader in clearing explosive hazards that threaten c

Senegal Start-Up Trains Young Coders

Senegals tech scene has been slow to get off the ground due to a lack of qualified coders. But a locally run company is trying to change that, while also helping young people find jobs. Local tech start-ups are tackling day-to-day conveniences in the

VOA常速英语2017--美国称制裁伊朗有理有据

While the Trump administration reviews U.S. policy toward Iran, the United States will continue to counter Iran's malign activities and hold Iran strictly accountable to the requirements of the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac

VOA常速英语2017--美国助力海地改善营养状况

Haitians will get a boost in nutrition thanks to a joint program between United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, and government of Haiti. On July 21st, U.S. Charge d'Affaires Brian Shukan joined with Haiti's Ministry of Health,

伦敦的大本钟已沉寂四年

This is Whats Trending Today. That is the sound of Big Ben. People from London like to call the ringing of Big Ben bongs. They mark the start of a new hour. Big Ben is the name of the large bell inside the clock tower above Britains Houses of Parliam

VOA常速英语2017--美国呼吁加快剿灭IS的步伐

The campaign against ISIS has dramatically accelerated over the past six months. Since 2014, when ISIS was at the height of its power, the group has lost about 78 percent of the territory it used to hold in Iraq, and about 58 percent of the territory

VOA常速英语2017--美国要求南苏丹停火

For much of its brief existence, South Sudan has been has been mired in a civil war, a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and forced some 4 million to flee their homes, creating Africa's worst refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan g