VOA标准英语2018--人道主义援助埃塞俄比亚

Humanitarian Aid for Ethiopia Ethiopia has been suffering the effects of a devastating series of droughts, which began three years ago when the El Ni?o weather pattern caused higher temperatures in this country of 100 million people. While an above a

VOA标准英语--欧洲宗教自由状况令人担忧

Threats to Religious Freedom in Europe Religious freedom is often called America's first freedom. It is the first freedom America's founders included in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. Speaking at the recently concluded Ministerial to Advance

VOA标准英语--美国制裁俄罗斯船只

U.S. Sanctions Russian Ships In an effort to encourage the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or North Korea, to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, the United Nations Security Council last year passed Resolution 2375, which imposes sanctions

VOA标准英语--Pentagon Memorial Stands Tribute 17 Years After Terror Attack

Seventeen years ago, the U.S. Department of Defense came under attack. American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon, killing all passengers onboard the plane and 125 people working in the building. VOA Pentagon correspondent

VOA标准英语2018--特朗普宣布关闭美国电波钟

WHITE HOUSE President Donald Trumps administration wants to shut down U.S. government radio stations that announce official time, a service in operation since World War II. WWV and WWVB in the state of Colorado and WWVH on the island of Kauai in the

VOA标准英语--神经科学发现政治强腕的生物基础

Neuroscience Finds Biological Roots of Political Stubbornness Control of Congress is at stake in this November's U.S. midterm elections. In today's highly polarized political environment, Republican and Democratic partisans have staked their position

VOA标准英语--Perry: Geopolitics "Upended by Innovation, technology and American Know How

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry sees exporting technologies like carbon capture utilization, so-called clean coal technology, to ensure American energy security. In an interview with VOA Contributor Greta Van Susteren, Perry called battery developme

VOA标准英语2018--特朗普与民主党存争议

Trump, Democrats on Collision Course for November U.S. voters will head to the polls in two months to elect a new Congress and to render a midterm judgment on the often controversial and polarizing presidency of Donald Trump. The political stakes are

VOA标准英语--Can Hate, Prejudice Be Unlearned?

In todays polarized political climate, when divisions and mistrust toward people of other races, beliefs and sexual orientation have become a rallying cry, how do we teach young people to become more tolerant? That's a topic the No Place for Hate ini

VOA常速英语2018--谷歌员工街头抗议高层性侵事件处理不当

San Francisco Google employees join co-workers from around the world and walked off the job temporarily. 谷歌位于旧金山的员工们加入了公司各地的同事，进行了短暂的罢工。 They protested what they see as the companys mishan

VOA常速英语2018--选民期待大变化：2位女性当选国会议员

Casting a vote for former state lawmaker and congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib wasnt about making history for Detroit voter David White It was about making a difference. Rashida represents everything that undermines those stereotypes. She doesnt

VOA常速英语2018--挪威人巧思妙招实现水产养殖可持续

Norway is one of the top ten aquaculture producers, and the industry goes to great length to secure feed for farmed fish. 挪威是十大水产养殖国之一，而其水产养殖业也是竭尽全力确保鱼食供给。 It has even sent factory shi

VOA常速英语2018--也门儿童亟待粮食援助

A malnourished child in Yemen dies every 10 minutes, according to UNICEF Middle-East director who says the deaths are preventable. 每10分钟，就有一名营养不良的也门儿童死亡，这是联合国儿童基金会中东局局长提供的信息

VOA常速英语2018--加州现空前大火 特朗普亲临现场慰问

Seeing the destruction, Trump thanked the firefighters, police officers and emergency workers. They are fighting and they are fighting like hell. Weve never seen anything like this in California. Weve never seen anything like this, Jerry. Its like to

VOA常速英语2018--脱欧烂摊子不好收 deadline不等人

Britains business leaders Monday offered a stark warning on the growing cost of Brexit uncertainty. Brexit is consuming government, every politician, every civil servant and its also consuming British business. Our firms are spending hundreds of mill

VOA常速英语2018--美国：朝鲜做的不够

After their summit of June, US President Donald Trump said he expected Kim Jong-un to immediately begin giving up his nuclear weapons. When he lands, which is gonna be shortly, I think that he will start that process right away. Five months later, Ki

VOA常速英语2018--美国海军舰艇为病患提供免费治疗

Patricia Caicedo Batioja was constantly concerned her four-year-old granddaughter was going to lose vision in her left eye if she didnt receive an urgent operation. 帕特丽夏一直担心自己4岁大的孙女会左眼失明，因为孙女可能无法

VOA常速英语2018--特朗普要求境外移民以合法方式进入美国

Thousands of migrants walked through Mexico toward the US border on Thursday. The caravan was formed October 12th in crime-and poverty-ridden Honduras. Some people dropped off and others joined the caravan along the way. This is the second such carav

VOA常速英语2018--美国为大选做准备的同时，Facebook也在努力处理错误信息

These Facebook posts may look legitimate but they were part of a disinformation campaign coordinated by Iranians and recently uncovered by the company.As the U.S. prepares for its midterm elections, the social network giant is working to reduce misin

VOA常速英语2018--神奇博物馆呈现《哈利波特》既视感

For more than 140 years, from the late 1700s to the 1930s, the family-owned Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary served customers with an amazing assortment of medicines. When the shop closed, the buildings new owner kept it just the way it was, and turned