VOA标准英语--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Feb. 17

We're on the move with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending Feb. 17, 2018. Our musical deck gets shuffled this week, but no new songs manage to break into the charmed circle. Number 5: Post Malon

VOA常速英语2018--美国呼吁伊朗释放美国公民

The United States warned the Iranian government that it holds Iran fully accountable for the well-being of detained U.S. citizen Baquer Namazi. Mr. Namazi, who is 81 years old, was recently returned to Evin prison after a brief furlough. He has been

VOA标准英语2018--Trump on State of the Union

In his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump spoke about rebuilding America's strength and confidence at home and restoring its strength and standing abroad. The President stressed the importance of a strong military. Around the wo

VOA标准英语2018--Future of U.S.-Iraq Relations

The United States is committed to expanding its economic and cultural partnership with Iraq, said U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan on a recent trip to Baghdad. The Deputy Secretary congratulated the Iraqi people and Iraqi Security Forces,

VOA常速英语2018--保障美墨边境的儿童健康

This month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded more than $90,000 to two Texas universities for projects aiming to protect children in US-Mexico border communities from environmental hazards. 本月，美国环境保护署(EPA)奖励

VOA常速英语018--打击为真主党贩毒体系提供资金支持的行为

In January, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of the Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team, or HFNT, a group of experienced international narcotics trafficking, terrorism, organized crime, and money laundering prosecuto

VOA常速英语2018--伊朗再次被美国列为“特别关注国”

The Secretary of State recently re-designated Iran as one of ten Countries of Particular Concern for engaging in or tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom. The state of religious freedom in Iran remains extremel

VOA常速英语2018--伊拉克着力在驱逐IS后重建经济

It will take years for Iraq to recover from the devastation caused by ISIS. The country has made tremendous strides forward, said U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the recent Kuwait Reconstruction Conference on Iraq. 伊拉克需要很多年才能

VOA常速英语2018--穆勒团队指控13名俄罗斯人干涉2016年大选

The Department of Justice announced on February 16th that a grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment presented by the Special Counsel office headed by Robert Mueller. The indictment charges thirteen Russian nationals and three Ru

VOA常速英语2018--美国称其在亚洲地位不可撼动

It is increasingly clear that no geographical area is more important to the future of the United States than the Asia-Pacific. It is home to one-third of the world's population, produces one-third of global GDP, and boasts some of the largest and mos

VOA常速英语2018--庆贺爱沙尼亚独立100周年

February 24th marked the one hundredth anniversary of the founding the Republic of Estonia. 2月24日是爱沙尼亚共和国成立100周年纪念日。 The Estonian Declaration of Independence, also known as the Manifesto to the Peoples of Estonia,w