VOA常速英语2018--美国称宗教少数群体遭迫害成全球性问题

In late December of last year, the Trump Administration unveiled its National Security Strategy. One of the priority actions to be undertaken by the United States as part of this new plan is the advancement and protection of religious freedom and rel

VOA常速英语2018--伊朗某女性因未戴头巾抗议而遭捕

Earlier this year, the White House deplored the human rights abuses imposed on the Iranian people by their government and pledged not to remain silent when Iranians rose up to peacefully protest against repression and corruption, as White House Spoke

VOA常速英语2018--特朗普将与金正恩进行历史性会晤

President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, South Korea's National Security Advisor Chung Eiu-Yong announced after he met with Mr. Trump at the White House. Mr. Chung praised President Trump's leadership and his

VOA常速英语2018--美国将成最大的石油生产国

The United States is slated to become the world's largest oil producer by the year 2023, according to the International Energy Association, or IEA. The rising demand for oil, said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, has unleashed a wave of growth fro

VOA常速英语2018--联合国为维和人员提供性虐事件调查能力培训课

While the vast majority of the nearly 100,000 men and women who serve as UN peacekeepers do so with honor and integrity, acts of misconduct still occur, including incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse against the very people peacekeepers are dep

VOA常速英语2018--伊拉克百姓或迎新生

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman recently joined the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and UN Development Program, or UNDP, Resident Representative Lise Grande for a visit to several sites in the Ninewa Plains of Iraq. Th

New AI Technology Lets Students Evaluate Professors by ‘Chatting’

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has slowly begun to influence higher education around the world. Now, one new AI tool could change the way university students evaluate their professors. The tool is called Hubert. It is a teacher evaluation tool that

VOA标准英语2018--对朝鲜实施新制裁

New Sanctions on North Korea U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced sweeping new sanctions against the authoritarian regime of North Korea. This action targets the deceptive shipping practices that have enabled the Kim regime to fund its dan

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 10

We're rolling out the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart for the week ending March 10, 2018. Number 5: BlocBoy JB Drake Look Alive For the first time in a month, we get a newcomer. It happens in fifth place, where Bloc

VOA常速英语2018--抗击IS的工作已进入下一阶段

Through the efforts of the Iraqi armed forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, ISIS has been defeated in Iraq, and nearly so in Syria. Its self-proclaimed capitals have fallen and its false caliphate is no more.

马其顿经济增长潜力有待挖掘

USAID recently launched two new projects -- the Business Ecosystem Project and Factoring Project -- that will support micro, small and medium enterprises access diversified sources of finance in Macedonia. The Business Ecosystem Project is a four-yea

Working at Kansas Ranch ‘Like Slavery,’ Immigrants Say

Immigrants working at a large, remote farm in the state of Kansas are forced into hard labor to pay back the farms cost of illegally bringing them into the country, an Associated Press report says. The AP spoke with former workers at the Fullmer Catt

VOA常速英语2018--尼泊尔腐败问题严重

The people must partner with government leaders to end corruption. Just as leaders have aduty to establish and enforce the rules, citizens must hold these leaders to their duty, wroteU.S. Ambassador to Nepal Alaina Teplitz. 人民必须与政府领导人

VOA常速英语2018--美国为莱索托提供发展援助

Development Assistance for Lesotho A delegation from the U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Corporation, or MCC, visited Lesotho recently to discuss the development of a second MCC compact to reduce poverty and promote economic growth in partners

VOA常速英语2018--美国称克里米亚为乌克兰所有

Four years ago this month, Russia held an illegitimate, fabricated referendum in Ukraine in an attempt to legitimize its purported annexation of Ukrainian territory. Crimean residents were compelled to vote under scrutiny by heavily armed Russian tro

VOA常速英语2018--全球庆祝伊朗春节——诺鲁兹节

The ancient spring festival of Nowruz is currently being celebrated around the world, by, among others, Afghans, Azeris, Americans, Chinese, Iraqis, Kurds, Pakistanis, Persians, and the peoples of Central Asia. 全球各地正在庆祝诺鲁兹节，也

VOA常速英语2018--美国指责阿萨德政权对平民使用化学武器

Today in Syria, we are confronted once more with some of the worst atrocities known to man, said National Security Council Advisor Lieutenant General HR McMaster in a speech at the Holocaust Museum in Washington. 如今在叙利亚，我们再次面临

VOA常速英语2018--普京展示俄罗斯无敌核武器视频

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed that Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent statements on nuclear weapons development are irresponsible, according to a readout of President Trump's recent telephone call with th

VOA常速英语2018--美国帮助利比亚保护文物古迹

Helping Libya Protect its Antiquities If there is one thing all armed conflicts have in common, it's that chaos and strife create opportunities for society's less scrupulous citizens, crooks and thieves to enrich themselves by looting. 接下来，是一

Successful People 'Take the World by Storm'

Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Every week, we explore common expressions in American English. Thunder storms. Rain storms. Snow storms. Electrical storms! If conditions get bad enough, almost any kind of weather can become a