VOA常速英语2019--美国或脱离北约：特朗普diss北约老掉牙

For some 70 years, NATO has been viewed as a crucial pillar of stability by US presidents and lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans alike. But Trumps views on the Alliance, during his 2016 campaign, broke with that bipartisan consensus. Let me tell yo

VOA常速英语2019--阿根廷古老图书馆 魅力与日俱增

Here in the Argentine capital, the El Ateneo bookstore is housed in what used to be a magnificent theatre. The theatre opened in 1919, and featured a wide variety of artistic performances from plays to tango dancers. Later it became a movie theater.

VOA常速英语2019--2018年：美国社交媒体巨头的多事之年

The tech giants have enjoyed growing markets and popularity worldwide. 一直以来，各科技巨头公司遍布全球各个充满蓬勃生机的市场，备受人们欢迎。 But 2018 changed that. 但2018年，这一切都改变了。 Are Americas

VOA常速英语2019--美国指责金正恩说的比唱的好听

Fire and Fury...Toward the end of 2017, US President Donald Trump took a harsh stance against North Korea and its leader Jim Jong-un for threatening the United States. And as I said, they will be met with fire, fury and frankly, power, the likes of w

VOA常速英语2019--解决美国种族歧视问题 任重而道远

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up... August 29th, 1963, it was a speech that galvanized a nation, and put civil rights and economic justice at the forefront of the American conversation. Race Media and Communication professor from

VOA常速英语2019--为建造边境墙 特朗普不排除宣布进入紧急状态的可能

President Trump at the southern border seeking to deliver on his central campaign promise of a border wall with Mexico. But with Democrats in Congress firmly opposed to the wall, Trump continues to consider declaring a national emergency to fund it.

VOA常速英语2019--特朗普被指与普京过从甚密

President Trump Monday unequivocally denied he ever worked for Russia after seeming to avoid answering the question during his Sunday interview aired on Fox News. I never worked for Russia and you know that answer better than anybody. I never worked

VOA常速英语2019--消费类电子产品展览会展现尖端人文科技

The Consumer Electronics Show or CES is a showcase for the worlds best technology. As expected, a big topic is how many things are now wired and online. 消费类电子产品展览会（CES）展现了世界上的尖端技术。不出所料，一个热

VOA常速英语2019--政府停摆僵持不下 公务员难以养家糊口

President Donald Trump has backed away from a simple demand for border wall funding. Now, he is offering a three-year extension of programs for refugees and immigrants brought illegally to America as minors known as dreamers. If we are successful in

VOA常速英语2019--菠萝叶可制成靓丽服装 质量不输皮革

A Spanish entrepreneur spent over eight years developing a new textile she calls Pinatex. Pinatex is a new textile material made from pineapple leaf fibers, which is the waste of the pineapple harvest. Carmen Hijosa, who founded the company Ananas An

VOA常速英语2019--詹姆斯·韦伯望远镜或2021年投入使用

The James Webb telescope is being prepped for launch in 2021 and it will change the way that NASA views the universe. James Webb is designed specifically to look into the infrared, and this is an area of the spectrum where we have looked before, but

VOA常速英语2019--美国政府停摆影响国计民生

What do we want?! Federal workers across the country say theyve had enough. Some families who say theyve never had to depend on donations are turning to food banks for help. Even students who rely on free or reduced fee meals at school are impacted.

VOA常速英语2019--研究气候变化的新方法：在蜜蜂身上装传感器

This tiny sensor mounted on a bumblebee is monitoring all kinds of important environmental data. This is the brainchild of a group of researchers at the University of Washington. What made us start the aim of this was our prior work on building insec

VOA常速英语2019--全球经济不确定性愈演愈烈 引人担忧

The setting for the annual World Economic Forum is an elite ski resort in the Swiss Alps. Anti-poverty advocacy group Oxfam has brought a message for the influential leaders gathered there. The richest people in the world, the most powerful people in

VOA常速英语2019--美国公务员静坐示威 要求结束政府停摆

A silent vigil held at a Senate building across from the Capitol is one of many demonstrations organized by government employee unions across the country to pressure lawmakers to end the shutdown or face retribution in the 2020 election. Voting reall

VOA常速英语2019--特朗普同意在2月15日前暂停政府停摆

Air travel delayed along the east coast of the United States as unpaid air traffic controllers call out from work. The same day, a second paycheck is missed by federal employees on the two failed attempts in the U.S. Senate to reopen the government.

VOA标准英语2019--提高蜂箱产量有平价妙招

Havent got much honey yet. London beekeeper John Davy is taking part in a unique experiment to gather information from bees all over the world. We have two cables, two wires. One is connected to a probe which is reading the humidity inside the hive.

VOA常速英语2019--美国育犬协会犬类博物馆迁址纽约

New Yorkers have a particular love of dogs, and so it seems appropriate that the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog will be returning to New York City in February after 30 years in St. Louis Missouri. While there are not actual dogs in the museum

VOA常速英语2019--由于气候原因 咖啡品种不断减少

Its a really long way to go for coffee, but the coffee these scientists are looking for you wont find at your local cafe. This is a rare wild relative that grows in the jungles of Sierra Leone. Coffee has 124 of these cousins across tropical Africa a

VOA常速英语2019--女性移民闪耀美国硅谷

Pushpa Ithal may not fit the stereotype of the typical Silicon Valley CEO. Shes female, foreign-born and a mother. Nevertheless, shes one of the many foreign-born women with thriving technology careers in Silicon Valley, where companies are increasin