Assad Defiant as Activists Report Surge in Syrian Government Attacks Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is remaining defiant amid widespread accusations his government carried out a deadly chemical attack last week, as monitoring groups say his forces

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(四月)

生物学家史蒂芬帕伦认为,海洋的健康和我们的健康之间有着紧密而神奇的联系。他通过日本一个渔场发生的让人震惊的有毒污染的事件,展示了位于海洋食物链底部的有毒物质是如何进入我

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:潜入深渊

HAPPINESS has traditionally been considered an elusive and evanescent thing. To some, even trying to achieve it is an exercise in futility. It has been said that happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which i

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Can Arming Teachers Prevent School Shootings? President Donald Trump has called for arming teachers as a way to stop school shootings. His comments came after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14. A 19-year-old gunman killed

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(二)月

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发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--各类新闻

菲利普津巴多知道好人变坏是多么的容易。在本次演讲中,他与大家分享自己对于阿布格莱布虐囚事件审判的深刻见解,以及一些未公开的照片。然后他谈了与此相对的一面:成为英雄是多么

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:头脑游戏

A 59-member Chinese team has arrived in Sierra Leone as China says it will continue to do its part to contain Ebola. The team will be based at the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital, some 30 kilometers east of the capital city of Freetown. They w

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

巴就无人机事件传唤美大使 ISLAMABAD, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Saturday summoned U.S. ambassador to the Foreign Ministry and lodged a formal protest over the drone strike which killed the Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the Foreign Mini

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Paul's Case by Willa Cather, Part One 《保罗事件》Ⅰby 薇拉凯瑟 Our story today is called Paul's Case. Willa Cather wrote it. Donna de Sanctis? adapted it for VOA Learning English. Paul's Case will be told in two parts. Here is Kay Gallant

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纽约警察局部署反恐部队应对恐怖袭击事件 New Yorkers have rallied to France's side. 纽约市民已经表达对法国的支持。 On Monday, they honored those who lost their lives with a rendition of La Marseillaise,the French natio

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今天凌晨你蹲点iphone5的发布会了么?发布的是iphone4S,你感到失望,还是在惊讶之余暗自叹道Apple公司在积极创新的同时,还能做到诚信为本、步步为营?要知道怎样用英文表达你的感受,以下

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While some people believe the idea of alien invasion is the stuff of science fiction, others fear it may be just around the corner, after a number of UFO (unidentified flying object) sightings occurred in China last month. 有些人认为有关外星人

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MOSCOW, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Situation around U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden did not affect Russia-U.S. talks over anti-missile defense, a senior Russian military official said Wednesday. I did not feel the problem of Snowden affected

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Sitting on a hill overlooking the crash site near Shanksville, the $26 million visitor center complex was dedicated and opened to the public on Thursday, one day before the annual 9/11 observances in Pennsylvania, New York and Washington. Victims' fa

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

An attack by a robot at a technology fair in Shenzhen last Thursday has been blamed on incorrect operation. 上周四发生在深圳一个科技展上的机器人伤人事件最终被归因于操作不当。 The robot named Xiaopang displayed at the

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON Later this week, U.S. lawmakers will hold the first hearings into the prisoner swap that freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in return for five Taliban detainees. Sergeant Bergdahl is reported to be claiming he was beaten, tortured, and held

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

NEW DELHI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- India on Tuesday condemned the twin bomb blasts at the annual marathon event in the U.S. city of Boston in which at least three people were killed and over 140 others injured. I am deeply shocked and saddened by the ou

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

JUDY WOODRUFF: And we turn now to the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. He is Democratic Representative Adam Schiff of California. Congressman Schiff, welcome back to the program. What's the main thing that you think was clarified a

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

Itwasahit-and-run. 这是一起肇事逃逸事件! 例句: A:Canyouhelpmyfriendplease?It'sanemergency.Hewasjusthitbyacar. 您能帮一下我的朋友吗?这是紧急情况。他刚被车撞了。 B:I'llcallanambulance.Lethimliedownthere.Iknowso

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 跟艾米莉一起学口语

I'm here to talk about the next big thing, 我在这里要谈论另一件重要事情 because what we're finding out is that 因为我们发现 we have this capacity to report eyewitness accounts of what's going on in real time. 我们有能力根据目

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