VOA常速英语2018--特金会前朝鲜示好释放3名美国公民

Americans rejoiced at the release last week of three U.S. citizens imprisoned in North Korea. 上周，朝鲜释放了3名美国公民，美国对此十分高兴。 The White House referred to the prisoners' release as a victory for the world. Presid

美国有线新闻 CNN 美军3名突击队员在尼日尔联合巡逻时遇袭身亡

美军3名突击队员在尼日尔联合巡逻时遇袭身亡 According to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the nation of Niger is one of the hottest and poorest countries on the planet. It's landlocked, most of it is desert. Niger's government

2015年CRI 习近平就反腐发表重要讲话 10名土耳其人组织新疆涉恐人员偷渡出境被捕

Chinese President Xi Jinping is ordering ongoing and improved efforts in the fight against corruption right across the country in 2015. Speaking at a meeting of the Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country's top anti-corrupti

2015年CRI 中拉论坛首届部长级会议将在京召开 外交部回应朝鲜逃兵枪杀4名中国边民

Twenty foreign ministers from member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States will be gathering in Beijing later this week to discuss elevating cooperation between China the region. It's expected that the Sino-Latin American

美国有线新闻 CNN 平昌冬奥爆集体感染诺如病毒 1200名安保人员被隔离

First story this Wednesday: sickness has swept over dozens of people working on the 2018 Winter Olympics. But it's not the nasty flu virus you've heard about. What hospitalized 41 security guards in Pyeongchang, South Korea, is norovirus. Olympics or

VOA慢速英语2016 德国官员怀疑18名难民卷入新年袭击事件

AS IT IS 2016-01-09 German Officials Suspect 18 Asylum Seekers in New Year's Attacks 德国官员怀疑18名难民卷入新年袭击事件 German officials say 18 asylum-seekers are among the suspects in thefts and sexual assaults on women in Cologne

VOA常速英语2014--越希望美在解决与中争端上发挥更大作用

Vietnam Wants Larger US Role in Dispute With China 越希望美在解决与中争端上发挥更大作用 STATE DEPARTMENT Vietnam wants the United States to play a bigger role in settling territorial disputes with China. Washington is refusing, thou

2014年CRI 云南鲁甸地震遇难人数激增至589人 菲律宾重判12名中国渔民

Rescuers searching for survivors are coping with fresh landslides and aftershocks near the quake epicenter in southwestern China's Yunnan province. The 72 hour optimum-rescue period has passed and finding survivors is becoming much less likely. As of

2014年CRI 奥巴马派司法部长调查黑人青年被杀事件 利比里亚17名埃博拉患者失踪

US President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson, Missouri, to investigate the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman. The decision follows days of violent protests in the St. Louis suburb

2014年CRI 中方暂停部分与越南交往计划 警方确认东突制造乌市暴恐案

China is to suspend some of its plans for bilateral exchanges with Vietnam in response to the deadly violence against Chinese nationals in the country. So far at least two Chinese nationals in Vietnam have died and more than 100 others have been inju

VOA双语新闻 - 美军在阿富汗打死19名武装份子

The U.S. military in Afghanistan says troops conducting several raids targeting al-Qaida, Taliban and Haqqani militant networks have killed 19 fighters. There are also news reports that the head of British special forces in Afghanistan has resigned a

2015年CRI 军方公布16名高官被查处情况 中美研讨加大对美追逃追赃力度

The Chinese military has publicized a list of 16 senior officers, corps level and above, who were put under investigation for alleged corruption in 2014. The list includes some names that had been released before, including former vice chairman of th

CCTV9英语新闻：2名中国科学家获得500万元创新奖

Physical chemist Zhang Cunhao and nuclear weapons expert Cheng Kaijia have won Chinas top science award for their outstanding contribution to scientific and technological innovation in the country. Both winners are from the Chinese Academy of Science

CCTV9英语新闻：12名乘客获救其中包括85岁老太太获救

12 people have so far been rescued as search efforts continue after a passenger ship sank late on Monday night on a section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province. And this 85-year-old woman was among them. A CCTV cameraman captured t

CCTV9英语新闻11月：43名中国矿在加纳被释放

The Chinese embassy in Ghana says 43 Chinese nationals whove been held for alleged illegal gold mining have all been released. The embassy says it has been working with Ghanaian authorities to handle the issue. The 43 miners were arrested last month

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VOA双语新闻 - 美越就政治国防安全展开战略对话

The United States and Vietnam have discussed possible U.S. sales of weapons and spare parts to Vietnam, as well as American military help with disaster relief and a range of other issues. The two nations' first strategic dialogue on political, defens

2015年CRI 德国失事客机录音记录仪取出录音 泰国旅游客车坠崖致3名中国游客遇难

French investigators say usable data has been extracted from the cockpit voice recorder of the Germanwings airliner which went down on Tuesday in the French Alps. But officials insist it's still too early to say what might have caused the jet to go d

2015年CRI 孙建国在香格里拉对话会上就南海问题做出回应 13名MERS密切接触者仍失联

A senior Chinese military official has again defended China's land reclamation work in the South China Sea. Speaking at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore, Admiral Sun Jianguo says China's actions are legitimate and they do not threaten another cou