VOA标准英语2014--Native American Colleges Push to Bridge Unemployment Gap

Native American Colleges Push to Bridge Unemployment Gap FORT YATES, NORTH DAKOTA As only the fourth sitting president to visit a Native American reservation, President Barack Obama has made improving education in tribal communities one of his admini

VOA常速英语2014--石油财富吸引企业进驻北达科他州

Oil Wealth Attracts Businesses to North Dakota 石油财富吸引企业进驻北达科他州 WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA The state of North Dakota has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, thanks to a glut of jobs created by the oil boom i

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台一月-Keeping Time Across the Ages

Each Friday we hear moments from StoryCorp. That's the oral history project that gives families and friends a chance to interview each other about their lives. Today's story from North Dakota , Virginia Fairbrother grew up in Towner, North Dakota dur

VOA标准英语2010年-Girls Prove They Can Rock in 'The Runa

Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning co-star in new film about the groundbreaking all-girl rock band of the 1970s Alan Silverman | Hollywood 26 March 2010 Photo: Courtesy of Apparition; Photo credit David Moir From left to right: Dakota Fanning, Mickey Pe

VOA标准英语2011--You'll Never Guess One of America's Boom

You'll Never Guess One of America's Boom States During a spring of extraordinary flooding in America's Northern Plains, the mostly flat, lightly populated state of North Dakota experienced 17 record river crests. This, after one blizzard after anothe

VOA标准英语2010年-Lakota Get Classical in Unique Musical

It's not unusual to find musicians from different genres - or from different cultures - collaborating. Opera star Luciano Pavarotti belted out the blues with Eric Clapton and South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo recorded an album with folk legend P

VOA常速英语2014--北达科他州冷战遗址变身成为旅游景点

Cold War Legacy a Tourist Attraction in Rural North Dakota 北达科他州冷战遗址变身成为旅游景点 COOPERSTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA The United States plans to shrink the total number of land-based nuclear missiles by 2018 to comply with an arms

VOA标准英语2014--石油繁荣考验北达科他州的立法传统

Oil Boom Tests North Dakota Legislative Tradition 石油繁荣考验北达科他州的立法传统 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota is one of four U.S. states with a legislature that meets only once every two years. But, the energy boom in Western

VOA标准英语2014--Bakken Crude Volatility, Rail Safety Scrutinized in Northern US

Bakken Crude Volatility, Rail Safety Scrutinized in Northern US WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA The U.S. department of transportation recently issued an emergency order requiring shippers of Bakken oil to ensure that the substance is properly classified prio

VOA标准英语2014--石油繁荣让北达科他州学校拥挤起来

Oil Boom Crowding North Dakota Schools 石油繁荣让北达科他州学校拥挤起来 WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA The oil boom in North Dakota and Montana has brought a flood of people to once sparsely-populated rural towns. The rapid pace of expansion

2006年VOA标准英语-South Dakota a Battleground in Abortion Debate

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 October 2006 A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973, but the issue remains divisive. The latest battleground is the state of South Dakota, where voters will decide in November wheth

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Many Women, The Nearest Abortion Provider Is Hundreds Of Miles Away

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: While abortion is legal in the United States, for some, it is not very accessible. A new study finds that many women face legal barriers and long distances to get the procedure. NPR's Sarah McCammon reports. SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLIN

新闻纵贯线 In 'The Alienist,' Dakota Fanning Plays The NYPD's First Woman Hire

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: New York City, 1896 - young boys are being brutally murdered. A team of outsiders assembles to hunt down the killer - a doctor with some unconventional views, a newspaper illustrator haunted by his past and a police secretary who u

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Obama Clean Power Plan Fades, States Craft Strategies To Move Beyond It

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump is spending his first week in office reversing Obama administration policies. He's already signed executive actions on health care, two controversial oil pipelines, and he is promising to undo President Obama's plan

美国国家公共电台 NPR Dakota Pipeline Protesters, Nearby Residents Brace For 2017

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Protesters in North Dakota successfully blocked construction of a pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation this past year, but it is unclear what happens when Donald Trump takes office. Here's Inside Energy's Amy Sisk. A

美国国家公共电台 NPR Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Clean Up As Deadline Looms

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Protesters in North Dakota face a deadline today. They've been opposing an oil pipeline. The Army Corps of Engineers told them to clear out by this afternoon. After a push from President Trump, the Dakota Access pipeline could no

美国国家公共电台 NPR Supreme Court Ruling Means Some Online Purchases Will Cost More

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Online sales are about to start costing more. The Supreme Court ruled today that states can force retailers to collect and remit sales taxes on out-of-state purchases. The 5-to-4 decision reverses decades-old decisions. Those

VOA标准英语2008年-Voting Underway in Final US Primary Contests

By Michael Bowman Washington 03 June 2008 America's presidential primary season ends Tuesday with contests in Montana and South Dakota. But, as we hear from VOA's Michael Bowman, events in Washington will likely determine whether Democrats will have

VOA标准英语2008年-High Crop Prices Squeezing US Farmland Conserva

By Brian Wagner Miami 14 May 2008 As crop prices remain high, farmers and other landowners are working to expand their output and take advantage of big profits for wheat, corn and soybeans. The boom is creating pressure to begin farming on lands enro

2007年VOA标准英语-Bluegrass Echoes Through Black Hills

By Jim Kent Rapid City, South Dakota 17 July 2007 Country music enthusiasts from across the Northern Plains gathered in Rapid City, South Dakota in June for the 27th annual Black Hills Bluegrass Festival. A key feature of the three-day music event we