Jews in Israel and around the world are observing Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. An Ultra-Orthodox Jew prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, before start the holiday of Rosh H

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

Fighting has erupted between Pakistani troops and a Taliban faction located in the Swat valley in the country's northwest. Pakistani forces reported killing at least 25 militants on Wednesday and imposed a curfew throughout the valley. VOA's Barry N

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

Sometimes there are things that are not likely to happen, and weve got a few expressions to talk about them! Have you ever dreamed of flying to the moon? Or maybe you hope that your boss will give you the day off tomorrow. Fat chance. Listen to this

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Heres an episode idea we got from Daniel on Facebook. Thanks again for the suggestion! In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about elementary and high school in Canada, including sharing their own experiences. They also tell you about different names

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 22 October 2007 At least one person is dead and tens of thousands have been evacuated from their homes in Southern California, where fires have scorched 40,000 hectares and firefighters are battling at least 12 major bl

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By David Gollust Sydney 15 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice deplanes after touching down in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, March 15, 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(三月)

By VOA News 19 September 2007 A powerful typhoon has brought wind and rain to eastern China and has forced changes in the schedule at the 16-nation Women's World Cup football (soccer) tournament. VOA's Jim Stevenson is in Shanghai where the heavily f

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 19 September 2006 watch Kurdish Filmmaker report Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is on trial for genocide. He is accused of ordering the Anfal campaign -- a military operation against Iraqi Kurds two decades ago. Pro

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 12 September 2006 watch Embassy Attack report Syrian security officers gather in front the U.S Embassy after an attack in Damascus, Sept. 12, 2006 Syrian security forces say they have foiled a terrorist attack on t

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(九月)

By Parke Brewer Nuremberg, Germany 25 June 2006 Portugal's World Cup team practices ahead of big match against the Dutch The football teams from Portugal and the Netherlands put impressive streaks on the line when they face one another Sunday night

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(六月)

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The second season of Last Chance U begins tomorrow. It's a documentary series on Netflix that follows the football team at East Mississippi Community College. It's one of the most successful junior college programs in the nation.

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(160) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 09 April 2006 Despite Asia's fast economic growth, unemployment in the region has increased over the past decade. The United Nations' Economic and Social Commission for Asia

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(四月)

By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 28 December 2007 Hundredsof thousands of mourners gathered to at the family graveyard where former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was being laid to rest. Authorities in Pakistan have beefed up security around the country as suppo

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(152) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

By Stefan Bos Budapest 09 June 2008 Rescue workers in Ukraine have pulled 23 coal miners from a one-thousand meter deep shaft. At least 13 others remain trapped in the mine, which was the scene of a powerful explosion on Sunday. As Stefan Bos report

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(388) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(六月)

Craters here stretch as far as the eye can see. Although no human has ever set foot on Mercury, we have a pretty good idea of what you would see. If you are walking around on the surface of Mercury, it will look outwardly a lot like the moon. When yo

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

Move away from the sun, and you'd expect things to cool down a little. Venus, the picture of coolness and calm, all pale but gully-cloaked by clouds but the planet of love is shrouded in mystery-----------draw beneath her treacherous veil at your own

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You are there, on the most exciting, nerve-shattering journey in the history of man! Fifty years ago, it was easy for us to imagine Venus, closer to the Sun and wrapped in clouds, to be our scorched, tropical sister, swarming with life. There was thi

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And thats the first time; it was return black-and-white panoramas of the Venus surface. These images were extremely important, because it was the first time, we ,human beings had a chance to see with our naked eyes completely different other world. W

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

One of the really exciting and high-level scientific interests is whether Venus is geological active today, because there are reasons to think of the clouds on Venus only exist, because there is ongoing geological activity, so this is one of the bigg

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

Congratulations, you've arrived on the hottest surface in the solar system. Here, the official temperature is eight hundred seventy degrees Fahrenheit. Day or night, equator or pole, the searing heat never varies more than a few degrees, and thats wh

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年