VOA慢速英语2013 Lighthouses Keep Watch Over the North Carolina Coast

Lighthouses Keep Watch Over the North Carolina Coast This is Shirley Griffith. And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the lighthouses that protect ships sailing along the coast of North Carolin

AS IT IS 2016-09-26 Travel Blogger Criticized for ‘Fun’ Trip to North Korea

AS IT IS 2016-09-26 Travel Blogger Criticized for Fun Trip to North Korea A popular travel blogger is being criticized for writing only good comments and posting fun videos from a trip to North Korea. British world traveler Louis Cole posted the vide

VOA标准英语2012--North Korea Trying to Make Succession Look Solid

North Korea Trying to Make Succession Look Solid North Korea's efforts to solidify Kim Jong Un as the communist nation's new supreme leader appear to be intensifying. North Korea's state-run media Tuesday released video of the new leader rallying tro

英语博客：Smoke to the north.

The view from the back of our house faces north, looking at the hills on either side of the Columbia river. They are brown this time of year, after a hot and dry summer. For a few days, the view was hard to see because there was smoke to the north(1)

Seoul Urges Negotiation Over North Korea's Nuclear Program

By Michael Drudge South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun says a peaceful approach to solving North Korea's nuclear threat is preferred over the more forceful action advocated by some hard-liners in the U

Japanese Foreign Minister Cools Talk on North Korea Sanction

By Steve Herman Diplomatic efforts continue to try getting North Korea back to the negotiating table to discuss dismantling its nuclear weapons program. Japanese and Russian diplomats say it is too so

2007年VOA标准英语-Tension Rises Between North, South Sudan Over A

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 15 August 2007 The government of south Sudan says dialogue with the Sudanese government in Khartoum has completely broken down and a peace deal signed in 2005 is in jeopardy. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, tension conti

VOA标准英语2010年-North Korea Scraps Military Safeguards

South Korean Navy Patrol Combat Corvettes stage an anti-submarine exercise at off the western coast town of Taean, 27 May 2010 In a sharp escalation of tensions with South Korea, North Korea says it is discarding military procedures the two sides hav

VOA标准英语2011--Italy Growth Struggles to Bridge North-South Divide

Italy Growth Struggles to Bridge North-South Divide Italy is one of the most economically divided countries in Europe. The north - with cities like Milan and Turin - accounts for a large majority of the country's GDP, while the south often is viewed

VOA标准英语2013--North Korea Offers Direct Talks with US

North Korea Offers Direct Talks with US North Korea says it is offering direct talks to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. The United States says North Korea must first meet its international obligations to end its nuclear program. North Korea mu

VOA标准英语2013--North Korea Marks Anniversary Without Missile Test

North Korea Marks Anniversary Without Missile Test North Korea celebrated the anniversary of what it calls the Day of the Sun with a festival of flowers and members of the military saluting statues of Kim Il Sung and the late leader Kim Jong-Il. Ther

VOA常速英语2007-US Endorses Plan For Disabling North Korean Nucl

By David Gollust State Department 02 October 2007 The United States said Tuesday it has approved a draft six-nation accord under which North Korea will declare and disable its nuclear programs by the end of the year in exchange for aid and diplomatic

美国国家公共电台 NPR Calm In Seoul As The North Korea Question Grows More Urgent

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: While the U.S. and China to sort out how to respond to North Korea's test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, little has changed in South Korea. NPR's Elise Hu reports from Seoul that life is more or less going on as normal

VOA标准英语2010年-UN Urges North Korea to Continue Talks

UN political chief B. Lynn Pascoe speaks during a press conference at UNDP office building in Beijing, 12 Feb 2010 North Korea is not eager to return to six-party talks but has not rejected the idea, the U.N.'s top political official said on Friday f

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Pronunciation of North American Eng

AA: I'm Avi Arditti; Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on Wordmaster: pronunciation the North American way. Our guest is Colleen Meyers. She teaches English to international teaching assistants at the University of Minnesota. She's also a co-author

双语有声阅读:Clinton Not Stopping in North Korea 克林顿

Clinton Not Stopping in North Korea 克林顿不出访朝鲜 President Clinton will not be stopping in North Korea at the end of his upcoming trip to Asia, a White House spokesman said today. However, he may still visit the communist country before l

VOA常速英语2008年-Japan Extends Economic Sanctions Against North

By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 11 April 2008 Japan has extended economic sanctions against North Korea, citing the reclusive country's lack of progress on an international nuclear disarmament agreement. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, the extensio

VOA常速英语2007年-US Says North Korean Sanctions Will Not Be Lift

By Kurt Achin Seoul 02 November 2007 The U.S. envoy in charge of seeking a diplomatic end to North Korea's nuclear weapons programs says Pyongyang has much more to do before punitive United Nations sanctions are lifted. As a U.S. team begins the proc

VOA标准英语2009年-Reports: North Korea Revalues Currency

N. Korea has sharply raised the value of its currency, causing confusion, and a sudden spike in demand in for Chinese yuan and US dollars Kurt Achin | Seoul 01 December 2009 North Korean banknotes are displayed at a souvenir shop in the Imjingak Pavi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why Do Some South Koreans Believe A Myth That North Koreans Have Horns?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump will have his first face-to-face meeting with China's president this week. Front and center in that conversation will be what to do about the growing threat from North Korea. For more than two decades, the U.S. ha