VOA双语新闻 UN Summit Produces Hope and Speeches

World leaders are set to wrap up a three-day summit at the United Nations with a declaration of goals for U.N. reform and global poverty alleviation. The gathering has produced hundreds of speeches, and a few hopeful developments. 世界各国领导人

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—4

Mas que Nada became a top ten hit, the first Portuguese language success in American pop history. -That song, Mas que Nada, is magical. I told Jorge Ben the other day I saw him in LA. And I thank him for writing that song because there's not many son

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—6

In 1966, the co-winner of the TV Record Festival was Chico Buarque, who became an instant star with A Banda. Buarque was praised by traditionalists as the heir to the great samba cancao writers of the 1930s, who would become a symbol of resistance to

学个词Learn a Word 第381期 Pro bono

今天我们要学的词是pro bono。 Pro bono, 是无偿服务的意思。美国移民律师协会宣布，将为面临移民困境的军队家属免费提供法律服务, The American Immigration Lawyers Association will provide pro bono legal ass

地道美语听力播客:Talking to the Professor

[A knock on the door.] Jeff: Come in. Julie: Hi, Dr. McQuillan, I'm Julie Taylor. I'm in your 2 oclock class on Thursdays. Jeff: Hi, Julie. Have a seat. What can I do for you? Julie: I wanted to come see you during your office hours because I missed

学个词Learn a Word 第404期 Front runner

今天我们要学的词是front runner。 Front runner, 是领先者的意思。美国总统大选共和党参选人麦凯恩得到了前总统老布什的支持。Former President Bush said the GOP front-runner has the right values and experience t

美国乡村音乐:Tropical Island-Adam Green

在没有看到Adam Green的照片时，他的嗓音让我觉得这个人没有40至少也30好几了，磁性的声音尽显成熟男性魅力。可是他的年龄和样貌却让我大跌眼镜（没有贬意），1981生，满头乱发，表情呆滞，那双大眼睛里透出些许灵气。让我不禁想到另一位音乐人en Kweller。提到Adam Gr

2007年VOA标准英语-New Group Calling for Dialogue in Lebanon

By Challiss McDonough Beirut 03 February 2007 Last week's violence in Lebanon, after two months of opposition protests, were a sign of how hostile the atmosphere has become. A new group is calling for more reasoned dialogue between the opposition and

2007年VOA标准英语-Senegalese Woman Provides Food for Poor Workers

By Phuong Tran Dakar 05 April 2007 Watch Corner Kitchen report According to most poverty indicators, almost half the population of Sub-Saharan Africa is living on less than one dollar a day. One Senegalese food stand owner shows how far a dollar goe

2007年VOA标准英语-West Africans Profit in Call Centers

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 04 February 2007 In West Africa, many of today's technologically sophisticated college graduates are making money and helping develop a new industry in the region: internet-based call centers. The call centers provide telephone

学个词Learn a Word 第722期 Robocall

今天我们要学的词是robocall。 Robocall指的是由计算机系统自动拨号，播放事先录制的电话留言的宣传电话。Robocall是产品促销和政治竞选的常用手段。A GOP group launched its robocall campaign against Sen

英语听力：Prophet Muhammad 先知穆罕默德 - 2

To Muslims, the life of Muhammad is a story revered in its mysteries as much as its certainties that our beliefs held sacred. Whatever we can tell about the prophet, of course, is screened through the filter of what has been preserved over the centur

英语听力：Prophet Muhammad 先知穆罕默德 - 5

She was so taken with Muhammad, she proposed marriage. Ah, Hadijia, well I think she was a mentor as well as a wife, a very strong lady who had her own business, and Muhammad was helping her out, so it was a wonderful partnership and I'm sure he lear

英语听力：Prophet Muhammad 先知穆罕默德 - 8

Rather than a physical image of God or of Muhammad, it is the beauty of the Koran itself that is celebrated in Islam. Islam developed in this context where pictures were not favored. The Koran, as it was revealed, was Gods representation on earth, an

英语听力：Prophet Muhammad 先知穆罕默德 - 6

And that is the beginning of the prophetic career of Muhammad. The months to come would bring more revelations, powerful words of a lyrical quality, more beautiful than the most exquisite Arabic poetry. Above all, Muhammad was to bear one message to

学个词Learn a Word 第730期 Pro-life

今天我们要学的词是pro-life。 Pro-life意思是反对妇女有堕胎的选择权。Pro-life的对立面是 pro-choice，支持妇女的堕胎权。美国总统奥巴马不久前在圣母大学发表毕业演讲。Hundreds of pro-life activis

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Says AIDS Progress Made in Sudan

By Noel King Khartoum 03 December 2006 The United Nations says it is making progress in combating HIV/AIDS in Sudan, but warned that infection rates may be on the rise in the war-torn Darfur region. The United Nations estimates that Sudan has the hi

英语听力：Prophet Muhammad 先知穆罕默德 - 16

This is not something that is fly-by-night. This is something big and important. Islam has come to stay. In just a hundred years, Muhammads vision had transformed the spiritual and political map of the world. And his followers had established an empi

ESL Podcast 262 – Missing the Tour Group Bus

Kelly: Where is everybody? Man: Excuse me? Were you talking to me? Kelly: Oh, no. I was just talking to myself. Our tour group was supposed to rendezvous here at five oclock for our return trip to the hotel. But theres no trace of the bus and I dont

英语听力：Prophet Muhammad 先知穆罕默德 - 11

Praying together is a good thing. It cements the idea of belonging to a movement, to a religion, to an organization, to a community. The result is something very, very powerful, even to watch, even for a non-believer or someone from another religion.