VOA标准英语2012--Afghans Hopeful, But Worried About Future

Afghans Hopeful, But Worried About Future Modest changes There is a growing middle class in Afghanistans cities, including the capital Kabul. 在阿富汗的城市中，包括首都喀布尔在内，中产阶级正在不断壮大。 It is an increasi

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Chief Calls on Israel, Hamas to Forge Lastin

.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, just back from a visit to the Gaza Strip, says he was deeply affected by the destruction and suffering he witnessed. He called on Israel and Hamas to turn their unilateral cease-fires into a lasting peace. U.N. Sec

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Chief Hails Progress on North Korean Nuclear

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is pressing ahead with a presidential runoff election Friday, without an opponent and in the face of global calls, including from his neighbors, to postpone the poll. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern A

VOA标准英语2012--Egyptian Presidential Hopeful Promises Islamic, Inclusive Future

Egyptian Presidential Hopeful Promises Islamic, Inclusive Future Morsi wasn't the first choice for president of the Islamist group, Muslim Brotherhood. But with its lead candidate disqualified, Morsi has grasped his role as an accidental front-runner

VOA标准英语2009年-UN Chief: Mideast 'Fighting Must Stop'

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip must be respected. On the eve of a diplomatic sweep through the region, Mr. Ban said he is deeply anguished over the situation

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Point to Possible Health Effe

Scientists Point to Possible Health Effects of Cell Phones This past May, in a major policy shift, the World Health Organization said electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones are possibly carcinogenic. Although the International Association f

英语听力：自然百科 澳大利亚大堡礁 Great Barrier Reef—8

For thousands of years, this powerful current has regenerated the reef. But it can not repair everything. Beneath the waves lie deeper scarsthe largest coral reef on Earth is home to a dazzling diversity of marine species, some found nowhere else on

英语听力：自然百科 澳大利亚大堡礁 Great Barrier Reef—11

So we're looking at the core of the volcano which is referred to as Mount Warning. That peak extends up to just a little over 1, 1 00 meters. But when it was active, the peak of this volcano was 6, 000 feet high. Millions of years of wind and weather

英语听力：自然百科 澳大利亚大堡礁 Great Barrier Reef—15

Today, the elements that support the reef are in fine balance--sun, wind and waves. But it doesn't take much to tip the balance, plummeting this huge reef into disaster. It might happen sonner than you think. Eighteen million years ago, a series of r

英语听力：自然百科 澳大利亚大堡礁 Great Barrier Reef—13

Eighteen million years ago, it arrived in warm, tropical waters. Only then could the world's greatest reef be born. Australia's epic journey may have created perfect conditions for coral, but it also put it in the line of fire of the most powerful st

英语听力：自然百科 澳大利亚大堡礁 Great Barrier Reef—1

Where the forces of nature meet? In a hidden world, a tropical miracle. At this moment, evolution is building a living colossus, a giant built by nature's tiniest creature, a model of reincarnation, a survivor born from disasterthe Great Barrier Reef

英语听力：自然百科 澳大利亚大堡礁 Great Barrier Reef—3

As a polyp grows, it puts up a wall of limestone around itself. And then it multiplies. Each polyp can produce thousands of offspring, which all work together to build a living fortress-- a coral reef. After just a few years, a single piece of coral

英语听力：自然百科 澳大利亚大堡礁 Great Barrier Reef—4

Inside the flesh of these tiny animals are microscopic plants called algae, but these aren't parasites. None of this would be here without them. Wachenfeld: When the algae photosynthesize, they take energy from sunlight and carbon dioxide, then make

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Humanitarian Chief in Sudan for Meeting With

By Noel King Khartoum 12 November 2006 UN Emergency Coordinator Jan Egeland (L) with Martin Ojul, chairman of LRA negotiating team, in Sudanese town of Juba, November 11, 2006 The United Nations humanitarian chief is in southern Sudan for a meeting

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Chief Calls on US to Lead Global Response to

By Peter Heinlein United Nations 01 March 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the United States to take the lead in the search for a global response to climate change. VOA's correspondent at the United Nations, Peter Heinlein, reports t

ESL Podcast 518 – Learning Self-Defense

Teacher: Welcome, everybody, to this self-defense class. Today, youll learn how to size up a situation and how to tell the difference between a harmless situation and a threatening one. Youll also begin to learn some hand-to-hand combat moves to defe

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Defends Latam Policy in Brazil

By Paula Wolfson Sao Paulo, Brazil 09 March 2007 President Bush says his administration has not ignored Latin America, and says his tour of the region was not designed to counter the anti-American rhetoric of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. VOA White House

2006年VOA标准英语-Bush Reflects on September 11 Attacks

By Paula Wolfson White House 11 September 2006 President Bush is marking the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a pilgrimage to the three sites where Americans lost their lives. It is a day of reflection for the pres

2006年VOA标准英语-Security Council Chief Frustrated at Slow Cease

By Barbara Schoetzau New York 04 August 2006 U.N. Security Council President Nana Effah-Apenteng has expressed frustration at the slow pace of efforts to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. U.N. officials also say the humanitar

学个词Learn a Word 第939期 Hopeful

今天我们要学的词是hopeful。 Hopeful, 做为名词，指希望在某个领域获得成功的人。 A Presidential hopeful, 希望参选总统的人。本届奥斯卡最佳女主角桑德拉.布洛克获奖一天前， Oscar hopeful Sandra Bu