VOA双语新闻：美国失业率继续上升

U.S. unemployment continues to rise, with a larger-than-expected number of job cuts in June. The unemployment rate now stands at 9.5 percent, the highest in 26 years. 美国的失业率持续上升。6月份裁员情况比预期的更加糟糕，失业

VOA双语新闻：缅甸为起诉昂山素季进行辩解

Burma has defended its prosecution of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at an Asian security summit in Singapore. Delegates to the summit have urged her release along with 2,000 other political prisoners in the military-ruled country. Sri Lanka and P

VOA双语新闻：白宫称美国经济就业形势比预期差

The White House says America's employment picture is worse than the Obama administration had anticipated just a few months ago. The somber admission follows the latest jobless report showing the highest unemployment rate the United States has seen in

VOA双语新闻：泰总理访华吸引中国投资

Thailand is looking to China to boost its ailing economy and to draw in Chinese investments, as other sources of foreign funds dwindle. The effort to build China's business profile in Thailand came during Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's official v

VOA双语新闻：亚太旅游协会：今年会有复苏迹象

The top travel industry group in Asia expects a modest recovery in travel to the region late this year, despite the global financial downturn. Travel analysts say the industry faces business closures as part of the economic rebound. 亚洲一个航运业

VOA双语新闻：俄罗斯积极评价美俄总统会晤

Russia says strategic stability, international security, non-proliferation, and cooperation against emerging threats are among the interests Moscow shares with the United States. The Kremlin is also offering a positive assessment of Wednesday's meeti

VOA双语新闻：今年对落实阿新策略至关重要

The top U.S. military officer says 2009 is a critical year for implementing President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, spoke Tuesday to a gathering in Washington of senior mi

VOA双语新闻：联合国粮农组织：22穷国最缺粮

The United Nations food agency says 22 countries are particularly threatened by the global food crisis that has seen soaring prices increase hunger and led to protests and riots in some countries. The FAO says these countries are vulnerable because t

VOA双语新闻：印度股市周一猛烈下跌

India's stock markets have plunged sharply, largely on worries increasing oil prices will hurt the country's fast-growing economy. The Indian stock markets have been falling since worries rose about a slowdown in the U.S. economy earlier this year. 由

VOA双语新闻：印重新启用靠近中国边境空军基地

India has reactivated a strategic air base close to the Chinese frontier in Indian administered Kashmir, more than 40 years after it was abandoned. India plans to revive more bases close to the Chinese frontier, asserting its military prowess near Ch

VOA双语新闻：津巴布韦反对派领袖拒入联合政府

Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has rejected the African Union call for a government of national unity. Tsvangirai says he wants no part of a mediation led only by South African President Thabo Mbeki. 津巴布

VOA双语新闻 ：帕金森氏症研究的最新进展

New medical research into a possible cure for Parkinson's disease is focusing on finding biomarkers in patients so that doctors can start treatment early before tremors and other symptoms start. Actor Michael J. Fox's recent commitment of $40 million

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2992 repatriate

今天我们要学的词是 repatriate. Repatriate 动词，有遣返，送回的意思。Myanmar and Bangladesh reached an agreement to repatriate Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar to escape a brutal military crackdown. 缅甸和孟加拉国达成协议

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2988 intact

今天我们要学的词是 intact. Intact 形容词，原封不动的，完好无损的。U.S. President Donald Trump will extend sanctions relief granted to Iran under its 2015 nuclear deal, leaving the accord intact for now. 美国总统川普将延

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2970 inevitable

今天我们要学的词是 inevitable. Inevitable形容词，不可避免的。North Korea said a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula is inevitable against the backdrop of U.S.-South Korea joint exercises. 针对美韩联合军演，朝鲜表示，朝

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3001 biased

今天我们要学的词是 biased. Biased 形容词，带有偏见的。President Donald Trump approved the release of a classified memo alleging that top law enforcement officials were biased against the president. 美国总统川普批准公布一份

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3007 counterpart

今天我们要学的词是 counterpart. Counterpart 地位相当的人，对应的人。North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has invited his South Korean counterpart to visit the North at the South Korean leader's earliest convenience. 朝鲜领导人金正

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2922 ordeal

今天我们要学的词是 ordeal. Ordeal 折磨，痛苦经历。A western couple and their three kids were rescued after a five-year ordeal as Taliban prisoners. 西方国家的一对夫妇被塔利班关押五年后，和他们的三个孩子一起

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2775 legalize

今天我们要学的词是 legalize. To legalize 意思是合法化。Four former FDA commissioners are warning against legalizing the importation of drugs from other countries. 美国食品药物管理局四位前任局长就进口药物合法化提出

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马欢迎美参院通过经济刺激计

The U.S. Senate has passed an $838 billion economic stimulus bill, designed to create millions of new jobs and jolt the economy out of recession. President Barack Obama called the vote good news, but he cautioned there is more work to be done to turn