VOA双语新闻：勇气：面对生活中各种挑战

Whether it is losing a loved one or a job, facing foreclosure or serious illness, people need courage to face what life throws in their path on a daily basis. To explore what courage is and how it can help people transform their lives, authors Nina L

VOA双语新闻：7、从小企业看美国经济增长

A flurry of upbeat reports show a U.S. economy recovering from the worst recession in decades and headed for expansion. 一系列令人振奋的报告显示，美国经济正从数十年来最严重的衰退中复苏并走向扩张。 But this week's

VOA双语新闻：美国国会众议院通过医改法案

It was a close victory for President Obama, but a victory nonetheless. 这对奥巴马总统来说可算是一个险胜，但毕竟还是胜利了。 We pushed back on the undue influences of special interests, he said. We didn't give in to mistrust

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马宣布18个月内从伊撤军

President Barack Obama says the United States will withdraw most of its combat troops from Iraq in the next 18 months. Roughly one-third of the troops would stay through 2011 to provide security and training. 奥巴马总统说，美国将在今后18个

VOA双语新闻：印尼总统把经济列为头等大事

During his first term in office, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono oversaw a period of robust economic growth based on exports. This year exports have slowed as a result of the global recession. As the president gets set to begin his seco

VOA双语新闻：澳大利亚矿业巨头裁员三千

Mining giant BHP Billiton is cutting more than 3,000 jobs in Australia and will close a major nickel mine, because of poor profitability prospects. 由于赢利前景不佳，矿业巨头必和必拓在澳大利亚裁减3千份工作，并将关闭一个

VOA双语新闻：越南反对老挝水电项目

Vietnamese officials are criticizing the Lao governments controversial plan to build a dam on the Mekong River. Analysts say opposition from Vietnam and other lower Mekong countries could force Laos to scale back its hydropower ambitions. 越南政府官

VOA双语新闻：纽约黑人聚居区

While many Americans are familiar with black slavery in the South during the 19th Century and its role in igniting the nations great Civil War, less attention has been paid to the black experience in northern cities such as New York, where so-called

VOA双语新闻：Kenya Political Negotiations Suspended

Negotiations between Kenya's government and the opposition have been suspended. The two sides have been unable to agree on the terms of a power-sharing arrangement to break the political deadlock gripping the country since a disputed presidential ele

VOA双语新闻 - 美官员：不会迅速撤离阿富汗

Days after President Barack Obama unveiled a new U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan, U.S. officials are stressing an eventual drawdown of American troops will be done gradually and in a manner that allows Afghan forces to assume security responsibiliti

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2582 flash flooding

今天我们要学的词是 flash flooding. Flash flooding 名词，骤发洪水。President Obama declared a major disaster in West Virginia after flash flooding left at least 24 people dead. 西维吉尼亚州骤发洪水造成至少24人丧生，奥

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2668 finalize

今天我们要学的词是 finalize. To finalize 是最终敲定的意思。The European Union's attempt to finalize a massive free trade deal with Canada has hit another roadblock. 欧盟设法最终敲定与加拿大的综合性自由贸易协定，

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2838 connect

今天我们要学的词是connect。Connect动词，意思是联系、关联。On Twitter, Donald Trump Jr. connected the shooting to the recent controversy over a version of the play Julius Caesar that features the assassination of a ruler who rese

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2828 blasphemy

今天我们要学的词是 blasphemy. Blasphemy 是亵渎的意思。Denmark's governing party changed its previous position and threw its support behind abolishing a blasphemy paragraph from the criminal law. 丹麦执政党改变立场，支持把刑

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2829 decriminalize

今天我们要学的词是 decriminalize. To decriminalize 意思是非刑事化。The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. 新罕布什尔州众议院通过议案，少量持有

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2820 donation

今天我们要学的词是 donation. Donation 捐赠。Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will make a combined $100 million donation to a World Bank fund for women entrepreneurs. 沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国将联合向世界银行

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2784 hospitalized

今天我们要学的词是 hospitalized. Hospitalized 住院就医。223 Macedonian workers were hospitalized for food poisoning. 223名马其顿工人因食物中毒住院治疗。Africans living in Northern India are afraid of going out after a sp

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2767 unusable

今天我们要学的词是 unusable. Unusable 形容词，意思是无法使用的。南苏丹部分地区已陷入饥荒，To make matters worse, aid workers say once rain arrives in April, roads will be cut off and airstrips will become unusable. 更

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2772 mechanism

今天我们要学的词是 mechanism. Mechanism 机制。Britain will trigger the mechanism to leave the European Union next week. 英国下星期将启动离开欧盟的机制。Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed last week to form a joint mechanism to

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2506 thumbs down

今天我们要学的词是 thumbs-down. Thumbs-down 名词，有反对的意思。German Chancellor Angela Merkels conservatives lost in two out of three regional state elections as German voters gave a thumbs-down to her refugee policy. 德国总理默