SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Over this week, there's been a small revolution in Kenya across movie screens. For the first time, a same-sex love story is on the big screen. And NPR's Eyder Peralta reports it's making people consider freedom of expression, the c

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

By VOA News Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 19 October 2007 The southern African Nation of Zimbabwe is suffering from massive inflation, rampant poverty and a 90 percent unemployment rate. But when people try to speak out against the situation and the current gov

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

Health Report - In 'Sober Houses,' Heroin Addicts Learn to Help Themselves 健康报道 - 吸毒者互相帮助戒毒 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Tourists come to Zanzibar for its wh

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(三)月

The government of Senegal is angry over arrest warrants issued by a French judge against senior Senegalese officials in connection with a ferry disaster off the West African coast. Senegalese say the French judge acted outside his jurisdiction, but

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)

By Deborah Block Washington 21 September 2009 Video games are fun, but besides providing entertainment, some of them actually teach people how to resolve global conflicts without violence. Several organizations are using video games and other virtua

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(九月)

U.S. lawmakers expressed outrage in a congressional hearing on Wednesday about tens of millions of dollars in employee bonuses paid by the troubled insurance conglomerate, American International Group, or AIG. Testimony by AIG's chief executive came

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(三月)

Baby Bins Give Abandoned Children A Second Chance In a small street in Berea, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Johannesburg, a trap door in a wall could be mistaken for a mailbox. But it's actually a place where mothers can safely leave their babi

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(四月)

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Mikayla Sharrieff, India Skinner and Bria Snell should only be proud this week. The 17-year-old women, all juniors at Benjamin Banneker High School in Washington, D.C., created a simple way to use copper shards, drinking straws and

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society tells the story behind the Eloise children's books. For one, author Kay Thompson was not a fan of children. Thompson died in 1998. The illustrator of the books, Hilary Knight, i

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The number of Americans who are drinking - drinking to a point that's harmful or dangerous - is on the rise. That's according to federal survey data in recent years. The increase is notable among older adults and especially notab

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Five years ago, a husband and wife opened a bookstore in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michael and Hilary Gustafson called it Literati. And, almost on a whim, they did something that would make them famous in the town. MICHAEL GUSTAFSON: We bas

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台4月

And thank you Virginia. The new deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce could face an early start to his election campaign with former independent Tony Windsor, said to announce he will run in the seat of New England. Mr. Windsor held that New Southwales

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2016年

Topic1 Engineering is losing studentsHu Ruiwen, member of the State Education Consulting Committee, expressed worry over the lack of students choosing engineering majors. He says: 1.17 million students enrolled in major of engineering in college in 2

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

My good friend Nataliya called me a few days ago, and invited me to a concert at a local church. There is a very good Russian pianist, Oksana Ezhokina, you might have heard of her. I vaguely remembered the name. She has performed a few times in Wenat

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

By VOA News Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 18 October 2007 In late June of this year, the Zimbabwe government sought to curb the country's rampant currency inflation, admitting it to be around 7,000 percent. Other say it is much higher. The government embarked o

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

Erik: Why are you wearing that getup ? Juliana: Im trying to stay under the radar . I dont want to create a mob by going outside without a disguise . People are going to recognize me. Erik: So? Are you trying to tell me that you think youre famous af

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

By Dorian Jones Diyarbakir 06 August 2007 Independent candidate Aysel Tugluk stands before completing registration formalities at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, 29 Jul 2007 In Turkey's general election last month, the Islamic rooted Justice and De

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

By Peta Thornycroft Harare 02 April 2008 With less than 20 seats in the parliament elections still outstanding, Zimbabwe's state-controlled Herald newspaper has reported the possibility the ruling ZANU-PF has not won the parliament elections - the fi

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(四月)

This is the BBC News. Hello, I'm Nick Kelly. President Barack Obama has made a scathing attack on the republican candidate Donald Trump, saying he is unfit to serve his president. He also questioned why the Republican Party is continuing to support M

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

Becky: What are we going to do? Saeed: I don't know. I need time to think about the ramifications of blowing the whistle . Becky: There are no two ways about it . If we step up and do the right thing, we are putting our jobs on the line . Saeed: But

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客