A jury in Massachusetts has sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the 2013 attack that left four people dead and more than 260 wounded. His lawyers had argued he should be sentenced to life in prison, claiming he was a follo

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

A congressional overseer of the U.S. government's efforts to rescue the financial system said a massive infusion of federal funds intended to ease a severe credit crunch has only partially succeeded, with many ailing banks using the money to survive

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年6月

自改革开放以来,中国人的生活便以越来越快的速度变化发展着。中国年轻一代的生活不同于他们的父母,更不同于他们的祖辈。 Listen Read Learn Since the beginning of the opening up policy, life in China has been developing at a faster and faster rate. The liv

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语大赢家

From Asia to the Americas, world stock markets are weathering another day of losses. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington that the global sell-off comes as the Bush administration announces a major shift in its strategy to rescue troubled fi

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)

A U.N. official reveals that recent drug arrests in Guinea Bissau are the result of a two-month-long investigation. The country's judicial police have arrested five people suspected to be involved with cocaine trafficking through the West African na

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

Some Republicans in the U.S. Senate say they will block a plan to rescue the country's three major auto companies. Meanwhile, new claims for unemployment benefits reached their highest level in 26 years. Sen. Richard Shelby, center, accompanied by,

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the groundbreaking of a road project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Friday, June 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. U.S. President Barack Obama visited Columbus, Ohio Friday to mark the grou

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African Maternal and Child Mortality Rate Remains High Despite Improvements Elsewhere Doctors are calling it a milestone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment. It is not a cure, but it can ext

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Mix the pounding, hip-swaying drums of Afro-Cuban jazz with lilting Jewish tunes from mid-1900s New York, and what do you get? Jewish Latin jazz. A couple of weeks ago at Yoshi's Jazz Club in San Francisco, the rhythm of the opening song was very Lat

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小小气泡学问大 Under ultraviolet light greasy residue on human hands becomes visible, but trying to rinse it off with ordinary cold water is next to impossible. 在紫外线的照射下,光油油的残留在我们的手上清晰可见,但要

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. Congress has approved - and President Trump has signed - a disaster relief measure of more than $15 billion. It's to help pay for damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and to prepare for Hurricane Irma. It's a much-needed infu

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

U.S. President Barack Obama has launched an effort to overhaul the health care system in the United States. Mr. Obama says the high cost of health care is straining the national economy. 奥巴马总统在美国发起一场改造医疗体系的努力。

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By Tom Rivers London 21 April 2008 Britain's central bank, the Bank of England, has announced a plan aimed at preventing the unfolding international credit crisis from causing more damage to the British economy. Under the deal, lending institutions w

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(四月)

By Paula Wolfson Washington 24 February 2008 Consumer advocate Ralph Nader says he is launching a campaign for president of the United States. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, Nader cites growing discontent in the country with both Republicans and Democr

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Russian Delegation to Visit Egypt 俄罗斯代表团访问埃及 CAIRO A high-ranking Russian delegation arrives in Egypt Wednesday, a visit suggesting a possible shift in alliances as tensions between Egypt and the United States grow. But some analy

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By Paula Wolfson White House 22 October 2007 Mongolia has become the latest country to get an infusion of U.S. development aid through the Millennium Challenge program, which links assistance to government reforms and accountability. VOA's Paula Wolf

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 13 November 2009 Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (file photo) Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says failures in the U.S. financial system are largely to blame for Africa's economic crisis, and pointed to China

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)

Amid a continuing housing crisis in the United States, the Bush administration is taking over two failing mortgage firms in an effort to limit further turmoil in the sector. 就在美国房地产市场继续在危机中挣扎时,布什政府将接管

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年9月

World markets slumped Tuesday amid persistent worries of a deepening global recession. U.S. shares were lower in Tuesday's trading despite new government-led efforts to stem home foreclosures as well as discussion of ways to assist the troubled Ameri

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A lot of us are looking to make some positive changes in our life, but we have no idea where to begin. My suggestion is to do something different. 很多人都想给自己的生活做些积极的改变,但我们却不知道从哪里开始。我的建

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