Nuclear Crisis in Japan Raises Worries About Radiation Risks

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences

VOA标准英语2013--Seismologists Monitor North Korea Nuclear Blast

Seismologists Monitor North Korea Nuclear Blast Its been almost 70 years since the atomic age was unleashed. The United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which led to the end of World War II. While the memories of the devastation still linger, th

Daily English-2016年01月17日

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. 生活中有很多小确幸，那些看似微不足道的收获，却正是快乐之所在。（Norman Lear） 图片1

学英语 36 A Clearaqnce Sale

A clearance sale 跳楼大拍卖 There is a clearance sale in the sogo department store 搜狗百货公司正在举行跳楼大拍卖 Tons of people strolled into the clothes department to grab all the stuffs on sale 一堆人冲进服饰柜抢大拍卖

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Clearing Land Mines in Afghanistan

By Jill Moss DEVELOPMENT REPORT - January 21, 2002: Clearing Land Mines in Afghanistan This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, thousands of people are killed or injured by explo

2006年VOA标准英语-Terrorism in the Nuclear Age

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 26 October 2006 watch Nuclear Terrorism Nuclear materials have a wide range of characteristics. Enriched uranium or plutonium have awesome explosive potential. Cesium emits deadly radiation, while isotopes of some ra

VOA标准英语2009-N. Korean Nuclear Threat Expected to Dominat

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has departed for the United States, where he plans to meet with President Obama. Security issues related to the North Korean nuclear threat and the recent United Nations response, are expected to top the agenda.

VOA标准英语2009-Obama Says Nuclear-Armed N. Korea is Grave T

U.S. President Barack Obama said North Korea's nuclear program poses a grave threat to the world. Mr. Obama and visiting South Korean President Lee Myung-bak told reporters that new responses must be found. S. Korean Pres. Lee Myung-bak and Pres.Bar

VOA标准英语2013--Kerry: Iran Must Comply With Nuclear Inspections

Kerry: Iran Must Comply With Nuclear Inspections Senator Kerry enjoys broad bipartisan support. So the hearing was less about him getting the job and more about what he will do with it. He said the first priority for U.S. diplomacy is resolving the c

VOA标准英语2011--US Troops Clear Highway for Pullout from Iraq

US Troops Clear Highway for Pullout from Iraq All U.S. combat troops will be out of Iraq by the end of the month. The road south to Kuwait has been a hotbed of anti-American violence, roadside bombs and assaults by insurgents. Teams like Minnesota's

VOA标准英语2012--Can Diplomacy Solve Iranian Nuclear Crisis?

Can Diplomacy Solve Iranian Nuclear Crisis? Top officials say there is a diplomatic path to avoid a military conflict. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says there are two alternatives - engagement or confrontation. The Islamic Republic of Ir

Experts: Japan’s Nuclear Problems Could Greatly Affect Glob

Experts and diplomats are predicting Japan's recent deadly earthquake and tsunami, along with its ongoing nuclear reactor crisis, will not have too much of an effect on Japan itself in the long-term, but rather on energy policies in other countries.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kennedy Center Celebrates Latest Honorees, But Without The First Family

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors were a chance to celebrate among others a dancer, a rapper and a TV-sitcom pioneer. Here's NPR's Elizabeth Blair. ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: The Kennedy Center Honors are lifetime achievement a

Daily English-2017年01月17日

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. 生活中有很多小确幸，那些看似微不足道的收获，却正是快乐之所在。（Norman Lear） 图片1

学个词Learn a Word 第435期 Clear-cut

今天我们要学的词是clear-cut。 Clear-cut, 是清楚的，明确的。There was no clear-cut winner in the debate, 这场辩论没有明确的胜利者。Last year's championship team is not the clear-cut favorite for this season, 去年的冠军

2006年VOA标准英语-Israel Says It Will Not Tolerate a Nuclear

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 17 January 2006 Israel's acting prime minister, Ehud Olmert on Tuesday warned that Israel will not tolerate a nuclear armed Iran. Mr. Olmert also says he hopes to get Israeli-P

2007年VOA标准英语-Ten Years Later, Asian Economies Remember, Lear

By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 03 July 2007 Ten years ago, an unprecedented financial crisis swept through East Asia requiring the biggest country bailouts in history. VOA's Heda Bayron in Hong Kong looks back at the turbulence that began in July of 1997 a

2006年VOA标准英语-Iran Still Plans to Respond to Nuclear Offer in

By Gary Thomas Tehran 20 July 2006 Iran says it is still studying a package of incentives offered by the West to get Tehran to halt uranium enrichment. The country's National Security Council has also accused the United States of attempting to block

VOA标准英语2010年-NPT Conference to Discuss Iran, Mideas

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) conference at United Nations headquarters, Monday, May 3, 2010 Delegates from around the world are at the United Nations in New York, taking part in the Nuclear

VOA双语新闻 2008年1月：End-of-Year Nuclear Declaration

The U.S. State Department says it is unfortunate that North Korea has not yet met its commitments in six-nation diplomacy aimed at getting rid of its nuclear weapons. Japan's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday using similar language. 美国国务