美国国家公共电台 NPR Bystanders To Fatal Overdoses Increasingly Becoming Criminal Defendants

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Law enforcement officials are trying a new response to massive numbers of deaths from opioids. What some police are now doing is treating overdose sites as crime scenes, sometimes charging friends and loved ones with murder. Here

VOA常速英语2018--美国称自己致力于维护西半球安全稳定

The United States is continuing to actively engage with its allies and partners in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. These are nations that share our democratic values and our commitment to work together for a stable and peaceful hem

美国国家公共电台 NPR Russia's Nuclear Cruise Missile Is Struggling To Take Off, Imagery Suggests

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Earlier this year, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had tested a new kind of nuclear missile. Putin declared it a success. But satellite images shared exclusively with NPR suggest the missiles testing may have had a different

美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-08-23

Right now, several thousand people are on the ground here in Tianjin, working to clean up the chemical disaster that is unfolding here. And you can see some of the crews right here behind me. They actually had to throw out the hazmat suits that they

英文书摘精选 How Do Scientists Study Deadly Diseases?科学家如何研究致命的疾病?

I have a trivia question for you, Don. What do the Ebola virus, anthrax, and the avian flu have in common? 唐，我有个小问题想问你，埃博拉病毒、炭疽热和禽流感这些疾病有哪些共同的特点？ Researching Disease 疾病研究

VOA标准英语2015--Doctors Look to Prevent Another Ebola Epidemic

Doctors Look to Prevent Another Ebola Epidemic Liberians celebrated the end of the Ebola epidemic after the World Health Organization made it official on May 9. But the focus now is to prevent the next Ebola outbreak from becoming an epidemic. Dr. Da

VOA标准英语2013--Chemical Weapons in Syria Fit Pattern of Escalation

Chemical Weapons in Syria Fit Pattern of Escalation U.S. intelligence agencies believe it is likely the Syrian government has used the lethal nerve agent sarin. But President Obama says the evidence is not strong enough for the U.S. to take action. W

万花筒 2010-03-14&03-15 贴膏药治皮肤癌

There are no scare poles ,no pain killing injections needed for this skin cancer treatment ,a harmless cream and a special plaster are all it takes. Inside the device,a tiny LED light activates a drug in the cream to create a toxic chemical that kill

2007年VOA标准英语-Texas Town Recalls Devastating Tornado

By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 05 June 2007 The recent deadly tornadoes that struck rural Kansas brought back sad memories for the people of Jarrell, Texas, a community of about 1400 people less than an hour's drive north of the state capital, Austin.

2006年VOA标准英语- The Supreme Court Weighs in on Issue of P

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 23 January 2006 watch Right to Die report The Supreme Court last week upheld a controversial law in the state of Oregon that allows physicians to prescribe lethal dose

VOA标准英语2012--Iranian Dissident Group Seeks to Shed Terrorist Label

Iranian Dissident Group Seeks to Shed Terrorist Label The Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq is pursuing a two-part campaign to get off of the U.S. State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. One part is a public relations eff

VOA常速英语2014--北达科他州冷战遗址变身成为旅游景点

Cold War Legacy a Tourist Attraction in Rural North Dakota 北达科他州冷战遗址变身成为旅游景点 COOPERSTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA The United States plans to shrink the total number of land-based nuclear missiles by 2018 to comply with an arms

美国军方消除女性参军障碍 2015或成为女性参军年

美国军方消除女性参军障碍 2015或成为女性参军年 As long as they qualify and meet the standards, women will now be able to contribute to our mission in more ways than before.They'll be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars and lead in

VOA双语新闻 Hurricane Victims Express Anger, Frustration

Five days after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast, residents of the flooded city of New Orleans are expressing anger and frustration at the slow pace of recovery. The mayor of the stricken city is demanding immediate action. 在美

VOA双语新闻：克林顿访问伊拉克评估安全局势

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, making her first visit to Iraq as America's top diplomatic officer, has been meeting with U.S. military commanders, as well as top Iraqi leaders, to assess the situation. 美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿首次

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行指南：木星 Jupiter—12

Take a night flight, like Galileos, over the surface of Io and the view down to the churning lava lakes would be unforgettable. Imagine then a visit to the surface. The landscape might look quite a bit like a red and yellow sulfur-painted version of

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行指南：木星 Jupiter—13

Gas escaping into space from the plumes is energized by Jupiters magnetosphere, creating an intense band of ionizing radiation that bombards a surface already soaked in emissions. If you went out relatively unprotected with, like a normal spacesuit f

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Coming off these hills is not as easy as I thought. And theres obstacles everywhere you turn. And theres no way Im going to be able to cross this. And thats not the only danger youll face in this wilderness. Ahead are snakes and the most dangerous of

VOA标准英语2013--退休牧师反对死刑

Retired Chaplain Campaigns Against Death Penalty 退休牧师反对死刑 HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS A number of U.S. states have taken steps to limit the death penalty over fears that innocent people may have already been executed. But not Texas, which has p

VOA常速英语2008年-WHO Cites Slow Progress Against Tuberculosis

By Mandy Clark London 17 March 2008 A World Health Organization report says the rate of tuberculosis infections is going down across the globe, but also notes that progress in the fight against the disease is too slow. VOA's Mandy Clark reports from