The holiday season is traditionally a time for celebration and gift giving. But for New Yorkers facing dire health, financial or other challenges, life is far from merry. For 100 years, The New York Times has published some of these hard-luck stories

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2011年12月

YPG Forces Fight to Halt IS Advance Near Key Militant Stronghold YPG武装停止向激进分子据点推进 NEAR RAQQA, SYRIA The northern Syrian city of Raqqa is a major stronghold of the Islamic State and is among the places the Obama administratio

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(十一月)

Hi, everybody. This week, I'm speaking to you from our Nuclear Security Summit. I welcomed more than 50 leaders from around the world to make sure we're working together to meet one of the greatest threats to global securityterrorists getting their h

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 奥巴马每周电视讲话

By Steve Herman New Delhi 06 June 2008 At least 21 people died and more than 50 were wounded when a blast tore through a suburban Colombo commuter bus during the Friday morning rush hour. An explosion on another bus in central Sri Lanka later in the

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(六月)

By Meredith Buel Washington 14 November 2007 Hundreds of lawyers have marched past the United States Supreme Court in a show of solidarity with attorneys in Pakistan who have been arrested while protesting President Pervez Musharraf's decision to imp

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

By Scott Stearns White House 13 February 2007 U.S. President George Bush says pulling U.S. troops out of Baghdad would only lead to more violence. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush is rejecting congressional resolutions op

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(二月)

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 05 June 2006 June 6 is the anniversary of D-Day, when, in 1944, a massive Allied armada landed in Normandy to fight a battle that turned the course of the Second World W

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 27 August 2007 Ugandan officials are investigating the crash of an army truck late Sunday that killed at least 72 people in the vehicle, including 57 soldiers. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. The truck in which

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

Anti-GadhafiForcesSayReadytoTakePro-GadhafiStrongholds The head of Libya's National Transitional Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, says the deadline has passed for a negotiated surrender of three cities held by pro-Gadhafi forces - Bani Walid, Sirte and

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(九月)

Worlds Tallest Flagpole, Flies World's Largest Flag in Tajikistan The worlds tallest flag pole, flying the worlds largest flag, now flies in Tajikistan, in the heart of Central Asia. Celebrating 20 years of independence Rising 165 meters in the air,

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Office holiday parties have the potential to go very, very wrong. Your boss, colleagues, booze - often not a great mix. This year, NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports sensitivity is running particularly high in the age of #metoo. YU

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The big news over last few weeks, Bill Clinton reemerging on the campaign trail, here he was in Iowa last week. I know some people sort of say well, you know, look at them, they are old. And they are sorta yesterdays news, you know. Well, yesterdays

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By Cindy Saine Washington 10 November 2007 Lawmakers in both houses of the U.S. Congress this week handed President Bush a major defeat when they voted to override his veto legislation to fund popular water projects. It was the first time in his seve

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

By Michael Bowman Washington 17 September 2007 President Bush has nominated a former federal judge to be U.S. Attorney General in what the White House hopes will be a first step towards ending months of turmoil and partisan rancor surrounding the Jus

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 05 November 2007 In a worrying sign that insurgent violence in the Somali capital could escalate further, the deputy chairman of the Eritrea-based Somali opposition group tells VOA that well armed rebels are prepared to step up

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Masako: I think we should strike. We need to force management to listen to our grievances. Salvador: Hold on. I think youre being too hasty. Its up to our union to call a strike, not the workers. Masako: Im not suggesting a formal strike, but we coul

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

By Mil Arcega Washington 03 November 2009 Recent surveys of online Internet users shows the amount of time people spend on social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter is growing, and it may be costing employers time and money. In t

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States must prepare to fight insurgencies and similar types of wars for the foreseeable future, and put less emphasis on preparing for large-scale conventional wars. 美国国防部长罗伯特.盖茨

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年5月

The State Department Thursday observed the 10th anniversary of the al-Qaida bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the twin attacks, which killed 229 people, destroyed buildings but not

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

Prosecutors in Germany are opening an investigation against persons unknown in connection with the alleged bugging of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone by the US National Security Agency. The revelation came to light last year, damaging ties be

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版