AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-29

1. The targets of Israeli bombing raids in Gaza now includes smuggling tunnels, as well as a top Hamas security installation. Israel has called up 6,500 reserve soldiers, and moved tanks, infantry, armored units. But the country's foreign minister s

VOA慢速英语2018--Trump in Davos: ‘America First’ Does Not Mean ‘America Alone’

United States President Donald Trump repeated his America First message in a speech Friday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 美国总统川普周五在瑞士达沃斯举行的世界经济论坛上发表讲话时再次重申了他的美

VOA常速英语2018--南亚经济实现重大飞跃

As an Indo-Pacific nation, the U.S. has significant strategic and economic interests in the region. 作为印度洋-太平洋地区的一个国家，美国在该地区有诸多重大的战略利益和经济利益。 The U.S. west coast through the Ba

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Experts Meet to Understand Decrease in Humpback Whales Off Hawaii Every winter, thousands of humpback whales migrate from Alaska to the warmer waters near the Hawaiian Islands. There, they have sex and give birth before making their return trip north

VOA常速英语2008年-6 Companies to Build High-Speed Cable Under Pac

By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 28 February 2008 A group of six international companies has announced plans to build an ultra-high speed, undersea, fiber-optic cable under the Pacific Ocean, between Japan and the United States. The project is meant to impr

voa标准英语2008年-Australia Sets Up New Tsunami Warning System

Australia has introduced a tsunami warning system, which experts hope will become an integral link in a network stretching across the Indian and Pacific oceans. The Australian Tsunami Warning Center will help provide a regional monitoring system for

VOA标准英语2010年-Australia Eyes Islamic Finance Growth

Government aims to create finance hub for nearly one billion Muslims in Asia-Pacific region Phil Mercer | Sydney 15 February 2010 Islamic finance is already a growth industry in Malaysia. A passenger waits for bus in front of a Malaysian Islamic Bank

VOA标准英语2009年-New Commander Says US Commitment to Pacifi

By Al Pessin Honolulu, Hawaii 20 October 2009 Command of U.S. forces in Asia and the Pacific and Indian Oceans passed to a new commander on Monday at a ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii. Navy Admiral Robert Willard said the U.S. commitment to the region

VOA标准英语2015--货币争论威胁贸易洽谈

Currency Squabbles Threaten to Tangle Trade Talks 货币争论威胁贸易洽谈 The Obama administration is working hard to make new trade deals, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11 Pacific nations. But getting those deals signed by tradin

VOA常速英语2016--2016年美国的亚洲政策

2016年美国的亚洲政策 Next an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. 下面的这篇社论反映了美国政府的观点。 Entering its last year in office, the Obama Administration has made it clear that engagement w

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump: Putin Again Denied Interfering In Election And 'I Really Believe' He Means It

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to start the hour today in Vietnam, where President Trump is spending the day at a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders, and he's preparing for a meeting with the Vietnamese president. During his visit, Trump signed a pro

2016年CRI Guo Chuan's Hometown Still in Hope for Chinese Sailor's Safe Return

After a 43-day long ocean journey, Guo Chuan finally arrived at San Francisco on the 1st of October, where he disclosed his ambition of making a non-stop trans-Pacific solo journey. I'll kick off from San Francisco, and hope to reach my destination S

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The Fijian Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama thinks that Australia and New Zealand have been interfering in Fijian politics. Last year Fiji was expelled from the Pacific Islands Forum because Bainimarama did not hold elections by the end of the year.

学个词Learn a Word 第1370期　at the expense of

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VOA标准英语2009年-APEC Economies Report Improved Trade Finan

By Daniel Schearf Singapore 09 November 2009 The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum has released a survey that shows an improvement in financing trade in more than half of their economies. The survey was released during APEC meetings in Singapo

VOA双语新闻：亚洲国家赞扬防灾努力

Officials in charge of dealing with disasters in Asia have hailed progress in efforts to better prepare the region. At a meeting in Thailand, they said climate change is worsening natural disasters, however, and that more cooperation and aid for deve

VOA双语新闻：澳将移民定额增加至每年三十万人

Australia will increase its annual migration intake to 300,000 people a year - the biggest rise since the end of World War II. The increase in the annual quota is intended to address the country's chronic skills shortages. 澳大利亚把外来移民定

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Two hours after the 8.8 earthquake in Chile last night, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that a tsunami had started. It hit parts of Chile and moved across the Pacific. The New Zealand Civil Defence and police moved quickly to send messages on

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Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition China lays out a raft of measures to help the sustainable development of Pacific island nations. Kyrgyz acting Prime Minister resigns and moves into opposition. A sen

2016年CRI World's Largest Nuclear Security Center Opens in Beijing

China Atomic Energy Authority head Xu Dazhe says the project will help promote international cooperation and exchanges in nuclear safety. We can see that the completion of construction of the world's largest nuclear safety centre-of-excellence, with