AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-25

1. The Dow was ending the week on a rather sour note. Traders push the index down more than 300 points today as investors appear to be betting on a long and deep recession. Stocks overseas were also down sharply. 2. Republican vice presidential cand

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-07-27

1. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says he was rushed by a helicopter to a military hospital after feeling unwell during a strenuous jog on a hot afternoon. His office denied that Sarkozy lost consciousness. Officials say tests on Sarkozy

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-07-28

1.Sarah Palin no longer the Governor of Alaska. The former Republican vice-presidential candidate stepped down Sunday afternoon, more than a year before the end of her term. She gave no clues about her political future during an official handover ce

VOA双语新闻：茶党数千人在内华达州沙漠集会

Thousands of so-called Tea Party activists rallied in the hometown of Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada Saturday. The Tea Party rally launched a nationwide bus tour for the grassroots conservative group that plans to arrive in Washington

VOA慢速英语-IN THE NEWS - US Presidential Campaign Moves to Full

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters in Duryea, Pennsylvania, on Friday Elections in the United States are now less than two months away. The political conventions are over, and campaigning will inten

VOA标准英语2010年-Tea Party Rally Draws Thousands to Nev

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin addresses Tea Party supporters during a rally in the desert outside Searchlight, Nev. Saturday, March 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) Thousands of so-called Tea Party activists rallied in the hometown of Senate Democ

美国国家公共电台 NPR If It's Awkward, 'My Instinct Is To Make Fun Of It,' Says Armando Iannucci

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Armando Iannucci has created some of the most biting political satire on radio, TV and in the movies of the past 25 years. His latest is a political spoof about the demise of dictator Joseph Stalin in 1953. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, TH

VOA标准英语10月-Campaign Spotlight Shifts Back to Obama, McCain A

The two U.S. vice presidential candidates, Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin, are both getting generally positive reviews following their only debate Thursday in St. Louis, Missouri. As VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports from

VOA标准英语2008年-Cries for Independence in US States Sometimes S

One of the interesting diversions related to the nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as the Republican vice-presidential candidate is the revelation that she had been sympathetic to, and possibly even involved in, a secessionist, or independen

VOA标准英语10月-US Vice Presidential Candidates Spar on Foreign P

Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden debated foreign policy and the economy Thursday night in the only vice presidential debate of the campaign. Alaskan Governor Palin, a newcomer to the national stage, stood her ground during her exchanges

学个词Learn a Word 第571期 Outsider

今天我们要学的词是outsider。 Outsider, 是局外人的意思。 The Board selected an outsider to fill the position of CEO, 董事会挑选了一个局外人担任首席执行官的职务。这次美国总统大选，由于民众对布什政府

学个词Learn a Word 第544期 Twist

今天我们要学的词是twist。 Twist, 是指意想不到的转折。 The story took a surprise twist, 故事的情节出现了意外转折。 There is an unexpected twist toward the end of the film, 电影结尾出现了意想不到的转折。 是

VOA标准英语10月-Tone of US Presidential Campaigns Sharpens

With roughly one month to go until Election Day in the United States, the two major presidential campaigns are stepping up their attacks on each other. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Washington. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks to supporters during a

VOA标准英语2008年-McCain, Obama Campaign After Conventions

Now that the U.S. political conventions are over, the candidates for President and Vice President have begun the final two months of intense campaigning. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his

学个词Learn a Word 第727期 Free-fall

今天我们要学的词是free-fall。 Free-fall在重力作用下自由下落。White House budget director said there are signs that the free-fall in the economy seems to have stopped, 白宫预算负责人表示，美国经济的自由下落似乎已

英伦广角 2012-09-29 英国演员路易斯与史密斯获艾美奖

As TV increasingly takes its lead from reality, the lines are becoming more blurred between fact and fiction. And this years Emmys reflected the popularity event in entertainment inspired by politics and real life events. Homeland, the American serie

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-04

1. Republican presidential candidate John McCain greeted his running mate and her family at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport this afternoon. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is getting ready for what could be the biggest night of her life. Palin will add

VOA双语新闻：佩林效应将如何影响美国大选？

Republican presidential nominee John McCain has shaken up the race for the White House and pumped new excitement into his campaign by choosing Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential candidate. 美国共和党总统候选人麦凯恩选择

学个词Learn a Word 第581期 High-end

今天我们要学的词是trick-or-treat。 Trick-or-treat, 是10月31号万圣节孩子们装扮成各式神仙鬼怪，挨家挨户索要糖果时说的一句话，意思是最好给糖，否则我们就要捣蛋。这些孩子就是trick-or-treat

【英语时差8，16】萤火虫数量减少，专家忧心忡忡

Preecha Jiabyu used to take tourists on a rowboat to see the banks of the Mae Klong River aglow with thousands of fireflies. These days, all he sees are the fluorescent lights of hotels, restaurants and highway overpasses. The firefly populations hav