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if elephant could fly id be a little more optimistic but i dont see that happening anytime soon i dont mean to sound so pessimistic but i dont think that cow ceally umped over he moon when will i wake
By Mario Ritter Broadcast: September 30, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. This week, we take a suggestion from a listener in Brazil. Agricultural specialist Lu
As vote tabulation proceeds in southern Sudan's independence referendum, its leaders are preparing for the day when the final results are in. Officials say whether the region chooses to separate or remain part of Sudan they face vast challenges. The
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 23 March 2007 watch US Oil Security The U.S. Congress has held a hearing Thursday on how rising global demand for oil is affecting U.S. national security. Some lawmakers and energy experts say America's dependence on o
This week, I went to Memphis, Tennessee, where I spoke to the graduating class of Booker T. Washington High School. Graduations are always happy occasions. But this commencement was especially hopeful because of just how much the kids at Booker T. Wa
By Caty Weaver Broadcast: September 26, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Environment Report. Three-thousand activists, scientists, community leaders and government officials atten
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 04 January 2007 watch New Congress report The new, 110th session of the U.S. Congress opens today with Democrats enjoying majority status in both houses for the first time in 12 years. But whether they can translate
Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft testified before a congressional panel Thursday about controversial interrogation techniques, including one known as water boarding, carried out by the CIA on key al-Qaida suspects. VOA's Dan Robinson repor
By Jim Malone Washington 16 May 2007 After months of relatively gentle debate, the 10 Republicans running for president are getting more aggressive with each other in the 2008 campaign for the White House. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone has mo
今天我们要学的词是robocall。 Robocall指的是由计算机系统自动拨号,播放事先录制的电话留言的宣传电话。Robocall是产品促销和政治竞选的常用手段。A GOP group launched its robocall campaign against Sen
By Mil Arcega Washington 11 July 2006 Watch Offshore Drilling report The United States House of Representatives has passed a controversial measure designed to lift a 25-year ban on oil drilling in U.S. coastal areas. As VOA's Mil Arcega reports, env
By Jeff Swicord Washington 18 June 2007 They were the men assigned to save Europe's great art treasures during World War Two. In early 1943, the U.S. and its allies learned that the Nazis were confiscating great works of art across Europe. In respon
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Congress would never give up its control over raising the federal government's debt limit to enhance U.S. fiscal sustainability, John Boehner, speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, said here on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has insisted on his stance that Congress should increase the country's debt ceiling without delay, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday. The President has made clear he's not going
Obama, Congress Face Budget Showdown WASHINGTON Newly re-elected President Barack Obama appears to be headed toward another clash over taxes and government spending with the House of Representatives, where Republicans held on to their majority after
CAPITOL HILL Four days before Americans face massive automatic tax increases and deep federal spending cuts, Washington is showing no signs of forging a deficit reduction agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Many lawmakers are absent from W
WHITE HOUSE The drama over the U.S. governments so-called fiscal cliff enters its final day before the deadline on Monday, with no agreement between Democrats and Republicans. Americans will face tax increases and deep government cuts on Tuesday if n
A new U.S. Congress was sworn into office Thursday, but it will quickly face an old dispute about the country's burgeoning debt and in the coming weeks controversial new gun control and immigration proposals. The Congress leaving office squabbled thi
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, and Distinguished Members of the Congress: I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride -- humility in the wake of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pri