VOA慢速英语-Education Report - Minding the Summer Learning Gap

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Each new school year brings fresh reminders of what educators call the summer learning gap. Some call it the summer learning setback. Put simply, it means the longer kids are out of school, the more

VOA标准英语 Specter Defection Latest Setback For Republicans

U.S. Senator Arlen Specter's decision to defect from the Republican Party and become a Democrat is the latest setback for a party still reeling from national election defeats in 2008 and 2006. Political survival appears to be the immediate reason fo

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-07-25

Police in Israel say a rocket from Gaza landed near Israel's international airport, causing damage to a home. The news prompted a number of airlines to announce they were canceling all flights to Israel until further notice. The first victims of Mala

VOA双语新闻：12、美国火箭爆炸，私营航天产业的挫折

美国火箭爆炸，私营航天产业的挫折 Wednesday's successful launch of a Russian space vehicle taking supplies to the International Space Station was in sharp contrast to the explosion of a private U.S. cargo space craft shortly after it's

美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-03-05

Fridays are awesome, I love starting with I-reports like that one from Ms.Tiffany's class. I'm Carl Azuz, this is our March 1st edition of CNN Student News, it's also a deadline for the U.S government. About 85 billion dollars were set to be eliminat

万花筒 2012-11-10&11-13 美国共和党检讨总统竞选失败原因

Now on the fall out from President Obama's sweeping victory Tuesday. As he returns to the White House and negotiate a new budget deal with the Congress, the Republican Party's trying to figure out what went wrong and what changes they need to make. M

VOA标准英语 Clinton Calls for Increased Aid for Afghanistan

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging the international community to provide more security and development aid to Afghanistan. Mrs. Clinton spoke at the start of a day-long conference about Afghanistan in The Hague. US Secretary of State

VOA标准英语2010年-Residents Talk about Neighbor Accused

The White House says the arrest of 11 Russians for alleged spying is not a setback to improved relations with Moscow. And Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he doesn't believe the scandal will hurt ties with the U.S. But the residents of a sm

VOA标准英语2012--Despite Ups and Downs, US Economy on Track to Recovery

Despite Ups and Downs, US Economy on Track to Recovery American consumer confidence is at a 12-month high. Unemployment has fallen to pre-crisis levels and Greek debt is fading into the background - at least for now. But even as rising stock prices f

VOA标准英语2011-Pakistan Governor's Assassination Highlig

The assassination of the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province was a shock, coming as it did in the middle of a political crisis for the government. Analysts believe it will have no direct major effect on the central government's precarious stabilit

VOA标准英语2011--National Weather Satellite Threatened by

National Weather Satellite Threatened by US Budget Cuts On May 22, 2011, a single massive tornado hit Joplin, Missouri, claiming more than 150 lives. But the death toll would have been much higher a century ago. With something of this magnitude, the

VOA标准英语2009-More Americans Than Ever Experiencing Food I

By Steve Baragona Washington 18 November 2009 With world leaders meeting in Rome to discuss ways to tackle global hunger, a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds more Americans than ever before are experiencing food insecurity. The

VOA标准英语2013--IMF to Revise US Growth Forecast, Sequester Blamed

IMF to Revise US Growth Forecast, Sequester Blamed With across the board budget cuts all but guaranteed, some government agencies already have placed a freeze on hiring. At the Federal Aviation Administration, up to 40 thousand workers expect to see

VOA标准英语2013--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending August 24

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending August 24 Were taking a look at the five most popular songs on the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending August 24, 2013. Last week, there was plenty of movement in the Top Five - ah, those were

VOA标准英语2013--克里、黑格将访问俄罗斯

Kerry, Hagel to Meet with Russian Counterparts 克里、黑格将访问俄罗斯 STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel are meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Defense Ministe

学个词Learn a Word 第1521-vaunt

今天我们要学的词是 vaunt. Vaunt is spelled v-a-u-n-t, vaunt. Vaunt 是炫耀，吹嘘的意思。美国法庭最近对前美国副总统候选人爱德华兹挪用竞选资金案作出无罪和无效审判的判决。The ruling was a new set

VOA标准英语2009年-Kenya Pledges New Funds for HIV / AIDS

Kenyan government says the percentage of people contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been cut almost in half from 14 percent of the population in 2000 to 7.1 percent in 2007 Alisha Ryu | Nairobi 01 December 2009 A Kenyan Turkana woman in

Who Was Martin Luther King Jr 马丁·路德·金 Chapter 6 Freedom Riders

By 1961, there were not as many whites only lunch counters left in the South. But far too many waiting rooms, bathrooms, and restaurants in bus and train stations still had separate areas for blacks and whites. It didnt matter that the courts said th

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-26

Economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel is warning our export industries won't be competitive while the Australian dollar remains high. The organization's chief economist Doctor Frank Gilber says cutting costs and wages would do little to remedy the situati

VOA常速英语2008年-US Urges Political Consensus in Pakistan After

By David Gollust State Department 19 February 2008 The Bush administration said Tuesday it hopes to see a moderate consensus emerge in Pakistan after parliamentary elections that will continue reforms and combat extremism and terror. Pakistani voter