Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Honored with Capitol Statue It's a lasting tribute to Rosa Parks -- known as the mother of the U.S. civil rights movement. Dignitaries gathered to unveil a nearly three-meter-tall bronze sculpture of Parks in the U.S.

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(二月)

NOEL KING, HOST: For years, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has made sexual harassment one of the top issues on her political agenda. So this past fall, as allegations of harassment swept through the U.S. Capitol, it was no surprise that Senator

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

Warning 警告 选自电影: George of the Jungle《森林王子》 ■ 深山老林中,森林之子乔治救了女孩俄苏拉的性命,从此两人相爱,不久俄苏拉带乔治回到纽约,见她的父母。他们的恋情遭到了母亲的反对。在一次酒会上,比雅特莉斯借机对乔治施加压力,恶毒地警告乔治放弃她

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 好莱坞电影口语模仿秀

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词3500》Unit 32 什么是美国梦?

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语境识词

Support for Military Rule Growing Among Egyptians 在埃及支持军事统治的人在增长 CAIRO Opponents of Egypts new rulers say a carefully orchestrated media and advocacy campaign is underway in Egypt to generate support for the countrys milit

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十月)

Time now for StoryCorps. This oral history project is traveling the country, collecting interviews between friends and families. Today we hear from a daughter and her father. --My name is David Warm, I'm 51 years old. --My name is Mary Warm, and I'm

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(157) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年NPR美国国家公共电台

By Joseph Mok Mullinville, Kansas 10 January 2008 Driving by Highway US-400, west of the small town of Mullinville, Kansas, visitors are greeted with hundreds of metal sculptures, flapping and twirling against the blue sky on the prairie. For produce

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(一月)

By Benjamin Sand Irbil, Iraq 04 November 2006 Saddam Hussein in court, Sept. 25, 2006 A verdict in Saddam Hussein's long-running war crimes trial is finally near, and could come as early as Sunday morning. From Iraq, VOA's Benjamin Sand reports that

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十一月)

By Michael Bowman Washington, DC 30 January 2007 watch Chavez Mantle report For nearly 50 years, Cuban President Fidel Castro has been Latin America's best-known leftist revolutionary. Who will wear the revolutionary mantle in the post-Castro era? M

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(一月)

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is arriving in India to discuss the U.S.-India civilian nuclear agreement, which has received approval in the U.S Congress. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, India's communist parties, who oppose the de

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

Tallest Candidate Wins Majority of US Presidential Elections When it comes to voter preference, a candidates positions on the issues count. But some may check a name on a ballot for a more primal reason: the candidates stature. Researchers at Texas T

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

Visitors Admire Martin Luther King Memorial At the age of 34, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. captivated a nation with his I have a Dream speech. At 35, he became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Four years later, he was assassinated

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

Nominated Movie Scores Feature Sophistication, Cultural Diversity Movie music has come a long way since the early days of film, when all it did was set a mood for the story. Daniel Carlin chairs the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television departme

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(二月)

Assad Missing Syria Chemical Weapons Deadline 阿萨德未遵守叙利亚移交化武限期 STATE DEPARTMENT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has failed to meet Wednesday's deadline for turning over most of his chemical weapons under a deal brokered

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(二月)

Syria Issue Likely to Come Up During Obama's Mideast Trip With President Assad's forces still controlling Syrian air space, rebels want the United States to give them the weapons they say they need to finish the fight. When we are denied weapons, we

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(三月)

Where else would the world's biggest dinosaur live, but in the world's trendiest town? Live may be stretching it a bit. Brachiosaurus brancai has been dead for 150 million years, but he remains impressive, towering more than 13 meters over visitors t

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Mighty carnivores ruled a dangerous world in the Cretaceous Period. But being a super predator like Tyrannosaurus Rex is not easy. Just surviving to adulthood is a major feat, one that takes a decade or more of killing and eating some of the meanest

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 探索与发现2013年

Leaders from the world's biggest industrial nations meet in Japan on Monday for the annual Group of Eight summit. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has this report on the summit agenda. President Bush gestures during remarks on upcoming G8

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is arriving in India to discuss the U.S.-India civilian nuclear agreement, which has received approval in the U.S Congress. India's communist parties, who oppose the deal, plan to hold protest demonstrations d

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年10月

By Dan Robinson Washington 10 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaks about winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, in the Rose Garden of the White House, 09 Oct 2009 In the U.S. Congress, there has been a mix of reaction to the awarding of the Nobel

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十月)