VOA双语新闻：韩国将全面参与防扩散安全倡议

South Korea is upgrading its participation in a U.S., led international campaign to disrupt the traffic of weapons of mass destruction, a step it long avoided to prevent angering Pyongyang. The move comes after a nuclear test by the North, and severa

VOA双语新闻：美国特使论六方会谈的进展和不足

The U.S. envoy to six nation talks on disarming nuclear North Korea has said they reached agreement on the principles for verifying Pyongyang's denuclarization. However, the envoy, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, says negotiators

VOA双语新闻 Bush Focuses on Social Security

President Bush has held a rare formal news conference, a session that focused primarily on two key domestic issues--rising gas prices, and the future of the massive government program that provides benefits to retirees. 美国总统布什星期四晚举

VOA双语新闻 IAEA Chief Allow in International Experts

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is calling for North Korea to allow international experts into the country to completely verify that a large cloud recently spotted over the country was not caused by a nuclear explosion. 国际原子能

VOA双语新闻：韩国：六方会谈有望几星期内复会

South Korean officials say six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programs could resume within weeks. 韩国官员表示，旨在终止北韩核项目的六方会谈有望在几个星期之内复会。 Senior South Korean officials sa

VOA双语新闻：希尔：朝鲜半岛无核化核实最关键

The leading U.S. diplomat conducting talks with North Korea and its neighbors on the nation's nuclear program says verification will be the most important aspect of the effort to remove nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula. Assistant Secretary o

VOA双语新闻：六方会谈将商议如何验证平壤之言

Negotiators from six nations are preparing to meet in Beijing for talks on eliminating North Korea's nuclear programs. Discussions will focus on how to verify that Pyongyang is not hiding any nuclear materials or facilities. 参加朝核六方会谈的

VOA双语新闻：美国务卿抵日开始就任后首次外访

Hillary Clinton arrives Monday in Japan, the first of four stops in Asia - her first official foreign travel as secretary of state. She will also visit South Korea, Indonesia and China to build partnerships she says will transcend geographic and poli

VOA双语新闻：美国称仍致力于朝鲜半岛无核化

The State Department said Tuesday the complete dismantling of North Korea's nuclear program remains the goal of the Chinese-led six-party negotiations with Pyongyang. The comment followed an assertion by a leading U.S. academic that North Korea appea

VOA双语新闻：金正日参观火箭发射区

North Korean media says leader Kim Jong Il has toured the northeast province where Pyongyang says it plans to launch a satellite soon. South Korean leaders are deeply concerned about the looming launch. 北韩媒体说，北韩领导人金正日参观了

学个词Learn a Word 第1239期 deterioration

今天我们要学的词是deterioration。 Deterioration, 恶化。 In its annual report on press freedom, Freedom House said the Middle East and North Africa showed a dramatic deterioration in 2010, 自由之家年度报告说，中东和北非2010年

学个词Learn a Word 第783期 Reunion

今天我们要学的词是reunion。 Reunion, 团聚。Family reunion, 家庭团聚。High school reunion, 高中老同学聚会。An Australian woman held an emotional reunion with her dog who went missing nine years ago, 一个澳大利亚女子惊喜

学个词Learn a Word 第1021期 Thrash

今天我们要学的词是thrash。 Thrash, 做动词，有彻底击败的意思，用在体育比赛中。 We were thrashed by our arch-rival, 我们在跟死对头的比赛中输得很惨。在世界杯小组赛中， Germany thrashed Australia 4-

学个词Learn a Word 第748期 Blacklist

今天我们要学的词是blacklist。 Blacklist黑名单。U.S. President Barack Obama removed Laos and Cambodia from a trade blacklist, 美国总统奥巴马将老挝和柬埔寨从美国贸易黑名单上删除。一位美国高层外交官员表示

学个词Learn a Word 第316期 Incentive

今天我们要学的词是， incentive。 Incentive, 是刺激、优惠的意思。Tax incentive, 是税收方面的好处。The government uses tax incentives to encourage savings, 政府利用税收方面的优惠鼓励民众储蓄。 The rising

VOA双语新闻--克林顿在夏威夷评价美国亚太政策

The secretary's speech at the U.S.-sponsored East-West Center in Honolulu comes as the Obama administration nears the end of a first year in office that Clinton says gave substance to its pledges to re-engage with Asia-Pacific nations. 克林顿国务卿

VOA双语新闻 ---韩国总统李明博周一启程访问美国

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has departed South Korea for a week of summit diplomacy aimed at turning a new page in ties with Japan and the United States. Lee administration officials say the president is particularly hoping to repair Seoul's

VOA双语新闻：李明博宣誓就任韩国第十七任总统

The former Seoul mayor who swept December elections in South Korea is getting used to his new title: Mr. President. Lee Myung-bak has taken his oath of office in a formal ceremony in the South Korean capital. 在去年12月韩国大选中大获全胜的

VOA双语新闻：南北韩下周讨论联合工业园区问题

North and South Korea have arranged a meeting next week to discuss operations at a troubled joint industrial zone. South Korea is expected to use the meeting to press for the release of a South Korean manager of the zone who has been detained by the

VOA双语新闻：韩官员为有关金正日健康传闻降温

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is still nowhere to be seen, more than a week after South Korean intelligence officials revealed the belief he is recovering from a stroke. South Korean officials are trying to cool down a sizzling media demand for rum