VOA常速英语2013--美国打击叙利亚可能带来的影响

How Would US Attack on Syria Affect Washington's Asia Pivot? 美国打击叙利亚可能带来的影响 STATE DEPARTMENT What does a possible U.S. attack on Syria mean for the Obama administration's pivot to Asia, which Washington is presenting as pa

VOA常速英语2018--3D打印技术可降低手术难度

Three-year-old Dexter Clark was born with bad kidneys. His father Brendan says the boy was constantly sick. When he was 1 year old, we had to have a procedure to give him a gastrostomy so it could be fed through a tube because he threw up so much. A

VOA常速英语2018--打贸易战 美国农民有阵痛

Among the mounting concerns, Illinois farmer Bob Gurkey is juggling. He is racing against the clock to harvest his corn and soybeans. Bob spends up to 14 hours a day in the fields. Biggest concern right now of harvesting that we dont get stuck, and w

VOA常速英语2018--美国豪掷千金捉拿墨西哥大毒枭

The group is based in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, but has a network of smugglers throughout the country and in the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia. We consider this cartel, New Jalisco, to be one of the five most dangerous transna

VOA常速英语2018--第二次特金会即将召开

The difference could not be more stark, just one year after blasting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as quote rocket man on a suicide mission. US President Donald Trump at this years United Nations General Assembly speech called Kim quote courageous,

VOA常速英语2018--美国向亚美尼亚、阿塞拜疆、格鲁吉亚投资

Executive Vice President of the U.S. government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation, OPIC, David Bohigian and other U.S. government officials traveled to Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia this month to promote U.S. investment in those countries.

VOA常速英语2018--美国多州教师罢工 要求涨薪

Strikes in Oklahoma and Kentucky. After teachers in West Virginia held out for a 5 percent pay raise, receiving it after a nine-day walkout in one of the poorest states in the U.S. This is a very unusual spring for us, for some of my teachers theyre

VOA常速英语2018--美国称克里米亚为乌克兰所有

Four years ago this month, Russia held an illegitimate, fabricated referendum in Ukraine in an attempt to legitimize its purported annexation of Ukrainian territory. Crimean residents were compelled to vote under scrutiny by heavily armed Russian tro

VOA常速英语2017--马尔代夫急需安全水源

Safe Drinking Water for Maldives The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, and the Government of Maldives inaugurated a $3.8 million integrated water supply and distribution system recently, providing a safe and reliable water

VOA常速英语2018--泰国缅甸难民找工作难

In the new village of Lay Kay Kaw, there are clear signs that much development is still needed on the path to repatriation, but roads to the area arent the biggest concerns, as new settlers still lack the basics. 在新村Lay Kay Kaw，有明显迹象表

VOA常速英语2018--美国人纪念总统日

On the third Monday of February, Americans celebrate Presidents' Day, when Americans honor all their national leaders, past and present. The Day was originally meant to honor the First President, and arguably the country's most influential founder, G

VOA常速英语--非洲遭遇饥饿年

非洲遭遇饥饿年 Hunger hit Africa hard this year as climate change, conflict and enduring poverty ravaged multiple countries and left tens of millions of people in dire straits. 今年，气候变化、武装冲突、持续饥饿袭扰非洲多国

VOA常速英语--埃及旅游业又迎寒冬

埃及旅游业又迎寒冬 The shores of this resort city are usually packed during the holiday season. But after a Russian plane that had taken off from here crashed in late October, killing all 224 people on board in an apparent terrorist attack,

VOA常速英语2016--中国股市首现熔断

中国股市首现熔断 Stock markets in the cities of Shanghai and Shenzhen were suspended Monday after falling more than 7 percent on the opening trading day of 2016. 在2016首个交易日，上证和深沪股市跌幅超7%，A股熔断停市。

VOA常速英语2016--基督教在伊朗受到迫害

基督教在伊朗受到迫害 It is welcome news that Iranian officials have released Christian Pastor Farshid Fathi. 伊朗政府已经释放基督教牧师法希德法塔希，这是个好消息。 A convert to Christianity, Mr. Fathi had served f

VOA常速英语2016--2016聚焦电子创新

2016聚焦电子创新 Major TV manufacturers are going to try to convince buyers that their present HD TVs are obsolete and that they should upgrade to 4K or even 8K-resolution sets. 主要电视制造商正在让顾客相信自己的高清电视已是

VOA常速英语2013--美国结婚率“杯具”了

U.S. Marriage Rates Keep Declining美国结婚率杯具了 If you haven't already picked up on the trend from all the whining on Bravos Princesses: Long Island, marriage rates in America are at an all-time low. And the median age at which women do sa

VOA常速英语2019--派克市场：西雅图的古老景观

Seattles Pike Place Market stretches for four city blocks. It includes a collection of old buildings, bunches of stalls and street musicians and afters that draw both locals and visitors. The themed market wakes up each day at 5:00 a.m. Among the fir

VOA常速英语2019--美国政府停摆影响国计民生

What do we want?! Federal workers across the country say theyve had enough. Some families who say theyve never had to depend on donations are turning to food banks for help. Even students who rely on free or reduced fee meals at school are impacted.

VOA常速英语2019--巧克力的制作流程

Im Bill Mclaughlin, and Im the creator of plants here the United States Botanic Garden. What we are looking at today is our chocolate tree or cacao tree. The scientific name for this is Theobroma Cacao, and Theobroma is Greek, Theo- is for God and Br