VOA常速英语2018--NASA未来10年或专攻外星生命是否存在

The Hubble telescope has given us spectacular pictures from space, but theyre not detailed enough to help us in our search for life in the trillions of galaxies across the universe. If tens of percent of stars have planets that could resemble the ear

VOA常速英语2018--前美国第一夫人芭芭拉逝世

Barbara Pierce Bush was the US First Lady in the early 1990s, when her husband was the countrys 41st president. She also later become the mother of a president when one of her six children George W. Bush was elected in 2000. I had trouble when I was

VOA常速英语2018--肉素搭配型汉堡：美味又环保

The juicy burger made juicier with bits of mushroom. 加点儿蘑菇能让汉堡更加多汁美味。 All right were gonna flip this one over. 好了，现在可以翻面儿了。 Rob Morasco heads product development at food service company Sodexo. 罗

VOA常速英语2018--美国谴责其他安理会成员国没有责任感

The conflict in Syria, which started when peaceful protestors urging reform were met with brutal military force by Bashar al-Assad, has entered its eighth year. The carnage has been unspeakable: hundreds of thousands dead; millions displaced; untold

VOA常速英语--肯尼亚智力障碍儿童接受救助

肯尼亚智力障碍儿童接受救助 Living in a Nairobi slum is not easy. 内罗毕贫民窟的生活可不容易。 Electricity is scarce, clean water expensive, sanitation poor, and quality education hard to come by.But for children living with

VOA常速英语--国会公墓邀请山羊除草

国会公墓邀请山羊除草 Located near Capitol Hill,Congressional Cemetery is the only American cemetery of national memory founded before the Civil War. Those buried there include legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, famed Civil War photogra

VOA常速英语--国际足联被控忽略移民工人权利

国际足联被控忽略移民工人权利 Amnesty says in recent months, Qatar has made some progress in improving the rights of migrant workers.Under the new so-called Wage Protection System, big companies must now regularly pay their employees by

VOA常速英语2016--法国国民阵线党未能赢得决选

法国国民阵线党未能赢得决选 Supporters of the National Front party made their feelings clear as results trickled in from across France.Despite winning six out of 13 regions in the first round,the party failed to gain control of any of the

VOA常速英语2018--2019将见证特朗普是否会连任

Thanks to you, tomorrow will be a new day in America. 感谢大家。明天将会是美国新的一天。 Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is celebrating the midterm results that return the House to Democratic Control. 民主党领袖南希佩洛西正在

VOA常速英语2019--日本重启商业捕鲸惹众怒

This is commercial whaling. The International Whaling Commission or IWC banned the practice in 1986. Japan announced Wednesday it was leaving the IWC. We decided to resume commercial whaling from July 2019 and to withdrawal from the International Con

VOA常速英语2019--汽车业未来焦点：安全与舒适

Some of the highest tech at this years Consumer Electronics Show is all about keeping you safe in your car. The iris system, for instance, monitors everyone in your car. It can alert drivers if they seem drowsy, or can keep track of babies in the bac

VOA常速英语2013--美国参议员麦凯恩为越战伙伴哀悼

US Senator McCain Mourns Vietnam War Buddy美国参议员麦凯恩为越战伙伴哀悼 58,000 Americans died in the Vietnam War. 58000名美国人死于越南战争。 Colonel George Bud Day won the Medal of Honor in 1976.On August 26, 1967, Day eje

VOA常速英语2019--全球经济不确定性愈演愈烈 引人担忧

The setting for the annual World Economic Forum is an elite ski resort in the Swiss Alps. Anti-poverty advocacy group Oxfam has brought a message for the influential leaders gathered there. The richest people in the world, the most powerful people in

VOA常速英语2019--菠萝叶可制成靓丽服装 质量不输皮革

A Spanish entrepreneur spent over eight years developing a new textile she calls Pinatex. Pinatex is a new textile material made from pineapple leaf fibers, which is the waste of the pineapple harvest. Carmen Hijosa, who founded the company Ananas An

VOA常速英语2019--政府停摆僵持不下 公务员难以养家糊口

President Donald Trump has backed away from a simple demand for border wall funding. Now, he is offering a three-year extension of programs for refugees and immigrants brought illegally to America as minors known as dreamers. If we are successful in

VOA常速英语2019--特朗普被指与普京过从甚密

President Trump Monday unequivocally denied he ever worked for Russia after seeming to avoid answering the question during his Sunday interview aired on Fox News. I never worked for Russia and you know that answer better than anybody. I never worked

VOA常速英语2019--解决美国种族歧视问题 任重而道远

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up... August 29th, 1963, it was a speech that galvanized a nation, and put civil rights and economic justice at the forefront of the American conversation. Race Media and Communication professor from

VOA常速英语2019--或有新疫苗对抗埃博拉

In Congo, Ebola claims the lives of 60 percent of those who get the virus. The disease is so devastating, even those who survive it are shunned. Really makes it frightening is the high mortality rate, the very severe symptoms that people experience.

VOA常速英语2019--大限将至 边境墙问题依然无解

Where walls go up, illegal crossings go way, way down. I will get it built, an unwavering president still at odds with an unwavering House Speaker. Theres not going to be any more money in the legislation. So far, no deal has been reached by a bipart

VOA常速英语2019--纯电气车受消费者青睐

A special preview for members of the media at the annual Chicago Auto Show is a chance for manufacturers to show off their latest and greatest products about to enter the market. But what is notable about this years show is what some manufacturers ar