VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - 'Tibet in Song' Tells A

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Our subjects this week are movies. First, we discuss a movie made by Tibetan filmmaker Ngawang Choephel called Tibet in Song. It tells about his efforts to help prote

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Afghanistan and Maternal Deaths

DEVELOPMENT REPORT – December 2, 2002: Afghanistan and Maternal Deaths By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Afghanistan has one of the highest death rates in the world am

CNN 2010-04-02

For the last several months, CNN has followed the path of a young man from his small town to his coming of age in the U.S. military. Today, in the sixth part of a soldier's story, we check in at a very pivotal point of his young military career, a we

Besties, Buds, BFFs ... Friends!

Besties, Buds, BFFs ... Friends! Now, the VOA Learning program Words and Their Stories. Language changes over time. Many words and expressions have changed over the centuries. But the word friend has stayed the same. It is a rare example in the Engli

U.S. indirectly funding Afghan warlords: report

BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Tens of millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer（纳税人） funds are indirectly being paid to Afghan warlords to secure（保护） convoys carrying supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to a congressional

Manchester City signs Dzeko from Wolfsburg

LONDON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- English soccer club Manchester（曼彻斯特 ） City confirmed on Friday that they have signed striker Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg for 27 million pounds (42 million U.S. dollars). The 24-year-old Bosnian has agreed to a fou

Stakes high as Afghans go to vote

Millions of Afghans have begun voting in the country's second presidential election since the fall of the Taliban. Militants have threatened(威胁) to disrupt the polls, in which President Hamid Karzai is running for a second term. Some 300,000 Afgha

Afghan Taliban commander killed

Afghan Taliban commander killed

美国俚语:上网搜索一下不就得了JFGI

当别人问你一个很愚蠢的问题时，你很不耐烦，又不想回答，干脆叫他去网上搜索一下，就可以说JFGI。 JFGI是Just Fucking Google it的缩写. 当别人问你一个很愚蠢的问题时，你很不耐烦，又不想回

第62期:你是我心中的ABCDEFGHIJK

今天分享一个情侣间的玩笑。 Woman: How would you describe me? Man: ABCDEFGHIJK. Woman: What does that mean? Man: Adorable, beautiful, cute, delightful, elegant, fashionable, gorgeous, and hot. Woman: Aw, thank you, but what about IJK? Man

Afghan killing rampage suspect to be charged: U.S. media

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier suspected of killing 17 Afghan civilians, is to be charged with 17 counts of murder, U.S. media reported Thursday. ABC news reported on its website that Bales will also be charged with s

英语博客(A cup of English):Afghanistan

Beginners. We are continuing with our study of countries of the world with Afghanistan. As you know, it is in the news all the time, and has been for quite a few years. Let's try to understand why, and to learn a little more about the country. Afghan

New violence hits Afghan capital

Fresh violence has erupted in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on the eve of the country's presidential election. Explosions and gunfire were heard as troops battled insurgents who raided a bank a few hundred metres from the presidential compound, killing

Afghan Fashion Hits London's High Street

London 15 October 2010 - An Afghan fashion designer(时装设计师) named Zolaykha Sherzad has given a contemporary（当代的 ） edge to traditional Afghan style. She's recently brought her designs to London and they're proving quite a hit with t

UK reporter freed in Afghan raid

A UK journalist abducted in Afghanistan has been freed by Nato troops in a dramatic pre-dawn raid. New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell was kidnapped on Saturday along with Afghan interpreter Sultan Munadi while investigating a Nato air strike. M

Afghanistan, US Agree on Strategic Agreement

Afghanistan and the United States have finalized a strategic partnership agreement outlining their relationship following the 2014 withdrawal of Western combat troops from the country. A statement from Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office says the

US Afghan strategy 'not working'

General Stanley McChrystal will liken the US military to a bull charging at a matador [the Taliban] - slightly weakened with each cut it receives. His review is also expected to say that protecting the Afghan people against the Taliban must be the t

Afghanistan Maps Natural Mineral Resources

Afghanistan has become the first country to map its natural mineral resources using an advanced remote sensing technique known as hyperspectral imaging. The mapping, a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Afghan Geological

U.S. to deploy powerful surveillance system in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military is set to deploy a powerful surveillance system in Afghanistan(阿富汗) this winter that wires wide angle aerial images directly to combat troops（部队）, media reports said Sunday. The Washingto

Many die in Afghan tanker blasts

At least 90 people have been killed after a Nato air strike blew up two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, officials say. Nato confirmed(确认) to the BBC that an air strike happened in Kunduz province on the main road to B