Take Away English-Father's Day 父亲节

Happy Father's Day! Father's Day is a fairly new celebration in the British calendar compared with Mother's Day, which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the UK for a very long time. The origins of the celebration are American a

2006年VOA标准英语-Bolivia's New President Inspires Region's

By Michael Bowman Washington 26 January 2006 For the first time, Bolivia has an indigenous president. Native American leaders throughout Latin America say Sunday's inauguration of Evo Morales was a so

Marvel Adds Indigenous Superhero from Canada’s North

A new superhero has been added to Marvel Comics Champions series. Her name is Amka Aliyak. She is known as Snowguard. Amka Aliyak is an Inuit teenager from northern Canada. She comes from Pangnirtung, a town in the territory of Nunavut. Inuit is the

英语课程计划-International Jazz Day

International Jazz Day is usually celebrated each year on May 23. It is one day of the year when people around the world can celebrate this great music form. Jazz started in the USA and is America's only indigenous art form. Music lovers and musician

英语课程计划-Indigenous People

August the 9th is International Day of the World's Indigenous People. It is a time for the world to understand the problems of indigenous peoples around the world. The day was created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1994. It wanted to stren

英语课程计划-Columbus Day

Columbus Day is a special holiday all across the Americas. Countries in North, Central and South America celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October the 12th, 1492. In the United States, the day is called Co

词汇大师-- 'National Day of Listening' Promoted

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: a big week for talkers and listeners. RS: This Thursday, millions of Americans will gather with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving -- or Turkey Day, as many call it. Tha

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Sponsors Worldwide Environment Awareness Day

By Paul Sisco Washington 04 June 2007 Every year since 1974, the United Nations has declared June 5th World Environment Day. The theme of this year's series of events is Melting Ice a Hot Topic? VOA's Paul Sisco reports. For International Polar Year

VOA标准英语2010年-Fragile Indigenous Gulf Tribes Face Un

The native people of the Louisiana bayous are turning to other indigenous groups that have had to deal with oil industry disasters. Louisiana's Mississippi delta is home to several indigenous tribes that have been living on these bayous for thousands

VOA标准英语2010年-Rare Dance Showcases Indigenous Art Fe

A rare performance by renowned Aboriginal dancers marked the start of one of Australia's most important festivals of indigenous art. The unique dance of the Gurrir Gurrir people depicts events associated with a devastating tropical cyclone in 1974. T

VOA标准英语2009年-British Far Right Politician's TV Appearan

By Jennifer Glasse London 23 October 2009 Demonstrators in London protest TV appearance by Nick Griffin The appearance of a far-right politician on a BBC political program has sparked controversy. Anti-fascist protesters broke through the BBC gates

VOA标准英语2013--Indigenous Peoples Stand Up to Exploitation

Indigenous Peoples Stand Up to Exploitation This month (6-10/12), 600 indigenous leaders gathered in the far north of Norway. They produced a document that called for an end to discrimination and exploitation of their people. The Alta Declaration wil

VOA常速英语2007-Ecuador's President Pushes for Leftist Reforms

By Brian Wagner Miami 02 October 2007 Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa is promising to move quickly on government reforms following Sunday's vote that apparently gave his supporters a majority in a special assembly to rewrite the country's c

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Heart Berries,' An Indigenous Woman's Chaotic Coming-Of-Age

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Terese Marie Mailhot started her new memoir Heart Berries while she was in a mental institution, where she committed herself after a breakdown. The pages bleed with the pain of mental illness, substance abuse and her family

2006年VOA标准英语-President Bush's Concept of the Universality of

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 05 July 2006 Watch Freedom Report President Bush In defending his decision to invade Iraq, President Bush has often said that people will someday wonder if Americans were true to their country's fundamental belief

VOA常速英语2007年-Australia's First Aboriginal Record Label Opens

By Phil Mercer Sydney 07 November 2007 Australia's first urban Aboriginal record label has been established in Sydney. Its founders say there is a great untapped market for Aboriginal hip-hop and rap music that deals with drugs, violence, poor health

英语杂谈：66 April fool's day

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This Saturday night at eight thirty, all the lights will be shut off at the Tokyo Tower in Japan. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark. So is the

VOA标准英语2009-Mexico's State of Chiapas Aims to Reduce Pov

Mexico's southernmost State of Chiapas is beautiful and well endowed with natural resources. It has all the elements for success. And, yet, it is the poorest region in the country. The reasons for this are many including a large indigenous populatio

VOA标准英语2009年-Australia's Aborigines at Risk as Swine Fl

As the number of swine flu cases in Australia soars past 4,500, new research indicates that indigenous people may be more susceptible to the contagious virus, compounding an array of existing health conditions. The findings have been detailed in the

英语单词大师：'National Day of Listening'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: a big week for talkers and listeners. RS: This Thursday, millions of Americans will gather with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving -- or Turkey Day, as many call it. Tha