VOA标准英语2008年-US Official: Modern Afghan Air Force Is Years A

By Al Pessin Pentagon 24 January 2008 The American officer responsible for helping develop an Afghan Air Force says the small corps is growing steadily, but will not be ready to even begin participating in combat operations for about five years. The

U.S. Military Women Closer Than Ever to Combat Zone

By Zlatica Hoke A growing number of American women are joining the U.S. Armed Forces to serve in an ever wider array of duties. In the past decade, they have eroded one of the last remaining barriers

2006年VOA标准英语-Mindi Abair Lives 'Life Less Ordinary'

By Doug Levine Washington 19 June 2006 Offstage she's Mrs. Mindi Abair-Steele, but onstage fans still know her as jazz sax sensation Mindi Abair. As we hear from VOA's Doug Levine, getting married was just one of several life-changing events that fi

VOA常速英语2007年-More US Troops Returning with Post Combat Stres

By Melinda Smith Washington 14 November 2007 There are an estimated 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, and approximately 25,000 in Afghanistan. Like soldiers in other wars before them, a significant number of those returning home are bringing back emotiona

2006年VOA标准英语-Sudan Denies Carrying Out Air Attacks in Chad

By Noel King Khartoum 29 October 2006 Sudan on Sunday denied accusations that the Sudanese Air Force bombed towns in eastern Chad this week. Chadian officials say the airstrikes have created panic among civilians in the region and threatened unspeci

VOA标准英语2008年-Spain's Water Fair Tackles Conservation with In

The northeastern Spanish city of Zaragoza is hosting an international water fair to highlight the importance of this vital and increasingly threatened resource. Spain is no stranger to water scarcity. The country is juggling competing demands of urb

VOA标准英语2009年-India Begins Trials to Select Air Force Co

In India, trials have begun to select a fighter aircraft for the country's air force. Six aircraft manufacturers are in the race to win what will be one of the world's biggest defense contracts worth billions of dollars. dod fa-18c hornet fighter je

TED演讲:俄罗斯的起源(2)

With Vladimir's conversion and marriage to the Byzantine emperor's sister, 通过弗拉米尔的转变，还有他和拜占庭皇妹的联姻 as well as continued trade along the Volga route, the relationship between the two civilizations deepened. 以

总觉得自己不够好？你需要记住的14句话

Some days are simply worse than others. A day can turn especially bad when you just feel as if youre not good enough for anyone or anything. In other words, just not good enough. Here are a few things to remember when those feelings come around. 有些

TED演讲:谈魅力(4)

And sprezzatura is the art that conceals art. sprezzatura. 是那种浑然天成的艺术。 It makes things look effortless. 它使得事物简约易懂。 You don't think about how Nicole Kidman is maneuvering that dress she just looks completely n

VOA常速英语2007年-Combat Psychologist Treats Trauma, And Deals Wi

By Al Pessin Pentagon 04 December 2007 The U.S. Defense Department Friday, November 30, 2007 launched a new effort to address the mental health needs of members of the military. But it says the effort to coordinate medical, academic, research and oth

VOA常速英语2007-Rice Says There Is Opportunity For Peace in Mide

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 17 October 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended four days of talks with Israelis and Palestinians late Wednesday, saying a Mideast peace conference will take place, but much work needs to be done in bilateral ta

每日一词【477】combat：战斗，格斗

今天我们要学的词是combat。 Combat, 是战斗的意思。 Australian combat troops have begun leaving Iraq, fulfilling an election promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, 澳大利亚作战部队开始撤离伊拉克，实现了澳大利亚总理

VOA标准英语2008年-Australian Combat Troops End Iraq Deployment

By Phil Mercer Sydney 02 June 2008 Australian combat troops have begun leaving Iraq. Their departure fulfills an election promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who pledged to pull his country's out of Iraq by the middle of 2008. From Sydney, Phil Me

Five Ways to Combat Loneliness When You’re Jobless

Five Ways to Combat Loneliness When Youre Jobless Sit in front of laptop. Lie on couch. Eat pickles for lunch. Back to laptop. Feel sorry for self. Feel sick of self. Tear hair out in frustration. And back to couch. If this is your 9-to-5 routine, yo

Pentagon scraps rule prohibiting women from combat

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday announced as part of the department's plans to remove gender-based barriers to service, the Pentagon is to rescind a 1994 rule that prohibits women from assignment to dir

Thoughts for a New Year

Most of us look away when we pass strangers. It is the expectional person who stops to help the woman maneuvering her kids and groceries up the staircase. We rarely give up in line or on the subway or bus. Locked into our automobiles, we prefer gridl

In the air

Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. One day a fair came to the nearby town. Let's go to the fair, Matt, his wife said. We haven't been anywhere for a long time.Matt thought about this for a while. He

美国习惯用语:320 thin air; come up for air

今天我们要讲的习惯用语都有air这个词。大家都知道air是空气。早在十七世纪，意大利科学家伽利略发现空气似乎没有实质却有重量。后来人们进一步发现高山顶上的空气要比海平面上的空气

2018年CRI German city bans diesel cars to combat air pollution

Hamburg has become the first city in Germany to impose a partial ban on some older diesel vehicles. The move comes as a blow to the federal government as well as the country's automotive industry. TRT World's Ira Spitzer reports. Diesel engines were