VOA慢速英语2011--Arrest of Mladic Brings Serbia a Step Cl

IN THE NEWS - Arrest of Mladic Brings Serbia a Step Closer to EU This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Serbia arrested one of Europe's most wanted men. Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic spent sixteen years in hiding. He is acc

Separated 1)Guatamalan Twins Go Home

Broadcast: Jan 14, 2003 Twins girls who were born joined at the head have gone home to Guatemala, five months after surgery to separate them. The 2) prognosis for both is good. Wearing 3） tiaras ove

2006年VOA标准英语-Weather Service Predicts Four to Six Major

By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 02 June 2006 watch Hurricane Predictions Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean began June first. Alberto will be the first named Atlantic hurricane in 2006. Paul Sisco re

2006年VOA标准英语-EU Suspends Talks With Serbia Over Mladic

By Lisa Bryant Paris 03 May 2006 A man pushes a cart filled with collected cardboard boxes past posters of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic The European Union has suspended talks on clo

VOA常速英语2007-Memorial to Late Apartheid Fighter Oliver Tambo

By Tendai Maphosa London 17 October 2007 A memorial to the late South African fighter against apartheid, Oliver Tambo, has been unveiled in London. Tendai Maphosa attended the event for VOA in the neighborhood in which Tambo and his family lived duri

VOA常速英语2008年-US Envoy says US Not Interested in Dictating Pa

By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 27 March 2008 Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has dismissed suggestions the United States is trying to dictate anti-terrorism policy to Pakistan's new government. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad the American diplomat m

2006年VOA标准英语-Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Mutambara Takes Camp

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 24 August 2006 India says it may withdraw its peacekeeping troops from southern Lebanon. The announcement comes as the United Nations tries to assemble a bigger international force to enforce the fledgling Middle East tr

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Says Mladic Still at Large

By Michael Drudge London 22 February 2006 A U.N. prosecutor says accused Bosnian war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic remains at large in Serbia. The prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, spoke with reporters at Th

2007年VOA标准英语-Analyst says Somalia a Handicap for Ethiopia

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 28 March 2007 The al-Qaida terrorist organization has issued a call for Islamic extremists around the world to come to the aid of Somalis fighting the country's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and its chief backer in the r

VOA标准英语2011--Rare Gadhafi Footage Shows Libyan Dictat

RareGadhafiFootageShowsLibyanDictator'sSofterSide Much of the world has seen the strong, loud and defiant side of the ousted Libyan leader. But there is another side, too. A family man with his granddaughter, recorded on home video found in Tripoli.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tamora Pierce Writes One For The Boys (But Just One) In 'Tempests And Slaughter'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Going to talk now to an author of fantasy novels who has been beloved for so long that both our books editor and producer - 12 years of age apart - kept her books in their school lockers. Young adult novelist Tamora Pierce is one o

VOA常速英语2008年-Americans Crowd Streets to Welcome Pope Benedic

By Alex Villarreal Washington 17 April 2008 Pope Benedict is in Washington, marking his first visit to the United States since he was elected pope three years ago. As he left the White House in his first motorcade, the pontiff received a warm welcome

2007年VOA标准英语-Anti-Apartheid Veteran Adelaide Tambo Dies

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 01 February 2007 Adelaide Tambo, wife of the late Oliver Tambo and South African former President Nelson Mandela attend the unveiling of the O.R Tambo International Airport 27 Ocr 2006 in Johannesburg Adelaide Tambo, w

2006年VOA标准英语-Will Ferrell Finds New Comedic Vehicle in 'Tall

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 05 August 2006 High speed, high thrills auto racing under the banner of NASCAR (the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) is one of the most popular spectator sports across the heartland of America. This fact ha

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Defends Latam Policy in Brazil

By Paula Wolfson Sao Paulo, Brazil 09 March 2007 President Bush says his administration has not ignored Latin America, and says his tour of the region was not designed to counter the anti-American rhetoric of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. VOA White House

VOA常速英语2008年-Serbia's Tadic Re-Elected President by Narrow M

By Barry Wood Belgrade 04 February 2008 Incumbent president of Serbia Boris Tadic won Sunday's presidential election, defeating by a narrow margin a pro-Russian nationalist candidate. VOA's Barry Wood reports from Belgrade. Boris Tadic (l), 03 Feb 20

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Are You Anybody?' Jeffrey Tambor Chronicles A Lifetime In Acting

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Jeffrey Tambor is a star at an age which a lot of other stars have already burned out. He's been a professional working actor since the early '70s. He's done Shakespeare and Avis commercials, Hollywood Squares and La Cage Aux Folle

美国国家公共电台 NPR Wisdom From Young Adult Authors: Tamora Pierce

Wisdom From Young Adult Authors: Tamora Pierce SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Throughout August, we'll bring you stories and some advice from authors who've written for young people about the crucial moment when they've left home and set out in the world on thei

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictio

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: July 10, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti, Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on WORDMASTER -- a look at some of the ten-thousand new words and meanings in a popular American dictionary. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary co

Mladic Set to Boycott War Crimes Hearing

Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic plans to boycott a scheduled court appearance Monday at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague. A lawyer for Mladic said Sunday that the former Bosnian Serb military commander is refusing to appear beca