VOA标准英语2013--US Senate Passes Landmark Immigration Bill

US Senate Passes Landmark Immigration Bill The Senates comprehensive reform bill provides a long and arduous path to residency and eventual U.S. citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants. Democrat Richard Durbin helped craft the bill and ex

VOA双语新闻 National Historic Landmark Status Endangered

As a former frontier mining camp, Tombstone, Arizona has faced its share of threats and calamities over the years, earning it a reputation as the town too tough to die. Now the southwestern community is dealing with an official warning from the U.S.

NPR 2010-01-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. With thousands feared dead from yesterdays massive earthquake in Haiti, the Pentagon is gearing up to send thousands of troops, cargo planes and ships to help the battered nation. President Obama promis

5. An Adult Decision

The year before my son turned 18, he constantly pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, but I refused to sign permission for one. He argued that soon he would be a man and he should be able to make adult d

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-10)

Crews are drilling holes hoping to ventilate toxic gas from a West Virginia mine where 25 miners were killed. Four miners are being missing. Once the mine is ventilated, officials say teams will need four to five hours to reach the area where rescue

学个词Learn a Word 第1731 landmark

今天我们要学的词是 landmark. Landmark 做为形容词，意思是标志性的，带有里程碑意义的。中国国家主席习近平出访俄罗斯。The two leaders held landmark talks. 两位领导人举行了具有里程碑意义的会谈

2007年VOA标准英语-Abortion Could Be Prominent Issue in 2008 US Pr

By Jim Malone Washington 26 April 2007 The divisive issue of abortion is likely to be a major point of debate in next year's U.S. presidential election, thanks to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports fro

2007年VOA标准英语-US Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Abortion Proced

By Meredith Buel Washington 18 April 2007 A closely divided U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a ban on a controversial abortion procedure. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details from Washington. Pro-abortion demonstrators in front of the US Supreme

VOA标准英语2008年-US Supreme Court Rules Americans Have Right to

For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a definitive ruling on the right of Americans to own guns. A five-to-four majority of the court ruled that individual citizens have the right to own firearms, and in the process it str

VOA标准英语2009-US Leaves Decision on Restarting Peace Dialo

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other key members of his new Cabinet have concluded meetings with a high-ranking American envoy. The topic of Pakistan was discussed repeatedly during the two days of talks. U.S. Undersecretary of State Willi

VOA标准英语2012--California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status

California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status The U.S. National Park Service is about to convey landmark status upon a place on the California coast, not far from San Franciscos famous Golden Gate Bridge. That sounds kind of routine, but some people

VOA标准英语2009年-Australian Court Grants Quadriplegic Right

In a landmark decision, a court in Australia has given a paralyzed man the right to die by allowing him to refuse food and water. Christian Rossiter has begged to be allowed to die after accidents left him a quadriplegic. Christian Rossiter has said

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Major Privacy Win, Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Track Your Cellphone

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that police must obtain a search warrant in order to gain access to an individual's cellphone location information. The 5 to 4 decision imposes new limits on law enforcem

VOA标准英语2010-Landmark Indian Education Law Comes Into

Indian students take lessons from their teacher inside a classroom at a school in Calcutta, India, 1Apr 2010 Indian Government Fails to Build Political Consensus on Women's Reservation Bill In India, a landmark law which makes education a fundamental

VOA标准英语2008年-Thousands of California Gays Expected to Wed Af

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 June 2008 Thousands of same-sex weddings are expected in California after June 16, the day the California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages takes effect. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Ang

VOA常速英语2008年-British Court Throws Out Convictions of Five Mu

By Tom Rivers London 14 February 2008 In a Landmark decision, a three judge Court of Appeal panel, headed by the country's most senior judge, overturned Wednesday the convictions of five young British Muslim men who were jailed last July for having o

FIFA确定引入录像回放技术 最晚于2017年开始试行

The International Football Association Board (IFAB), which governs the rules of the game, has approved testing of video technology to aid match officials, it was announced on Saturday. 上周六，掌管足球比赛规则的国际足球协会理事会宣

An Adult Decision

An Adult Decision The year before my son turned 18, he constantly pleaded to be allowed to a tattoo, but I refused to sign permission for one. He argued that soon he would be a man and he should be able to make adult decisions. Sure enough, a few day

USADA hails UCI's "right decision" in Armstrong case

USADA hails UCI's right decision in Armstrong case BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Cycling's governing body UCI has made the right decision to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart said on

CCTV9英语新闻11月：欧盟峰会 乌克兰问题蒙阴影

Ukraines refusal to sign a landmark free trade deal with the EU earlier this week, has cast a large shadow over the EU Summit for Eastern Partnership in Lithuania. Ukraine and the EU say the door remains open for a future pact but Kiev is under inten