VOA慢速英语--Trump Continues Tradition with Speech to Congress

President Donald Trump will give his first speech to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday. He is expected to discuss his plan to increase military spending by nearly 10 percent, or $54 billion, offset by equal cuts in non-defense spending. The cuts will like

VOA标准英语2013--Oklahomans Have Long Tradition of Resilience, Perseverance

Oklahomans Have Long Tradition of Resilience, Perseverance In a rural area of Oklahoma, Todd Mauldin lost his house and truck. I have had three close calls, and this was the third one, and it got me! he said. This kind of pluck and good-humored deter

凯特王妃成为皇家摄影协会终身会员

The Duchess of Cambridge has accepted a lifetime honorary membership of the Royal Photographic Society for her family portraits and tour photos. 凭借出色的家庭成员照和旅行留影，剑桥公爵夫人于日前被授予了英国皇家摄影学

CCTV9英语新闻：Main purpose is to meet civilian demands

China's Foreign Ministry says that some of the land reclamation on the Nansha islands and reefs in the South China Sea will soon be completed. The Foreign Ministry reiterated China's stance on sovereignty of the islands, and stressed the main purpose

2007年VOA标准英语-African Widows Refuse Forced Re-Marriage

By Phuong Tran Dakar 16 March 2007 In some African countries when a woman's husband dies, it is common for her to marry one of his brothers. For many families, this ensures someone will take care of the widow and her children, and that she remains p

2006年VOA标准英语-Gates Philantrophy Follows Long US Tradition

By Brian Padden Washington, DC 20 October 2006 The issue of philanthropy in America received much media attention recently when Warren Buffet, the world's second richest man donated more then $1.5 billion to the charitable foundation run by Bill Gat

VOA标准英语2009-NATO Agrees to Restructuring of Military Com

NATO ministers meeting in the Belgian capital have thrown their weight behind a U.S. plan to reorganize the military command in Afghanistan, to better handle an influx of new troops. A general view of NATO defense ministers' meeting in Brussels, 12

VOA标准英语2011--Titanic Exhibit Brings the Tragic Story

Titanic Exhibit Brings the Tragic Story to Life When the ocean liner RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, more than 1,500 passengers died. It made headlines as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history. The

美国国家公共电台 NPR A New Addition To The Long Tradition Of Puppets Behaving Badly

DAVID GREENE, HOST: So what do you do when bad things happen to good puppets? Well, that's what Melissa McCarthy is investigating in a new movie called The Happytime Murders. She plays a detective trying to solve a string of puppet killings. (SOUNDBI

2015年CRI Expert: China-ROK Maritime Talks Long Way to Go

The meeting, scheduled for next Tuesday in Seoul, will be co-chaired by the Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and his ROK counterpart Cho Tae-yul. China says it hopes the talks will set an example for regional countries to solve similar issue

创新将引领中国走向发展

The report is meant to provide suggestions for Chinese central authorities putting together the 13th five-year plan. One of the over-riding themes in the research report is how to keep China's economy moving under the New Normal. This is the term bei

英语口语大赢家Topic204:中国传统文化 Chinese Traditional Culture

中国传统文化 Chinese Traditional Culture 中国传统文化正在吸引全世界的注意。尤其是中国功夫，对于那些通过功夫初次了解中国的成千上万的人来讲，有着非常大的影响。 Listen Read Learn Traditional Chinese culture is beginning to capture the attention of the

【英语时差8,16】国家海事博物馆

The National Maritime Museum Jean: It sounds like waves on the ocean. Are we on a ship? Lily: No, no, we are here in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.You know, its the leading maritime museum in the UK and the biggest of its kind in the worl

英语博客(A cup of English):073 A family tradition.

Beginners. Today I thought about tomatoes. You know when you have one of those days when you simply have to eat something in particular. I went out to my vegetable patch this morning to see if there had been any progress with my tomato plants. Not mu

CCTV9英语新闻：北京APEC:中国准备好了

2014 marks the 25th anniversary of APEC. Back in 2001, China hosted the 9th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting. 13 years later, APEC is back in China once again. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking at the 10th Lanting Forum, said that the country i

世界最大水陆两栖飞机开始总装

General assembly has begun on China's self-developed amphibious aircraft AG600 in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong province. Workers are currently assembling the fuselage of the world's largest amphibious aircraft. Huang Lingcai, chief designer of the

VOA双语新闻：北约同意重组驻阿军事指挥系统

NATO ministers meeting in the Belgian capital have thrown their weight behind a U.S. plan to reorganize the military command in Afghanistan, to better handle an influx of new troops. 在比利时首都布鲁塞尔举行的北约外长会议支持美国

第574期:在国外, 怎么渡过一个痛并快乐的圣诞节

圣诞节是西方国家非常重要的节日。上周，我们通过一首小诗了解到了圣诞节的一些习俗。比如装饰圣诞树，准备圣诞礼物，制作圣诞蛋糕，大餐等等。纵然过节很欢乐，但是要准备这一切都

A Day at The Tradition

Several years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. It was the most difficult time I have ever faced. I think it was my sense of humor that allowed me to hold onto my sanity. Like many people who have gone through chemotherapy, I lost all of my hair and I

2015年CRI Experts: US Should Stay away from South China Sea Dispute

The dispute over the South China Sea gained emphasis. Fan Changlong told Ashton Carter that the US should reduce its naval and air activities in the area, saying the construction works in the Nansha Islands are within China's sovereignty. Doug Bandow