VOA慢速英语--How Will You 'Ring in the New Year?'

Hello and welcome to the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Everyone around the world celebrates the New Year differently and at different times. Most people in the U.S. celebrate it on January 1. But they may also observe New Year

CNN 2010-07-29

With tens of thousands of secret Afghan war documents posted online by a whistle-blower website, WikiLeaks is raising blood pressure once again. This isn't an information leak, folk. It's a gush of battle details from the frontlines - from a reported

Independence Day 2018

Today, the United States of America celebrates its birthday. It is a commemoration of the day in 1776 when representatives of the 13 British colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, a separation from Great Britain. There were many complex rea

我害怕你说，你喜欢我

What Love Is All about 爱之真谛 :真正的爱情既与肉体无关，也不浪漫。真正的爱情是接受现在、过去、未来的一切，无论好坏。最幸福的人不一定是拥有极致美好的人，他们不过是一路走来，尽力

NPR 2010-04-19

Poland mourns the death of a president. Lech Kaczynski and his wife were laid to rest today more than a week after they were killed in a plane crash in Russia. They were among 95 people who died. Many of the others were also members of Polands politi

2006年VOA标准英语-Papuan Students Protest Rights Abuses in I

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 05 April 2006 Around 300 students from Indonesia's Papua Province have held a peaceful demonstration in the nation's capital, demanding an investigation into human righ

Good news

Kaz: Hello Im Kaz and this is 6 Minute English. With me today is Finn. Hello Finn. Finn: Hello Kaz. Kaz: So, what news Finn? Finn: Oh nothing new from me. Just the same old stuff, Kaz. Kaz: Oh well, you know the saying: 'no news is good news'. Finn:

CNN 2010-04-08

Hi, Kyra. Yes, and it's not only victims of the church actually wants to call its hotline, it also believes that some priests might call the hotline themselves. It is of course anonymous, to basically report themselves and say that they have things l

NPR 2011-03-09

Libya's military is unleashing more air strikes on rebel positions in a campaign to end the revolt against leader Muammar Gaddafi. Warplanes are pounding areas east and west of the capital Tripoli. They brought down on the oil port of Ras Lanuf and c

Injury的用法

n. 1. Damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing: 伤害对人或事所做的、人或事遭受的破坏或伤害： escaped from the accident without injury; a scandal that did considera

VOA标准英语2009-Rights Report: Zimbabwe Abuses Could Constit

A study by human rights groups in southern Africa say torture and other abuses in Zimbabwe have been so widespread and systematic that they could be considered crimes against humanity. And it says these abuses continue, causing a major blemish on th

VOA标准英语2012--Amnesty warns of M23 Rebel Abuses

Amnesty warns of M23 Rebel Abuses Amnesty international says the displacement of thousands of people in the eastern DRC has created both a humanitarian and a human rights crisis. Amnesty International researcher Theo Boutruche says the M23 rebels hav

VOA标准英语2013--Recording Rights Abuses in Northern Mali

Recording Rights Abuses in Northern Mali The French-led military intervention in northern Mali has enabled a rights group to gather evidence of alleged abuses, killings and disappearances in the region. Human Rights Watch has been interviewing victim

TED演讲 :未来掌管着什么?(6)

But if had to give my opinion about meat, 但是如果我告诉你我关于肉的意见， I think first, the most important thing is to say 我开始以为，想说的最重要的是 that we don't have to have perfect food, 我们不一定需要完美

2006年VOA标准英语-Amnesty Spotlights Human Rights Abuses in Sri L

By Catherine Maddux Washingtion 12 December 2006 In the latest edition of its magazine, the human rights group Amnesty International focuses attention on the status of human rights in three countries: Iran, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and S

新西兰：网络挑衅将被判刑

Internet trolls face up to two years' jail in New Zealand under a controversial new law which bans harmful digital communications. 新西兰出台一项尚有争议的新法案，禁止有害数字信息，在网上发布挑衅文字或将入狱两年。

土豪公司组织6400员工法国游

A Chinese company has treated 6,400 members of staff to a four-day holiday in France, booking 140 hotels in Paris and 4,700 rooms on the Cote d'Azur. 中国某公司带着6400名员工在法国进行了豪华四日游，旅行团下榻巴黎140家酒店

如何看懂美国民意 人会再次喜欢希拉里

Now everyone will love her again. 现在所有人都会再次喜欢她。 Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post, in his postmortem on the election, wrote that although as a candidate Hillary Clinton was never able to show that she was something more

纪念悼念二战“慰安妇”

We received thousands of protest e-mails, but history cannot be denied. This is a testament to the history and to the will of Korean people, city Councilwoman Laura Friedman said at the unveiling ceremony. We are proud to be the first city on the Wes

经济学人:三天周末!谢天谢地 终于星期四了(1)

Britain 英国 Three-Day Weekends: Thank God it's Thursday 三天周末：谢天谢地，终于星期四了 A shorter working week sounds appealing, but could be costly. 更短的工作周听起来很美好，但是可能会花费巨大。 With the p