Tunisian Townspeople Take Running Town into Own Hands

The North African country of Tunisia is at the vanguard of the popular, anti-government uprisings spreading across the Arab world. Now, Tunisia is entering new phase as it seeks to build democracy from scratch. The Zarzis Youth Association is packed

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-20

Queen Elizabeth will begin her Australian visit this morning with a private audience - with the Governor General Quentin Bryce. The Queen and Prince Philip arrived in Canberra late yesterday. They were greeted by hundreds of local schoolchildren. The

Harare Residents Face Water Shortage

By Peta Thornycroft Water rationing has been imposed in Zimbabwe's capital, where water shortages have reached critical levels. Half the city's four-million residents are either short of water or have

EDUCATION REPORT - Medical Residents

EDUCATION REPORT - July 4, 2002: Medical Residents This is the VOA Special English Education Report. To become a doctor in the United States, students usually attend four years of medical school after

VOA标准英语2012--Azaz Residents Pick Up After Aerial Bombings

Azaz Residents Pick Up After Aerial Bombings The residents of Azaz clean up and mourn after Wednesday's deadly bombing by Syrian government warplanes. Azaz had been peaceful in recent months, although forces of the rebel Free Syrian Army have had to

VOA标准英语2012--Residents of Nairobi Slums Face Daily Water Challenges

Residents of Nairobi Slums Face Daily Water Challenges When the water tap threatens to run dry in this Nairobi slum, tensions rise. Women, waiting for their turn to fill their 20-liter containers of water, fight as they fear not being able to fill he

VOA标准英语2010年-Vancouver Organizing Committee Faces O

Renee Smith-Valade is the Vice President of Communications for Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) Staging an Olympics is a huge undertaking, and so is dealing with all of the international media which come to the host city to cover the Games. The

VOA标准英语2012--Residents of War-Battered Aleppo Struggle to Survive

Residents of War-Battered Aleppo Struggle to Survive Government snipers have been shooting people in the streets. Thousands have been killed in Aleppo in the past few months. Parts of the Old City, a UNESCO heritage site, have been heavily damaged as

VOA标准英语2009-Venice Losing Residents But Not Dead Yet

By Sabina Castelfranco Venice 14 November 2009 Native Venetians stage a mock funeral procession in Venice, Italy, 14 Nov 2009 The city of Venice, Italy, with its famous waterways and beautiful buildings is losing official residents at a rapid rate c

VOA标准英语2013--Residents of Devastated Texas Town Work to Restore Lives

Residents of Devastated Texas Town Work to Restore Lives The funeral procession was made up mostly of fire trucks and passed under a giant American flag. It's the first funeral of many to come in this Texas town and is for volunteer fireman Kenneth H

VOA标准英语2013--Mali Residents Wary As French Troops Withdraw

Mali Residents Wary As French Troops Withdraw French military patrols roll through Gao's neighborhoods like clockwork. It is textbook counterinsurgency. Residents say it is reassuring. But they are leaving. The French have done most of the heavy lift

VOA标准英语2013--Gao Residents Rebuild, after Islamist Occupation

Gao Residents Rebuild, after Islamist Occupation An everyday scene that would have been unthinkable just four months ago under the Islamist militant sect MUJAO. And certainly not in Gao. MUJAO anointed the Sharia Square; it's where they whipped peopl

VOA常速英语2014--Donetsk Residents Anxious for Return to Normal Life 顿涅茨克居民渴望重返正常生活

Donetsk Residents Anxious for Return to Normal Life 顿涅茨克居民渴望重返正常生活 DONETSK, UKRAINE Away from the two government buildings being held by pro-Russian separatists, normal life goes on in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk

VOA常速英语2007-California Residents Confront Results of Wildfir

By Mike O'Sullivan Ramona, California 27 October 2007 As firefighters continue to battle blazes in Southern California, many San Diego residents returned to neighborhoods once in the fires' path. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Ramona, outside San Diego

每日一词【581】high-end：高档的

今天我们要学的词是high-end。 High-end, 是高档的意思。 My brother is very much into high-end audio equipments, 我哥哥对高档音响设备特别喜欢。 Local residents welcome the opening of the high-end retail stores, 当地居民

VOA标准英语2010年-Haiti Tent City Residents Cope With Sh

The men take everything, but the women -- nothing -- Camp resident Rosemonde Desmesier Residents of makeshift tent cities throughout Port-au-Prince say that conditions have improved since the earthquake three weeks ago, but shortages of food and reli

UN committee starts assessing postwar queries in Gaza

GAZA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A committee（委员会） of independent experts, tasked by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), started on Sunday meetings and tours in the Gaza Strip to assess postwar investigations（调查） by concerning parties to t

VOA标准英语2010年-Residents of Port-au-Prince Slum Say A

As international aid continues to flow into Haiti, residents of the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil say they are still waiting for tents and other essentials more than three weeks after a devastating earthquake. Cleanup has begun in parts of Port-

VOA标准英语2008年-Human Rights Activists Paint Complex Picture in

An independent human rights monitoring mission in South Ossetia paints a complex picture of propaganda, suffering, and ongoing threats to civilians in the breakaway region of Georgia. VOA correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Moscow. On Septembe

学个词Learn a Word 第581期 High-end

今天我们要学的词是trick-or-treat。 Trick-or-treat, 是10月31号万圣节孩子们装扮成各式神仙鬼怪，挨家挨户索要糖果时说的一句话，意思是最好给糖，否则我们就要捣蛋。这些孩子就是trick-or-treat