VOA标准英语2012--Festival Promotes Science as Fun Frontier

Festival Promotes Science as Fun Frontier To these children, it's all fun and games. But the marbles in this so-called Chaos Machine teach them about physics, gravity and more, says exhibitor Tony Montuori. It also teaches kids all kinds of useful sk

VOA慢速英语2013 AS IT IS 2013-05-03 Space Flights Can Harm Astronauts' Health

AS IT IS 2013-05-03 Space Flights Can Harm Astronauts' Health Hello, again. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Thank you for spending some time with VOA. Today, we have two stories from Africa. There is disturbing news about migrants in the Horn of Africa.

VOA标准英语2011--Atlantis Crew Ready for Final Shuttle Mi

Atlantis Crew Ready for Final Shuttle Mission The end of an era is near. The U.S. space shuttles - the complex workhorses of the U.S. space program - are being retired so NASA can focus on developing spacecraft that can travel beyond low-Earth-orbit.

VOA常速英语2007-Confidence Vote Looming for Somali Interim Gover

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 10 October 2007 Somali interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and his government are expected to face a confidence vote in parliament this week, heightening speculation that Somalia's political leadership may soon change. As VO

The Final Frontier

BBC Learning English People and Places The Final Frontier Callum:Hello, Im Callum Robertson and this is People and Places. Today Im going to be talking about the actor James Doohan. James Doohan was most well known as the engineer Scotty in the icon

VOA标准英语10月-Ethiopia Rejects Somalia Withdrawal Timetable

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has rejected opposition calls for a timetable for withdrawing his country's troops from Somalia. As VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from Addis Ababa, Mr. Meles indicated there would be no change in Ethiopia's dete

VOA标准英语2009-Official Says Ethiopian Troops Back in Somal

A local official in Somalia says Ethiopian troops are now staying at a military base near a town in the central part of the country. The reported sighting of Ethiopian troops in central Somalia is just one of several from around the country. In an i

VOA标准英语2012--Cameroon Businesswoman Rises from Poverty to Financial Security

Cameroon Businesswoman Rises from Poverty to Financial Security Jacqueline Kamsu arrived at the US embassy in Yaounde in late August looking every bit a success story. She had been invited to speak to a group of young leaders on her non-profit, Beads

VOA标准英语2012--Retired Space Shuttle Makes Final Voyage

Retired Space Shuttle Makes Final Voyage Discovery took off after daybreak one last time, leaving its home of nearly three decades - NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But instead of blasting off, it rode atop a special 747 jumbo jet that ferrie

VOA标准英语2011--Artist Inspired by Final Space Shuttle L

Artist Inspired by Final Space Shuttle Launch Standing on the grounds of Kennedy Space Center, facing the launch pad as a space shuttle lifts off, is an experience that defies words. Friday's historic launch of Atlantis marks the beginning of the end

VOA标准英语2011--Mogadishu Offers Little Comfort to Somal

Mogadishu Offers Little Comfort to Somalis Arriving From Famine Famine is forcing Somalis by the hundreds of thousands to leave their homes in search of survival. Some are fleeing across the border to refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia, where intern

VOA常速英语2007-North Korean Crew Overpowers Hijackers Off Somal

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 30 October 2007 Gunmen who seized a North Korean ship late Monday off the coast of Somalia were overpowered by the crew hours later. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, the hijacking was the latest incident in what has becom

THIS IS AMERICA - Naval Observatory in Washington

THIS IS AMERICA - Naval Observatory in Washington By Jill Moss Broadcast: September 23, 2002 VOICE ONE: The United States Naval Observatory performs an important scientific duty for the United States,

2007年VOA标准英语-Microsoft Software Designer Set to Go Into Spac

By Bill Gasperini Moscow 07 April 2007 American software designer Charles Simonyi is due to head into space Saturday along with two Russian cosmonauts for a ten-day stay at the International Space Station. Simonyi was born in Hungary and is the fifth

VOA常速英语2007-US Space Shuttle Docks at International Space St

By Alex Villarreal Washington 25 October 2007 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station, marking the next phase in a complex mission to expand the international orbiter. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washingt

VOA常速英语2007年-UNHCR Says 90,000 Fled Recent Fighting In Somal

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 November 2007 U.N. refugee agency says the situation inSomalia's capital, Mogadishu, has calmed down, but remains volatile. It says 90,000 people fled the recent fighting between Ethiopian troops, backing the transitional go

VOA常速英语2008年-Female Genital Mutilation Still Common in Somal

By Cathy Majtenyi Somaliland 03 March 2008 Female genital mutilation, or FGM, is a traditional practice that is performed throughout the Horn of Africa and other parts of the continent. The procedure is often called female circumcision, and it is ill

Working in Project Space

Working in Project Space One of the givens in David Allens Getting Things Done is that you cant do a project. Instead, Allen recommends you break projects down into immediate next actions, discrete doable chunks that can be cranked through with a min

VOA标准英语2009年-Al-Qaida Linked Group Gains Control of Som

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 02 October 2009 Kismayo, Somalia Al-Shabab militants in Somalia have claimed control of the country's southern port town of Kismayo, one day after deadly fighting with a rival Islamist group. But the city remains tense amid rep

Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS

MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14. Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Anton Sh