VOA常速英语2014--Obama Brings Together Japanese, South Korean Leaders 奥巴马促进日韩领导人合作

Obama Brings Together Japanese, South Korean Leaders 奥巴马促进日韩领导人合作 WASHINGTON President Obama brought together the leaders of Japan and South Korea to discuss cooperation on containing North Korea and its nuclear weapons progra

VOA标准英语2014--Critics Say Venezuelan Protests Test Limits of Military's Support 批评家称委内瑞拉抗议考验军方支持极限

Critics Say Venezuelan Protests Test Limits of Military's Support 批评家称委内瑞拉抗议考验军方支持极限 During the two months of deadly anti-government protests that have rocked the oil-rich nation of Venezuela, President Nicolas Mad

VOA标准英语2014--Cameroon Heart Patients: A Bumpy Road to Care

Cameroon Heart Patients: A Bumpy Road to Care YAOUNDE, CAMEROON The best heart care in central Africa is probably found in a sophisticated cardiac care center outside of Kumbo Town, 450 kilometers northwest of Cameroons capital, Yaounde. But the loca

VOA标准英语2014--Drones May Soon Send Data From High Seas 无人机可能很快从公海传回数据

Drones May Soon Send Data From High Seas 无人机可能很快从公海传回数据 Drones are usually associated with unmanned flying vehicles, but autonomous watercraft also are becoming useful tools for jobs ranging from scientific exploration to

VOA常速英语2014--Obama Rules Out Military Option in Ukraine 奥巴马排除军事干预乌克兰可能

Obama Rules Out Military Option in Ukraine 奥巴马排除军事干预乌克兰可能 WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has expressed hope that a plan to de-escalate tensions in Ukraine, reached Thursday in Geneva, will lead to restoration of peace a

VOA标准英语2014--Concern Over Attacks on Middle East Christians Grows in Washington

Concern Over Attacks on Middle East Christians Grows in Washington Human rights groups say attacks against Christians in the Middle East have multiplied in the aftermath of the Arab Spring and are triggering an exodus from the region. And Christian a

VOA常速英语2014--US College Entrance Exam Revisions Could Hamper Foreign Students 美国大学入学考试变革可能阻碍外国留学生

US College Entrance Exam Revisions Could Hamper Foreign Students 美国大学入学考试变革可能阻碍外国留学生 The company that administers one of the two most widely-used U.S. college admissions tests recently announced its first major r

VOA标准英语2014--Obama Hopes for Boost From Meeting with Pope Francis 奥巴马总统在意大利觐见教皇弗朗西斯

Obama Hopes for Boost From Meeting with Pope Francis 奥巴马总统在意大利觐见教皇弗朗西斯 WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is in Italy for an audience with Pope Francis and talks with Italian leaders expected to focus on Ukraine and R

VOA常速英语2014--Weakening Chilean Economy to Test Bachelet's Social Reform Plans 智利疲软经济考验巴切莱特总统社会改革计划

Weakening Chilean Economy to Test Bachelet's Social Reform Plans 智利疲软经济考验巴切莱特总统社会改革计划 MIAMI Chilean President Michelle Bachelet took office in March with a pledge to make Chile a different and fairer country. B

VOA标准英语2014--Complications Cloud Russia's Ukraine Ambitions 俄罗斯对乌克兰的野心满布疑云

Complications Cloud Russia's Ukraine Ambitions 俄罗斯对乌克兰的野心满布疑云 LONDON Pro-Russian protests in several eastern Ukraine cities over the weekend, including the takeover of a government building in one city, have heightened con

VOA常速英语2014--New Earth-Size Planet Found 地球大小的新行星被发现

New Earth-Size Planet Found 地球大小的新行星被发现 Not too big, not too small. Not too hot, not too cold. A newly discovered planet looks just right for life as we know it, according to an international group of astronomers. 不太大又不太

VOA标准英语2014--South Korea Continues Search for Survivors of Sunken Ferry

South Korea Continues Search for Survivors of Sunken Ferry WASHINGTON South Korea continues desperate efforts to save 287 people still missing a day after a ferry carrying about 470 passengers sank off the country's southwestern coast. Most of the pa

VOA标准英语2014--敖德萨活动人士或许死于氯仿中毒

Chloroform Poisoning Might Have Killed Odessa Activists 敖德萨活动人士或许死于氯仿中毒 ODESSA, UKRAINE Ukraine's government says 32 pro-Russian activists who died during a fire in a building they had taken over early this month in Odes

VOA常速英语2014--Syria Sets Presidential Election Amid Reports of Chemical Weapons Use 叙利亚传出再度使用化武

Syria Sets Presidential Election Amid Reports of Chemical Weapons Use 叙利亚传出再度使用化武 WASHINGTON Syria has announced that it will hold presidential elections June 3, despite an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 150,000 peo

VOA标准英语2014--Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Abuja Bombing 博科圣地宣称对阿布贾轰炸事件负责

Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Abuja Bombing 博科圣地宣称对阿布贾轰炸事件负责 ABUJA The Nigerian militant group known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a bombing in the capital Abuja on April 14 that killed 75 people.

VOA常速英语2014--Pacific Rim Trade Deal Proves Elusive 环太平洋贸易协议协商困难

Pacific Rim Trade Deal Proves Elusive 环太平洋贸易协议协商困难 WASHINGTON With the U.S.-led war in Iraq ended and American military involvement in Afghanistan winding down, President Barack Obama has sought to pivot the country's foreign

VOA常速英语2014--Ukraine Developments Loom Over Obama Trip to Asia 乌克兰阴云笼罩奥巴马亚洲行

Ukraine Developments Loom Over Obama Trip to Asia 乌克兰阴云笼罩奥巴马亚洲行 BEIJING President Barack Obama's trip to Asia this week comes as concerns about Beijing's territorial ambitions are growing in the region. Those concerns have b

VOA标准英语2014--Russia's Shrinking Free Media Environment 俄罗斯日渐萎缩的自由媒体环境

Russia's Shrinking Free Media Environment 俄罗斯日渐萎缩的自由媒体环境 The Russian government continues to cut the Russian people off from independent voices and from media perspectives that differ from the states controlled narratives.

VOA常速英语2014--Parents of Autistic Adults Worry About Future 自闭症成年人的父母担心子女的未来

Parents of Autistic Adults Worry About Future 自闭症成年人的父母担心子女的未来 Rafael Angevine can spend hours taking photographs. 拉斐尔安杰文拍起照来可以花上好几个小时。 I just do it for myself,I don't try to set

VOA常速英语2014--At NY Auto Show Electric Cars Coming On Strong 电动汽车在纽约车展上强势来袭

At NY Auto Show Electric Cars Coming On Strong 电动汽车在纽约车展上强势来袭 NEW YORK Plug in your car, then unplug, and drive away. More and more consumers are doing just that. At the 2014 New York Auto Show many automakers unveiled ele