VOA标准英语--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 9

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 9 These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 9, 2016. Do we have any new songs for you this week? Well, no. Do we get any movement at all? Yes! Yes we

VOA常速英语2016--科学家发明新型对抗糖尿病装置

Scientists Creating New Devices to Battle Diabetes 科学家发明新型对抗糖尿病装置 In general, people around the world are eating better and living longer, but they are also moving less. This is contributing to the rise of diabetes, a cond

New Abidjan Car Services Inspired by Uber

New Abidjan Car Services Inspired by Uber ABDIJAN, IVORY COAST Uber, the U.S.-based online taxi company, operates a mobile app that allows consumers with smartphones to book cab service from Uber drivers who use their own cars. As the company makes i

VOA常速英语2016--西班牙智能城市项目为人们省时省钱

Spanish Smart City Project Saves Time, Money 西班牙智能城市项目为人们省时省钱 WASHINGTON As life in cities worldwide becomes more hectic and more expensive, urban designers are resorting to modern technology to help citizens avoid tra

VOA常速英语2016--热核反应堆仍在建设中

Fusion Reactor Still in Works 热核反应堆仍在建设中 All todays nuclear power plants make energy by thge splitting of uranium atoms -- which creates a lot of useful heat but also a lot of dangerous and deadly nuclear waste. The opposite proce

Stranded in Greece, Afghan Interpreters Feel Abandoned by US, Coalition

Stranded in Greece, Afghan Interpreters Feel Abandoned by US, Coalition ATHENS Among the tens of thousands of refugees stranded in Greece are many Afghan nationals. VOA spoke to several of them who claim they were forced to flee threats from the Tali

VOA常速英语20116--伊斯兰国以产业化规模抢掠文物

Experts: IS Looting Antiquities on Industrial Scale 伊斯兰国以产业化规模抢掠文物 Experts say the Islamic State is looting and selling cultural antiquities from Iraq and Syria on an industrial scale. The destruction and sale of these tre

VOA标准英语2016--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Aug. 20

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Aug. 20 Were counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending August 20, 2016. No new cards get dealt this week, but the musical deck does get shuffled a bit. Number

VOA常速英语2016--疟疾疫苗研制取得新进展

疟疾疫苗研制取得新进展 British researchers have discovered a biochemical key used by the malaria parasite to invadehuman blood cells. The discovery could pave the way for an effective malaria vaccine. ThePlasmodium malaria parasite has a c

VOA常速英语2016--伊朗处决多名囚犯惹美国抨击

Mass Execution in Iran伊朗处决多名囚犯惹美国抨击 International observers and rights monitors have expressed grave concern over the reported mass execution earlier this month of some two dozen Sunni Iranians.There are few details availabl

VOA常速英语2016--苏丹政府大力推进和平进程

U.S. Welcomes Signing of Peace Roadmap in Sudan 苏丹政府大力推进和平进程 A Roadmap agreement aimed at forging a path for the parties to engage in political negotiation leading to ending hostilities and achieving broader political reconcil

VOA常速英语2016--埃塞俄比亚抗击艾滋病跃进一大步

埃塞俄比亚抗击艾滋病跃进一大步 The Government of Ethiopia has made tremendous progress in fighting the HIV epidemic in Ethiopia. In 2015 Ethiopia adopted what is known as the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. It is one in which 90 percent of al

VOA常速英语2016--印证纽约历史的独特吉他

Luthier Turns Wood From Landmark N.Y.C. Buildings Into Guitars 印证纽约历史的独特吉他 Rick Kelly started making wooden musical instruments when he was a teenager. But he didn't start turning timber use in old hotels, bars and churches into

VOA常速英语2016--美国与中亚五国开启C5+1机制

美国与中亚五国开启C5+1机制 The foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan met recently in Washington with Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss cooperation on the challenges of economi

VOA常速英语2016--伊朗埋怨美国未履行对其经济承诺

伊朗埋怨美国未履行对其经济承诺 Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials have complained that the UnitedStates has not lived up its commitments under the Iran deal in not ensuring that Iran fullybenefits economical

VOA标准英语2016--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Aug. 13

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending Aug. 13 Were counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending August 13, 2016. The Rio Olympics are in full swing this week and its worth noting that our lineup is p

VOA常速英语2016--美国帮助伊拉克清除两伊战争残余炸弹

美国帮助伊拉克清除两伊战争残余炸弹 As Iraqi armed forces and their Global Coalition allies continue to uproot ISIL from the territoryit once occupied, the scope of the devastation in Iraq is becoming more clear. Since 2014,over 3.3 m

VOA常速英语2016--美国以制裁为筹码威胁俄停止侵略乌克兰

美国以制裁为筹码威胁俄停止侵略乌克兰 According to U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, orOSCE, Daniel Baer, the situation in eastern Ukraine remains grim. Combined Russian-separatistforces have

VOA常速英语2016--伊斯兰教与天主教协力反对极端分子暴行

伊斯兰教与天主教协力反对极端分子暴行 Hundreds of Muslims throughout France and Italy attended Catholic Masses in ademonstration of solidarity with Christians following the brutal murder of Father JacquesHamel by radical extremists.

Brazilians Struggle Economically in Midst of Olympic Games

Brazilians Struggle Economically in Midst of Olympic Games RIO DE JANEIRO The images from the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have been strikingly beautiful. But underlying all that beauty is great turmoil as Brazil is in the grip of a crippling po