石油泄漏致尼日利亚的新生儿死亡率翻倍

Nigeria Oil Spills Double Risk of Infant Mortality, Research Shows Babies are much more likely to die in their first few weeks of life if their mothers live close to the site of an oil spill, according to new research. Scientists studied data on infa

VOA常速英语2017--:药物过量成美国人意外死亡的罪魁祸首

The United States is in the midst of its most severe drug epidemic since the 1980s. Today, more people are dying from drug overdoses than from gun homicides and motor vehicles combined, said President Donald Trump: 美国正面临着自20世纪80年代

VOA常速英语2017--伊朗以从事间谍活动罪名判处一名医生死刑

While the United States is deeply concerned over Iran's destabilizing behavior in the Middle East, there is another reason why President Donald Trump has called the Iranian government a fanatical regime exercising extremist rule: 虽然美国深切忧虑

VOA常速英语2017--美国称朝鲜践踏人权的情况依然十分严重

Some of the worst human rights abuses in the world are perpetrated by the government and officials of North Korea, also referred to as DPRK. That is the conclusion reached by the State Department's third report detailing serious human rights abuses i

VOA常速英语2017--尼日利亚农业部部长获世界粮食奖

On October 20th, Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina of Nigeria became the 2017 recipient of the prestigious World Food Prize. The World Food Prize, known as the Nobel Prize for Agriculture and Nutrition, is the foremost international honor recognizing the

VOA常速英语2017--贝鲁特爆炸案34年纪念

It's been 34 years since the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. At a ceremony honoring the 241 Americans who were killed during the mission to keep peace in that war-torn country, Vice President Mike Pence said that attack was th

VOA常速英语2017--美国防部部长在韩国发表讲话

The U.S.-South Korea alliance grows more important by the day, said U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on a recent trip to the Asian nation. 美韩联盟的重要性日益增强，美国国防部部长马蒂斯( Jim Mattis )在近日出访韩国这个

VOA常速英语2017--美国呼吁继续在全球范围内打击IS

The U.S.-led Global Coalition has achieved great successes against ISIS on the battlefield in Syria and Iraq. We celebrate the coalition's gains on the ground but, notes U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan Sales: We also have to be mindful t

VOA标准英语--India Seeks to Promote a Staple Dish as Its Brand Food Across Globe

India Seeks to Promote a Staple Dish as Its Brand Food Across Globe Indian cuisine is often identified with spicy curries and a range of kebabs, but the government wants to propel a staple dish made with rice and lentils across the global stage. The

VOA常速英语2017--全球贩卖濒危野生动物行径猖獗

The U.S. continues to prosecute endangered species traffickers. Michael Hegarty, an Irish national, was sentenced in federal court in Miami, Florida, on November 14th to 18 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for frau

VOA常速英语2017--塔伊巴组织领导人得释放

The United States is deeply concerned over the release from house arrest in Pakistan of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba leader Hafiz Saeed. Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, or LeT, is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent

VOA常速英语2017--越南年轻记者因散布抗议视频而入狱

Vietnamese authorities continue to crackdown on free speech. The latest victim is activist blogger Nguyen Van Hoa. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for allegedly conducting propaganda against the state, by producing videos and blogging in pr

VOA常速英语2017--反对性别暴力16天运动

The two weeks between International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on November 25th, and Human Rights Day, celebrated on December 10th, are dedicated to 16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence: 16 days of campai

VOA常速英语2017--美国再对朝鲜施加新制裁

The Administration of President Donald Trump has ratcheted up pressure on North Korea, in a continuing effort to get the rogue country to abandon its illegal nuclear and missile programs, and to cease its support of terrorism. 特朗普政府加大了对

VOA常速英语2017--南苏丹战火纷飞 停火迫在眉睫

The U.S. welcomes an order by President Salva Kiir of South Sudan to allow unimpeded humanitarian access in the war torn country. The pledge is only one of several that need to be implemented. The U.S. has made it clear to leaders in South Sudan that

VOA常速英语2017--大批恐怖分子家人返乡成急需应对的问题

With the loss of the territory ISIS once held in Syria and Iraq, and of its two capitals, Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, the terrorist group's false, self-proclaimed Caliphate has crumbled. 随着IS失去其在叙利亚和伊拉克所掌控的领土

VOA常速英语2017--人道主义物资成功抵达也门

Critically-needed supplies, including food and medicine, have arrived in Yemen, after Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-led coalition eased the three-week military blockade they had imposed on Yemeni ports and Sanaa International Airport. The blockade began

Three Blind Mice

Mary Had a little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went. Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day, schoo

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