VOA常速英语2017--美国强势回应化学气体袭击——战斧导弹轰炸阿萨德空军基地

Two days after Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people in the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, the United States struck the airfield from which the April 4 chemical attack was launched. On the orders of President Donald Tr

VOA常速英语2017--美国务卿蒂勒森出访土耳其

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recently traveled to Turkey to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The visit built on three mutual long-term goals: working together to defeat ISIS, also known as DAESH; building stability in the region; and bol

VOA标准英语--Top 5 Songs for Week Ending April 1

Were lighting up the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 1, 2017. As has been the case, we welcome one new song this weekand its a big jumper. Number 5: The Weeknd Daft Punk I Feel It Coming T

VOA标准英语2017--Nigerian Army Holds Drill in Sambisa Forest, Former Boko Haram Stronghold

For the first time in years, the Nigerian Army conducted military drills in the Sambisa Forest which previously had been a stronghold for Boko Haram. VOA was given rare access to the exercises. Brigades of the Nigerian Armys 7th Division performed th

VOA常速英语2017--俄罗斯地铁发生爆炸事件致14人死亡

U.S. officials have condemned the bombing in St. Petersburg, Russia, that has left at leastfourteen people dead and scores injured. 美国多位官员对俄罗斯圣彼得堡发生的爆炸事件表示谴责，这次爆炸事件导致至少14人死亡，

VOA常速英语2017--4月4日:国际提高地雷意识和协助地雷行动日

For people living in former conflict zones, war may not end for years after the last shot has been fired and the peace agreement is signed. For example, landmines and unexploded munitions, remnants of the war between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of

VOA常速英语207--特朗普与习主席会晤引广泛关注

President Donald Trump is to host Chinese President Xi Jinping beginning Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in the southern United States. But the atmosphere may not turn out to be as warm as the Florida weather. President Trump telegraphed on Twitter

VOA标准英语--Cargo Vessels Evade Detection, Raising Fears of Huge Trafficking Operations

Hundreds of ships are switching off their tracking devices and taking unexplained routes, raising concern the trafficking of arms, migrants and drugs is going undetected. Ninety percent of the worlds trade is carried by sea. Every vessel has an ident

VOA常速英语2017--美国联手北约抨击俄罗斯侵占乌克兰领土

Russia's ongoing hostility in Eastern Ukraine and occupation of Crimea is compromising the shared vision of a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace, said U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. 俄罗斯在乌克兰东部发起的战争以及其对克

Tillerson Says U.S. Committed to NATO

Speaking in Brussels at a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on March 31, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the United States is strongly committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. This transatlantic political and military

东非索马里面临饥饿危机

Hunger Crisis in East Africa - Somalia Some 14.4 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya need humanitarian assistance, according to the United Nations. In some places, acute food insecurity could soon deteriorate into famine. Famines are rare,

VOA常速英语2017--约旦国王与特朗普会晤

During King Abdullah II's recent visit to the White House, President Donald Trump pledged to preserve and strengthen the relationship between the United States and Jordan. At a press conference with the King, he noted that the historic ties and close

VOA常速英语2017--蒂勒森赞扬抗击IS之战取得重大突破

In his address to the recent Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delineated the Coalition's military successes against the Islamic State, including killing tens of thousands of ISIS fighters, and liberating 62 percent of

VOA常速英语2017--美国为以色列受歧视发声

At the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the United States refused to participate in the debate session devoted to human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. 在联合国人权理事会第34次会议上，美国

VOA常速英语2017--攻克摩苏尔之战异常艰辛

The Iraqi army, backed by helicopters, advanced on western Mosul and pushed into the area around the al-Nuri mosque. 伊拉克军队在直升机的支持下，进军到了摩苏尔西部，并推进到了努尔大清真寺(al-Nuri Mosque)。 Taking t

VOA常速英语2017--俄政府逮捕千余名抗议示威者

The United States strongly condemns the detention of hundreds of peaceful protesters throughout Russia on March 26.The detention of protesters, including human rights observers, and journalists is an affront to core democratic values, said Acting Sta

VOA标准英语2017--美国-尼泊尔安全合作协定

U.S. - Nepal Security Cooperation Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., Commander of the United States Pacific Command, recently visited Kathmandu, Nepal to meet with Nepali leaders and to participate in the opening ceremony of a U.S.-sponsored multinational

VOA标准英语--特朗普表示如有必要，将对叙利亚采取进一步行动

US Envoy to UN: Trump Will Strike Syria Again if Necessary WASHINGTON The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is suggesting if President Donald Trump needs to carry out more military strikes on Syria, he will. He will not stop here, Ambassador Nikk

VOA常速英语2017--美国务卿要求北约成员国增加占GDP2%的军事支出

Speaking in Brussels at a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers on March 31, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the United States is strongly committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. This transatlantic political and military

VOA常速英语2017--美国抨击越南严重违背人权

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recently underscored that human rights is integral to American foreign policy, noting that Our values are our interests when it comes to human rights. In support of this interest, Congress mandates the State Depa