VOA标准英语2018--Future of U.S.-Iraq Relations

The United States is committed to expanding its economic and cultural partnership with Iraq, said U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan on a recent trip to Baghdad. The Deputy Secretary congratulated the Iraqi people and Iraqi Security Forces,

VOA常速英语2018--保障美墨边境的儿童健康

This month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded more than $90,000 to two Texas universities for projects aiming to protect children in US-Mexico border communities from environmental hazards. 本月，美国环境保护署(EPA)奖励

VOA常速英语018--打击为真主党贩毒体系提供资金支持的行为

In January, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of the Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team, or HFNT, a group of experienced international narcotics trafficking, terrorism, organized crime, and money laundering prosecuto

VOA常速英语2018--伊朗再次被美国列为“特别关注国”

The Secretary of State recently re-designated Iran as one of ten Countries of Particular Concern for engaging in or tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom. The state of religious freedom in Iran remains extremel

VOA常速英语2018--伊拉克着力在驱逐IS后重建经济

It will take years for Iraq to recover from the devastation caused by ISIS. The country has made tremendous strides forward, said U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the recent Kuwait Reconstruction Conference on Iraq. 伊拉克需要很多年才能

VOA常速英语2018--穆勒团队指控13名俄罗斯人干涉2016年大选

The Department of Justice announced on February 16th that a grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment presented by the Special Counsel office headed by Robert Mueller. The indictment charges thirteen Russian nationals and three Ru

VOA常速英语2018--美国称其在亚洲地位不可撼动

It is increasingly clear that no geographical area is more important to the future of the United States than the Asia-Pacific. It is home to one-third of the world's population, produces one-third of global GDP, and boasts some of the largest and mos

VOA常速英语2018--庆贺爱沙尼亚独立100周年

February 24th marked the one hundredth anniversary of the founding the Republic of Estonia. 2月24日是爱沙尼亚共和国成立100周年纪念日。 The Estonian Declaration of Independence, also known as the Manifesto to the Peoples of Estonia,w

Top 5 Songs for Week Ending March 10

We're rolling out the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart for the week ending March 10, 2018. Number 5: BlocBoy JB Drake Look Alive For the first time in a month, we get a newcomer. It happens in fifth place, where Bloc

VOA常速英语2018--抗击IS的工作已进入下一阶段

Through the efforts of the Iraqi armed forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, ISIS has been defeated in Iraq, and nearly so in Syria. Its self-proclaimed capitals have fallen and its false caliphate is no more.

马其顿经济增长潜力有待挖掘

USAID recently launched two new projects -- the Business Ecosystem Project and Factoring Project -- that will support micro, small and medium enterprises access diversified sources of finance in Macedonia. The Business Ecosystem Project is a four-yea

Working at Kansas Ranch ‘Like Slavery,’ Immigrants Say

Immigrants working at a large, remote farm in the state of Kansas are forced into hard labor to pay back the farms cost of illegally bringing them into the country, an Associated Press report says. The AP spoke with former workers at the Fullmer Catt

VOA常速英语2018--尼泊尔腐败问题严重

The people must partner with government leaders to end corruption. Just as leaders have aduty to establish and enforce the rules, citizens must hold these leaders to their duty, wroteU.S. Ambassador to Nepal Alaina Teplitz. 人民必须与政府领导人

VOA常速英语2018--美国为莱索托提供发展援助

Development Assistance for Lesotho A delegation from the U.S. government's Millennium Challenge Corporation, or MCC, visited Lesotho recently to discuss the development of a second MCC compact to reduce poverty and promote economic growth in partners

VOA常速英语2018--美国称克里米亚为乌克兰所有

Four years ago this month, Russia held an illegitimate, fabricated referendum in Ukraine in an attempt to legitimize its purported annexation of Ukrainian territory. Crimean residents were compelled to vote under scrutiny by heavily armed Russian tro

VOA常速英语2018--全球庆祝伊朗春节——诺鲁兹节

The ancient spring festival of Nowruz is currently being celebrated around the world, by, among others, Afghans, Azeris, Americans, Chinese, Iraqis, Kurds, Pakistanis, Persians, and the peoples of Central Asia. 全球各地正在庆祝诺鲁兹节，也

VOA常速英语2018--美国指责阿萨德政权对平民使用化学武器

Today in Syria, we are confronted once more with some of the worst atrocities known to man, said National Security Council Advisor Lieutenant General HR McMaster in a speech at the Holocaust Museum in Washington. 如今在叙利亚，我们再次面临

VOA常速英语2018--普京展示俄罗斯无敌核武器视频

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed that Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent statements on nuclear weapons development are irresponsible, according to a readout of President Trump's recent telephone call with th

VOA常速英语2018--美国帮助利比亚保护文物古迹

Helping Libya Protect its Antiquities If there is one thing all armed conflicts have in common, it's that chaos and strife create opportunities for society's less scrupulous citizens, crooks and thieves to enrich themselves by looting. 接下来，是一

Successful People 'Take the World by Storm'

Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Every week, we explore common expressions in American English. Thunder storms. Rain storms. Snow storms. Electrical storms! If conditions get bad enough, almost any kind of weather can become a