VOA双语新闻：10、亚太地区不断受灾 损失加大

Climate and disaster risk experts say the Asia Pacific region faces rising costs from storms and disasters often tied to climate change, creating new challenges for regions as they try to prepare and recover from such events. Warning comes as Thailan

VOA双语新闻---埃及穆斯林兄弟会将取得政权?

The Muslim Brotherhood is considered likely to be the biggest beneficiary of Egypt's first post-revolution elections - a nationwide vote for parliament that begins Monday. But the Brotherhood has an image problem: it is considered too radical by some

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—新兴经济体面临非传染性疾病的威胁

Emerging economies such as China, India and South Africa are discovering there is a downside to prosperity. As incomes rise, health can decline. On Monday, the U.N. opens a high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases that usually have been associ

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国信用评级下调比债务违约风险更大

The Chicago Board of Trade is the world's oldest futures and options exchange. There, commodities and other financial instruments are traded daily. As the clock ticks towards a deadline to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, traders believe a default on tha

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—克林顿国务卿为阿富汗撤军计划辩护

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Senators that President Barack Obamas decision to withdraw 33,000 American troops from Afghanistan by the end of next summer was a tough call that strikes the right balance amid competing interests. At a Senate

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美慈监狱开课培训囚犯提供就业机会

It can be hard to find a job in the current tight U.S. economy, especially when you have a criminal record. At one prison in the American Northwest, inmates are learning not just how to get jobs, but how to open businesses of their own. 如果你有过

英语听力：VOA双语新闻 21、土耳其地震两百多死 伤亡仍在攀升

Search efforts are continuing in southeastern Turkey for survivors of Sunday's powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The number of dead reported has exceeded 200 and the death toll is expected to continue to rise. 土耳其东南部星期天发生强烈

英语听力：VOA双语新闻 20、欧盟会商债信危机 法英意见不合

French President Nicholas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron have clashed at emergency meetings on the euro in Brussels. It comes as Members of Parliament in Britain debate a motion calling for a referendum on leaving the European Union

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国女性天文学家罗曼自幼醉心天文

Back in the 1950s few women in the United States worked outside of the home, and even fewer earned doctorate degrees or went on to have professional careers. 回顾1950年代的美国，当时的女性很少在外工作的。而获得博士学位或者

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—佩里角逐总统表现欠佳 克里斯蒂再受青睐

It was only last month that Texas Governor Rick Perry decided to enter the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination and quickly zoomed to the top of public opinion polls. But in recent weeks Perry has stumbled in the candidate debates,

VOA双语新闻---印尼与第六届年度东亚峰会

Next week (November 14-19), leaders from 18 nations will gather on the Indonesian island of Bali for the sixth annual East Asia summit. The regional economic and security forum has steadily gained in importance in recent years and this year for the f

VOA双语新闻---莫桑比克发现大量天然气资源

International energy companies say they have discovered potentially massive natural gas fields off the coast of Mozambique. 国际能源公司表示，在莫桑比克沿海发现了潜在的大规模天然气田。 The Italian energy firm ENI last mo

VOA双语新闻：2、大批群众抗议德班气候变化大会

Activists, rights groups and citizens from around the world took to the streets of Durban Saturday to urge government negotiators at the U.N. climate change conference to take their demands seriously. In a peaceful show of force, thousands of people

VOA双语新闻---美澳宣布扩大军事合作

The United States and Australia have announced expanded military cooperation aimed at bolstering security in the Asia-Pacific region. President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the agreement after his arrival for a o

英语听力：VOA双语新闻 3、联合国举办奴隶制纪念碑国际设计竞赛

The United Nations Friday announced an international competition to design a memorial honoring the victims of slavery. Its estimated that over 500 years, more than 18 million people were abducted from Africa and forced into slavery in the Americas, t

英语听力：VOA双语新闻 14、华盛顿举行马丁.路德.金纪念园落成典礼

Delayed by Hurricane Irene in August, the day finally came. U.S. President Barack Obama, the countrys first black president, dedicated a $120 million statue and memorial park Sunday to the slain civil rights leader who helped pave the way for him and

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—援救加沙船队不顾挫折决心完成使命

An international aid flotilla is continuing with plans to sail to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip despite a series of setbacks. 一支国际救援船队在遇到一连串挫折后，继续遵循驶向哈玛斯控制的加沙地带的计划。 Pro-Palestin

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国防部长盖茨离任前荣获总统自由奖

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday awarded retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award came during a military tribute to Gates on his final day in office. 奥巴马总统星期四授予即将退休的国防

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—幕僚离职 金里奇总统竞选陷危机

Former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich says he will continue his quest for the Republican Party's presidential nomination despite a mass walkout of key campaign staff. The staff departure is the latest political setback for Gingrich, who began the c

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—奥巴马签国债法案 称其为走向负责任财政第一步

President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, averting a potential government default only hours before the deadline. The president called the bill an important first step toward fiscal responsibility. 美国总统