VOA标准英语2011--Egyptian Activists to Rally Against Tort

Egyptian activists have called for a protest Friday against torture, which they say continues under the nation's new army leadership. The call comes as the army pledges to help Egypt transition to the rule of law, beginning with an amended constituti

英语语法：168 Concrete Versus Cement

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is cement versus concrete. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Accuracy is important. You might think concrete and cement are interchangeable, but you'll quickly find that you're mistaken when some guy at Home Depot rolls h

VOA慢速英语-EXPLORATIONS - Exploring the Nile in Egypt

A study in rural Nepal found a greater chance that babies would survive their first month. Transcript of radio broadcast: 08 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study in rural Nepal shows the value of washing hands with so

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Early modern humans didnt just chip away at stones to create their tools. They treated stone with fire in a sophisticated fashion, according to research published August 14th in the journal Science. About 72,000 years ago, our ancestors along coastal

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You know how uncomfortable it feels when you really have to go to the bathroom? And you have to hold it in? If researchers get their way, disease-carrying mosquitoes will spend their last moments being that uncomfortable. Cornell University scientist

Egyptian opposition bloc urges anti-Morsi protests on Jan. 25

CAIRO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's main opposition bloc National Salvation Front on Wednesday called on people to take to the streets on Jan. 25, 2013 and protest against President Mohamed Morsi's leadership. The front said during a press conference

VOA标准英语2010年-Archaeologists Discover Most Valuable

Excavations at Tel Kedesh, Israel, under the auspices of the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota, have discovered a gold coin which is the oldest to date in the country. Scientists believe it was minted in Alexandria around 191 BC and

Egyptian Women Search for Place in New Government

Egyptian women played a critical role in the revolutionary protests that brought down former president Hosni Mubarak last month. But as Egypt transitions toward a new government, questions are being raised about whether women will gain a stronger rol

VOA标准英语2011--Mubarak Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Historic

Mubarak Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Historic Egyptian Trial Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak appeared in a courtroom cage Wednesday charged with the murder of anti-government protesters and corruption. The trial, unprecedented in Egyptian history, i

Former Egyptian Diplomat ElBaradei Becomes Face of Mubarak O

Former Egyptian diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei has emerged as a prominent voice of the opposition to President Hosni Mubarak. Mohamed ElBaradei is best known as having been chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations' nucle

Egyptians Celebrate Revolution, Get Back to Work

On the streets of Egypt, people are doing three things: celebrating their revolution, memorializing those who died in it and getting down to the nitty-gritty work of building their country's future. For the past three weeks, Farah El Moataz's frantic

VOA标准英语2013--Egyptians Look to Military as Bulwark to Chaos

Egyptians Look to Military as Bulwark to Chaos Every day, Egyptians seem to face a new crisis: gas shortages, power outages, rising prices. Publisher and political analyst Hisham Kassem blamed the deterioration on the Islamist-led government. I wont

学个词Learn a Word 第778期 Concrete

今天我们要学的词是concrete。 Concrete具体的，实质性的。美中战略与经济对话星期二结束。美联社报道说，The United States and China ended two days of high-level talks with few concrete results, 美中结束了为期两

儿童故事集：Bertie and the General

You will hear some history and a good yarn in this story, which is largely set on the Greek island of Crete. The island which is now a popular holiday destination was the scene of a World War II Battle in 1941. Bertie hears the story from an old gene

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Speaking of labyrinths, have you ever heard the story of the evil Minotaur, half man, half bull, 说到迷宫，你听说过凶恶的人身牛首怪物的传说吗？他一半是人一半是公牛， who lived in a labyrinth and made the Greeks send

Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi wins Egyptian presidency

CAIRO, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Mohamed Morsi has won the presidential election, head of Egypt's Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) Farouq Sultan announced on Sunday afternoon. Morsi, now chairman of the

CCTV9英语新闻：US wants Egyptian interim gov’t to succeed

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States wants Egypts interim government to succeed. At a joint press conference in Washington on Tuesday with visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister, Nabil Fahmy, Kerry called Egypts new constitution a posi

Egyptian president orders dissolved parliament to resume work

CAIRO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ordered the dissolved parliament to resume work, state media reported. According to the presidential decree, new parliamentary elections will be held within 60 days after the countr

希腊发生6.1级地震

NEW YORK, June 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Crete, Greece at 21:39:09 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 40.00 km, was initially determined to be at 34.5118 degrees

新西兰英语 438 70 years after Battle for Crete

This weekend is the 70th anniversary of the Battle for Crete. It was the first major battle of World War II for the New Zealand soldiers. Crete is a Greek island, south of the Greek mainland. During April 1941, the Germans had won battles in Greece,