2011-11-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.N. Security Council recently adopted a resolution calling for tougher anti-piracy measures off the Somali coast. One expert says deterring piracy requires a land-based solution with grassroots s

2011-11-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For refugees, starting over in a new country can feel like landing on a new planet. It’s difficult enough to understand daily life, much less face the challenges of finding a job.In America’s Pacifi

2011-11-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At a University of Arizona laboratory, Professor Brad Story analyzes the voices of singers, actors and public speakers both live and on audio tape.Computers break down speech digitally. Magnetic-reson

2011-11-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Police in several cities have cracked down on Occupy Wall Street protests but continue to stand on the sidelines in other municipalities, including New York City, where the movement began. Last week,

2011-11-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

More than half of Haitians who were made homeless by the 2010 earthquake have left their temporary quarters. But 600,000 of them are still living in tent cities, in and around the capital, Port au Pr

2011-11-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As Libya’s interim government takes form, there are concerns in the West that Libya will become a stricter Islamic society. Our reporter finds that many people in Tripoli want a modern democracy, wit

2011-11-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nearly 7 million immigrants live in Britain, and one particular group has grown drastically since 2004 when their countries were admitted to the EU. Today 600,000 Eastern Europeans reside in Britain,

2011-11-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. state of Florida is home to one of the largest Haitian communities outside the Caribbean nation. The city of Miami even has a neighborhood known as "Little Haiti", where Haitians maintain clo

2011-11-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Foreign ministers are meeting in Turkey this week to endorse Afghan efforts for a political solution to the decade-long conflict and to determine a plan for a sustainable Afghan economy. Analysts say

2011-11-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For the first time in her life, Jameka Usher is homeless. Since April, when the family was evicted, she and her four children have been living in rooms provided free by the Salvation Army. The Ushers

2011-11-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan have been holding their sixth trilateral summit with their Turkish counterpart in Istanbul. The meeting between the Pakistani and Afghan leaders is the first

2011-11-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Women Against Abuse shelter is the only refuge in Philadelphia for women escaping abusive relationships.The building’s location is a secret - for safety reasons. Its clients, like Sheila Armstron

2011-11-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One out of every two Haitians is illiterate. Haiti's President, Michel Martelly, has made free public education one of his top priorities. VOA's Carolyn Presutti explores why some Haitian public s

2011-11-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thousands of Haitians sought refuge in the United States after the devastating earthquake in Haiti last year. Many suffered unimaginable trauma and bear both physical and emotional scars.

Thousa

2011-11-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nearly two years after a 7.0 earthquake hit its capital city, Port-au-Prince, Haiti is rebuilding. Slowly. Forty percent of the international aid money that poured into the island has still not been

2011-11-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

More than 1.5 million Muslims from around the world have gathered in Mecca for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage, which begins later this week.At a Washington area mosque, American Muslim children learn

2011-11-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

American composer Steve Reich turned 75 this year. The so-called “minimalist” credits jazz, African drumming and Balinese gamelan as inspirations.His music - from experimental tape loops to the Puli

2011-11-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Once a year, on the holiday known as "Halloween", American parents tell their kids it’s okay to take candy from strangers; as they go from door to door in costume in the traditional practice called "

2011-11-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Kenya's military offensive against Islamic extremists in southern Somalia is sparking concern about a fresh exodus of Somali refugees to camps in Ethiopia. The rainy season has arrived in most of the

2011-10-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Beef prices may be headed upward due to a severe, lingering drought in the southern United States which is putting a major financial squeeze on the region’s cattle producers. Across Texas cattle cou

2011-10-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the dawn of wireless communications, international broadcasters, including the Voice of America, have used shortwave radio to communicate with the world. While many broadcasters now are switchin

2011-10-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Commonwealth leaders meeting in Australia are divided over the appointment of an independent commissioner for the rule of law and human rights across the group of former British colonies. An interna

2011-10-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The destruction of Moammar Gadhafi's hometown, Sirte, during Libya's revolution included significant damage to the city's main hospital, where a small crew of intrepid doctors and nurses continues

2011-10-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. activists who have worked for years advocating against Central Africa's roaming Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are cautiously optimistic new U.S. military assistance to dismantle the deadly milit

2011-10-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

What if William Shakespeare never wrote a word? What if, instead, the plays and sonnets attributed to him were the work of a worldly English aristocrat during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the First?