VOA标准英语2014--类人猿感染埃博拉病毒

Ebola Also Strikes Great Apes 类人猿感染埃博拉病毒 While efforts continue to contain the Ebola outbreak among people in West Africa, researchers have a new technique to study Ebola among the Great Apes. Thousands of the primates are believe

VOA标准英语2014--庆祝美国国歌200周年

'The Star Spangled Banner' Celebrates 200 Years 庆祝美国国歌200周年 BALTIMORE This year, the U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland is celebrating its role in the birth of Americas national anthem. National Park Service Ranger Vince Vaise is Chief

VOA标准英语2014--埃博拉威胁利比亚粮食安全

Ebola Weakens Liberia Food Security Liberia has been the hardest hit country in West Africas Ebola outbreak with more than three-thousand cases. Fourteen of the countrys fifteen counties have been affected. Some of the first cases in Liberia were rep

VOA标准英语2014--高强度聚焦超声治疗恶性肿瘤进展

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Used to Kill Cancer Tumor 高强度聚焦超声治疗恶性肿瘤进展 LOS ANGELES, CA There is a new way of killing certain cancer tumors that allows the patient to go home on the same day. Surgeons at the Keck Med

VOA常速英语2014--以色列贝都因人重新安置削弱两国解决方案

UN: Relocation of Bedouins in Israel Weakens Two-state Solution 以色列贝都因人重新安置削弱两国解决方案 JERUSALEM Rural Bedouins living in disputed lands east of Jerusalem could soon find themselves forcibly relocated. While Israel

VOA标准英语2014--专家称恐怖分子招募外国战士威胁全球

Experts: Terrorist Recruitment of Foreign Fighters Poses Global Threat 专家称恐怖分子招募外国战士威胁全球 Foreign fighters are flooding into Syria and Iraq in record numbers. Up to 15,000 foreign fighters from at least 81 nations are

VOA标准英语2014--Tensions High in Lebanon as US-led Coalition Strikes Syria

Tensions High in Lebanon as US-led Coalition Strikes Syria BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON As a U.S.-led coalition begins bombing Islamist militant targets in Syria, tensions are soaring in neighboring Lebanon. Syrian refugees continue to clamor to get in, fle

VOA常速英语2014--科学家研究3D打印人体组织

Researchers Work on 3-D Printing of Living Tissue 科学家研究3D打印人体组织 Three-dimensional printers are rapidly becoming everyday appliances, much like color printers a couple of decades ago. Increasingly, the technology is being used in

VOA常速英语2014--利比亚流离失所人们接受紧急援助

Libyan Displaced Receive Emergency Aid 利比亚流离失所人们接受紧急援助 A U.N. truck convoy carrying emergency supplies for nearly seven-thousand displaced people arrived Monday in western Libya. The number of displaced is growing as fig

VOA标准英语2014--美国宇航局的Maven飞船到达火星

NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft Arrives at Mars 美国宇航局的Maven飞船到达火星 NASAs newest Mars probe, called MAVEN, has successfully entered its designated orbit around the red planet. Scientists will use its sophisticated instruments to try to

VOA标准英语2014--对于乌克兰西部城市 冲突远在天边却近在眼前

For West Ukraine City, Conflict Far Away Yet Near 对于乌克兰西部城市 冲突远在天边却近在眼前 LVIV The western Ukrainian city of Lviv prides itself on being both physically and culturally close to Western Europe. The Russian-backed

VOA标准英语2014--索马里再次面临长时间的干旱与饥荒的威胁

Prolonged Droughts Threaten Renewed Famine in Somalia WASHINGTON Droughts and heavy fighting have brought Somalia close to another bout of famine, just three years after food shortages killed 260,000 people in the troubled Horn of Africa country. The

VOA标准英语2014--加沙冲突,哈马斯挑战阿巴斯

Gaza Conflict, Hamas Popularity Challenge Abbas 加沙冲突,哈马斯挑战阿巴斯 STATE DEPARTMENT The Palestinian unity government of Mahmoud Abbas has failed to convince Hamas to agree to Egyptian-negotiated terms with Israel on a Gaza cease-fi

VOA标准英语2014--科学家发现蒲公英或能代替橡胶树

Rubber May Soon Come From Dandelions Synthetic rubber has been around for more than a century, but quality tires for cars, trucks and aircraft still need up to 40 percent or more natural rubber content. As the source of natural rubber, the rubber tre

VOA标准英语2014--独立日在乌克兰东部新的意义

Independence Day in Eastern Ukraine Takes on New Meaning 独立日在乌克兰东部新的意义 SLOVYANSK, UKRAINE Independence Day took on a special meaning Sunday in Slovyansk, Ukraine, a town that, earlier this year, was under the control of pro-

VOA标准英语2014--Meeting in Minsk May Hinge on Putin

Meeting in Minsk May Hinge on Putin MOSCOW The Presidents of Russia and Ukraine are expected to meet face-to-face Tuesday in Minsk, along with European leaders, for talks on the situation in Ukraine. The much-welcomed dialogue could help bring an end

VOA标准英语2014--艺术家避免触犯俄罗斯亵渎法

Artists Shun Russia's Profanity Law 艺术家避免触犯俄罗斯亵渎法 MOSCOW Russia in July enacted a law threatening fines for publicly displayed profanity in media, films, literature, music and theater. The restriction, the toughest since the

VOA标准英语2014--Top 5 Countdown for Week Ending Aug. 23

Top 5 Countdown for Week Ending Aug. 23 Were rolling out the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending August 23, 2014. Today we get to dust off the welcome mat, because we get a new title. Thats on the w

VOA常速英语2014--影像新技术：外科医生前所未有的法宝

New Technology Gives Surgeons Unprecedented Views of Patients Bodies 影像新技术：外科医生前所未有的法宝 When could a video game possibly save your life? A new imaging technology, now being used at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas

VOA标准英语2014--本地蜜蜂可能帮助拯救农作物

Native Bees May Help Save Crops 本地蜜蜂可能帮助拯救农作物 BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND In June, U.S. President Barack Obama called for a federal strategy to promote the health of bees and other pollinators that have been declining. The honeybee