VOA慢速英语 2008 0223

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. One of the world's longest serving leaders announced this week that he is leaving office after just short of fifty eventful years. Fidel Castro of Cuba is eighty-one years old and in poor health. He named

美国学生世界地理教材 第142期:熊的故事(3)

The revolutionists took the palaces and homes of the wealthy and turned them into hospitals and public buildings. 革命者占领了富人的宫殿和房子，将它们建成医院和公共建筑， They took the land of the rich and lent it out to f

中英双语新闻 国家逮捕制假护肤品嫌疑人

BBC news. Campaigning is drawing to a close ahead of the first round of voting in France's presidential election. The final day was overshadowed by the Islamist attack in Paris on Thursday which prompted some candidates to cancel their final appearan

亚美尼亚庆祝独立日

YEREVAN, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Armenia on Saturday celebrated the 22nd anniversary of its Independence from the Soviet Union with a range of festive activities nationwide, including a gala reception in Yerevan, the national capital. Armenian President

VOA常速英语2008年-Chechnya Hangs On to Uneasy Peace

By Peter Fedynsky Grozny 22 February 2008 Wars of independence from Russia have been waged in the republic of Chechnya since the 19th century. Two of them have been fought in the past 14 years. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky recently visited

2006年VOA标准英语-Uzbekistan Clamps Down on Political Opposi

By Lisa McAdams Moscow 06 March 2006 A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced the leader of the country's main opposition movement - Sanjar Umarov - to nearly 11 years in prison for alleged economic crimes

世界名人简介 第5期:安格拉·默克尔

Angela Merkel was born in Hamburg in 1954. She became Germanys first female Chancellor and the first from communist East Germany in 2005. Forbes magazine listed her as the most powerful woman in the world in 2006 and 2007. Western media often dub her

VOA慢速英语2014 Is the Party Over for Uzbekistan's 'Party Girl?'

Is the Party Over for Uzbekistan's 'Party Girl?' Gulnara Karimova is the most famous party girl in Central Asia. She has organized fashion shows, designed jewelry, and bought some of the most famous nightclubs in the capital city of Uzbekistan, Tashk

2007年VOA标准英语-Uzbekistan's Strict Border Regime Separates Uzb

By Peter Fedynsky Kara Suu, Kyrgyzstan 29 August 2007 When the vast lands of the former Soviet Union comprised a single nation, borders between constituent republics did not significantly hinder trade and travel among them. But after the Soviet colla

VOA标准英语2009-Czech Government Facing Challenge After Failed E

The current European Union president, the Czech Republic, is under pressure to overcome failed talks with key former Soviet states on an energy deal. Negotiations on reducing Europe's dependency on Russian natural gas are one of several key challeng

VOA标准英语2009年-Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Border Closed After

The border between the Central Asian republics of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan has been closed amid indications of shooting and explosions on the Uzbek side. Kyrgyz officials say Uzbekistan has closed its border with Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz and Russian medi

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush, Putin Seek Common Ground on Missile Defen

By Paula Wolfson Washington 02 July 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin (l) and President Bush during a joint press conference at the Bush family compound in northeastern U.S. state of Maine, 02 Jul 2007 U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian Pr

An Uzbek Professional Woman

Oksana Dragan In one way or another, all immigrants coming to the United States face the challenge of adjusting their native culture and customs to the mores of the new land. In today's edition of New

2007年VOA标准英语-French Election Attracts Interest in Senegal

By Selah Hennessy Dakar 06 May 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal Interest is high in Senegal for the French presidential election, where one the two candidates, Segolene Royal, was born. Selah Hennessy reports from Dakar that controversial immi

VOA标准英语2008年-US, Czech Republic Sign Controversial Missile R

The United States and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement that will allow construction of part of a missile defense shield. Stefan Bos from Budapest that the document was signed by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Czech count

奥巴马称不会军事介入乌克兰

奥巴马称不会军事介入乌克兰 WASHINGTON, March 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that the United States would not take military action in Ukraine against Russia. We are not going to be getting into a military exc

英语听力：切格瓦拉的故事 - 14

Without consulting Castro or Che, Khrushchev makes a deal with Kennedy. America would never invade Cuba. We will take our missiles out. To Fidel Castro and Che, it is an act of absolute betrayal. And it was Che who was the first Cuban official face t

二战启示录 第5期:希特勒霸权的崛起(5)

But what is Hitler's promise worth? 但希特勒的承诺有何价值？ Just 6 months later, he invades the rest of Czechoslovakia and enters Prague accompanied by Marshal Hermann Goering. 仅仅六个月后，他入侵捷克其他地区，并在赫曼

二战启示录 第6期:希特勒霸权的崛起(6)

It's August 1939. 当时是1939年8月。 And people in France are enjoying their first paid holidays, one of the major victories of the Socialist Popular Front. 法国人正在享受首次的带薪休假，这是社会主义的人民阵线党最大功

英语听力：切格瓦拉的故事 - 15

The Cubans also have their eyes on Africa, particularly on what had been the former Belgian Congo. The Congo lay at the heart of Africa. It could be a kind of motor or heart for socialist revolution which could radiate outward and liberate the hemisp