VOA常速英语2007年-North Korea Breaks End-of-Year Nuclear Declarat

By Kurt Achin Seoul 31 December 2007 The United States and Japan are expressing regret that North Korea is breaking a key promise aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs. 2007 is coming to an end with no declaration from North Korea listing its

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As you've probably experienced firsthand, some mosquito species have a real taste for warm, human blood. So much so that if you raise them on it the lab, they'll accept no substitute. Fortunately, I don't get major reactions at all. Brad Main is a mo

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Hey, everybody loses it Everybody wants to throw it all away sometimes Hey, I know what youre going through Dont let it get the best of you Youll make it out alive... Oh, people like us We gotta stick together Paint the world black Gonna live forever

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Chinese in U.S. Divided by Taiwan

And now a story from Los Angeles, where a radio station is putting itself in the middle of the debate over China and Taiwan. Reporter Rob Schmitz of member station KPCC sent this report. Kay Chao says Taiwanese and Chinese Americans in Los Angeles wo

2007年VOA标准英语-UN General Assembly Passes Declaration on Indig

By Margaret Besheer United Nations 13 September 2007 The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a non-binding declaration on the rights of native peoples, despite opposition from the United States and three other countries. From U.N. headquarter

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Taiwan appeals for foreign help

Taiwan has appealed for international technical assistance to help rescue more than 2,000 people stranded after Typhoon Morakot caused major mudslides. The Taiwanese authorities say they need giant cargo aircraft able to drop large earth diggers and

VOA标准英语2008年-Nigerian Rebels Declare Ceasefire in Delta

Nigeria's leading militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the oil-rich region. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA. MEND warned in its statement that it would end the ceasefi

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Get Something That No One Else Has Gotten', Says Photographer Mark Seliger

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For decades, Americans have seen celebrities through the gaze of Mark Seliger. He's a photographer whose work has appeared in magazines like Vanity Fair, GQ and Rolling Stone. Now a new coffee table book collects some of his best i

China Protests Against US Arms Sale to Taiwan

China has protested against the latest US arms sale to Taiwan, saying the US action has created severe obstacles for the two countries' normal military-to-military exchanges. Military experts are warning the deal would deteriorate security ties betwe

Italy lacks energy for economic revamp

ROME, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Italy lacks the necessary energy(能量,活力) and strength for an economic revival while unemployment and poverty are on the rise, warned a report issued Friday. The 44th edition of the Censis think tank social survey, the

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In Africa's battle against malaria, two low-tech tacticsinsecticides and bed netshave done a decent job killing off mosquitoes. But it's mainly one species that's been affected. That's a species called Anopheles gambiae, sometimes called the African

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush, Lee Hopeful of North Korea Nuclear Declar

By Scott Stearns White House 19 April 2008 President Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak say they are still hopeful that North Korea will disclose the details of its nuclear weapons program, as required under a 2007 six-party accord. Pyongy

VOA常速英语2008年-President Bush Declares February American Heart

By VOA News 01 February 2008 President Bush has declared February American Heart Month to raise awareness of the impact of cardiovascular disease and encourage citizens to take steps to help prevent it. In a presidential proclamation signed Friday,

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BERLIN A team of Americans and Kenyans has developed a new Internet router - and it's creating buzz. That's because it is an affordable, reliable solution for people without consistent Internet access. It can run while plugged in or on battery power,

Typhoon Saola leaves 5 dead, 2 missing in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Inclement weather brought by Typhoon Saola since Wednesday has left five people dead, two missing and 16 more injured in Taiwan, the island's emergency operation center announced Thursday evening. Saola, which started headi

Mainland, Taiwan expect deeper economic cooperation

TAIPEI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Zeng Peiyan, chairman of the mainland-based China Center for International Economic Exchanges, and Lien Chan, honorary chairman of the Kuomintang, expressed expectations Thursday for deepened cross-strait economic cooperat

Typhoon Saola is approaching eastern Taiwan

BEIJING, July?30 (Xinhuanet) -- At 6:00 a.m. today, typhoon Saola was centered about 410 km southeast of Hualian, Taiwan province with maximum wind force up to scale 12 near its center. Saola is forecasted to move north by west at speed of 5-10 km pe

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You might not think there would be that many people in the world prepared to devote lifetimes to the study of something so inescapably low key, 你或许会认为，世界上不会有多少人愿意花毕生的心血来研究那个不起眼儿的东西