AS IT IS 2014-06-18 Railroad Safety a Concern in Northern US 美国北部的铁路安全存在隐患 North Dakota is the second largest oil-producing American state, after Texas. Companies remove about one million barrels of crude, unprocessed, oil f...
Electric Shocks, Not Drugs, Help A Brain Disease 一种电刺激而非药物可以帮助治疗大脑疾病 From VOA Learning English this is the Health Report. Modern medicine mainly uses drugs to cure disease. But what if drugs were replaced with el...
Researchers Say Most Deaths of Newborns Preventable 研究人员表示大多数新生儿的死亡是可以避免的 From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. This week, we report on research that shows most newborn baby deaths could be...
AS IT IS 2014-06-17 Investigating Sexual Violence in War 调查战争中的性暴力 New guidance on investigating sexual violence in war has been released at an international conference in London. Movie actress Angelina Jolie helped organize the fou...
AS IT IS 2014-06-16 UN Human Rights Chief Criticizes Inaction on Atrocities 联合国人权首席谴责对暴行无所作为 The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights recently criticized the international community for failing to stop widespread ab...
Numbers 数字相关的短语 Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Last week, I told about the number one. Today, I will tell about expressions using other numbers. Some problems are difficult to solve. But there are a lot of...
Obama Rules Out Ground Troops in Iraq From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. 美国之音慢速学英语节目，这里是时事新闻。 Islamic militants have been seizing territory in Iraq this week. 本周，伊斯兰极端分子不断在伊...
AS IT IS 2014-06-15 Senegal, Sea Shepherd Campaign Against Illegal Fishing 塞内加尔政府与海洋守护者协会反对非法捕鱼 The government of Senegal and the organization Sea Shepherd have launched a campaign against illegal fishing along...
AS IT IS 2014-06-14 City Dwellers Try Raising Chickens 城市居民尝试养鸡 More and more Americans are showing an interest in organic and locally-produced food. As the interest increases, raising chickens has been gaining popularity in some Amer...
AS IT IS 2014-06-13 Companies Make Gas from Garbage 美国公司从垃圾提取天然气 The future in energy production is here. And some of the materials used to supply the energy may surprise you! Companies have developed a way to turn plant waste...
Critic Rates the Songs of Springsteen in New Book Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. I'm Caty Weaver. On the show today, it's all about The Boss Bruce Springsteen. Musician, singer, songwriter Bruce Springsteen is one of the world'...
AS IT IS 2014-06-12 Former President George H.W. Bush Turns 90 George Herbert Walker Bush was born in the eastern state of Massachusetts on June 12, 1924. During World War II, at the age of 18, George Bush delayed entering college and joined the Navy...
AS IT IS 2014-06-11 Pakistani Forces Stop Another Attack in Karachi 巴基斯坦军队在卡拉奇阻止另一起恐怖袭击 Gunmen opened fire near the international airport in Karachi, Pakistan Tuesday. The incident came two days after another att...
Obama Joins Head Injury Debate 奥巴马加入关于运动脑损伤的辩论 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. A debate has continued for years in the United States about sports-related brain injuries, or concussions. Conflicting...
The Next Big Thing in Agriculture May Be Very Small From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Anna Matteo. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today we tell how some extremely small organisms may help meet our food needs in the future. Then,...
