VOA常速讲解2011-09-30
VOA常速讲解2011-08-19

VOA常速讲解附字幕:外交官批评日本核事故后反应查看原文第一部分:原文中英对照After a magnitude9.0earthquake and historic tsunami battered northeastern Japan on March 11a veteran U.S.diplomat,who had just been removed from the top post on the island of Okinawa,was among those put in charge of a crisis task force in Washington.Kevin Maher says American decision-makers quickly realized there was little reliable data coming from their Japanese counterparts about the Fukushima-1nuclear power plant."There was a point where we told the Japanese government,'Look you guys got to take this seriously.This is a real serious situation.The government needs to respond to this.'And,I think the[Japanese]government eventually came to that conclusion,itself,"he said.Maher says that was based on flights over the crippled nuclear plant by a U.S.Air Force (RQ-4)Global Hawk remotely piloted plane. The unmanned aircraft took photographs and could roughly gauge temperatures inside the damaged reactor and spent fuel buildings."And when you looked at the information we did have,it was very clear to me early on that there had probably been at least one,probably two meltdowns,"Maher stated.Maher recalls that prompted the U.S. government to explore scenarios for evacuations,including transporting100,000 American citizens from the Tokyo metropolitan area.3月11日,9.0级大地震和历史性的海啸袭击日本东北部之后,刚刚退下冲绳岛最高职位的美国退休外交官负责华盛顿的一个危机调查任务小组。
VOA常速讲解2011-09-08

VOA常速讲解附字幕:美国邮政濒临破产边缘查看原文第一部分:原文中英对照The mail service Americans have known for generations is losing billions of dollars a year, as handwritten communication has all but disappeared-replaced by emails,text messages,and social-media-and billing and other commercial transactions are increasingly conducted over the Internet.The changing technological landscape has left the regular mail service,what many Americans now refer to as"snail mail,"in dire financial straits.U.S.Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee."The Postal Service is at the brink of default,"said Donahoe."Without the enactment of comprehensive legislation by September30,the Postal Service will default on a mandate d$5.5billion payment to the Treasury to pre-fund retirement retiree health benefits.Our situation is urgent."The Postal Service is seeking congressional authorization to cut costs and curtail services, including eliminat ing hundreds of thousands of postal jobs,changing health care and retirement programs for postal workers, consolidating post offices,and ending Saturday mail delivery across the country."The Postal Service requires radical changes to its business model if it to remain viable into the future,"added Donahoe.由于书信这种通信方式几乎已经消失,被电子邮件,短信和社交媒体等取代,收费和其他商业交易越来越多的通过互联网进行,美国几代人都非常熟悉的邮政服务每年损失数十亿美元。
VOA常速讲解2011-08-27

VOA常速讲解附字幕:金价上涨引发淘金热查看原文第一部分:原文中英对照Todd Bonshire is the manager of Monroe Park, a restored18th century gold mining camp in Goldvein,Virginia.A historian by training,he teaches visitors about the rich history of gold mining in the area and how to pan for gold."It is amazing how many have started coming here to buy prospecting equipment and to find places in the area to go prospecting,"said Bonshire."Especially now that gold is near $1,800an ounce,the interest has just skyrocketed."In1782,Thomas Jefferson wrote in his notes on Virginia that a man found a piece of quartz with gold in it near Fredericksburg,and gold fever spread across the state.In the early19th century,there were19gold mines in the immediate area.But during World War II, gold mines were deemed not essential and were shut down."Well this is some quartz from the area,and this is where you find the gold,"added Bonshire.Gold is found inside quartz rock that runs in a belt along the eastern United States.Miners would have to dig out thousands of kilograms of rock to find a few ounces of gold trapped in the crevices."Right here there is a little crevice and you can you see that there is some pyritein there,somebody popped this open,and there is a nice little pocket,"added Bonshire. "The gold would also be found similar to this inside a big piece of quartz."Todd Bonshire是门罗公园的经理,这里是位于佛吉尼亚州Goldvein经过恢复的18世纪的黄金开采地点。
高中英语 VOA常速听力09月合辑(文本)RomneyAttemptsCampaignReset素材

VOA常速英语听力09月合辑(文本):Romney-Attempts-Campaign-ResetIn the U.S. presidential race, the latest polls show that President Barack Obama has pulled into a modest lead over his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Romney is trying to get his campaign back on track after a difficult two-week period.Mitt Romney was in damage control mode as he tried to appeal to Hispanic voters on the Spanish language network Univision.“So my campaign is about the 100 percent in America, and I am concerned about them. I’m concerned about the fact that over the past four years life has become harder for Americans," said Romney.Romney has been on the defensive after the release of a secretly-recorded video from a fundraiser in May showed him with a dismissive attitude toward Obama supporters.Romney said 47 percent of voters will support the president no matter what because they depend on government handouts and see themselves as victims.“So my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives," he said.President Obama responded on the David Letterman show.“When I meet Republicans as I am traveling around the country, they are hard-working, family people who care deeply about this country and my expectation is that if you want to be president you have to work for everybody, not just for some," said President Obama.Analysts say the Romney comments are damaging, at least in the short term.“And then he makes the colossal mistake of presuming you can say things in secret," said presidential historian Allan Lichtman. "We know in this day and age that everything is photographed and recorded and that you can’t just write off half of the American people as dependents and people who don’t pay taxes.The comments could also hurt because voters already find the president more likeable than Romney, says Quinnipiac pollster Peter Brown.“His favorable to unfavorable ratios have not gotten better and voters say Obama much more understands their needs and their lives than Romney, and that is a problem for the challenger," said Brown.Obama has built a slight lead in the polls since the party conventions and may be benefiting from an improving public perception of the economy, says Allan Lichtman. “That [the economy] was his one big area of advantage over Obama. That’s gone and on almost every other issue - you know, likeability, national security, foreign policy, health - Obama is ahead," he said.Romney’s best and perhaps last opportunity to give himself a boost will come in next month’s debates, says Peter Brown.“We are in the final stretch drive and the president is ahead. Now there are events that afford Romney perhaps the opportunity to change that status quo," he said.In addition to the presidential debates there will be one vice presidential debate between the incumbent, Joe Biden, and Republican candidate Paul Ryan.- 1 - / 1。
高中英语 VOA常速听力09月合辑(文本)IndicatorsShowUSEconomicRecoverySlowUneven素材

VOA常速英语听力2012年09月合辑(文本):Indicators-Show-US-Economic-Recovery-Slow-UnevenA look at some key industries in the United States shows that the economic recovery is a bit erratic and growth seems to be slowing down.Economists say trucks haul nearly 70 percent of the freight used in the United States.The American Trucking Association says freight is a measure of the economy, because manufacturers have to move raw materials, carry parts to factories, haul imports and exports and deliver goods to store shelves.“We are actually a very good indicator, a leading economic indicator ((a way of looking at the economic future)) in fact. And so if tonnage starts to fall, we get nervous. If it’s going up, we are pretty happy,“ said Bob Costello, the group's chief economist.Freight tonnage is going up at the moment, but the rate of growth is slowing down."It is telling me that the economy is not falling into another recession. It will continue as a sort of a slow growth recovery," Costello said.Other clues about economic growth come from the volume of air freight. The most recent data show demand for air freight fell more than three percent globally during July."It can also, as you start to see air cargo dropping off and you are seeing other signs -- it can also be a leading indicator of a downturn,” said Perry Flint, of the International Air Transport Association.However, the same report shows that passenger traffic made gains during the same period.That may be why a top official of Cambria Suites Hotels, Michael Murphy, says business is strong.“We are seeing the highest demand in the history of the hotel industry right now. More people are traveling now than ever before, and that's in all segments of travel,”Murphy said.The contradictory indicators are one reason that predicting the economic future is a complex and difficult task.For example, government experts first said the U.S. economy expanded at a 1.5 percent annual rate during April, May, and June. Then they made a revision -- as new information became available and showed growth was more likely at a 1.7 percent rate.Trying to figure out what to do about the sluggish economic recovery is even more complicated.。
VOA常速讲解2011-04-28

VOA常速讲解附字幕:美国就业市场对年轻人不利查看原文第一部分:原文中英对照The labor market in the United States is starting to show signs of recovery,but for many young workers the recovery is not happening fast enough.Although the national unemployment rate is now the lowest it has been in two years,one study suggests the job prospect s for16to24-year-olds remains grim.America's youth faces an increasingly uncertain future.Despite a slowly improving job market,economist Heidi Shierholz at the Economic Policy Institute says young workers have yet to see similar gains."Young people across the board have never seen anything like this in70years,"said Heidi Shierholz."Since the Great Depression we have not seen unemployment rates this high."With unemployment rates more than twice the national average,Shierholz says the graduating Class of2011faces fierce competition for fewer jobs."New college grads are in direct competition with the cohort from last year and the cohort from the year before that,when the unemployment rate was also incredibly high, so there's just extremely stiff competition for new jobs for young people,"she said.George Washington University law student Elliot Reaven feels good about his career choices but he admits it is an intimidating economy for many students.美国就业市场已经开始出现复苏迹象,但是对许多年轻的劳动者来说,复苏的速度还不够快。
VOA常速讲解2011-03-25

VOA常速讲解附字幕:西方联合部队继续空袭利比亚查看原文第一部分:原文中英对照Anti-aircraft batteries fired into the air over Tripoli overnight as coalition warplanes bombed military target s inside the capital and elsewhere.ABC News reported that coalition forces shot down a Libyan warplane that was defy ing the U.N.-imposed no-fly zone.Meanwhile,Libyan state TV showed imagesof several charred bodies it said were casualties of the coalition bombing.French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe insisted that coalition airstrikes are targeting only military sites.Haitham al Traboulsi,a Libyan doctor who said he is in Tripoli,told al-Arabiya TV that "no civilians were hit"in recent coalition airstrikes and that the strikes were"extremely precise."He claimed that the bodies shown on Libyan TV were of people killed in previous fighting in Zawiya and Tripoli"Libya's Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Kaim, however,complain ed to reporters that the western coalition is hitting civilian targets and he called for an end to airstrikes:"The airstrikes as what happened today didnot differentiate between civilians and armored personnel,"Kaim said."To start up the national dialogue and get life back to normal,the airstrikes should stop immediately."由于国际联合部队战斗机轰炸了首都和其他地方的军事目标,防空炮整晚都向的黎波里上空发射。
VOA常速讲解2011-09-07

VOA常速讲解附字幕:索马里难民营营养不良加重查看原文第一部分:原文中英对照Thirty children cling to life at the emergency ward of the Doctors Without Borders clinic at Hilaweyn Camp.Eight died of severe malnutrition last week,and80more new cases show up at the door each morning.Hilaweyn was just opened a month ago to handle the overflow from three other camps at Dollo Ado,a sprawling complex holding more than120,000refugees from Somalia's famine zone.Hilaweyn's emergency coordinator Voitek Asztabski says these recent arrivals are in worse shape than those who came earlier."They are chronically malnourished.The journey itself lasts for days or weeks.It's a tremendous effort for them to cross and come to this place here.And they are not getting stronger during the walk,they are getting weaker,so that's why what we observe is over 50percent of malnourished kids below five years old that cross the border are malnourished,"he said.Asztabski says1,800children,or nearly half those under the age of five,are in the camp's nutritional assistance program.The United Nations refugee agency says the flow of refugees into Dollo Ado was more than2,000a day at its peak.Now the flow has dried to a trickle.But agency spokeswoman Laura Padoan says the latest group of refugees is showing symptoms of a variety of malnutrition-related diseases.在无国界医生组织海勒文难民营急救室,30名儿童命悬一线。
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VOA常速讲解附字幕:股市对欧元区前景作出积极反应查看原文第一部分:原文中英对照Financial markets reacted to positive news about Greece with big rallies across the board.In Asia-Tokyo's Nikkei was up nearly3 percent.Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed more than4percent higher.Major indexes from London to Germany saw even larger gains,following assurance s from Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos."The disbursement will take place and it will take place on time,"said Venizelos.The Greek government still must carry out highly unpopular austerity measures before eurozone countries approve another installment on Greece's first bailout package.Without the$10billion disbursement,Greece says it will run out of money by mid-October.Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou spoke to German business leaders on Tuesday."I can guarantee that Greece will live up to all its commitments,"said Papandreou."I promise you,we Greeks will soon sight our way back to growth and prosperity after this period of pain."全球金融市场对关于希腊的积极消息作出反应。
在亚洲,东京日经指数上涨了接近3个百分点。
香港恒生指数收盘时上涨了超过4个百分点。
希腊财长维尼泽洛斯(Evangelos Venizelos)作出保证之后,从伦敦到德国的主要股指上涨幅度更大。
“我们会偿付债务,而且会及时偿付。
”希腊政府仍然必须执行非常不受欢迎的紧缩措施,这样欧元国家才会同意向希腊支付救助贷款。
如果没有100亿美元的贷款,希腊表示他们将在10月中旬宣布资金告罄。
周二,希腊总理帕潘德里欧(George Papandreou)向德国商业领袖发表讲话。
“我可以保证,希腊会履行所有承诺。
我承诺,经过这段痛苦的时期之后,我们希腊很快就会恢复增长和繁荣。
”But many in Greece are not so optimistic. Demonstrators,angry about wage cuts and tax increases,say poor people are unfairly targeted."Enough is enough,"said a man.There is no way they can continue like this.We will protest,we will strike because they are not fair. The measures are not fair.The same people keep suffering."Despite continuing unrest in Greece,European leaders expressed confidence that painful reforms will lead to a more stable Greek economy.German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to do everything in her power to keep Greece in the European Union.But she also moved to curb speculation about a larger eurozone bailout fund."We are simply not available for further economic stimulus programs,"said Merkel. "The idea that growth can only be achieved through more debt is wrong-I'm deeply convinced of that."Some economists say Europe's$600billion emergency fund is not large enough to cover other European countries that may need assistance in the future.For now,expectations of a possible end to the Greek crisis helped to lift U.S.stocks for a third consecutive session.但是希腊许多人并不是那么乐观。
对削减薪资和提高税收感到愤怒的示威者表示,贫困的民众受到了不公平的对待。
这名男子说,“够了,他们不能再继续这样。
我们会抗议,我们会罢工,因为这是不公平的。
这些措施是不公平的。
遭受痛苦的一直都是贫困的民众。
”尽管希腊的动荡仍在继续,欧洲领导人表示他们有信心,痛苦的改革会使希腊经济更加稳定。
德国总理默克尔承诺在她的职权范围内采取一切措施保障希腊继续留在欧元区。
但是她也采取行动限制了人们对扩大欧元区救助基金的猜测。
“我们不能再出台刺激经济的项目。
通过更多债务来刺激经济增长的想法是错误的,我非常确信这一点。
”一些经济学家表示,欧洲6000亿美元的紧急资金不够满足未来可能需要救助的其他欧洲国家的需求。
目前为止,希腊经济危机可能结束的预期帮助美国股市连续三期上涨。
1.assurance n.保证,担保,确信例句:She gave repeated assurances of her loyalty.她反复保证她的忠诚。
certainty,assurance,conviction这些名词均含有“确信无疑”之意。
certainty指在客观上和主观上都无一丝一毫的怀疑。
assurance侧重依靠个人力量、本能、方法或对其他人或事的完全信任,强调有信心。
conviction多指在理性基础上清除了原有的疑虑或无把握,着重对证据的主观反应。
2.disbursement n.支付,支出例句:The society was not even in funds to pay its out of pocket disbursements.该社团甚至没有经费应付日常开支。
3.installment n.部分;分期付款;分期交付4.guarantee vt.保证;担保例句:We can't guarantee our workers'regular employment.我们不能保证我们的工人定期受雇。
5.sight vt.看见;发现例句:After five days at sea,we sighted land.我们在海上航行了五天后见到了陆地。
6.curb vt.限制,克制,抑制例句:I began to curb my appetite for food and drink.我开始节制饮食。
7.speculation n.推断,推测;猜测例句:being naturally disposed towards speculation天生喜欢猜测Speculation was rife as to whom the prince might marry.大家都在推测王子会娶谁。
1.Without the$10billion disbursement,Greece says it will run out of money by mid-October. Without表示条件能用来表示条件的介词主要有with,without,but for等。
注意:如果with,without短语所陈述的情况完全有可能成为事实,动词用陈述语气;如果所陈述的情况与事实相反,则用虚拟语气。
含but for的句子一般用虚拟语气。
但介词短语本身常常并不表示条件,而是隐含了条件。
例如:Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.没有革命理论,就不可能有革命运动。
(陈述语气)Without air,the earth would undergo extreme changes in temperature.没有空气,地球就会出现极冷极热的变化。
(虚拟语气)With a little care you could have avoided this accident.如果小心一点,你本可以避免这次事故。
But for my brother's help,I would not have finished the work.如果不是我兄弟帮忙,我就不会完成这项工作。
Such floods would have caused thousands of deaths in the past.(in the past隐含了if thefloods had occurred in the past)这样的洪水在过去会造成数千人的死亡。
2.I can guarantee that Greece will live up to all its commitments.live up to达到高标准;不辜负例句:I try to live up to the high standard of the school.我力求达到这所学校的高标准要求。