Israelis, Palestinians Brace for UN Statehood Debate It is market day in Ramallah, the West Bank. Shoppers are making their daily purchases. And as they shop, the Palestinian proposal to seek recognition at the United Nations is a major topic of disc...
Politics Overtaking Science in Global Warming Debate Polls in recent years show that fewer Americans believe global warming is a threat or that it is driven by human activities. Thats despite consensus among scientists that climate change is not only...
Economics Report - Debt Limit Talks Show Deeper Debate on Government's Duties 经济报道 - 美国债务上限谈判凸显政府职能争议 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Anyone wh...
Heavy Rains Bring Raging Floods - and a Debate This spring, so-called 100-year floods swamped many communities along the Mississippi River, America's largest commercial waterway. The flooding was so severe that the U.S. Corps of Engineers, which supe...
As Uganda looks to eliminate malaria, the country is engaged in a debate(辩论会) over the use of chemicals such as DDT in some of the world's most malarial regions. In the district of Apac in northern Uganda, the risk of malaria is higher than any...
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday takes part in the final presidential debate ahead of three weeks of nationwide elections. But he will not be facing his biggest rivals, who are boycotting the event because Jonathan refused to take part...
Turkey has embarked on one of the biggest dam-building projects in the world. It aims to meet the growing energy demands of Turkey's booming economy. But the scale and speed of the project is causing concerns about the country's environment and arche...
今天我们要学的词儿是debate。 Debate是辩论，讨论的意思。a heated debate是激烈的辩论；a policy debate是有关政策的辩论；a debate on abortion rights是说关于堕胎权利的辩论。如何解决伊拉克问题是这次...
Ayn Rand, 1905-1982: Americans Still Debate Her Books and Ideas Her two most famous books are The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tel...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The annual（每年的） general debate in the 192-member General Assembly concluded on Wednesday after six days of discourse on topics ranging from the global economy to UN reform, from peacekeeping to nuclear n...
