互动听懂VOA，美音慢速新闻

前言

多媒体互动光盘简介

Economy 经济

News12011年经济要闻

Economic News in 2011

News2乔布斯的“苹果”

Steve Jobs's Apple

News3中国限制稀土出口引发贸易争端

Limits on Rare Earth Exports Get China in Trade Dispute

News4日本核事故可能影响各国核能计划

Japan's Disaster Could Hurt Plans for Nuclear Energy Industry

News5苹果iPad商标权中国讼争

Apple in Legal Battle Over iPad Name in China

News6奥林巴斯危机印证德鲁克管理理论

Olympus' Troubles Echo Peter Drucker's Management

Concerns

News7印度的茶馆和咖啡屋

Next for India: Chai Points and Coffee Houses

News8苹果操作系统“狮子”仅供下载

Apple's Lion is Latest to Join Download-Only Trend in

Software

News9商务英语技能非同小可

Business English Speakers Can Still Be Divided by a Common

Language

News10日本信用降级，但经济利好

A Credit Downgrade for Japan, but Some Signs of Hope

Finance金融

News1股市高频交易

High-Frequency Trading

News2欧盟财长同意再提供希腊1720亿美元贷款

European Ministers Agree to Loan Greece Another $172

Billion

News3希腊债务危机施压欧洲银行

The Greek Debt Crisis Pressure on Europe's Banks

News4意大利削减预算导致借贷成本上升

Italy Considers Budget Cuts, Rising Borrowing Costs

News5旨在结束欧债危机的新计划1

New Plan Aims to End European Debt Crisis I

News6旨在结束欧债危机的新计划2

New Plan Aims to End European Debt Crisis II

News7小储蓄带给穷人大收益

Microsavings Could Mean Big Gains for the World's Poor

News8 脸谱公司上市在即

Facebook and Its Stock Offering

News9欧元区敦促出台更严格的财政政策

EU Officials Urge Tighter Fiscal Rules for Euro Countries

News10 德法倡议建立欧洲真正的经济政府

Germany, France Seek True European Economic

Government

Politics政治

News1奥巴马寻求快速通过《就业法案》

Obama Seeks Quick Passage of Bill to Create Jobs

News2预算法案通过，争端才刚刚开始

Fight Over Spending Is Just Beginning in Washington

News3美军也门空袭击毙奥拉基

American Air Strike in Yemen Kills Anwar Al-Awlaki

News4暗杀沙特大使阴谋加剧美伊紧张局势

Report of Plot to Kill Saudi Raises US-Iran Tensions

News5“后卡扎菲”时代，利比亚何去何从？

With Gadhafi Dead, What Does Future Hold for Libya?

News6大规模抗议之后的俄罗斯总统大选

After Big Protests, Russians Vote for President

News7“阿拉伯之春”获资助

Investing in the Arab Spring

News8突尼斯首次民主投票后的动荡与合作商谈

Coalition Talks, Unrest in Tunisia After First Vote of Arab

Spring

News9科特迪瓦冲突代价巨大

In Ivory Coast, the Great Cost of Conflict

News10叙利亚继续攻击政见异议者

Syria Continues Attack on Dissent

Science & Technology 科技

News1用以“服药”的皮下微芯片

Taking Medicine, With a Microchip Under the Skin

News2“公平劳工协会”调查苹果代工厂

Inspections at Apple's Suppliers in China

News3 谷歌新隐私政策面临压力

Google Faces Heat Over New Privacy Policy

News4 国际商用机器公司“5-in-5”报告的五项预言

The Five Prediction on IBM's 5 in 5 List

News5 移动应用充当“护花使者”

A Mobile App in Delhi Aims to Protect Women

News6自我修复的塑料

Plastic Repairs Itself

News7冷藏有讲究

Cold Storage

News8宇宙的颜色

Color of the Universe

News9蛛网丝连

Spiders and Silk

News10人类大脑仍在进化

The Human Brain Is Still Evolving

Environment & Disaster环境灾难

News1日本灾后一周年

Japan, a Year After the Disaster

News2飓风“艾琳”重创美国东北部

Hurricane Irene Hits Northeastern United States

News3 墨西哥湾漏油事件一周年纪念

Remembering the Gulf Oil Spill, One Year Later

News4 密西西比河洪水肆虐美国中部

The Mississippi River Floods America's Heartland

News5“歌诗达协和”号遇难，船长被问责

Captain Blamed for Italy's Costa Concordia Disaster

News6 清洁用水运动

Clean Water Campaign

News7 核废料的安全处理

Nuclear Waste

News8 发展农业与保护野生动植物

Farming and Wildlife Protection

News9 旧金山的太阳能利用

Solar Energy in San Francisco

News10 污染物对水循环的威胁

Pollution Threatens Water Cycle

Sport体育

News1 性侵事件冲击宾州橄榄球

Sex Abuse Case Shakes Penn State Football

News2NBA迎来“72场比赛”的赛季？

72-Game NBA Season?

News3小牛队和棕熊队分获总冠军

Mavericks, Bruins Are Champs in a Busy Sports Week

News4美国高尔夫公开赛本周挥杆

The US Open Championship Is being Played This Week

News5美日会师女足世界杯决赛

US, Japan Meet in Women's World Cup

News6美国全民性的运动

America's National Game

News7美国大学橄榄球季后杯赛

College Football Bowl Games

News8美国橄榄球超级碗教练创造历史

Super Bowl: Coaches Make History

News9NBA上演“林疯狂”

American Basketball Hero Creates ‘Linsanity’

News10“老虎”归来

Tiger Returns

Education 教育

News1“海盗”帮助孩子们学习写作

These Pirates Help Children Learn to Write

News2课本上线，教材无纸化

When a Textbook Is Online, Not on Paper

News3“网游”帮助削减联邦预算

Students Try to Cut Federal Budget in Online Game

News4 缅因州某学区向幼儿园学童发放iPad

A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartners

News5美国外国留学生人数持续增长

Number of Foreign Students in US Continues to Rise

News6托马斯·杰斐逊高中的教学经1

The Ideas of Thomas Jefferson High School I

News7托马斯·杰斐逊高中的教学经2

The Ideas of Thomas Jefferson High School II

News8鳕鱼学院

The Cod Academy

News9口音各异的英语录音档案

An Archive of English, Spoken in Many Different Accents

News10零花钱帮助孩子学会理财

Allowance Helps Teach Children Early About Money

Society 社会

News1举世瞩目的王室婚礼

Royal Wedding Draws a Worldwide Crowd

News2伦敦骚乱后的反思1

Questions for Britain After the Riots I

News3 伦敦骚乱后的反思2

Questions for Britain After the Riots II

News4 美国贫困率创1993年以来的新高

US Poverty Rate Highest Since 1993

News5 挪威惨案引发欧洲反思

A Tragedy in Norway Raises Questions for Europe

News6“电话窃听门”震惊英伦

Britain Shaken by Media Phone-Hacking

News7不公平待遇促进残疾人权利运动

Unequal Treatment Drives Disability Rights Movement

News8联合国呼吁援助索马里饥荒

UN Appeals for Famine Aid for Somalia

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