VOA标准英语2012--Hapless Heroine Leaps from Novel to Silver Screen in 'One for The Money'

Hapless Heroine Leaps from Novel to Silver Screen in 'One for The Money' Plum is out of work, laid off from her department store job and back in the Trenton, New Jersey working class neighborhood where she grew up. It does give her a chance to visit

VOA标准英语2012--Egypt Called Major Hub of Illegal Ivory Trade

Egypt Called Major Hub of Illegal Ivory Trade A new report names Egypt as the center of illegal ivory trade and smuggling in Africa. With the political unrest of the Arab Spring, illegal ivory outlets and workshops have done a booming business. The r

VOA标准英语2012--Iraq War Veteran Battles Rhino Poachers in Africa

Iraq War Veteran Battles Rhino Poachers in Africa Two years ago, after surviving 12 tours of duty in Iraq, former Australian Special Forces soldier Damien Mander was searching for a fresh challenge. He found it in an unlikely place. A week before I a

VOA标准英语2012--Humanitarian Guidelines Help Refugees Get Back Land, Property

Humanitarian Guidelines Help Refugees Get Back Land, Property 人道主义指南帮助难民收回土地及财产 Their name is long but precise: The UN Principles for Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and IDPs. Relief groups and lawyers

VOA标准英语2012--Florida Primary Voters Focused on Economy

Florida Primary Voters Focused on Economy If you are looking for the good life in central Florida, you could do a lot worse than Winter Park near Orlando. The calendar may say January, but the sunshine draws locals outside for a glass of wine and, in

VOA标准英语2012--美国公司白领对办公环境叫苦不迭

US Worker Bees Toil in Cubicles 美国公司白领对办公环境叫苦不迭 Every day, and certainly on Sunday when many newspapers produce a separate comics section, millions of Americans check out the strip called Dilbert, created by cartoonist S

VOA标准英语2012--New App Aims to Fight Poverty

New App Aims to Fight Poverty A pilot project gets underway soon to test whether mobile phones can be used to help educate the poor. Its estimated three quarters of the worlds poor have access to mobile phones. More and more people are downloading ap

VOA标准英语2012--Latina Playwright Josefina Lopez Tells Immigrant Stories

Latina Playwright Josefina Lopez Tells Immigrant Stories Josefina Lopez speaks with actor Rene Rivera about his one-man play. Called The King of the Desert, it deals with his struggles growing up in a barrio, or ghetto, in Texas near the U.S. border

VOA标准英语2012--Genetically-Modified Papaya Hits Shelves in Japan

Genetically-Modified Papaya Hits Shelves in Japan Rainbow papayas recently went on sale in Japan. They are the only gene-altered fruit on the market today in Japan, a country with strict laws regarding genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). Those law

VOA标准英语2012--African American TV Pioneer Exposed Audiences to Black Culture

African American TV Pioneer Exposed Audiences to Black Culture I had a burning desire to see black people presented on television in a positive light, said Cornelius. Cornelius created Soul Train in 1970, with just $400. He hosted the hugely popular

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Singer Rallies Assad Forces

Syrian Singer Rallies Assad Forces Checkpoints block roads entering Damascus, but city-center traffic slows only for the normal workday rush. There is one obstacle ahead: outside the central bank, a stage is set up for a rally to be held the followin

VOA标准英语2012--Muslims Demand Resignation of New York’s Top Cop

Muslims Demand Resignation of New Yorks Top Cop A coalition of Muslim groups is calling for Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's dismissal. Kelly appears in the controversial documentary The Third Jihad, widely available on Youtube. It portrays even ordin

VOA标准英语2012--World-Class Runners Flock to Kenyan Town

World-Class Runners Flock to Kenyan Town Lornah Kiplagat is a Kenyan-born athlete who has won marathons throughout the world and holds several world records. She and her husband Pieter founded the High Altitude Training Center in Iten, Kenya, after r

Window Remains for Iran to Curb Controversial Nuclear Program

Window Remains for Iran to Curb Controversial Nuclear Program Iranian officials speak defiantly about their right to build a nuclear weapon, but also say they have no intention of doing so. Experts say Iran is using machines, however, to enrich the k

VOA标准英语2012--Obama Rallies Democrats, Predicts 'Tough Election' Ahead

Obama Rallies Democrats, Predicts 'Tough Election' Ahead Cheers and a standing ovation greeted Obama in Cambridge, Maryland, where House Democrats met for three days to discuss their legislative game plan and sharpen their political message in this e

VOA标准英语2012--Africa Policy Watchers Lose Hope in President Obama

Africa Policy Watchers Lose Hope in President Obama While walking onto the House floor to deliver his recent 2012 State of the Union speech, President Obama told U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta great job tonight. It was later explained the commen

VOA标准英语2011--US Guards Against Terrorist Attacks Befo

USGuardsAgainstTerroristAttacksBefore9-11Anniversary U.S. security officials are increasing efforts to thwart possible acts of terrorism in advance of the 10th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001, terror attacks. While the U.S. Department of Home

VOA标准英语2011--US Succeeding in Efforts to Disrupt Terr

USSucceedinginEffortstoDisruptTerroristFinancing The United States continues to fight the war on terror - not with blood, but with zeroes and bytes and bank accounts. The attacks on New York and Washington in 2001 launched a new kind of war, one wage

VOA常速英语2019--美国宽慰各盟友：撤军不代表抛弃你们

Amid confusion over the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday to blast media reports that he is retreating from his December 19th announcement of a quick pullout pledging to leave Syria at a proper pace. 鉴于

VOA常速英语2019--民主党diss特朗普建造边境墙想法老套

Across America, numerous federal operations remain shuttered or scaled back. In Washington, a deal to end the shutdown is nowhere to be seen with neither President Donald Trump nor Democrats backing down. If we dont find a solution, its going to go o