VOA标准英语2010年-Hollywood Stars Act Up on Broadway

If last June's Tony Awards for the best on Broadway looked a little bit like Hollywood's Academy Awards, it was no accident. A lot of the winners were movie stars: Denzel Washington, Scarlett Johansson and Catherine Zeta-Jones. And there are more big

VOA标准英语2010年-Lorna Luft Celebrates Legacy of Mother

Judy Garland was a multi-talented performer - first known for her childhood role as Dorothy in the 1939 classic fantasy film, The Wizard of Oz. Garland became a Hollywood icon in later films, such as A Star is Born. And she was a popular stage and te

VOA标准英语2010年-US Election Results Could Affect Forei

Political experts agree that the economy and worries about the high unemployment rate will be the dominant issues in this year's election, even though the United States and its allies remain at war in Afghanistan. President Barack Obama would like to

VOA标准英语2010年-Homeless Clean Up Their Lives While Im

George McDonald was born in 1944 to an Irish Catholic family in the eastern state of New Jersey. At Catholic school, he learned the importance of service to others. He still quotes the nuns, who taught him, to whom much is given, much is asked. When

VOA标准英语2010年-Muslim American Congressman Calls for

Keith Ellison's election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 captured international attention. He was sworn in on the Quran owned by Thomas Jefferson, the author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The Democrat from Minnesota is one of

VOA标准英语2010年-Thai Court Allows More Charges Against

A Thai court has ruled more charges against Russian arms dealer, Victor Bout, should be heard. The ruling will delay steps to extradite Bout to the United States to face charges of conspiracy and support for foreign terrorist organizations. The 43-ye

VOA标准英语2010年-Graphene Discovery Wins Nobel Prize

It started with a simple experiment: take some graphite - the black stuff in the middle of a pencil - and put a piece of tape over it. When the scientists at the University of Manchester did that, they found that they could develop a material that co

VOA标准英语2010年-As Cholera Spreads in Haiti, Authoriti

International aid groups are trying to stop the the spread of cholera in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, where many earthquake survivors live in makeshift camps and filthy slums. Cholera strikes so fast it is sometimes called the lightening disease.

VOA标准英语2010年-Symbols For Unity, Separation Chosen i

Sudan is scheduled to hold two referendums on January 9. One on whether south Sudan becomes independent and another on whether the old-rich Abyei region joins the north or south. Sudan's referendum commission has chosen the symbols that will represen

VOA标准英语2010年-Health Advocates Say Pneumonia Prevent

The global health organization that works to combat pneumonia in children says the lung disease is the single leading killer of young children in the world, more than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia sa

VOA标准英语2010年-Christmas Tree Rises In New York

America's Thanksgiving holiday is nearly two weeks away, but there are already some signs that the Christmas season is here. That was the impression at New York's Rockefeller Center on Friday as workers carefully put in place and secured a 22 meter t

VOA标准英语2010年-Blood Vessel Disease Linked to Dementi

Researchers have identified a link between dementia and the brain damage that can occur in older people with high blood pressure and other forms of cardiovascular disease. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other conditions that affect blood

VOA标准英语2010年-More Women Decline Cervical Cancer Vac

If you could take a vaccine that would protect you against cancer, wouldn't you take it? Well, for cervical cancer, there is a vaccine. It protects against a virus called HPV, which can lead to cancer of the cervix. But a new study reports that many

VOA标准英语2010年-Unemployed Find Comic Relief in New Bo

Sometimes, the best way to deal with a bad situation is to laugh at it. That's the idea behind The Adventures of Unemployed Man, a parody of classic superhero comics, written for America's current economic meltdown. In it, writers Erich Origen and Ga

VOA标准英语2010年-Solar Blood Pressure Monitor Passes Af

The study of a solar-powered blood pressure monitor finds it can be an effective tool in places where electricity and even batteries can be in short supply. A study in Africa found the monitors to be affordable and accurate. High blood pressure is a

VOA标准英语2010年-African Farmers say Report on Reductio

Delegates from 171 countries and several hundred civic groups are meeting next week in Uruguay to discuss ways to reduce tobacco consumption around the world. A controversial report published on the eve of the meeting says some of the proposed measur

VOA标准英语2010年-In Cameroon, TB Vaccine Breakthrough E

Deaths from tuberculosis are increasing in the developing world and especially in Africa. It's the world's second deadliest infectious disease after HIV/AIDS. In 2008, nearly two million people died of TB and researchers warn that mortality rates wil

VOA标准英语2010年-Food Security, HIV/AIDS Treatment and

To ensure food security for a rapidly growing global population, governments are investing heavily in agriculture. But food policy experts say that investment must include HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. HIV/AIDS and food have been inextricably li

VOA标准英语2010年-bal Computer Security Firm: E-Mail Att

Global computer security firm Symantec Hosted Services said the number of e-mail attacks ahead of this week's meeting of the leaders of the Group of 20 major economic powers in Seoul, South Korea, has increased. Symantec Hosted Services warns that cr

VOA标准英语2010年-Iraqi Leaders Welcome Tentative Power

Iraqi leaders have welcomed a tentative deal on a unity government that could end an eight-month political stalemate. A major hurdle appears overcome by including the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, but the potentially contentious division of cabinet post