VOA标准英语2011--Emerging Economies, Emerging Diseases

EmergingEconomies,EmergingDiseases Emerging economies such as China, India and South Africa are discovering there is a downside to prosperity. As incomes rise, health can decline. On Monday, the U.N. opens a high-level meeting on non-communicable dis

VOA标准英语2011--Stimulus Spending Creates Green Jobs in

Sti mulusSpendingCreatesGreenJobsinUSRustBeltTown As President Obama works to build support for his new jobs plan, Congress prepares to debate his bill. One portion of the bill proposes spending to create jobs, much like an earlier stimulus plan put

VOA标准英语2011--2011 a Breakthrough Year for Blake Shelt

2011 a Breakthrough Year for Blake Shelton Blake Shelton reached Number One with his 2001 debut single Austin, but its taken him a decade to reach superstar status. But, 2011 will be remembered as his breakthrough year. Sheltons eighth album, Red Riv

VOA标准英语2011--Alligator Records Celebrates 40th Annive

AlligatorRecordsCelebrates40thAnniversary Happy 40th birthday Alligator Records! The legendary blues label has marked the event with the release of Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection. If you ever want to start a blues label you should prob

VOA标准英语2011--UN: Meth Use Surging in Southeast Asia

UN:MethUseSurginginSoutheastAsia A report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warns that production and use of synthetic drugs such as amphetamine-type stimulants is widespread and growing globally. The report identifies Southeast

VOA标准英语2011--Afrikaner Farmers Migrating to Georgia

AfrikanerFarmersMigratingtoGeorgia A South African court on September 12 convicted Julius Malema, president of the African National Congress Youth League, of hate speech for singing shoot the Boer, kill the Boer at a rally last year. But some Boers (

VOA标准英语2011--Yingluck Visit Boosts Thai-Cambodia Rela

YingluckVisitBoostsThai-CambodiaRelations Thailands recently elected Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has made her first official visit to Cambodia. The one-day trip marks a new start in bilateral relations, which have been poor in recent years. Th

VOA标准英语2011--Niger Seeks Help in Policing Border with

Niger Seeks Help in Policing Border with Libya Niger says it needs help policing more than six million square meters of desert along its border with Libya. Some members of the former government in Tripoli have fled south to Niger, including one of Mo

VOA标准英语2011--India Seeks to Counter Internal Terroris

IndiaSeekstoCounterInternalTerroristThreat Top Indian officials say they need to prepare for terrorism threats that may arise both within and outside the country. Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday described recent terror attacks on Indi

VOA标准英语2011--Jazz Goes Country on Schuur's 'The Gathe

Jazz Goes Country on Schuur's 'The Gathering' Grammy-winning jazz singer Diane Schuur takes a country turn on her latest album, The Gathering. Schuur has always had an ear for country music. In fact, her earliest recording was a country single titled

VOA标准英语2011--Study: Fast-paced TV Cartoons Reduce Kid

Study: Fast-paced TV Cartoons Reduce Kids' Learning Young children have difficulty learning immediately after watching fast-paced television cartoons full of images and activities that are not possible in real life, according to a new study. It's wha

VOA标准英语2011--Indonesia Teaching Tolerance with Comics

IndonesiaTeachingTolerancewithComics A new series of comic books is being introduced in Indonesia to promote diversity and tolerance. The group behind the creation of the comic book series says they are an innovative and effective way to combat the m

VOA标准英语2011--Europe Accused of Ignoring Libya Refugee

Europe Accused of Ignoring Libya Refugees European countries have been accused of a totally inadequate response to the refugee crisis on Libya's borders. Hundreds of thousands of mainly sub-Saharan migrants were forced to flee Libya following the bru

VOA标准英语2011--Gas, Oil Exploration Complicates Turkey,

Gas,OilExplorationComplicatesTurkey,CyprusTalks Cyprus appears to be headed for a showdown with Turkey over Nicosia's oil and gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean. The drilling may harm the ongoing reunification talks. Relations between Turke

VOA标准英语2011--'Don't Ask' Repeal Gives Gay Activists R

'Don'tAsk'RepealGivesGayActivistsRenewedHope The law banning homosexuals from openly serving in the U.S. military has been repealed, sparking celebrations among gay organizations. Since its implementation in 1993, thousands of service people have bee

VOA标准英语2011--Arkansas Treasure Hunt Links People With

Ar kansasTreasureHuntLinksPeopleWithLostCash Today every newspaper in the state of Arkansas is publishing a special section. There are no stories in it. No photographs. Not even any advertisements. Nothing but page after boring page of names and addr

VOA标准英语2011--Pursuing Academic Adequacy in College

PursuingAcademicAdequacyinCollege College students are back in class across America. But not all of their courses involve the rigor of, say, paleontology or advanced calculus. Every American college has what are called gut courses. Theyre ones in whi

VOA标准英语2011--UN Called on to Fulfill Family Planning

UNCalledontoFulfillFamilyPlanningPromises Its estimated that every year nearly 360,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes. Most of the deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa. As the United Nations General Assembly opens a new session, its being called

VOA标准英语2011--Conservationists Trying to Save, Reprodu

ConservationistsTryingtoSave,ReproduceEndangeredFrogs Forty percent of all the frogs in the world are in danger of extinction, according to the Smithsonian Institution. Pollution, pesticides, climate change and now a fungus are taking a toll on this

VOA标准英语2011--Charities Struggle to Cope With Rising U

Charities Struggle to Cope With Rising US Poverty Recent U.S. Census Bureau figures show that more than 46 million Americans now live in poverty. Thats the highest amount on record since the agency began tracking poverty rates in 1959. Additionally,