VOA标准英语2011--Tripoli: Fighting Empties the Seaside Ca

Tripoli: Fighting Empties the Seaside Capital Driving into Tripoli is to drive into a ghost city. It looks like a set for a Hollywood apocalypse film. Instead of a bustling seaside capital of 1.5 million people, we drove Thursday past kilometer and k

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Target Mosquito-Borne Illness

Scientists Target Mosquito-Borne Illnesses Of all the disease-spreading insects in the world, the mosquito poses the greatest menace, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). As if to underscore that threat, two mosquito-borne viral diseases

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Point to Possible Health Effe

Scientists Point to Possible Health Effects of Cell Phones This past May, in a major policy shift, the World Health Organization said electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones are possibly carcinogenic. Although the International Association f

VOA标准英语2011--Power Your Laptop by Taking a Walk

Power Your Laptop by Taking a Walk Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a technology that turns human motion into electricity. In this week's journal Nature Communications, they describe how to power a cell phone or other

VOA标准英语2011--Libyan Uprising Boosts Morale in Mideast

Libyan Uprising Boosts Morale in Mideast The apparent victory by rebels in Libya is sending shockwaves throughout the Middle East. An uprising that appeared to be lost is boosting the morale of protesters facing other Arab governments that have respo

VOA标准英语2011--Analysts Assess Future US-Libya Ties

Analysts Assess Future US-Libya Ties While fighting continues in Libya, the international community is already looking ahead to a post-Gadhafi era. For now, U.S. officials are providing few specifics about a future American role in what Washington ho

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists, Regulators Look to Save Smal

Scientists, Regulators Look to Save Smaller Fish in Marine Food Chain Perhaps you've had salmon, tuna, or swordfish for dinner recently. Or maybe it's on the menu tonight. Every big fish that lands on your plate got that big by eating lots of little

VOA标准英语2011--Mississippi Coast Still Rebuilding 6 Yea

Mississippi Coast Still Rebuilding 6 Years After Katrina When Hurricane Katrina raged across the Gulf of Mexico six years ago, it devastated the100 kilometers of the Mississippi coast. Houses, schools, libraries and hotels became piles of broken wood

VOA标准英语2011--‘Revolution School’ Teaches How to O

Revolution School Teaches How to Overthrow a Dictator Veterans of the uprising in Serbia, which overthrew President Slobodan Milosevic, are running workshops for opposition groups around the world on how to bring down a dictator. On the outskirts of

VOA标准英语2011--Gold Prices Luring Many to Start Prospec

Gold Prices Luring Many to Start Prospecting As gold prices continue to rise around the world, there is renewed interest in panning for gold in certain parts of the United States. In the late 1800s, the state of Virginia had a thriving gold-mining in

VOA标准英语2011--Some Looking Forward to Recovery of Liby

Some Looking Forward to Recovery of Libyan Oil Production Although fighting continues in parts of Libya, and a bit of uncertainty remains, some are already beginning to look at the prospects of recovery. Oil companies, and countries that rely on impo

VOA标准英语2011--Athletic, Muslim, Fashionable - a Tale o

Athletic, Muslim, Fashionable - a Tale of the Sports Hijab Female Muslim athletes who observe a strict Islamic dress code sometimes face the question of whether they will be allowed to participate in major competitions -- with their heads and most of

VOA标准英语2011--Prosperity in Turkey Creates Iftar Divid

Prosperity in Turkey Creates Iftar Divide In Turkey, the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan has put the spotlight on the increasing divide between rich and poor. The country's growing affluent class, a product of a decade of unprecedented economic grow

VOA标准英语--Rising Gold Prices Spark Demand

Rising Gold Prices Spark Demand Every new piece of bad economic news and every plunge on Wall Street sparks fears that the worst is yet to come. As a result, many people are turning to one investment they feel they can trust. Gold chains, gold bangle

VOA标准英语2011--Massive Tropical Storm Brings Death, Flo

Massive Tropical Storm Brings Death, Flooding to US East Coast Days after withstanding a rare earthquake, large swaths of the densely populated U.S. East Coast have weathered Irene, a once-powerful hurricane later downgraded to a tropical storm. Iren

VOA标准英语2011--Apple Changed Way the World Communicates

Apple Changed Way the World Communicates Under the leadership of Steve Jobs, Apple has produced products that have changed the way people around the world communicate, obtain information and entertain themselves. Here's a look at Apples success and w

VOA标准英语2011--US Stocks Recover After Plunging on Bern

US Stocks Recover After Plunging on Bernanke Speech 美国股市开始恢复平稳 Despite very high expectations, the head of the U.S. central bank on Friday did not announce any major steps to bolster the U.S. economy. Speculation had been running

VOA标准英语2011--Company Takes Biodiesel From Field to Fr

Company Takes Biodiesel From Field to Fryer to Fuel In the worldwide search for alternative energy sources, vegetable oil is becoming an increasingly popular substitute for crude oil. Diesel-engine fuel can be made easily from soybean, canola or othe

VOA标准英语2011--Four Dead as Hurricane Irene Churns Up U

Four Dead as Hurricane Irene Churns Up US East Coast Hurricane Irene continues to pound the U.S. East Coast with heavy rains and strong winds, leaving at least four people dead in its wake and paralyzing ground and air traffic. U.S. officials say thr

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists Infect Mosquitoes to Stop Den

Scientists Infect Mosquitoes to Stop Dengue Australian researchers report success in attacking the insects that carry the dengue virus, a rarely fatal disease that nonetheless takes a huge toll in sickness and economic loss in the tropical areas wher