VOA标准英语2012--Maryland Shop Cooks Up Chocolate Vote

Maryland Shop Cooks Up Chocolate Vote Making chocolate is chef Randy Olmsteads specialty and passion. And this election season, he has cooked up something special for his customers: a political truffle campaign. He came up with the idea during the 20

VOA标准英语2012--Once Thriving Religious Sect Leaves Its Mark

Once Thriving Religious Sect Leaves Its Mark One of the swankiest suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, is Shaker Heights, and its not named for any kind of food shaker or for a Mister Shaker. Nor are Shakertown, Kentucky; Hancock Shaker Village in Massachuset

VOA标准英语2012--Nigerian Gold Miners Seek the Right to Mine

Nigerian Gold Miners Seek the Right to Mine Gold mining in this part of northern Nigeria is not glamorous. But these men say its more dignified than extreme poverty, which used to be the norm around here. Sani Bila heads a local mining association. A

VOA标准英语2012--Euro Crisis Fuels Pro-Independence Movements

Euro Crisis Fuels Pro-Independence Movements Scotland already has its own parliament in Edinburgh. The ruling Scottish National Party wants to break away entirely from the United Kingdom. First Minister Alex Salmond has secured a referendum on Scotla

VOA标准英语2012--European Leaders Take Partial Step Toward Stabilization

European Leaders Take Partial Step Toward Stabilization European leaders gathered in Brussels from all parts of the region and nearly as many points of view. In the end, they agreed to move toward tighter control of banks in countries that use the eu

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Rebels Bogged Down in Aleppo

Syrian Rebels Bogged Down in Aleppo In the divided Syrian city of Aleppo, rebels of the Free Syria Army are preparing a mission into the battle zone. They hold a short planning session and then head out through a firefight along their street. Inside

VOA标准英语2012--Tuberculosis Cases Down, Disease Still A Major Killer

Tuberculosis Cases Down, Disease Still A Major Killer The news from the World Health Organization is mixed: some 20 million people are alive today as a result of international efforts to control tuberculosis and care for those who have it. As a resul

VOA标准英语2012--Lake Sediment Could Better Date Ancient Finds

Lake Sediment Could Better Date Ancient Finds Radiocarbon dating is the best-known and most widely used method to determine the age of organic material, such as bone or wood or plant matter. All such material contains radioactive carbon atoms, known

VOA标准英语2012--Falconer Uses Birds to Give Young People Hope

Falconer Uses Birds to Give Young People Hope Rodney Stotts says he found his calling through birds of prey. I love my birds like I love life. Theyre part of my family, said Stotts. Working with birds, he says, helped the former drug dealer turn his

VOA标准英语2012--Mali Military Intervention Support Growing

Mali Military Intervention Support Growing In Mali's capital city of Bamako Men gather every morning at roadside newspaper vendors to debate the headlines, more specifically, what to do about the north dominates discussion. The territory fell to al-Q

VOA标准英语2012--Obama, Romney Spar in Second Debate

Obama, Romney Spar in Second Debate With his poll numbers fading after a listless performance in the first debate, President Obama was far more energetic and aggressive in the second debate. He and Governor Romney tangled in a town hall-style forum a

VOA标准英语2012--Some Illegal Immigrants Allowed to Stay Under Obama Order

Some Illegal Immigrants Allowed to Stay Under Obama Order Monica Sibri and Yohan Garcia are friends. Garcia came to the United States when he was 15, Sibri when she was 16. He is eligible to remain in the country for now; she is not. President Obama

VOA标准英语2012--Effort Underway to Boost US Voter Participation

Effort Underway to Boost US Voter Participation Shakei Haynes is helping college students register to vote in the November election. He's been doing this since 2005 when he was 16-years-old. Now he's a political science student at Howard University i

VOA标准英语2012--Pakistan's Textile Industry Faces Challenges

Pakistan's Textile Industry Faces Challenges At the M.K. Sons factory in Faisalabad, which produces colorful printed fabrics for sale by U.S. retail giants like Walmart and Target, chief executive Rana Javed Akhtar insists that unlike the Karachi fac

VOA标准英语2012--Maryland Man Is Real Hero Behind 'Argo'

Maryland Man Is Real Hero Behind 'Argo' On Nov. 4, 1979, U.S. diplomats did not anticipate the takeover of their embassy, but 52 of them were taken hostage. Six escaped. Argo focuses on the clandestine CIA operation to rescue those six diplomats. Whi

VOA标准英语2012--Data Boosts US Economic Outlook

Data Boosts US Economic Outlook An improving job picture, better than expected earnings on Wall Street and signs of recovery in the troubled housing market are helping to lift American consumer confidence. Many opened their wallets in September, boos

VOA标准英语2012--Cambodian-Americans Mourn Death of Former King Sihanouk

Cambodian-Americans Mourn Death of Former King Sihanouk Buddhist monks say a prayer for the soul of the late Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk. Mourners in the Washington area have been stopping by a Cambodian Buddhist temple to pay respects since his

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Refugee Children Welcomed in Lebanese Schools

Syrian Refugee Children Welcomed in Lebanese Schools It is Friday afternoon at Averroes college in Taalabaya, Lebanon and these children are filing out, getting picked up by their parents or boarding buses to go home for the weekend. But just a half

VOA标准英语2012--Irrigation Pioneer Wins World Food Prize

Irrigation Pioneer Wins World Food Prize Hillels orchards near his home in Israel are innovation in action. Each tree row is fed by plastic tubes which drip water at the base of the tree. Irrigating drop by drop - called drip irrigation - has transfo

VOA标准英语2012--Polio Victim Searches for Love in 'The Sessions'

Polio Victim Searches for Love in 'The Sessions' In the movie and in real life, Mark O'Brien contracted polio when he was six years old. Although he was paralyzed from the neck down, he went on to graduate from university and have a career as a write