VOA标准英语2012--Karaoke and Counseling: Japan’s Tsunami Survivors Try to Rebuild

Karaoke and Counseling: Japans Tsunami Survivors Try to Rebuild Karaoke is helping to heal the wounds of last years tsunami. Traditional folk songs are favorite among the residents of Ofunatos temporary housing, like Kazue Hashiguchi. She says it is

VOA标准英语2012--Airlines Try In-Flight Pitches to Raise Revenue

Airlines Try In-Flight Pitches to Raise Revenue A number of U.S. airlines are in financial trouble. Several have merged or will do so soon. Just about all of them are charging fees for checked bags, and selling, rather than giving away, whatever food

VOA标准英语2012--美国死于丙肝人数超过艾滋病

Hepatitis C Kills More Americans Than HIV/AIDS 美国死于丙肝人数超过艾滋病 The number of deaths from the hepatitis C virus is up while deaths related to HIV/AIDS are down, according to U.S. researchers. As a result, more Americans are now

voa标准英语--密歇根选民主要关心经济问题

Michigan Voters Mainly Concerned About Economy 密歇根选民主要关心经济问题 星期二共和党总统候选人在密西根州进行初选。民意测验显示前美国参议员里克?桑托姆和生于密歇根的前麻萨诸塞州州长米特

VOA标准英语2012--French Voters Concerned About Economy Ahead of Election

French Voters Concerned About Economy Ahead of Election At the northern Paris branch of Secours Populaire, people are loading up on basics that will get them through the week. The French charity offers food, clothing and emergency shelter to the need

VOA标准英语2012--GOP Contenders Policies Would Raise US Debt: Study

GOP Contenders Policies Would Raise US Debt: Study Ask any of the Republican presidential hopefuls and they'll tell you the current president has done more harm than good. ROMNEY: Almost everything he's done has made it harder for this economy to reb

VOA标准英语2012--Senegal Votes Amid Turmoil Over Presidential Controversy

Senegal Votes Amid Turmoil Over Presidential Controversy Members of Senegal's opposition movement say they will continue daily protests to force Wade to withdraw his candidacy. Led by several opposition candidates, demonstrators have tried to reach t

VOA标准英语2012--Independent Fundraising Groups Influencing US Voters

Independent Fundraising Groups Influencing US Voters All that money flooding into the presidential campaign pays for negative ads. But all that campaign fundraising and negative advertising has sparked a backlash that recently led to the steps of the

VOA标准英语2012--Women on Carrier's Crew Find Navy Life Rewarding

Women on Carrier's Crew Find Navy Life Rewarding Lieutenant Megan Donnelly is one of the 770 women on board the Abraham Lincoln. She is one of the officers who drove the 97,500 ton carrier, as the crew puts it, out of the Persian Gulf through the Str

VOA标准英语2012--US Tribes Struggle With Growing Enrollment

US Tribes Struggle With Growing Enrollment The U.S. government recognizes 566 American Indian and Alaska Native tribes and bands within its borders. In some respects, they're nations within a nation. Native American tribes can make their own laws on

VOA标准英语2012--Tunis Conference Aims to Pressure Syria's Assad on Aid, Political Change

Tunis Conference Aims to Pressure Syria's Assad on Aid, Political Change The officials are gathering for the first meeting of what is now called the Friends of the Syrian People -- a movement that came in reaction to the Russian and Chinese vetoes of

VOA标准英语2012--Could Rising Temperatures Mean Smaller Mammals?

Could Rising Temperatures Mean Smaller Mammals? Scientists say in the ancient past, higher temperatures meant smaller mammals. Theyre studying how a brief, but dramatic climate change event affected body size. Its called the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal

VOA标准英语2012--Math May Determine Best HIV Drug Combinations

Math May Determine Best HIV Drug Combinations Treating people infected with the AIDS virus involves using a combination of antiretroviral drugs. But some combinations work better than others. Now, a mathematical formula has been developed that may ev

VOA标准英语2012--Thai Wildlife Group Raided for Criticizing Elephant Poaching

Thai Wildlife Group Raided for Criticizing Elephant Poaching Thailand's Department of National Parks last week began taking animals from the Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand. Officials say the foreign-run wildlife rescue group was unable to produ

VOA标准英语2012--'Friends of Syria' to Meet in Tunis

'Friends of Syria' to Meet in Tunis Months of demonstrations like this one and funerals like this one, which was attacked by Syrian troops, led to international outrage and a vote at the United Nations Security Council. The resolution would have requ

VOA标准英语2012--Yemenis Take Another Step Forward in Unfinished Revolution

Yemenis Take Another Step Forward in Unfinished Revolution The outcome is pre-ordained, but that did not stop people in the capital from flooding polling stations to choose their first new president in nearly 34 years. Pride in the success of the upr

VOA标准英语2012--US Crew Vigilant as Carrier Sails Through Strait of Hormuz

US Crew Vigilant as Carrier Sails Through Strait of Hormuz Ready and vigilant, the battle group steams through the waterway where a fifth of the worlds oil passes. Tehran has threatened to block the strait, and warned U.S. ships not to come. For Navy

VOA标准英语2012--US Moves to Restore Relations with Pakistan

US Moves to Restore Relations with Pakistan Protests like this one show the anger many Pakistanis feel toward the United States. The latest incident to spark public anger was the accidental bombing of a Pakistani army border post by U.S. forces based

VOA标准英语2012--Tokyo Prepares As Scientists Predict Big Quake

Tokyo Prepares As Scientists Predict Big Quake Earthquake alarms ring at Tokyo's Metropolitan Government headquarters, sending workers running for cover. Across the city, workers in another tower block react to a fire alert. It is part of a city-wide

VOA标准英语2012--Indigenous People Vulnerable to Climate Change

Indigenous People Vulnerable to Climate Change Researchers say indigenous people are among the most vulnerable to climate change. Theyre studying how extreme weather events can trigger more disease outbreaks. Scientists say extreme weather events hav