VOA标准英语2012--Play Ball - Songs About the 'Great American Pastime'

Play Ball - Songs About the 'Great American Pastime' Its not uncommon for musicians to play a concert in the outfield of a baseball stadium-but how about scheduling tour dates around baseball? After all, why visit Boston when the Red Sox are out of t

VOA标准英语2012--In America, Even States Get Nicknames

In America, Even States Get Nicknames Every U.S. state has a nickname - sometimes more than one. Many are logical. They just sort of evolved. Of course, Arizona is The Grand Canyon State, and Kentucky, home to the lush horse country where magnificent

VOA标准英语2012--Romney Begins Vice Presidential Search

Romney Begins Vice Presidential Search With his Republican rivals either out of the race or low on money, Mitt Romney now seems to be on a glide path toward the Republican presidential nomination. Romney is increasingly turning his attention to Presi

VOA标准英语2012--Nigerian Minister Vies for Top World Bank Job

Nigerian Minister Vies for Top World Bank Job Nigeria's candidate Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has long experience at the top levels of the World Bank, where she deals with national leaders and urges action to fight poverty. This is a challenge for the world,

VOA标准英语2012--Pentagon's Electromagnetic Gun Awaits Use

Pentagon's Electromagnetic Gun Awaits Use Marines stage a scene that has become more frequent for U.S. forces in Afghanistan. The mock protesters are harmlessly dispersed with a high-tech device. It is called the Active Denial System. Using an electr

VOA标准英语2012--Greenhouse Gas Speeded Ice Age Melting

Greenhouse Gas Speeded Ice Age Melting A new study in the Journal Nature provides compelling evidence that carbon dioxide was a major driver of climate change at the end of the last Ice Age. That correlation supports the prevailing scientific view th

VOA标准英语2012--South Korea Researches Vertical Farming for Food Security

South Korea Researches Vertical Farming for Food Security Agriculture in high-rise buildings is the dream of some scientists and architects around the globe. But it soon could be reality. Just outside of Suwon, a city 30-kilometers south of the capit

VOA标准英语2012--Clues Found for AIDS Vaccine Trial Success

Clues Found for AIDS Vaccine Trial Success In 2009, a study in Thailand proved for the first time that an AIDS vaccine was possible. But scientists were not sure why it offered some protection. Now they have some clues. The Thailand study looked at a

VOA标准英语2012--World Health Day Focuses On 'Active Aging'

World Health Day Focuses On 'Active Aging' Shelby Harris just celebrated his 111th birthday. His secret? I try to live the right kind of life, he said. I try to live the truth, I love everybody and I want everybody to love me. Some experts say a posi

VOA标准英语2012--Republicans Rally Around Romney as Likely Nominee

Republicans Rally Around Romney as Likely Nominee Former President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara are the latest big-name Republicans to rally behind Mitt Romney. She [Mrs. Bush] was reminding me of the Kenny Rogers song, There is a time when

VOA标准英语2012--Florida Shooting Highlights Racial Profiling Controversy

Florida Shooting Highlights Racial Profiling Controversy Across the United States, there are calls for action in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Martin is the 17-year-old shot dead in a confrontation with neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.

VOA标准英语2012--Classic Fairy Tale Gets Hollywood Makeover in 'Mirror, Mirror'

Classic Fairy Tale Gets Hollywood Makeover in 'Mirror, Mirror' QUEEN Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? MIRROR Snow White. PRINCE Snow White? QUEEN Ugh. Once upon a time, a very vain queen discovers that her fabled beauty is

VOA标准英语2012--New Texas Institute Coordinates Space Medicine Research

New Texas Institute Coordinates Space Medicine Research Since the human space flight adventure began more than 50 years ago, scientists have learned a lot about things like the effects of weightlessness on bones and muscles, and the danger of increas

VOA标准英语2012--Immigration Tensions Grow as Far Right Plots Pan-European League

Immigration Tensions Grow as Far Right Plots Pan-European League Around 200 members of far-right movements from across Europe came together in Aarhus, Denmark last Saturday. This day will be remembered and etched into history, 31st of the third 2012.

VOA标准英语2012--Aging HIV/AIDS Survivors Create New Class of Patients

Aging HIV/AIDS Survivors Create New Class of Patients In sub-Saharan Africa, antiretroviral treatment (ART) has reduced the mortality rate among HIV-infected people by 20 percent. Many of the people receiving treatment who are now in their forties ar

VOA标准英语2012--North Darfur State Lacks Critical Medical Services

North Darfur State Lacks Critical Medical Services The aid group Doctors without Borders has sharply reduced essential healthcare services in parts of Sudans North Darfur State. The group, also known as MSF, says it has no more drugs or medical suppl

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Smugglers' Operations Booming in Jordan

Syrian Smugglers' Operations Booming in Jordan Overlooking Syria's southern border from Jordan, Ahmed Al-Masri is making plans to cross it. He leads a group of Syrian smugglers who risk everything on a daily basis to bring supplies into the country.

VOA标准英语2012--Egyptians Vote in Historic Presidential Election

Egyptians Vote in Historic Presidential Election Millions of Egyptians stood in long lines Wednesday to cast ballots in the first presidential election since President Hosni Mubarak resigned last year amid massive protests. The buildup to the content

VOA标准英语2012--NATO Leaders Commit to Afghan Transition

NATO Leaders Commit to Afghan Transition Afghan President Hamid Karzai sat with NATO leaders and representatives of other nations whose support Afghanistan will need if it is to move from war to stability. NATO leaders formally approved the plan to t

VOA标准英语2012--US Ambassador Crocker to Step Down from Afghan Post

US Ambassador Crocker to Step Down from Afghan Post U.S. officials announced Tuesday that Ryan Crocker will be stepping down due to health reasons as Washington's envoy in Afghanistan sometime after major Afghan donors meet this July in Tokyo. As is