VOA标准英语2012--Students Dress for Success in School and Life

Students Dress for Success in School and Life What am I going to wear to school today? is what she asks herself each morning, but not on Mondays. Thats when she puts on a nice outfit that makes her feel important and confident. At school, Diana and t

VOA标准英语2012--Burma's Divided Rakhine Tests Old Friendships

Burma's Divided Rakhine Tests Old Friendships Before it burned down, Myo Thu Gyi village was home to 70 households of both Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims. Village chief Oo Kyaw Aung says he lived and worked side-by-side with Rohingya. But, li

VOA标准英语2012--Hollywood Celebrates Holidays With Great Films

Hollywood Celebrates Holidays With Great Films Director Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, based on the Tolstoy novel, is a quintessential holiday production. It offers rich costumes, enchanting music, and stellar actors. The rules of a period film have bee

VOA标准英语2012--Understanding the Scope of the US Debt Ceiling

Understanding the Scope of the US Debt Ceiling It's not some architectural feature unique to Washington. The debt ceiling is a borrowing limit - passed by Congress in 1917 to fund the war effort. Back then, the ceiling was slightly more than $11 bill

VOA标准英语2012--Report: Urban African Kids Risk Exploitation

Report: Urban African Kids Risk Exploitation A humanitarian group has warned that children living in African cities are at increasing risk of exploitation, abuse and disease. Save the Children says most of the continents children eventually will live

VOA标准英语2012--Pakistani Family Fights Tradition of Paying Giving Daughters to Settle Debts

Pakistani Family Fights Tradition of Paying Giving Daughters to Settle Debts Asma was just four when her father refused to hand her over to another family. The family and tribal elders demanded she take the place of her sister, who had fled their hom

VOA标准英语2012--Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood Raises Its Political Profile

Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood Raises Its Political Profile Jordanians' demands for change have been growing stronger, fueled by economic hardship and boiling over at times into a direct challenge to the monarch. But the Muslim Brotherhood, the most org

VOA标准英语2012--New US Congress is Most Diverse in History

New US Congress is Most Diverse in History Capitol Hill is daunting for any first year legislator, but imagine maneuvering it in a wheelchair. Representative-elect Tammy Duckworth lost her legs when a rocket-propelled grenade slammed into her Blackha

VOA标准英语2012--Pertussis Rises, Research Focuses on Vaccine

Pertussis Rises, Research Focuses on Vaccine Pertussis is one of the leading causes of unnecessary infant and child deaths worldwide. The deaths could largely be prevented with a vaccine. Most of the cases of pertussis occur in developing countries,

VOA标准英语2012--Self-Driving Cars: Science Fiction Future Is Near

Self-Driving Cars: Science Fiction Future Is Near The high-tech company Google has a fleet of self-driving cars, which had logged 480,000 kilometers by August. Major auto manufacturers in the United States and Europe also are working on the technolog

VOA标准英语2012--Washington Prepares for Obama Inauguration

Washington Prepares for Obama Inauguration A record crowd, as large as 1.8 million people, jammed into Washingtons National Mall in January 2009 to see the historic swearing-in of the first African-American president. Obamas public swearing in this t

VOA标准英语2012--US Economic Health Key to Global Growth in 2013

US Economic Health Key to Global Growth in 2013 In the United States, the jobless rate has declined to a 4-year low, the housing market has stabilized, and financial markets are flush with cash. But as 2012 comes to a close, there is unanimous agreem

VOA标准英语2012--Israelis, Palestinians Face Sharp Challenges in 2013

Israelis, Palestinians Face Sharp Challenges in 2013 Residents of Gaza have yet to recover from the exchange of aerial bombardments with Israel in late November and face rebuilding in the coming year. Six Israelis and more than 170 Palestinians were

VOA标准英语2012--Birth Defects Rise in Former Iraqi Battleground

Birth Defects Rise in Former Iraqi Battleground Five-year-old Lujane is one of hundreds of children in Fallujah who have been born since 2004 with severe birth defects. Her father says Lujane suffers from multiple afflictions that Iraqi doctors strug

VOA标准英语2012--Pentagon Prepares for Deep Budget Cuts

Pentagon Prepares for Deep Budget Cuts The cuts are set to be massive, $50 billion a year for 10 years, and so are the consequences. That's the warning from officials including the nation's top military officer, General Martin Dempsey. We can't yet s

VOA标准英语2012--First Funerals Held for US School Rampage Victims

First Funerals Held for US School Rampage Victims Mourners streamed into a funeral home in Fairfield, Connecticut where services were held for six-year-old Noah Pozner. Local police lieutenant James Perez described the mood inside as beyond somber an

VOA标准英语2012--Libyan Crisis Highlighted Migrant Workers Plight

Libyan Crisis Highlighted Migrant Workers Plight The 2011 Libyan crisis raised awareness of the plight migrant workers face when caught in the middle of conflict. The International Organization for Migration says comprehensive, long-term plans are ne

VOA标准英语2012--Lebanese Take Sides in Syrian Civil War

Lebanese Take Sides in Syrian Civil War Posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad festoon this hilltop neighborhood overlooking Tripoli, Lebanons second largest city. This one reads: The Arab nation will not kneel as long as Bashar al-Assad is thei

VOA标准英语2012--Analysts: Egyptian Troubles at Home Hinder Diplomacy Abroad

Analysts: Egyptian Troubles at Home Hinder Diplomacy Abroad Egypt's domestic troubles have eclipsed what some saw as a promising start for President Mohamed Morsi on the world stage. Just a day before he kicked off a crisis by granting himself extrao

VOA标准英语2012--US Coast Guard Monitors Receding Mississippi River Levels

US Coast Guard Monitors Receding Mississippi River Levels Crewmembers on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Gasconade are struggling to keep traffic flowing on the Mississippi River. As the water level beneath them continues to drop, the green and red