VOA标准英语2012--Leaders Threaten Euro 2012 Boycott Over Alleged Ukraine Abuses

Leaders Threaten Euro 2012 Boycott Over Alleged Ukraine Abuses May Day brought communist demonstrators onto the streets Tuesday in Kiev - as news of the threatened Euro 2012 boycott spread. Marchers voiced their support for Yulia Tymoshenko and for t

VOA标准英语2012--Burma-China Pipelines Bring Benefits, Complaints

Burma-China Pipelines Bring Benefits, Complaints At Mandalay Hills Su Taung Pyai Pagoda a Chinese visitor makes a ritual cleansing prayer. China is Burmas biggest investor and here in the countrys second largest city residents say an influx of Chines

VOA标准英语2012--AIDS Funding Boosts Overall Healthcare

AIDS Funding Boosts Overall Healthcare The battle against HIV/AIDS has received more donor funding than most other diseases combined. Many tens of billions of dollars has been spent in the more than 30 years of the epidemic. The amount of funding has

VOA标准英语2012--Bus Travel In Nation's Capital Inspires Song

Bus Travel In Nation's Capital Inspires Song Songwriters find inspiration in different - and sometimes unusual - places. Ren Moffatt, a Washington D.C. singer and songwriter, found it in the bus he travels to work on every day. The title of Ren Moffa

VOA标准英语2012--‘C’ Isn't Average in All Schools Any More

C Isn't Average in All Schools Any More Theres an old, but often-played, song by the late Sam Cooke whose lyrics go, in part: Now I don't claim to be an A student But I'm trying to be. And so are millions of other American children each school term.

VOA标准英语2012--US Nuns Stunned, Angered by Vatican Reprimand

US Nuns Stunned, Angered by Vatican Reprimand After a night on the street, dozens of homeless men and women file into a shelter in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring. A walk down the hall takes them to the cafeteria, where they get a hot breakfas

VOA标准英语2012--Report: Funding Global Health Helps US Economy Grow

Report: Funding Global Health Helps US Economy Grow This project to develop a vaccine against tuberculosis is just one example of the kind of work the U.S government has been supporting. Overall, in fact, the United States contributed $12.7 billion t

VOA标准英语2012--Farming by GPS Saves Money, Environment

Farming by GPS Saves Money, Environment Mixing tradition with technology On a weedy patch of land an hour and half from Washington, D.C., farmer Brad Eustace is tilling razor-straight lines with a GPS-guided tractor. With the computer in control, he

VOA标准英语2012--Artists Preview London Cultural Olympiad in New York

Artists Preview London Cultural Olympiad in New York Participating artists and journalists gathered Wednesday at New Yorks Gramercy Park Hotel to talk about the event. Festival director Ruth Mackenzie said 25,000 artists, representing all 204 countri

VOA标准英语2012--Lurrie Bell's Dream Comes True With 'The Devil Ain’t Got No Music'

Lurrie Bell's Dream Comes True With 'The Devil Aint Got No Music' Bells introduction to music came from his father, the late harmonica great Carey Bell. As the son of one of Chicagos most famous musicians, Bell says he never missed an opportunity to

VOA标准英语2012--Nigerian Midwives Improve Rural Healthcare

Nigerian Midwives Improve Rural Healthcare Maternal healthcare is improving in rural Nigeria thanks to a program to expand the use of midwives. The program could serve as a model for other developing countries. Its called the Midwife Service Scheme a

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Opposition Needs Unity But Continues to Splinter

Syrian Opposition Needs Unity But Continues to Splinter Syrian forces continue to shell opposition strongholds. The opposition refuses to back down. And civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence. But in the far calmer surroundings of Paris

VOA标准英语2012--G8 Leaders Called on to Address Hunger, Poverty

G8 Leaders Called on to Address Hunger, Poverty Humanitarian groups say they want G8 leaders to make food security and poverty top priorities at their upcoming summit. The leaders gather later this month at Camp David in Maryland. In 2009, at the LAq

VOA标准英语2012--Obama Announces Food Initiative for Africa

Obama Announces Food Initiative for Africa With the leaders of several African countries watching, the president said Friday that governments, private industries and organizations will work together to improve Africa's food security. Today, I can ann

VOA标准英语2012--G8 Summit Ends with Consensus on Eurozone Reforms

G8 Summit Ends with Consensus on Eurozone Reforms After two days of talks at the Camp David presidential retreat outside Washington, Obama said the eight leaders acknowledge that budget cuts alone will not restore Europes economy. And there is now an

VOA标准英语2012--Affordable Housing Growing Scarce in US

Affordable Housing Growing Scarce in US Paola Nunez, is a childcare worker in Washington. Until recently, she lived with her mother. But she decided it was time to move out and get her own apartment. She quickly learned there are few housing options

VOA标准英语2012--Rotavirus Vaccine Arrives in Rwanda

Rotavirus Vaccine Arrives in Rwanda More than 3,000 Rwandan children die every year from diarrhea. But health officials say thats about to change with the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine. Rwanda is the latest in a growing number of African coun

VOA标准英语2012--Former Military Officer Fights African Poachers

Former Military Officer Fights African Poachers Ofir Drori traveled to Kenya between high school and the start of his military service. He's been fascinated ever since. I chased giraffes, zebras. I saw all these interesting things. I was just zigzagg

VOA标准英语2012--'Solar Suitcase' Aids Doctors in Developing World

'Solar Suitcase' Aids Doctors in Developing World Every expectant mother wants a healthy baby. But many clinics in sub-Saharan Africa lack the basics that doctors and nurses need to ensure safe deliveries for parent and child. One of these basics is

VOA标准英语2012--Survival of Portuguese Health Care Questioned

Survival of Portuguese Health Care Questioned Portuguese citizens have their vices like anyone else. But if their health deteriorates, they know, like most Europeans, there is a high quality yet mainly free health care system to look after them. But