VOA标准英语2012--Job Seekers in Poor Section of Los Angeles Struggle to Find Work

Job Seekers in Poor Section of Los Angeles Struggle to Find Work Hundreds turned out at a recent career fair at the Los Angeles Mission, a charity that serves the poor and homeless in the run-down section of the city called Skid Row. Some recently lo

VOA标准英语2012--African Fashion Finds a Home in Dakar

African Fashion Finds a Home in Dakar High fashion is nothing new in Africa. And Senegalese designer Adama Ndiaye says it has its own special quality. We do one piece, one by one. We're not sending it to the factory because we don't have a big factor

VOA标准英语2012--For Filipino-Chinese Merchants Ties Trump Tensions

For Filipino-Chinese Merchants Ties Trump Tensions The Chinese have been doing business in the Philippines for more than 1,000 years, integrating into a well-established Filipino-Chinese community. More than just business, they also produce political

VOA标准英语2012--World Bank Urges Developing Countries to Brace for Long Term Volatility

World Bank Urges Developing Countries to Brace for Long Term Volatility Emerging market economies may have weathered the 2008 financial crisis better than more advanced countries, but the World Bank warns -- it could happen again. Senior bank economi

VOA标准英语2012--Hit Musical 'Rock of Ages' Gets Movie Makeover

Hit Musical 'Rock of Ages' Gets Movie Makeover It's 1987, and the small-town girl is Sherrie. She's wide-eyed and newly arrived in Hollywood, seeking fame and fortune as a singer. Sherrie meets up with Drew, a bartender at a music club on Sunset Stri

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Refugees Seek Help in Lebanon

Syrian Refugees Seek Help in Lebanon Saadnayel, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, has a population of about 30,000 people. The small town is hosting more than 5,000 refugees from Syria's violence, now entering its 15th month. Ziad al-Ali arrived two weeks a

VOA标准英语2012--Director Ridley Scott Is Back With New Alien

Director Ridley Scott Is Back With New Alien In the late 70s, Ridley Scott created two iconic characters: The Alien and Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver. Ripley was the first female character to tackle a monster on the large screen. The role

VOA标准英语2012--Immigrant Students Lobby for a US Dream

Immigrant Students Lobby for a US Dream Undocumented students from Lehman College in New York City don academic robes for a protest in the office of State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. They are almost immediately ushered out, their protest being d

VOA标准英语2012--Philippines, China Seek Friendly Ties, Despite Tensions

Philippines, China Seek Friendly Ties, Despite Tensions Avoiding confrontation The Philippines recently pulled back its navy from the disputed Scarborough Shoals where it had been in a standoff with Chinese vessels. Instead, the civilian-run Coast Gu

VOA标准英语2012--Hopes of Chinese Animation Ride on 'Tofu Boy'

Hopes of Chinese Animation Ride on 'Tofu Boy' Popular western movies like Kung Fu Panda are presenting a challenge for Chinese animators, who have yet to produce a hit among international audiences. But for Director Sun Lijun, creator of Legend of a

VOA标准英语2012--HIV Superinfections Appear Common

HIV Superinfections Appear Common Theyre called HIV superinfections and a study indicates theyre much more common than first thought. Researchers say this raises concerns about possible resistance to treatment and may require new approaches to AIDS v

VOA标准英语2012--California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status

California, Oregon Battle Over Landmark Status The U.S. National Park Service is about to convey landmark status upon a place on the California coast, not far from San Franciscos famous Golden Gate Bridge. That sounds kind of routine, but some people

VOA标准英语2012--Debate Over US Flag Designer Continues

Debate Over US Flag Designer Continues Its going to be a busy day at Betsy Rosss house in Philadelphia on Thursday. She wont be there, since she died in 1836, but hundreds of tourists will be going through her house. You see, Thursday is Flag Day in

VOA标准英语2012--Falling Oil Prices Prompt Russian Economic Fears

Falling Oil Prices Prompt Russian Economic Fears Khanty-Mansiysk in Siberia - home to around 70 percent of Russias developed oil fields and the source of much of the countrys wealth. Russia produces more than 10 million barrels of oil per day - makin

VOA标准英语2012--G20 Called on to Tackle Critical Issues

G20 Called on to Tackle Critical Issues Humanitarian groups are calling on G20 leaders to take decisive action on economic growth, climate change and hunger when they meet in Los Cabos, Mexico next week. Europes economic crisis is expected to top the

VOA标准英语2012--South China Sea Fishermen Caught in Political Net

South China Sea Fishermen Caught in Political Net As a storm approaches, Filipino fishermen in Masinloc work together to pull their boats out of the water. About 2,000 families here depend on the sea to make a living, but the spat with China at rich

VOA标准英语2012--Eurozone Crisis Expected to Dominate G20 Summit

Eurozone Crisis Expected to Dominate G20 Summit The Eurozone crisis is going to be the first and second leading agenda item when it comes to Los Cabos, said Stewart Patrick, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Greece Sundays parliame

VOA标准英语2012--US Bank Executive Apologizes for Loss

US Bank Executive Apologizes for Loss It was four years ago that a cascading failure of Americas biggest financial institutions triggered massive federal bailouts and legislation designed to curb risk-taking and, it was hoped, avoid another economic

VOA标准英语2012--Egyptian Villagers Debate Candidates' Economic Plans

Egyptian Villagers Debate Candidates' Economic Plans Life in rural Egypt under the previous government was hard. Poverty was endemic - a third of Egyptians live on less than $2 a day. Prospects for change were almost nil. So the promise of new leader

VOA标准英语2012--Would New Leader Change Egypt's Foreign Policy?

Would New Leader Change Egypt's Foreign Policy? A possible win by the Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi has some wondering if Egypt could soon see a realignment of its foreign policy. A spokesman for the Islamist candidate, Walid el Haddad, says a Morsi adm