VOA标准英语2012--Somali Refugees May Face Severe Aid Shortages

Somali Refugees May Face Severe Aid Shortages Aid agencies warn that tens of thousands of lives may be at risk as supplies run out at the worlds largest refugee camp. They say 25 million dollars in emergency funds are needed for humanitarian operatio

VOA标准英语2012--London's 'Tube' Plays Crucial Olympics Role

London's 'Tube' Plays Crucial Olympics Role Massive overhaul Head into the Tube and you never quite know what you might find. With 12 million passengers passing through every day - and three million more expected during the Olympics - the Tube is its

VOA标准英语2012--'Tough Mudder' Course Tests Mettle, Helps US Veterans

'Tough Mudder' Course Tests Mettle, Helps US Veterans Tough Mudder is not your typical run in the mountains; it is a world-class military-designed obstacle course. In fact, it's the type of thing you're told never to try at home with gut-wrenching ob

VOA标准英语2012--Youngest Gymnast on US Olympic Team Prepares for London

Youngest Gymnast on US Olympic Team Prepares for London Kyla Ross does not live the life of an average American teenager. She spends 30 to 35 hours a week training at Gym-Max Academy of Gymnastics, just south of Los Angeles. She goes to school only p

VOA标准英语2012--Clinton Backs Vietnamese Efforts to Resolve S. China Sea Dispute

Clinton Backs Vietnamese Efforts to Resolve S. China Sea Dispute China Marine Surveillance vessels patrol the South China Sea as part of Beijing's bid to advance sovereignty and jurisdiction over the waters - parts of which are claimed by Vietnam, th

VOA标准英语2012--Japanese Robots Besting Humans at Games

Japanese Robots Besting Humans at Games Tokyo University engineering professor Masatoshi Ishikawa has a good-natured response to frustrated human losers who accuse him of essentially creating a robot that cheats. [It is] not cheating. Every one milli

VOA标准英语2012--Rising Youth Unemployment Endangers Africa's Stability

Rising Youth Unemployment Endangers Africa's Stability One example is Ahmet Toure of Senegal who has never had a job. Toure makes his living buying second-hand jeans from flea markets around Dakar. Toure repairs and retailors them to sell them for a

VOA标准英语2012--Kenyan Hip Hop Artists Praise Inspirational Town

Kenyan Hip Hop Artists Praise Inspirational Town Kenyan hip hop took off in the mid-1990s, when the group Kalamashaka started rapping in informal Swahili, instead of English. The musicians were from the low-income suburb, Dandora, which is now widely

VOA标准英语2012--Family-Planning Campaign to Aid Millions in World's Poorest Countries

Family-Planning Campaign to Aid Millions in World's Poorest Countries The Margaret Pyke Center is a sexual health clinic in central London that offers provides everything residents need for family planning. Patients can pick up a variety of contracep

VOA标准英语2012--Going to Camp to Become a Sports Mascot

Going to Camp to Become a Sports Mascot Summer mascot camp is underway near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I am the wild cat, said Jesse King. I have learned a lot just about how to develop my personality and I think that will really help me. This is high

VOA标准英语2012--US Bead Parties Boost Ugandan Women

US Bead Parties Boost Ugandan Women Its party time for Madison Blandford and three dozen of her girlfriends. The 11-year-old invited her classmates and neighbors to see - and buy - beaded jewelry made by women in Uganda. My grandma got me a bracelet,

VOA标准英语2012--PEPFAR Evolves and Expands

PEPFAR Evolves and Expands PEPFAR, the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, is credited with saving millions of lives in developing countries. The program, which started under President Bush, continues under President Obama. However, despite th

VOA标准英语2012--PEPFAR Goes Beyond HIV

PEPFAR Goes Beyond HIV U.S. efforts to help those infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa have saved millions of lives. But theyve had another benefit as well better care for pregnant women who are not HIV positive. Theres been a great deal of concer

VOA标准英语2012--Ramadan Olympics Challenge Muslim Athletes

Ramadan Olympics Challenge Muslim Athletes Muslim Olympic hopefuls face the prospect of competing at the highest levels while abstaining from all food and drink during the long days of the London summer. And, thats not their only challenge. Observant

VOA标准英语--Fighting Uphill Battle Against AIDS

Fighting Uphill Battle Against AIDS Africa is the birthplace of HIV/AIDS. No other region of the world has more people living with the disease or has had more people die from it. Yet despite being the epicenter of the epidemic, it took years to raise

VOA标准英语2012--Spearheading the Fight against HIV/AIDS

Spearheading the Fight against HIV/AIDS A top official at UNAIDS says in the early days of the epidemic leaders emerged not from the highest levels of government, but from the grassroots level where the disease had struck the hardest. Paul De Lay spo

VOA标准英语2012--Gerald Albright Teams Up with Norman Brown, on '24/7'

Gerald Albright Teams Up with Norman Brown, on '24/7' Its a match made in smooth jazz heaven: saxophonist Gerald Albright and guitarist Norman Brown. Their first collaborative effoft, 24/7, features the song Keep It Moving. The duo first met in the 1

VOA标准英语2012--Ramadan Lanterns Brighten Egyptians' Holy Month

Ramadan Lanterns Brighten Egyptians' Holy Month In the weeks leading up to Ramadan, vendors like Ahmed Abu Kamel start popping up in the markets and streets of Cairo selling fanous - or fawanees as they are called in the plural. Workers start manufac

VOA标准英语2012--California Leads US in Restrictive Gun Laws

California Leads US in Restrictive Gun Laws There are few restrictions on owning guns in most U.S. states. Guns are widely used for hunting and sport, and for self-protection. California and several other states, including New York and Massachusetts,

VOA标准英语2012--US Music Flop Emerges as Anti-Apartheid Anthem

US Music Flop Emerges as Anti-Apartheid Anthem Segerman is talking about Rodriguez, a folk-rock troubadour from the American midwest city of Detroit who cut a couple of albums in the 1970s. But they flopped and he went on with his life. As Stockholm-