VOA标准英语2012--American Folk Legend Doc Watson Dies

American Folk Legend Doc Watson Dies For more than five decades, Watson entertained audiences around the world with an eclectic repertoire that included elements of folk, blues, Country, bluegrass, rockabilly, and even jazz. A master of the contempor

VOA标准英语2012--China Beats US as World's Top Auto Market

China Beats US as World's Top Auto Market Whole books and hundreds of studies have been written about the American automobile culture - our love affair with the car. But the United States is no longer the worlds largest auto market. China is. Time ma

VOA标准英语2012--Ningxia, China Muslims Hope Islamic Ties Profitable

Ningxia, China Muslims Hope Islamic Ties Profitable Ningxia is a small region with big ambitions. A swath of land outside the capital Yinchuan is being cleared for a new central business district, which locals say is aimed at attracting thousands of

VOA标准英语2012--Poverty Source of Tropical Infections in Texas, Gulf of Mexico

Poverty Source of Tropical Infections in Texas, Gulf of Mexico Chagas is an infectious disease transmitted by the kissing bug. The kissing bug looks a little bit like a cockroach but it has the ability to feed on blood and it lives in the very poor q

VOA标准英语2012--Blended Organic-Conventional Farming Could Feed World

Blended Organic-Conventional Farming Could Feed World In rural Maryland, an hour-and-a-half drive from Washington, Bill Mason is tilling his fields to plant organic maize and soybeans. About two-thirds of his 340 hectares are organic, but not all of

VOA标准英语2012--Somalis, Yemenis Face US Prosecution for Khat

Somalis, Yemenis Face US Prosecution for Khat Khat is chewed in social settings around the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa. It is legal in Somalia and Yemen, and in Britain and the Netherlands, but not in the United States. Khat's green leaves a

VOA标准英语2012--Democrats Questioned by Some for Choosing Charlotte For Convention

Democrats Questioned by Some for Choosing Charlotte For Convention Charlotte, North Carolina - home to 750,000 people - is everything America's South is known for: southern accents, southern fried foods, and southern charm. Charlotte is the global ba

VOA标准英语2012--Nigeria Sees Bloodiest Year of Boko Haram Attacks

Nigeria Sees Bloodiest Year of Boko Haram Attacks The building was the office of ThisDay, a prominent Nigerian newspaper. While a suicide bomber rammed a car into the building, an accomplice stood by with a camera, later posting the destruction on Yo

VOA标准英语2012--Afghanistan's Neighbors Prepare For Post-2014

Afghanistan's Neighbors Prepare For Post-2014 The Afghan army has been preparing to take over the countrys security as NATOs 2014 deadline to withdraw all combat troops moves a year closer. But even with 300,000 national security forces now hired, Af

VOA标准英语2012--Health Experts: One Last Push Needed to Eliminate Polio

Health Experts: One Last Push Needed to Eliminate Polio The oral polio vaccine has cut the number of polio cases worldwide by 99 percent since 1988. For the past 10 years, though, eliminating that last percent has remained a challenge. Even though th

VOA标准英语2012--Malaria Programs at Risk From Funding Cuts

Malaria Programs at Risk From Funding Cuts Ami Diabate, has brought her three children to a rural clinic to get the latest anti-malarial drugs. The aid agency Mdecins Sans Frontires - or Doctors Without Borders - is rolling out the pilot program acro

VOA标准英语2012--Oxfam: Power, Water Shortages in Goma

Oxfam: Power, Water Shortages in Goma As fighting continues in the eastern DRC between government forces and M23 rebels, the humanitarian crisis is growing worse. Oxfam says its stepping up efforts to help about 80,000 people in and around Goma, the

VOA标准英语2012--Obama, Romney Largely Agree on Middle East Policy

Obama, Romney Largely Agree on Middle East Policy While President Barack Obama, the Democratic Partys White House candidate, and his Republican Party challenger Mitt Romney may have strong differences on a number of domestic policy issues, their view

VOA标准英语2012--US Economy Grew at Slower Pace in Second Quarter

US Economy Grew at Slower Pace in Second Quarter U.S. domestic output weakened in the second quarter, growing at the slowest pace in 9 months. The slowdown is blamed partly on unusually warm weather - a prolonged drought that decimated farm inventori

voa标准英语2012--Palestinians Blame Israel for Economic Slump

Palestinians Blame Israel for Economic Slump Ramallah residents are used to adjusting to the pressures of the Israeli occupation, and the city has been lauded for its economic growth. But as the region is squeezed economically, some on the West Bank

VOA标准英语2012--Bacterium Targets Untreated HIV-Positive People

Bacterium Targets Untreated HIV-Positive People Researchers are warning of an emerging form of intestinal disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Its targeting mostly HIV-infected people, who are not on treatment. The disease kills up to 45 percent of those i

VOA标准英语2012--Health Experts Ask for New Funds for Mental Health Programs

Health Experts Ask for New Funds for Mental Health Programs In recent years, the U.S. has been racked by a number of mass shootings. In Tuscon in 2011, Jared Loughner opened fire outside a grocery store, killing six people, injuring 13. Then-Congress

VOA标准英语2012--Candidates Differ on Handling China's Rise

Candidates Differ on Handling China's Rise At the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960, the issue was U.S. support for Taiwan, then called Formosa. I believe strongly in the defense of Formosa, Kennedy

VOA标准英语2012--Son of Sex Worker Struggles to Preserve Pakistan History

Son of Sex Worker Struggles to Preserve Pakistan History House of treasures Tucked away in Iqbal Husseins house are treasures of Lahore's history: doors big enough for an elephant to walk through, hand-carved balconies, Hindu statues. Many art pieces

VOA标准英语2012--Checking the AIDS 2012 Report Card

Checking the AIDS 2012 Report Card The 19th international AIDS Conference produced a flood of reports, recommendations and warnings about the epidemic. The head of a leading AIDS advocacy group questions whether such meetings are getting too big and