VOA标准英语2012--Data Boosts US Economic Outlook

Data Boosts US Economic Outlook An improving job picture, better than expected earnings on Wall Street and signs of recovery in the troubled housing market are helping to lift American consumer confidence. Many opened their wallets in September, boos

VOA标准英语2012--Cambodian-Americans Mourn Death of Former King Sihanouk

Cambodian-Americans Mourn Death of Former King Sihanouk Buddhist monks say a prayer for the soul of the late Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk. Mourners in the Washington area have been stopping by a Cambodian Buddhist temple to pay respects since his

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Refugee Children Welcomed in Lebanese Schools

Syrian Refugee Children Welcomed in Lebanese Schools It is Friday afternoon at Averroes college in Taalabaya, Lebanon and these children are filing out, getting picked up by their parents or boarding buses to go home for the weekend. But just a half

VOA标准英语2012--Irrigation Pioneer Wins World Food Prize

Irrigation Pioneer Wins World Food Prize Hillels orchards near his home in Israel are innovation in action. Each tree row is fed by plastic tubes which drip water at the base of the tree. Irrigating drop by drop - called drip irrigation - has transfo

VOA标准英语2012--Polio Victim Searches for Love in 'The Sessions'

Polio Victim Searches for Love in 'The Sessions' In the movie and in real life, Mark O'Brien contracted polio when he was six years old. Although he was paralyzed from the neck down, he went on to graduate from university and have a career as a write

VOA标准英语2012--Plagiarism Has Consequences in 'The Words'

Plagiarism Has Consequences in 'The Words' Do you think you can just steal another man's life and expect there be no price to pay? The film tells the stories of three men whose connection is on the pages of a novel. Rory is the would-be author played

VOA标准英语2012--West Nile Surge Keeps Exterminator Busy

West Nile Surge Keeps Exterminator Busy Four years ago, the mosquitoes around Virginia resident Stephanie Samples house and neighborhood were voracious. They would get into the car and before you could shut the car doors, Sample says. We would be dri

VOA标准英语2012--Liberia’s CDC Discusses Institutional Building and Reconciliation

Liberias CDC Discusses Institutional Building and Reconciliation Liberias Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), considered the countrys main opposition political party, has lost the last two presidential elections. It has been criticized as lacking t

VOA标准英语2012--Initiative Empowers Rural Women

Initiative Empowers Rural Women October 15th is International Day of Rural Women. The United Nations says rural women play a critical role in development, food security and eradicating poverty. Four U.N. agencies recently launched a five year initiat

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Refugees Resented by Some in Turkey

Syrian Refugees Resented by Some in Turkey Antakya, a small city near Turkey's border with Syria. Some residents recently protested against Syrian refugees here and some have asked police to remove them from their neighborhoods. Syria's civil war has

VOA标准英语2012--Plants Weaken Without Insects Bugging Them

Plants Weaken Without Insects Bugging Them Evolutionary pressures The new study examines how insects and plants are still co-evolving. Anurag Agrawal studies evolution in real-time. The Cornell University professor of ecology and evolutionary biology

VOA标准英语2012--Social Media Transforms Debate Viewership

Social Media Transforms Debate Viewership As she gears up for this years election, Center College student Kelly Bolton, who's on the campus of the vice presidential debate, is getting political updates not from television or traditional news sources,

VOA标准英语2012--US President Chosen by Electors, Not Popular Vote

US President Chosen by Electors, Not Popular Vote Americans vote for their next president on November 6. But the real presidential election takes place on December 17, and only 538 people are involved. This small group is called the Electoral College

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Refugee Camps in Turkey Strained, Over Crowded

Syrian Refugee Camps in Turkey Strained, Over Crowded Bab al-Salama Camp on Syria's border with Turkey. In the past month the number of Syrians waiting to cross into Turkey here has grown from a few hundred people to more than 6,000. The Turkish gove

VOA标准英语2012--Khan Leads Drone Protest in Taliban Territory

Khan Leads Drone Protest in Taliban Territory Pakistan's opposition politician Imran Khan on Saturday led a convoy of some 500 vehicles including some 30 U.S. activists in an unprecedented march toward Taliban territory to protest CIA-led drone strik

VOA标准英语2012--Indian Girls Rise Up Against Child Marriage

Indian Girls Rise Up Against Child Marriage Bitika Das is concentrating on her school work. The 16-year-old girl from a small village in West Bengal state knows this opportunity to study is one that was nearly lost two years ago when her parents arra

VOA标准英语2012--Aid Workers Struggle to Cope with Syrian Refugee Influx

Aid Workers Struggle to Cope with Syrian Refugee Influx Early afternoon at the Bab al-Salama Camp on the Syrian side of the Turkish border. Aid workers are distributing food to people waiting to become refugees in Turkey. The Turkish government is al

VOA标准英语2012--Warmer Oceans Could Mean Smaller Fish

Warmer Oceans Could Mean Smaller Fish Warmer oceans William DAndrea studies how Earths climate changes over time. In an article just published in the journal Geology, the associate professor at Columbia Universitys Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory ch

VOA标准英语2012--Inventor Is Greatest Job Creator in US History

Inventor Is Greatest Job Creator in US History The outcome of next months U.S. presidential election may turn on one little word: jobs. President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are offering competing recipes for economic growth. But we can assure y

VOA标准英语2012--Syria's Internally Displaced On the Rise

Syria's Internally Displaced On the Rise Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled their nation's civil war and their numbers keep growing. Many are in the camps of neighboring countries. But not all Syrians seeking safety are able or willing to lea