VOA标准英语2012--Singer Songwriter Christina Perri Celebrates Birthday on Stage and Holiday

Singer Songwriter Christina Perri Celebrates Birthday on Stage and Holiday Christina Perri has just ended her first tour, which lasted over two years as opening act for Jason Mraz. One of the highlights of the tour happened in August when she celebra

VOA标准英语2012--Epilepsy Burdens Developing Countries

Epilepsy Burdens Developing Countries Developing countries are seeing rising rates of noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease. But researchers say those countries already have a disproportionate number of epilepsy

VOA标准英语2012--Once Muffled, Scottish Fiddling Thrives in US

Once Muffled, Scottish Fiddling Thrives in US The Valley of the Moon Scottish fiddle camp is nestled amidst towering redwood trees in the Santa Cruz mountains. In that bucolic setting, more than 200 students spend a week camping, swimming, hiking and

VOA标准英语2012--US Presidential Candidates Offer Similar Foreign Policy Visions

US Presidential Candidates Offer Similar Foreign Policy Visions The presidential candidates offered similar visions of the U.S. role in global affairs during their final debate. America remains the one indispensable nation. And the world needs a stro

VOA标准英语2012--South Korea Tries New Approach to Reduce Suicides

South Korea Tries New Approach to Reduce Suicides It only took a single generation for the country to go from an impoverished nation to one of the worlds top economies. It is a fast-paced society, where people have a hard time slowing down. Some obse

VOA标准英语2012--Annual UN Meeting Wraps Up in New York

Annual UN Meeting Wraps Up in New York U.S. President Barack Obama was one of the debates first speakers. He urged other leaders to speak out against violence and extremism in the wake of an amateur video mocking Islam that sparked deadly protests in

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--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--Obama, Romney Differ on Energy Policy

Obama, Romney Differ on Energy Policy President Obama has been a champion of expanding renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, which he says hold great promise. Mitt Romney is a proponent of raising production levels of America's own

VOA标准英语2012--Florida Latino Support Divided in US Presidential Election

Florida Latino Support Divided in US Presidential Election Most of the Cuban-Americans playing dominos in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood came to this country as political refugees to escape Fidel Castro's communist regime. As the largest Latino g

VOA标准英语2012--Independent Voter Shines in US Political Spotlight

Independent Voter Shines in US Political Spotlight One of those voters who has been thrust into the political spotlight and courted by Democrats and Republicans is Melanie McNamara, who owns a small furniture company in High Point, North Carolina. Sh

VOA标准英语2012--Iran Nuclear Program is Major Talking Point in US Election

Iran Nuclear Program is Major Talking Point in US Election Former Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, does not believe President Obama has done enough to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. I think from

VOA标准英语2012--Florida Seniors Split on Medicare Debate

Florida Seniors Split on Medicare Debate The Republican Party's 2008 presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, has been campaigning for Mitt Romney in southern Florida. He says new leadership is needed to reduce the more than one-trillion-dollar f

VOA标准英语2012--Low-Lying Areas of New York City Suffer Flooding

Low-Lying Areas of New York City Suffer Flooding Sounds of sump pumps fill the air in low-lying areas of New York City. Don, a water systems professional in Brooklyn, has been on the job, pumping out basements since before dawn. He says the worst flo