VOA标准英语2012--US Cities Brace for Looming Fiscal Cliff

US Cities Brace for Looming Fiscal Cliff Like many American towns, Dixon, Illinois, is still struggling to recover from the 2008 financial crisis and economic recession. Here, unemployment exceeds the national average. Residents are casting a nervous

VOA标准英语2012--E-Commerce Challenges Traditional Stores

E-Commerce Challenges Traditional Stores Lynne Shaner used the Internet to buy everything she needed for her wedding and holiday gifts for her husband and step daughter. Other than food, 90 percent of her purchases are made on the computer in her Was

VOA标准英语2012--WHO Warns of Malaria Resurgence

WHO Warns of Malaria Resurgence The World Health Organization warns there could be a resurgence of malaria in countries where much progress had been made over the past decade. The WHO has released its annual World Malaria Report, which warns of fundi

VOA标准英语2012--Killing of US School Children Sparks Gun Control Discussion

Killing of US School Children Sparks Gun Control Discussion Authorities say the weapons used in the Newtown shooting were legally registered to Nancy Lanza, the mother of the gunman, Adam Lanza. She was the first of 27 victims of the shootings, inclu

VOA标准英语2012--Fiscal Cliff Talks Have Californians Nervous

Fiscal Cliff Talks Have Californians Nervous Medical patient Robbie Reynolds relies on a community clinic for her health care. I don't think I would have made it without them, all the years that I've been coming here, because there were times that I

VOA标准英语2012--Thai Schools for Migrants Aim to Prevent Child Labor

Thai Schools for Migrants Aim to Prevent Child Labor 9-year-old Nu Nu Wai would like to go to school full time and become a painter. But, as a child of migrant workers from Burma her parents cannot make enough money so she only attends 10 days a mont

VOA标准英语2012--Senator Kerry Has Extensive Foreign Policy Credentials

Senator Kerry Has Extensive Foreign Policy Credentials Globetrotting and world affairs are nothing new to John Kerry, a five-term senator who is chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations. His duties have taken him to conflict zones and kept him

VOA标准英语2012--Global Infertility Rates Generally Hold Steady

Global Infertility Rates Generally Hold Steady The World Health Organization says infertility rates around the world have remained relatively stable since 1990. Almost 50 million couples worldwide were unable to have a child after five years of tryin

VOA标准英语2012--Beat Refinery Teaches DJ Hopefuls Hip Moves

Beat Refinery Teaches DJ Hopefuls Hip Moves What I am doing is called beat juggling. Essentially you are taking one record and putting it on both turntables, so while this one plays I am getting this one ready to start back of the beginning of the lo

VOA标准英语2012--Building Relationships in LA Brings Down Crime Rate

Building Relationships in LA Brings Down Crime Rate A quiet afternoon is interrupted with the sound of helicopters as dozens of officers from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol capture a suspect in a robbery and shooti

VOA标准英语2012--US Army Corps of Engineers Works to Avert Crisis on Mississippi River

US Army Corps of Engineers Works to Avert Crisis on Mississippi River It is a familiar routine for the crew members of the Dredge Potter, making their way along the Mississippi River to the growing number of shallow trouble spots and digging in. The

VOA标准英语2012--Archeologist: Mayans Did Not Predict Apocalypse

Archeologist: Mayans Did Not Predict Apocalypse The Maya 2012 exhibit greets you with fictionalized images of the apocalypse. So many of the objects in this gallery came from excavations carried out by our museum, said Loa Traxler, the exhibit's cura

VOA标准英语2012--Boy's Cardboard Creation Becomes Web Sensation

Boy's Cardboard Creation Becomes Web Sensation In a working class neighborhood of east Los Angeles, there is an auto parts store which has become famous. People fly in from all around the world, says owner George Monroy. They take taxis here. The vis

VOA标准英语2012--Museum of Egyptian Revolution Vividly Chronicles Uprising

Museum of Egyptian Revolution Vividly Chronicles Uprising Opposition protests continue several nights a week in front of the presidential palace. But during the day, when the street is more quiet, anyone passing by can stop in at the Museum of the Eg

VOA标准英语2012--US Hopes to Resolve Iran Nuclear Standoff in 2013

US Hopes to Resolve Iran Nuclear Standoff in 2013 There were three high-level meetings between world powers and Iran in 2012. But by years end, the two sides were not near resolution on Iran's controversial nuclear program. The West fears Iran is dev

VOA标准英语2012--Most Accurate Projection of Polar Ice Melt Produced to Date

Most Accurate Projection of Polar Ice Melt Produced to Date Measuring ice sheets is a tricky business. Over the last two decades, dozens of studies on ice loss have come up with conflicting results. Now, a global scientific team, reporting in the jou

VOA标准英语2012--Zimbabwean Songwriter Fights HIV

Zimbabwean Songwriter Fights HIV Getting to Zero was composed by an 18-year-old Zimbabwean, Theophylus Phoelyn, 18, and will be used by Zimbabwe as a theme song for this year's World AIDS Day. Most young musicians in Zimbabwe sing about love, sex and

VOA标准英语2012--As Rebels Exit Goma, New Concerns Arise Over Insecurity

As Rebels Exit Goma, New Concerns Arise Over Insecurity Just over a week after taking control of Goma, the M23 rebels are pulling out. But even though the fighting has ended, and the dead have been buried, insecurity is expected to remain a challenge

VOA标准英语2012--UNICEF Ambassador Tells Tragic Congo Tale

UNICEF Ambassador Tells Tragic Congo Tale Since the 1990s, armed groups have come and gone in the eastern DRC, leaving human tragedy in their wake. Millions have died and many thousands have been raped. And theres no end in sight. UNICEF Goodwill Amb

VOA标准英语2012--Amid Gloomy Climate News, Doha Talks Enter Final Week

Amid Gloomy Climate News, Doha Talks Enter Final Week The ministers arrive in the face of bad news for the planet. A spate of new scientific studies finds worldwide greenhouse gas emissions rising and ice sheets melting rapidly, and predicts a planet