VOA标准英语2012--Amid Economic Gains New Trouble on Horizon

Amid Economic Gains New Trouble on Horizon Gasoline prices are on the rise, but it doesn't seem to be slowing down American consumers. Retail sales rose in February at the fastest pace in five months - fueled by higher demand for automobiles. Actuall

VOA标准英语2012--Scientists Explore Hallucinogen Treatments for PTSD, Sex Abuse Victims

Scientists Explore Hallucinogen Treatments for PTSD, Sex Abuse Victims Fresh look No one is more aware of the stigma attached to psychedelics than Rick Doblin, director of the Multi-Disciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), a drug deve

VOA标准英语2012--Two Parties Have Dominated US Politics for 150 Years

Two Parties Have Dominated US Politics for 150 Years The Democratic and Republican parties are the dominant political forces in the U.S. Between them, they have controlled the White House and Congress for one-and-a-half centuries. Both parties trace

VOA标准英语2012--Animal Welfare Drives Changes on US Farms

Animal Welfare Drives Changes on US Farms Battery cage battle Nearly all eggs in the United States come from large facilities where hens are kept in small pens called battery cages. The Humane Society of the United States and other animal-welfare gro

VOA标准英语2012--80,000 Syrians Take Refuge in Jordan

80,000 Syrians Take Refuge in Jordan Early morning at this makeshift camp near Karama in the Jordan River Valley. Some of the 80,000 Syrians who have taken refuge in Jordan have come to this farming area hoping to find work. Sixteen-year-old Khaled a

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Army Defectors Tell of Atrocities

Syrian Army Defectors Tell of Atrocities In an amateur video posted online, demonstrators march through the Syrian city of Deraa, protesting against President Bashar al-Assad. It was at a similar protest last year that Hassan, a 21-year-old Syrian so

VOA标准英语2012--Key Local Afghan Police Force Slow to Catch On

Key Local Afghan Police Force Slow to Catch On Coalition planners say they need 100 police officers to secure Marzak. Village elders promised at least that many men would volunteer for a new Afghan Local Police force. But by late January, fewer than

VOA标准英语2012--Coalition Forces Train Afghan Police to Stop Taliban

Coalition Forces Train Afghan Police to Stop Taliban U.S. and Afghan soldiers arrived in the village of Marzak in early January on a high-stakes mission to shape the conditions for the war's end. U.S. Army Captain Jim Perkins says Marzak is the only

VOA标准英语2012-- Leasing Land, Leasing Water

Leasing Land, Leasing Water 土地征用协议引发对水权利的担忧 A new report says land acquisitions in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America have sharply increased since the 2007/2008 food crisis. Some fear the investments by foreign cou

VOA标准英语2012--Kony Video Campaign Shakes Up Advocacy World

Kony Video Campaign Shakes Up Advocacy World Like many other human rights campaigns, the video released by the organization Invisible Children got help from celebrities. One of them was Angelina Jolie. The Hollywood film actress spoke out against the

VOA标准英语2012--Researchers Say Malaria Drug Could Also Treat Cancer

Researchers Say Malaria Drug Could Also Treat Cancer Scientists know that human cancer cells grow by getting energy from adjacent tumors, where cells have begun to self-destruct. The spread of cancer is accelerated by the death of these cells. This p

VOA标准英语2012--Higher Fatality Rate for Younger Women Having Heart Attacks Without Chest

HigherFatalityRateforYoungerWomenHavingHeartAttacksWithoutChest Kimberly Perazzoli looks like the picture of health. But two years ago, she was tired and living with frequent back pain. Never, never once did I think I was having a heart attack, she s

VOA标准英语2012--Police Mistrust Threatens US-Afghan Alliance in Key Town

Police Mistrust Threatens US-Afghan Alliance in Key Town The Marzak strategy hinged on setting up a new, tribe-based local police force capable of defending the town against Taliban fighters. After two weeks of training, the first 50 police began dut

VOA标准英语2012--Lawyers Request Diplomatic Immunity for Strauss-Kahn

Lawyers Request Diplomatic Immunity for Strauss-Kahn Bronx Supreme Court Judge Douglas McKeon heard arguments Wednesday by Strauss-Kahn lawyers that he is entitled to immunity by virtue of his former position, as well as international custom and law.

VOA标准英语2012--DNA Tests Prove Worms in Sardine Cans are Kosher

DNA Tests Prove Worms in Sardine Cans are Kosher Let's say one day you're opening up a can of sardines and you come across a worm. It is not as unusual as you might think. Unfortunately, recently, it hasn't been unusual at all, noted Rabbi Chaim Loik

VOA标准英语2012--Low Voter Enthusiasm Doesn't Prevent Romney Win in Ohio

Low Voter Enthusiasm Doesn't Prevent Romney Win in Ohio Tonight we are doing some counting. We are counting up the delegates for the convention, and it looks good. And we are counting down the days to November, and that looks even better, exclaimed R

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Ron Paul Picks Up Arab-American Endorsements We believe that Dr. Paul brings to this campaign sense, sanity and sincerity, said Osama Siblani, publisher of the largest Arab-American newspaper in the United States - The Arab-American News - telling a

VOA标准英语2012--US Energy Experts Learn from Japan's Ordeal

US Energy Experts Learn from Japan's Ordeal Tokyo University earthquake researcher Kenji Satake explored the Japanese quake zone last year, after the initial emergency response had wound down. A year later, speaking at a scientific conference in Vanc

VOA标准英语2012--Women on Front Line of Arab Spring Protests

Women on Front Line of Arab Spring Protests Many women have been among the protesters on the front lines of anti-government movements in the Middle East and North Africa. They helped to topple longtime leaders in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. They played

VOA标准英语2012--NGO: Disaster Relief Efforts Insufficient

NGO: Disaster Relief Efforts Insufficient A development organization says the 21st Century has brought an increase in urban disasters. Its calling for a new approach to relief efforts as the worlds urban centers continue to grow. CHF International sa