VOA标准英语2012--New Guidelines Would Help Ensure HIV Treatment

New Guidelines Would Help Ensure HIV Treatment 新指南将有助于帮助艾滋病治疗 New guidelines have been released to help HIV infected people get on treatment and stay on it. The recommendations appear in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Th

VOA标准英语2012--Episcopal Church, Breakaway Anglicans Fight Over Property

Episcopal Church, Breakaway Anglicans Fight Over Property Outside the U.S. capital stands a red brick church with white wooden pews where George Washington served as a vestryman, or lay leader. The Falls Church was founded in 1732 and even gave its n

VOA标准英语2012--Owner of Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant Fights for Survival

Owner of Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant Fights for Survival Facing tens of billions of dollars in liabilities, clean-up costs and the eventual decommissioning of its Fukushima power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as TEPCO, is in a fight

VOA标准英语2012--Endangered Primate Offers Clues to Climate Change

Endangered Primate Offers Clues to Climate Change Scientists are studying a rare African monkey thats endangered both from climate change and humans. They hope the primates past can give clues to the future effects of rising temperatures. Its called

VOA标准英语2012--SAF New Fire-Building Method Reduces Air Pollution

SAF New Fire-Building Method Reduces Air Pollution With their megaphones and orange uniforms, these fieldworkers do not go unnoticed. This is Fine Town, a township south of Johannesburg. Every day, the fieldworkers walk around the townships to show t

VOA标准英语2012--Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors

Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors A $2 loan lets a woman in Burundi start a business brewing banana beer, and a $65 loan helped a woman in Pakistan start an embroidery business that now supports 30 local families. These small entrepreneurs

VOA标准英语2012--Disabled Cyclists Set Sights on London Paralympics

Disabled Cyclists Set Sights on London Paralympics These athletes are at the top of their game. They faced off in Los Angeles in February for the Paracycling Track World Championships. Craig Griffin, training director for the U.S. paracycling team, s

VOA标准英语2012--Technology Rescues Dying Languages

Technology Rescues Dying Languages In our interconnected world, global languages like English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly dominant. But there are some 7,000 other languages spoken around the world and linguists say up to half of them are at

VOA标准英语2012--Maryland Is Eighth US State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Maryland Is Eighth US State to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage The way forward is always found through greater respect for the equal rights of all, said Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley as he signed the bill into law. Maryland joins seven other states an

VOA标准英语2012--Orchids Bloom in Washington Exhibit

Orchids Bloom in Washington Exhibit Hundreds of orchids rare and common are on display in the U.S. capital with a nod to Japan. They set the stage for the upcoming Cherry Blossom Festival, this year a centennial celebration of Japan's gift. We blende

VOA标准英语2012--Syrian Forces Shell Homs, Block Aid to Rebel Stronghold

Syrian Forces Shell Homs, Block Aid to Rebel Stronghold A Syrian government military offensive continued across parts of the country Saturday, including the sporadic shelling of parts of the beleaguered city of Homs. An elite government brigade captu

VOA标准英语2012--Crushed Cars as Art

Crushed Cars as Art A sculpture at the entrance to the museum is made of old car bumpers. Inside are dozens of other automobile abstractions by sculptor John Chamberlain. He passed away in December at the age of 84. While the Guggenheim is not a park

VOA标准英语2012--Somalia City a 'Disaster Zone' After Extremists Flee

Somalia City a 'Disaster Zone' After Extremists Flee Flying to Baidoa in a vintage Ethiopian Airlines plane is an adventure in itself. The pilot negotiates a corkscrew landing to avoid possible mortar fire. The airport is heavily guarded. Much of col

VOA标准英语2012--Undecided Voters Key to 'Super Tuesday' Vote in Ohio

Undecided Voters Key to 'Super Tuesday' Vote in Ohio This is an incredible opportunity we have to exercise the rights that God has given us, but also our civic responsibility and our spiritual responsibility, said Pastor Matt Keller, Sunday morning a

VOA标准英语2012--Danger to West Increases From Al-Qaida Threat in Yemen

Danger to West Increases From Al-Qaida Threat in Yemen Video obtained from al-Qaida-linked militants in Yemen shows missile launchers, automatic weapons, heavy ammunition and vehicles with machine guns. All, they say, were captured from the Yemeni Ar

VOA标准英语2012--Despite Burmese Reforms, Conflict Continues in Karen State

Despite Burmese Reforms, Conflict Continues in Karen State There is a buzz in the air in Burma's Karen state as folks gather for the annual Karen Revolution Day in late January. Unlike the new freedom on display in the nation's capital, people here a

VOA标准英语2012--Sudanese Activist Artist Breaks Down Borders

Sudanese Activist Artist Breaks Down Borders In an audio montage of memories from refugees, the sounds of gunfire and explosions mix with crying babies. Narrator Michelle Orecchio describes how to reverse war's grip on so much of humanity. All it tak

VOA标准英语2012--Studies Link Bee Decline to Insecticide

Studies Link Bee Decline to Insecticide Billion-dollar bees Bees pollinate the flowers that become fruits, nuts and vegetables. The work these insects do is worth about $18 billion a year to U.S. farmers. But honeybee colonies in the United States ha

VOA标准英语2012--Urban Farm Takes Root Amid Strip Malls

Urban Farm Takes Root Amid Strip Malls EcoCity Farms grows vegetables in winter. The Edmonston, Maryland, farm near Washington is an unlikely place to harvest produce in any season. Its four climate-controlled greenhouses stand out in an otherwise bl

VOA标准英语2012--Lost Luggage Ends Up Here

Lost Luggage Ends Up Here Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesnt always come home with them. Airline identification tags can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. Amazingly, some people never pic