VOA标准英语2012--Oil Prices Ease, But Airlines Still Worried

Oil Prices Ease, But Airlines Still Worried Jet fuel prices were about one-seventh of the expenses for a typical airline a decade ago - consuming less of the budget than pay for pilots and other workers. But International Air Transport Association sp

VOA标准英语2012--Popular Weed Killer Stirs Health, Environmental Concerns

Popular Weed Killer Stirs Health, Environmental Concerns Jamie Jamison produces corn, wheat and soybeans on his 500-hectare farm. To boost production, he uses genetically modified seeds. To control weeds, he uses Atrazine. It gives us good long-seaso

VOA标准英语2012--9/11 Attack Mastermind, Co-Plotters Arraigned at Guantanamo

9/11 Attack Mastermind, Co-Plotters Arraigned at Guantanamo September 11th, 2001 is a painful memory re-lived here by the families of some of the nearly 3,000 victims. A handful of relatives flew here to watch the arraignment proceedings and face the

VOA标准英语2012--Obama Begins Re-Election Campaign

Obama Begins Re-Election Campaign Mr. Obamas first campaign rally was at Ohio State University in Columbus. He urged those who supported him four years ago to do so again. We will finish what we started. We are still fired up. We are still ready to g

VOA标准英语2012--US Hiring Disappoints, but Jobless Rate Ticks Lower

US Hiring Disappoints, but Jobless Rate Ticks Lower American employers eased up on hiring in April. But upward revisions to the job numbers in the previous two months, along with a decline in the number of people looking for work, brought the nation'

VOA标准英语2012--Nigerian Churches Ramp Up Security Against Attack Risk

Nigerian Churches Ramp Up Security Against Attack Risk Near-daily violence in northern Nigeria is increasingly targeting churches. Bombings and other attacks have killed dozens of Christians in recent months. Armed policeman keep watch outside this A

VOA标准英语2012--Veteran US Actor Gives Back to the Community

Veteran US Actor Gives Back to the Community On Tuesday nights, Reynolds coaches a women's basketball team. He says it is only one of the ways he stays active and involved in his community. Five days a week, Reynolds plays TV character Abe Carver, ma

VOA标准英语2012--Definitions of Autism Are Changing

Definitions of Autism Are Changing The Perromat family has three beautiful boys: Lucas, Philip and Thomas. Philip is the middle child. By the time he was a toddler, Kim and Carlos Perromat had already suspected that Philip's failure to make eye conta

VOA标准英语2012--US Doctors See Surge In Newborns Addicted To Mothers' Pain Pills

US Doctors See Surge In Newborns Addicted To Mothers' Pain Pills In delivery rooms across the United States, doctors are seeing more and more mothers addicted to prescription pain killers. The increase is so great that Dr. Stephen Patrick at the Univ

VOA标准英语2012--Tensions Ease Over Iran’s Nuclear Program as Diplomacy Ramps Up

Tensions Ease Over Irans Nuclear Program as Diplomacy Ramps Up Earlier this year, threats of armed conflict rumbled across the Middle East. Iran launched war games near the Persian Gulf. Israeli warplanes conducted drills to ready for attack. And a b

VOA标准英语2012--Stem Cell Therapy Effective Against HIV Virus in Mice

Stem Cell Therapy Effective Against HIV Virus in Mice The actual stem cells were injected in my arm, said Diana Souza. Diana Souza says stem cell therapy helped restore full use of her severely fractured arm. It is a miracle. It does work. And I have

VOA标准英语2012-- 'Toxic Culture' May Have Led to Government Spending Scandal

'Toxic Culture' May Have Led to Government Spending Scandal The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is caught up in a scandal, accused of wasteful spending on lavish conferences and executive travel to exotic locations. It's the perfect exampl

VOA标准英语2012--Report: Best and Worst Places to be a Mother

Report: Best and Worst Places to be a Mother A new report says Norway is the best place in the world to be a mother, while Niger is the worst. The humanitarian group Save the Children has released its State of the Worlds Mothers 2012 report. The repo

VOA标准英语2012--Leaders Threaten Euro 2012 Boycott Over Alleged Ukraine Abuses

Leaders Threaten Euro 2012 Boycott Over Alleged Ukraine Abuses May Day brought communist demonstrators onto the streets Tuesday in Kiev - as news of the threatened Euro 2012 boycott spread. Marchers voiced their support for Yulia Tymoshenko and for t

VOA标准英语2012--Burma-China Pipelines Bring Benefits, Complaints

Burma-China Pipelines Bring Benefits, Complaints At Mandalay Hills Su Taung Pyai Pagoda a Chinese visitor makes a ritual cleansing prayer. China is Burmas biggest investor and here in the countrys second largest city residents say an influx of Chines

VOA标准英语2012--AIDS Funding Boosts Overall Healthcare

AIDS Funding Boosts Overall Healthcare The battle against HIV/AIDS has received more donor funding than most other diseases combined. Many tens of billions of dollars has been spent in the more than 30 years of the epidemic. The amount of funding has

VOA标准英语2012--Bus Travel In Nation's Capital Inspires Song

Bus Travel In Nation's Capital Inspires Song Songwriters find inspiration in different - and sometimes unusual - places. Ren Moffatt, a Washington D.C. singer and songwriter, found it in the bus he travels to work on every day. The title of Ren Moffa

VOA标准英语2012--‘C’ Isn't Average in All Schools Any More

C Isn't Average in All Schools Any More Theres an old, but often-played, song by the late Sam Cooke whose lyrics go, in part: Now I don't claim to be an A student But I'm trying to be. And so are millions of other American children each school term.

VOA标准英语2012--US Nuns Stunned, Angered by Vatican Reprimand

US Nuns Stunned, Angered by Vatican Reprimand After a night on the street, dozens of homeless men and women file into a shelter in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring. A walk down the hall takes them to the cafeteria, where they get a hot breakfas

VOA标准英语2012--Report: Funding Global Health Helps US Economy Grow

Report: Funding Global Health Helps US Economy Grow This project to develop a vaccine against tuberculosis is just one example of the kind of work the U.S government has been supporting. Overall, in fact, the United States contributed $12.7 billion t