VOA标准英语2013--After Higgs Hunt, Fermilab Charts New Paths in Physics Research

After Higgs Hunt, Fermilab Charts New Paths in Physics Research At the Grid Computing Center at Fermilab - half a world away from the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland - the key to understanding how the Higgs boson works and what it means for the

VOA标准英语2013--Supreme Court to Rule on Gay Marriage in US

Supreme Court to Rule on Gay Marriage in US Supporters of gay marriage believe public momentum is on their side as they prepare for two legal showdowns at the Supreme Court. Weve gone from zero states to now nine states plus the District of Columbia,

VOA标准英语2013--Some Iraqis Profit from Economic Progress; Most Suffer

Some Iraqis Profit from Economic Progress; Most Suffer Baghdad's Stock Exchange opened one year after the fall of Saddam Hussein as a private non-profit organization - replacing the government-owned Iraq Stock Exchange. Director Taha Ahmed al-Rubaye

VOA标准英语2013--Undocumented Syrian Refugees Suffer Deprivation

Undocumented Syrian Refugees Suffer Deprivation UmSteif Aysa al Fadil, a Syrian mother of eight, gathers khubays, a leafy green vegetable, on the scrap of land she now inhabits outside Kilis in southern Turkey. This plant, which she will boil and fee

VOA标准英语2013--Russia Re-Industrializes as Energy Boom Fades

Russia Re-Industrializes as Energy Boom Fades Post Soviet Russia is widely seen as an industrial rust belt. But here, in a new car making hub outside St. Petersburg, American car maker GM is investing to triple its production capacity. Romuald Rytwin

VOA标准英语2013--US Cities Brace for Mandatory Government Spending Cuts

US Cities Brace for Mandatory Government Spending Cuts Air traffic controllers at the Frederick, Maryland, municipal airport guide pilots around the busy airspace. But, under the spending cuts known as sequestration, this control tower, like many at

VOA标准英语2013--Report: Widespread Trafficking of Great Apes

Report: Widespread Trafficking of Great Apes Its estimated at least 3,000 great apes are illegally seized and sold every year. For every ape that is captured alive, many others are slaughtered. A new report Tuesday says law enforcement is undermanned

VOA标准英语2013--New Navigation Technology Predicts Traffic Conditions

New Navigation Technology Predicts Traffic Conditions In Los Angeles, a driver spends sixty-one hours every year on the road stuck in traffic. Christian Garcia knows what it's like. He delivers and installs televisions and is on the road all the time

VOA标准英语2013--Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable

Doctors Say Most Heart Disease Preventable No one would have guessed that Barbara Teng would have a heart attack. She was not overweight. She did not smoke. But she also did not exercise. In 2004, the week after I turned 49, when I was on a business

VOA标准英语2013--Burma Bakehouse Helps Disadvantaged Women

Burma Bakehouse Helps Disadvantaged Women Thirty-nine-year-old Ma Moe Nge is learning to bake and said that when her nine-month apprenticeship is over she wants to start her own bakery. Before, I only saw this kind of food, but I didnt know how to ma

VOA标准英语2013--Texas Rodeo Seeks to Minimize Injuries in Dangerous Sport

Texas Rodeo Seeks to Minimize Injuries in Dangerous Sport At the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the biggest event of its kind in the world, safety is a chief concern. During the three-week rodeo, both riders and animals can count on expert

VOA标准英语2013--Gay Documentary Makes Inroads in Turkey

Gay Documentary Makes Inroads in Turkey The Gala Night in Istanbul of the documentary My Child drew a packed audience. The powerful film tells the story of Listag a parent's support group of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender children, or LGBT. It

VOA标准英语2013--Vote Counting Underway After Big Voter Turnout in Kenya

Vote Counting Underway After Big Voter Turnout in Kenya Voters began lining up in the early morning hours at this polling station in Gatundu. Huge turnout across the country overwhelmed polling stations, and many, like Lucas Nganga, waited hours to v

VOA标准英语2013--Cluster Munitions Have Prolonged Impact

Cluster Munitions Have Prolonged Impact Mohamed is 13 years old. Two years ago, he played with a shiny metal object he found outside his home in Benghazi, Libya. He didn't know it was a cluster munition until it exploded. Cluster munitions release sm

VOA标准英语2013--HIV Cure Raises Hope

HIV Cure Raises Hope Tim Brown is one of only two people ever to be considered cured of HIV infection. But it was not easy. He also had leukemia. A bone marrow transplant from a donor with a rare mutation cured his HIV. The first transplant went well

VOA标准英语2013--Women Play Increasingly Vital Role in Peace Missions

Women Play Increasingly Vital Role in Peace Missions Captain Annie - French soldiers dont use their last names - is examining Gomo, a working security dog from France who lives at a base of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. The captain is

VOA标准英语2013--Venezuela's Chavez Built Ties With Iran

Venezuela's Chavez Built Ties With Iran The relationship between Iran and Venezuela began in the 1960s, in the early days of OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. But it was during Hugo Chavezs presidency that strong ties were form

VOA标准英语2013--Aid Agencies: World Has Forgotten Darfur Conflict

Aid Agencies: World Has Forgotten Darfur Conflict An estimated 300,000 people have died in the decade-long conflict in Darfur, most of them civilians. Almost two million have fled their homes. Abakar Adam has lived in a refugee camp near the town of

VOA标准英语2013--Italian Political Gridlock Threatens Euro

Italian Political Gridlock Threatens Euro Italians surprised the world, and perhaps themselves - splitting their vote among disgraced former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a center-left coalition and a protest movement led by a former comedian. Th

VOA标准英语2013--Burma Hopes for US Return to Textile Industry

Burma Hopes for US Return to Textile Industry Shaking off the dust It is the first time Aung Win has returned to a former textile factory since U.S. sanctions forced it to close down a decade ago. The vice chairman of the Myanmar Garment Manufacturer