VOA标准英语2010年-Unemployed Find Comic Relief in New Bo

Sometimes, the best way to deal with a bad situation is to laugh at it. That's the idea behind The Adventures of Unemployed Man, a parody of classic superhero comics, written for America's current economic meltdown. In it, writers Erich Origen and Ga

VOA标准英语2010年-Laid Off Brazilian Migrant Workers Wan

Land of ancestors Some have never been to the land of their ancestors, who migrated to Brazil in the 20th century. But others, like Claudio Koboyashi, have. Until last year, the 53-year old worked in a Japanese factory. He lost his job during the glo

VOA标准英语2010年-Remembering Willis Conover

Willis Conover's long-running Jazz Hour broadcast on the Voice of America introduced millions of people in the former Soviet Union to American jazz. Willis Conover would have been 90 years old this month. But his impact is still recognized today. Wit

VOA标准英语2010年-International Investors See Market Opp

International investors are showing a growing interest in Africa's retail market. American retail giant Wal-Mart is in preliminary talks to buy South African wholesaler Massmart for more than $4 million. And the Dutch-based supermarket network SPAR r

VOA标准英语2010年-New African Standby Force Faces First

The mythical island nation of Carana, off the east coast of Africa, is in a state of near-collapse, and African Union rapid deployment forces are battling to save it. That is the scenario being played out this week in a crisis-response exercise invol

VOA标准英语2010年-The New Bottom Billion: Where Are the

Most of the world's poor are not in poor countries. That's the finding of new research from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex. It could lead to a re-thinking of donor aid and ways of achieving the Millennium Devel

VOA标准英语2010年-Ivory Coast PM Tries to Ease Concern O

Ivory Coast's Prime Minister is trying to resolve concerns about how the votes in Sunday's presidential election will be counted. With just five days to go before Ivory Coast's long-delayed presidential election, Prime Minister Guillaume Soro wants t

VOA标准英语2010年-Heart Making Successful Comeback With

文本对应音频从15分05秒开始 Heart was one of the most popular rock bands of the 1980s. The group is making a successful comeback with its new album, Red Velvet Car. Heart's new album, Red Velvet Car, entered the Billboard 200 at Number 10,

VOA标准英语2010年-Golfer Arjun Atwal Shines as India's F

The 2010 U.S. Professional Golfers Association Tour season ended last Sunday with American Jim Furyk winning the FedEx Cup championship. The lucrative four-tournament playoff event capped a year peaked with big wins for some and even bigger losses fo

VOA标准英语2010年-Chemists Take First Steps in Making Ca

The drug Taxol is a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer, but it's very expensive and complicated to manufacture. Now, scientists at Tufts University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they've taken the first steps to make

VOA标准英语2010年-Viagra Improves Effectiveness of Cance

Doctors often use drugs in combination. Sometimes one medicine will enhance the effectiveness of another. Or a drug will have side effects that are eased by a different medicine. Now, researchers have found one drug that does both, and the name of th

VOA标准英语2010年-East-West Divide Preserved in a German

Perhaps nowhere in Germany are the effects of the Iron Curtain understood better than the tiny village of Moedlareuth. The village of just 50 people was divided down the middle after World War II, and separated for four decades. Two abandoned guard t

VOA标准英语2010年-Cyprus Marks 50 Years of Independence

For 92-year old Glafcos Clerides, a British-educated lawyer and the first speaker of the Cypriot parliament, memories remain vivid of the young inexperienced first government of Archbishop Makarios. I can't describe that there were young politicians

VOA标准英语2010年-Already Struggling With Food Security,

Kenya ranks near the bottom of the world in food security. While the government works to stave off a coming drought, experts say Kenya must retool its local food markets to prevent future shortfalls. As World Food Day approaches, Kenya stands at a cr

VOA标准英语2010年-UN Wants Security Sector Reform Before

The United Nations says there must be reforms to Liberia's young, post-war security sector to guarantee peaceful elections next year. Liberian police do not carry weapons because principle responsibility for security still rests with United Nations p

VOA标准英语2010年-French Imam Teaching Tolerance and Inc

At a time when France is fearful of Islamist radicalism, one imam is speaking out against religious extremism and against intolerance and racism toward Muslims. Friday afternoon prayers at al-Nour mosque, an unassuming building tucked behind a superm

VOA标准英语2010年-Rwanda Tackles Top Killer of Children

Joe DeCapua 02 September 2010 For more than a year now, Rwanda has been immunizing its children against pneumonia. Its goal is to save the lives of 6,000 kids every year. This week, health officials and others are checking on the programs progress. P

VOA标准英语2010年-Mountain of Trash Blights Historic Leb

The Lebanese city of Saida is known for its historic ruins dating to the 5th century BC. It also is known for its giant garbage dump, which residents call trash mountain. The mountain has grown steadily for more than 30 years, and city residents, tou

VOA标准英语2010年-Woody Allen Returns With Darker Look a

Helena, played by Gemma Jones, seeks out a psychic fortuneteller to help her understand why Anthony Hopkins as Alfie, her husband of more than 40 years, has left her to take up with a much younger, woman named Charmaine. Sally is married to Roy, who

VOA标准英语2010年-US Activist Defends Immigrant Women Ag

Layli Miller-Muro wasn't even out of law school before she helped litigate a case that revolutionized asylum law in the United States. The case involved Fauziya Kassindja, a 17-year-old girl who fled the West African country of Togo to avoid a tribal