VOA标准英语2011-Child's Self Control Predicts Future Heal

From a very early age, some children exhibit better self-control than others. Now, a new study has tracked how low self control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years. The study began with 1,000 childr

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Guts Requirement That Employer Health Plans Pay For Birth Control

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Trump administration is rolling back an Obama-era health care mandate. It had required employers to pay for birth control through their insurance plans. And the Trump administration is leaving that mandate in place, but u

美国国家公共电台 NPR Millennials Are No More Liberal On Gun Control Than Elders, Polls Show

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: In the days since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., there have been calls for more gun control from high school students around the country. There's a lot of polling that indicates young peo

美国国家公共电台 NPR Federal Efforts To Control Rare And Deadly Bacteria Working

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The federal government set up a network last year to identify deadly germs called nightmare bacteria. Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that network is helping control these germs. And the CDC says the sys

2007年VOA标准英语-Women Gain Greater Control Over Menstruation, C

By Carol Pearson Washington 25 May 2007 Women who do not want children, and those who do, are both getting new help. The U.S. government has approved a birth control pill that eliminates menstrual cycles, and it also has approved a product to help wo

VOA慢速英语2011--Does a Birth Control Method Raise HIV Ri

Health Report - Does a Birth Control Method Raise HIV Risk? 健康报道 - 避孕药物是否真会增加艾滋病毒感染风险？ This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 The World Health Orga

2007年VOA标准英语-Mali's Army Takes Control in Northeast Part of

By Selah Hennessy Dakar 27 September 2007 Army troops in Mali have retaken an area in the northeast of the country that was controlled by rebel Tuareg fighters. The largely nomadic, Berber Tuareg have carried out a series of raids in the isolated des

2007年VOA标准英语-US Commander: Iraqi Forces Need Help to Control

By Al Pessin Pentagon 21 September 2007 The commander of coalition forces in Baghdad says there are not enough Iraqi forces in the city to control it without coalition help, but he says the combined U.S. and Iraqi force is making good progress in def

VOA标准英语2008年-Islamist Insurgents in Control of Somali Port C

Islamist insurgents have taken control of the port city of Kismayo in southern Somalia. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the city returned to calm on Saturday after three days of fighting that left more than 60 peopl

VOA标准英语10月-Nigeria Says Cholera Outbreaks Under Control

The Nigerian health ministry has blamed poor sanitation and shortage of safe drinking water for the deadly outbreaks of cholera and gastroenteritis in parts of northern Nigeria. A senior official announced Friday that the crisis is now under control

VOA标准英语2012--Remembering Remote Control Inventor Gene Polley

Remembering Remote Control Inventor Gene Polley Whenever someone leaves the earth having changed it, we like to make note of it. Not just the famous or notorious, but also obscure people who dreamed up something memorable or useful in our everyday li

VOA标准英语2012--Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease

Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease The biggest fear is the resistance will spread across Southeast Asia and then spill over into Africa, where the vast majority of the 700,000 deaths a year [from malaria] occur. Historically,

VOA标准英语2012--Access to Birth Control Sparks US Political Controversy

Access to Birth Control Sparks US Political Controversy What I want to know is where are the women? When I look at this panel, I don't see one single woman representing the tens of millions of women across the country, said Rep. Carolyn Maloney. Demo

VOA标准英语2012--NYC Schools Expand Birth Control Availability

NYC Schools Expand Birth Control Availability Every year in New York, more than 2,500 girls under 18 give birth, and many drop out of school. So officials began a program last year making hormonal birth control available at 13 high schools with high

VOA标准英语2013--US Tragedies Make Gun Control Likely Target in State of the Union Address

US Tragedies Make Gun Control Likely Target in State of the Union Address In a country where the tradition of gun ownership goes back to the founding of the nation, any talk of taking guns away triggers an emotional reaction on both sides. The push f

VOA标准英语2013--Gun Control Debate Firing Up Local Communities

Gun Control Debate Firing Up Local Communities Scenes of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut are seared in the minds of many. Twenty students and six teachers died in the December mass shooting. Yet it has only been in the past two w

VOA标准英语2015--Burundi Violence Centers on Media Control

Burundi Violence Centers on Media Control BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI The battle for Burundi has centered on control of the countrys influential radio stations. That private and government media have both been casualties of the recent political violence. Radi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Most Americans Feel They've Lost Control Of Their Online Data

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: As Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg testified for Congress today, we sat wondering, how much do Americans care about their online privacy? What's OK for companies to collect about you, and what's not? So we went out here in Washing

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Announces Plan To Privatize Air Traffic Control

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The White House announced a plan today to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system. This is part of the administration's focus this week on the country's aging infrastructure. President Trump says the FAA has been trying to

美国国家公共电台 NPR 50 Years Ago, The Pope Called Birth Control 'Intrinsically Wrong'

50 Years Ago, The Pope Called Birth Control 'Intrinsically Wrong' NOEL KING, HOST: Fifty years ago this summer, the pope at the time, Paul VI, stunned Roman Catholics around the world by issuing a new ruling, a new papal encyclical. He called it, Hum