VOA标准英语2010年-Betty Kwan Chinn Serves Up Meals for 5

Chinn will never forget what it feels like to be hungry and homeless. Although she was born to a wealthy family, her world fell apart was she was seven years old. The 1960s was a time of political and social upheaval in China. Her family became a tar

VOA标准英语2010年-US Army Continues to Probe Burial Mix-

Arlington National Cemetery - just outside Washington - one of the nation's most hallowed sites. It's where the remains of more than 300,000 service members are buried, including many who died in military conflicts dating back to the American Civil W

VOA标准英语2010年-Scientists Advocate Technology's Role

Scientists from more than a dozen West African countries discuss how technology can help meet Millennium Development Goals. World Leaders are gathering in New York this week to discuss the United Nations Millennium Development Goals - a set of object

VOA标准英语2010年-Michigan Means Cars to Most Americans

Recently, we tried one of those word-association games on our colleagues here at VOA. We used the word Indiana and asked for the first thing that came to mind. Farms, one person said. Notre Dame University football, said someone else. Another blurted

VOA标准英语2010年-Egyptian Opposition Announces Boycott

Egypt's al-Ghad or Tomorrow Party has announced a boycott of the upcoming parliamentary election. Al-Ghad's leader, former presidential candidate Ayman Nour, is calling the November elections rigged, echoing earlier calls for boycott by opposition fi

VOA标准英语2010年-New York Conference Tackles Investment

Although financial experts say that Africa is among the world's most risky places to invest, some like former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin sees limitless possibilities. Recently, business leaders from Africa met with potential investors on Wall St

VOA标准英语2010年-Long-Term Study of Gulf Oil Spill Heal

This week, the British oil company BP issued a controversial report on the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico four months ago. Regardless of who was at fault, the release of an estimated four million barrels of oil had a major envir

VOA标准英语2010年-Old Hands See a New Era for Green Inve

Speakers at the conference on alternative investments said Monday that an increasing number of shareholders want assurances that their investments are environmentally friendly. And they want them return a healthy yield. One of the speakers is Mary Bu

VOA标准英语2010年-Palestinians Weigh Future of Peace Tal

A bulldozer digs at the Revava Jewish settlement Monday in the northern West Bank. It is a scene that stokes anger among Palestinians and raises questions about whether the talks that started less than a month ago will continue. Palestinian President

VOA标准英语2010年-Party Winds Down for Baseball Organist

Going to a baseball game is an American summer tradition, and a big part of that ballpark experience is the stirring, up-tempo organ music that's played throughout the game. When teams score runs or players make hits, organ music leads the fans in ch

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

VOA标准英语2010年-Cyndi Lauper Sings the Blues

Cyndi Lauper's recent transformation from pop diva to blues maven was inspired by her lifelong admiration for the early blues pioneers, including one the earliest of them all, Ma Rainey. Lauper dedicated the album to Rainey, whose influence on younge

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-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-Throat Cancer Largely Due to Smoking A

Actor Michael Douglas has become the international face of throat cancer since he announced he had the disease. The actor says his doctors give him an 80 percent chance of beating the cancer. Michael Douglas didn't speak to reporters at the premiere

VOA标准英语2010年-Japan to Release Chinese Trawler Capta

Japanese prosecutors say they will release a Chinese trawler captain who has been detained since his boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels in disputed waters. The incident enraged China, which retaliated by canceling meetings with Japanese offic

VOA标准英语2010年-Flu Shots Linked to Lower Heart Attack

Getting a flu shot can help prevent influenza. But now, a large study in Britain indicates that older adults who get an annual flu vaccination are less likely to suffer a heart attack. The study involved more than 78,000 people, age 40 and older. Our

VOA标准英语2010年-Australia, China Conduct Live-Fire Nav

The Australian frigate, HMAS Warramunga, participated in the first live-firing exercise of its kind with the Chinese navy off the Shandong Peninsular in the Yellow Sea in north-eastern China. The vessel took part in the drill alongside the Chinese wa

VOA标准英语2010年-China, Russia Agree to Strengthen Stra

President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev inspected an honor guard at a welcoming ceremony Monday at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Following a closed-door meeting, the two leaders signed a statement calling for comprehensively d

VOA标准英语2010年-Israelis, Palestinian West Bank Reside

The presence of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is at the heart of the impasse facing negotiators. This is one of the key flashpoints in the conflict between Israeli settlers who are determined to stay and the Palestinian residen