VOA标准英语2010年-Green Packaging Replaces Petroleum-Bas

Ecocradle serves the same purpose as traditional foams when used as a packaging material. Buying a product these days often means you are getting more than you bargained for. Unwrapping your latest purchase can leave the room strewn with the cardboar

VOA标准英语2010年-Setting the Stage for Future Stars

At the Stagedoor Manor summer camp theater, kids from all over the world put on 13 full-scale productions in three weeks. Among the many specialty summer camps in the U.S. are drama camps, where youngsters learn about theater and put on a play. There

VOA标准英语2010年-Life is a Cabaret at Entertainer Boot

Instructor Tovah Feldshuh with student Nancy Gair at the International Cabaret Conference held at Yale University. The word cabaret evokes so many images singers dressed in sequins and satin, presiding over elegant nightclubs or dark, intimate rooms,

VOA标准英语2010年-Mexican Guest Workers Take Jobs Few Am

About 66,000 migrants enter the United States legally as H2B Guest Workers each year. Raquel Trejo Rubio has a job few Americans apparently want. The 28-year-old Mexican migrant picks crab meat. I came because there is no work or money in Mexico, say

VOA标准英语2010年-NYC Mosque Controversy Could Affect No

President Barack Obama hosts an Iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, 13 Aug 2010 President Barack Obama has become embroiled

VOA标准英语2010年-Tamil Boat People Seek Asylum in Canad

Internally displaced ethnic Tamils watch Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse during his visit to the Manik Farm refugee camp, in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka (file photo) The United Nations refugee agency reports that all 490 Tamil passengers on a cargo sh

VOA标准英语2010年-Bomber Strikes Iraqi Army Recruits, Ki

An injured man is taken a way from the scene of a suicide attack in Baghdad, Iraq, 17 Aug 2010 A suicide bomber has killed at least 61 people in an attack at an army recruitment center in Baghdad. More than 125 other people are said to have been inju

VOA标准英语2010年-Hill: Iraq 'Going in Right Direction'

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill said Tuesday that he thinks the country is on the right track despite sporadic terrorist activity and a post-election political stalemate. The senior U.S. diplomat, soon to retire, held a farewell pre

VOA标准英语2010年-Analysts: Chavez Faces Political Test

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez salutes supporters during an event marking the 227th anniversary of the birth of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar at the National Pantheon in Caracas, 24 Jul 2010 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's near-mo

VOA标准英语2010年-Ancient Ice Helps Predict Future Warmi

More than 300 scientists from 14 countries brought their skills to the Greenland base camp over five summers. Jim White studies really old ice. He thinks it will help predict what the climate will be like in the future. White is director of the Insti

VOA标准英语2010年-Archaeologists Discover Most Valuable

Excavations at Tel Kedesh, Israel, under the auspices of the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota, have discovered a gold coin which is the oldest to date in the country. Scientists believe it was minted in Alexandria around 191 BC and

VOA标准英语2010年-Kenyan Boarding School Provides Hope f

Joseph Shiroko, founder of Brian Resource Center, communicates with a student in sign language In Kenya, educational and career opportunities are almost non-existent for people born with multiple physical challenges. They face many forms of discrimin

VOA标准英语2010年-Russian Fires Spark Anger at Governmen

Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sits in the cabin of a Russian firefighting aircraft Be-200 during the firefighting effort in Rayzan region some 250 km outside Moscow, 10 Aug 2010 After 25,000 wildfires, some Russians are starting to place som

VOA标准英语2010年-US Jobless Rate Steady; Obama Sees Pro

President Barack Obama talks with Gelberg Signs employee Elaine Hart during his tour of the facility, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, in Washington. President Barack Obama says the U.S. unemployment report for July shows some encouraging signs, even though the

VOA标准英语2010年-As the Sign Says: 'Keep Yelling, Kids,

After the billboard build-up, what choice do parents have? Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 02 August 2010 Fireworks, purchased at Fort Pedro, are a big seller. If you say south of the border to an older American, he or she is likely to break into song

VOA标准英语2010年-Constitutional Changes Could Extend Pr

Rwandan president Paul Kagame holds a press conference in Kigali, Rwanda, as citizens vote for president Monday for the second time since the country's 1994 genocide, 9 Aug 2010 Voting is underway in Rwanda's second presidential election since the 19

VOA标准英语2010年-Pakistanis at Flood Relief Camp Critic

Officials in Pakistan say continued heavy rains have worsened the situation across the country where raging floodwaters have killed more than 1,600 people and affected 15 million others. Sean Maroney | Nowshera, Pakistan 09 August 2010 Flood relief c

VOA标准英语2010年-Computer Model Helps Minimize Water Po

The US Environmental Protection Agency lists stormwater as the primary cause of water pollution in the United States. Roads, shopping centers and housing developments are generally seen as enhancing a community's quality of life. But they can also di

VOA标准英语2010年-US Congresswomen Serving in the House,

Congresswomen Carolyn Maloney, Melissa Bean and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, all Democrats, share a house in a neighborhood near the US Capitol There are more than 430 members in the U.S. House of Representatives, but only 73 of them are women. Many of

VOA标准英语2010年-Ethiopian Leader says 'Rough Stretch'

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi at the Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, 25 May 2010 Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says bilateral ties with the United States are on the mend after months of tensions. Mr. Meles promised a wholesale governme