VOA标准英语2012--Facebook's Stock Debuts on Wall Street

Facebook's Stock Debuts on Wall Street The year's most hotly anticipated public offering kicked off at 11 a.m, Friday in New York, with founder Mark Zuckerberg ringing the Nasdaq opening bell remotely from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Califor

VOA标准英语2012--Egypt's Moussa Stresses Experience in Time of Flux

Egypt's Moussa Stresses Experience in Time of Flux Moussa's past is both a strength and a weakness. The former foreign minister and ex- Arab League chief says he is ready to lead the nation. The country is in a major crisis, noted Moussa. And a major

VOA标准英语2012--Record Number of Africans Flee to Yemen

Record Number of Africans Flee to Yemen A record number of African refugees and migrants have arrived in Yemen this year. Most are from Ethiopia. U.N. refugee agency spokesman Andrej Mahecic says more people are crossing the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

VOA标准英语2012--Korean Surveillance School Trains Citizen Snoops

Korean Surveillance School Trains Citizen Snoops Ji Soo-hyun leads a double life. Three-months ago, the housewife began a career catching lawbreakers red handed. Ji, 54, says her specialty is going undercover at private tutoring schools. I pretend th

VOA标准英语2012--Experts Troubled by New Dengue Outbreaks in Western Hemisphere

Experts Troubled by New Dengue Outbreaks in Western Hemisphere Dengue had been eliminated in this hemisphere for quite a while but unfortunately it got reintroduced and has been generally growing since then, said Donald Shepherd. Donald Shepherd spok

VOA标准英语2012--Montana Man's Not too Old to Clown Around

Montana Man's Not too Old to Clown Around Montana is probably best known for its cowboys and cattle, an image that dates back to the late 1800s when Texas longhorns were herded north across the Great Plains. Montana was not generally known for having

VOA标准英语2012--US Suspends All Economic Sanctions on Burma

US Suspends All Economic Sanctions on Burma Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the suspension of bans on U.S. financial transactions, investments, and access to credit in a meeting with Burmese Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin. This is a

VOA标准英语2012--South Sudan: SPLA Soldiers Hold Frontline Position

South Sudan: SPLA Soldiers Hold Frontline Position The road to South Sudans front line with the north is a rugged one. Sudan Peoples Liberation Army soldiers armed with AK-47's and machine guns line the almost two-hour drive from Bentiu to the town o

VOA标准英语2012--Lutheran Organization Seeks Help From Former Refugees

Lutheran Organization Seeks Help From Former Refugees Sovannarorth Sok came to America as a refugee. Today, she helps them, as a case worker for the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. The service wants former refugees to give back by helping n

VOA标准英语2012--Private Spacecraft Ready for Launch to ISS

Private Spacecraft Ready for Launch to ISS An animation shows what space station partner nations and SpaceX hope to see on launch day. The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying its Dragon capsule, will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The cargo-carrying sp

VOA标准英语2012--Student Art Showcased Before Move Into Job Market

Student Art Showcased Before Move Into Job Market In the days before graduation, Jessica Marx and Alexz Giacobbe are put the finishing touches on a project theyve been working on for months. Jessica, a photography major, made the hats for their fashi

VOA标准英语2012--Greek Leftists Seek Coalition, Reject EU Austerity

Greek Leftists Seek Coalition, Reject EU Austerity The leader of Greeks leftist Syriza party is beginning talks with other parties on forming a coalition government to reject what he calls barbaric austerity measures imposed by the European Union. Vo

VOA标准英语2012--Class Action Lawsuit Targets Indonesian Government, Tobacco Companies

Class Action Lawsuit Targets Indonesian Government, Tobacco Companies Eight-year-old Aldi Ilham from Sukabumi, West Java, first started smoking when he was four years old. Instead of going to school he would help park cars to earn change for cigarett

VOA标准英语2012--Giant of US Foreign Policy to Depart Senate

Giant of US Foreign Policy to Depart Senate A globetrotter who left his mark in Europe, Asia and beyond, Richard Lugar expressed no regrets over his Senate career, which will end in January. I am proud of the solutions we have brought to problems ove

VOA标准英语2012--Tyler Environmental Prize Winners: Pollution's Effects Far-Reaching

Tyler Environmental Prize Winners: Pollution's Effects Far-Reaching Nearly half of the worlds people use biomass fuels such as wood or dried dung to cook their food, and many cook indoors. Professor Kirk Smith of the University of California, Berkele

VOA标准英语2012--Greek Far Right Makes Gains, Demands Landmines on Borders

Greek Far Right Makes Gains, Demands Landmines on Borders Supporters chant 'Greece belongs to Greeks,' as Golden Dawn leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos marches triumphantly through the streets of Athens. A reporter following the crowd asks what policy th

VOA标准英语2012--Opera Diva Entrances Audiences with Musical Variety

Opera Diva Entrances Audiences with Musical Variety In the United States, where sales show country music is the most popular music genre, closely followed by pop and hip-hop, opera superstar Renee Fleming has managed to become well known outside the

VOA标准英语2012--Campaign Aims to Help End Childhood HIV Infections

Campaign Aims to Help End Childhood HIV Infections A new campaigns been launched to help eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015. Its called Believe it, Do it. Its estimated nearly 400,000 children become infected with the AIDS virus ever

VOA标准英语2012--CIA Prevents Al-Qaida Suicide Plane Attack

CIA Prevents Al-Qaida Suicide Plane Attack Working closely with foreign partners, the CIA prevented a plot to put a suicide bomber on a U.S.-bound jet with the explosives concealed in the bombers underwear. White House counterterrorism adviser John B

VOA标准英语2012--London Olympic Park Gets Major Test

London Olympic Park Gets Major Tes t Londons Olympic Park got its first major test last week when nearly 150,000 fans came out to see competitions in several sports. They were part of the final stages of preparations for the Games, now fewer than 80