1 时事新闻 Boston Bombings Investigation Continues 波士顿爆炸案调查仍在继续 Britain Shaken by Media Phone-Hacking 电话窃听门震惊英国朝野 Royal Wedding Draws a Worldwide Crowd 皇室婚礼举世瞩目 Quake, Tsunami May Only Add to Economic Struggles forJapan 地震和海啸让日本经济雪上蒙霜 WikiLeaks, the Pentagon and the War in Afghanistan 维基解密公布阿富汗战争美国军方文件 Bush Looks Back at Eight Years as President, and Wishes Obama 布什回顾8年总统任期并祝福奥巴马 Financial Crisis Puts World Leaders at UN at the Center ofthe Action 联合国能否挽救经济危机 Bush Announces Some Troops Will Leave Iraq 布什宣布从伊拉克撤军 Bird Flu: Hoping for the Best, But Preparing for theWorst 禽流感来袭,各国严阵以待 An Up-and-down Week for Peace in Four Conflicts 契机:战争与和平 Iraq War Plans and Protests 伊拉克:我们不要战争 Bali Bombing 巴厘岛连环爆炸案 Homeland Security 9?11催生美国国土安全部 2 经济报道 China Becomes World's Most Important Auto Market 中国——全球汽车市场的“发动机” How Gold Became the Gold Standard for Trade? 黄金是怎样成为贸易金本位的? Greece's Debt Crisis and the Future of Europe 希腊债务危机与欧洲未来之路 More Than 5 Billion Promised to Rebuild Haiti 50亿美元将用于海地重建 Obama Seeks Health Reform with New Industry Support 新兴产业支持下,奥巴马医疗改革能否成功? Wall Street, Without the Big Investment Banks 华尔街:大投行光影不再 2007 Nobel in Economics: Designing Better Markets 2007年诺贝尔经济学奖:设计更好的市场 US and China Agree on High-Level Economic Talks 中美开启战略经济对话 Bush Signs Major Energy and Transportation Bills 布什签署能源与运输法案 3 今日美国 Fighting Childhood Obesity 与儿童肥胖作斗争 How a Housing Bubble Burst into a Global FinancialCrisis 从房产泡沫到全球金融危机 Behind the Turkey: the Story of Thanksgiving 火鸡背后的感恩节故事 Summer Camps 夏令营来了 4 探索发现 The Story of Longitude 经度的故事 Hoover Dam 胡佛大坝 Death Valley 死亡谷 Silk Road Folklife Festival 丝绸之路与史密森尼民俗节 Newseum 新闻博物馆 5 美国万花筒 Hollywood Tells Aung San Suu Kyi's Story in the Film, TheLady 昂山素季 Hey, Buddy, Wanna Buy a Piece of the Empire StateBuilding? 嘿,老兄,要买帝国大厦吗? The Sounds of Christmas 聆听圣诞 Is Time Running Out for the National Debt Clock in NewYork? 美国国债钟:还有时间吗? Bill Clinton: My Life 克林顿自传《我的生活》 The Mary Tyler Moore Show 玛丽?泰勒?摩尔秀 6 教育报道 When a Textbook Is Online, Not on Paper 网络教科书 Some US Students Learn Mandarin with China's Help 美国学生的中文热 Write or Wrong: The Death of Handwriting? 书法消亡的对与错之争 School, and Family, Budgets Under Pressure 预算压力下的学校和家庭 Get a Military Education at the United States MilitaryAcademy at West Point 西点军校 Some American Colleges Drop the SAT and ACT as RequiredTests for Admission 美国“高考”的去留之争 Two US Businesses Aim to Help Students Prepare for ScienceJobs 学生就业,商业帮忙 Ideas for Teaching Young Children 培养孩子的创造性思维 7 美国故事 The Lady, or the Tiger? 美女,还是老虎?(上) The Lady, or the Tiger? 美女,还是老虎?(下) An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 鹰溪桥事件(上) An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 鹰溪桥事件(下) The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 卡拉维拉斯县驰名的跳蛙 The Return of a Private 大兵归来 The Californian's Tale 加州的传说(上) The Californian's Tale 加州的传说(下) 8 词汇掌故 Medical Expressions 医学词汇 Swan Song 天鹅之歌 Fall Guy 替罪羊 When the Cat's Away 当猫要离开时 9建国史话 Nixon: The Vietnam War 尼克松与越南战争 Nixon: The President Goes to China 尼克松总统访华 Watergate: How a Name, and a Failed Break-in, Became a Symbol of Political Corruption(I) 水门事件:政治丑闻的象征(上) Watergate: How a Name, and a Failed Break-in, Became a Symbol of Political Corruption 水门事件:政治丑闻的象征(下) The Great Depression: Fear Takes Hold as an Economy Comes Apart 大萧条:恐惧裹挟在经济危机中(上) The Great Depression: Fear Takes Hold as an Economy Comes Apart (II) 大萧条:恐惧裹挟在经济危机中(下) The New Nation and Bill of Rights (I) 新国家的诞生和《人权法案》(上) The New Nation and Bill of Rights (II) 新国家的诞生和《人权法案》(下) 10 美国人物 Barbara McClintock: She Made Important Discoveries AboutGenes and Chromosomes 芭芭拉?麦克林托克的基因学说 Douglas MacArthur: A Most Successful and Unusual MilitaryLeader 杰出的军事领袖:道格拉斯?麦克阿瑟 Mary Kay: One of America's Most Influential Women (I) 玫琳凯:美国最有影响力的女性之一(上) Mary Kay: One of America's Most Influential Women (II) 玫琳凯:美国最有影响力的女性之一(下) Ralph Waldo Emerson (I) 美国文明之父:拉尔夫?瓦尔多?爱默生(上) Ralph Waldo Emerson (II) 美国文明之父:拉尔夫?瓦尔多?爱默生(下) 11 农业报道 Surviving a Drought: A Farmer's Old-fashioned Lessons 应对干旱:一位农民的老套经验更管用 High Food Prices, Revolutions, and the Future 粮价、革命与未来 Got Baboons in Your Crops? Offer Them a Snake Sandwich 狒狒捣乱,“三明治”应对! An International Treaty Targets Fishing Abuses 国际公约“网”住盗鱼贼 US Agency Says Cloned Animals Safe to Eat 美国机构称克隆动物可食用 Carbon Trading: How the Chicago Climate Exchange Works 碳交易:且看芝加哥气候交易所如何运作 Tsunamis Effect on Agriculture 海啸影响农业 Bird Flu Update 禽流感升级 12 科技与发展报道 3-D Goes from Movies to Real World 3D:从科幻到现实 The Historic Flight of the Dragon 国际空间站迎来首个私人航天器——飞龙号太空舱 How Can a Country Disconnect Itself from the Internet? 史无前例:埃及政府切断网络 A Whole New World for How We Interact with Gadget 电子产品带来的新世界 Teaching HIV Prevention to the Young and Not-So-Young 让年轻人远离艾滋病 Can a Strong Legislature Prevent Civil War? 强大的立法机构有助于防止内战吗? Hunger: New Causes for Same Old Problem 饥饿:老问题的新起因 13 健康报道 AIDS Study Called 2011 “Breakthrough” 2011艾滋新突破 Spies Who Gather Medical Intelligence 绝密:领导人健康 Obama Signs Historic Health Care Bill 奥巴马签署历史性医疗保险法案 Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior? 奖励还是惩罚? Midlife Crisis and U 中年危机和U形曲线 Scientists Develop Stem Cells Without Loss of Embryos 胚胎干细胞:福兮,祸兮? Update on Tsunami Survivors: Mental Health a BigConcern 海啸幸存者:救灾,还要救心 National Library of Medicine 美国国立医学图书馆 14 实话实说 Pope Francis and His Position on Issues in the Roman Catholic Church (I) 罗马天主教迎来新教皇(上) Pope Francis and His Position on Issues in the RomanCatholic Church (II) 罗马天主教迎来新教皇(下) 15 科学报道 A Silent Killer—Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 无形杀手:一氧化碳 Revisiting the Accord from Copenhagen 重访哥本哈根 Time—One of the Great Mysteries of Our Universe 时间:宇宙的古老谜题 How Sigmund Freud Changed What People Thought About theMind 弗洛伊德如何改变人们对意识的认识 【媒体评论】 VOA——Voice OfAmerica,简称美国之音,它作为世界上*的新闻广播机构之一,多年来,其英语节目如“一部活的教科书”,帮助全球各地的英语学习者掌握现代英语的发展动向,培养准确连贯的英语语感,学习地道的英语语言。 1976年7月12日,美国总统杰拉尔德?福特签署《VOA宪章》(VOACharter;美国法律编号:Public Law94-350),确定VOA的使命,确保VOA节目的完善。《VOA宪章》规定,VOA的节目必须符合以下原则: 1.“作为一个一贯可靠的、权威的新闻来源,美国之音播送的新闻必须准确、客观、全面。”(VOA will serve as aconsistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA newswill be accurate, objective, and comprehensive.) 2.“VOA将代表整个美国,而不是美国社会的个别阶层。所以,VOA将平衡、全面地反映重要的美国思想和体制。”(VOA willrepresent America, not any single segment of American society, andwill therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection ofsignificant American thought and institutions.) 3.“VOA将清晰而有效地展示美国的政策,以及关于这些政策的负责任的讨论和意见。”(VOA will present thepolicies of the United States clearly and effectively, and willalso present responsible discussions and opinion on thesepolicies.) 【书摘与插画】