2007年VOA标准英语-Super-Hero Creator Stan Lee Still Purveying Won

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 16 August 2007 Comic book writer Stan Lee is the man behind some of the world's greatest fictional super-heroes. Today, at 84, the creator of the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and Spider-Man is still making his mark o

2007年VOA标准英语-India's AIDS Cases Less Than Half of Previous E

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 July 2007 New estimates by the Indian government and international agencies show that the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India is between two and three million - far less than previously estimated. However, a

VOA常速英语2007-Vibrant First Half of 20th Century Shown in Amer

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 30 October 2007 The first half of the 20th century was a time of transformation in the United States. The country experienced two world wars, the Great Depression, and the rapid growth of cities. Mike O'Sullivan reports

2007年VOA标准英语-Musical Training Found Important for Verbal Com

By Jessica Berman Washington 25 September 2007 Scientists say musical training appears to improve verbal skills. They explain that developing musical skills and learning to speak involve the same brain stem process, and that could help children with

2007年VOA标准英语-Musical Album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

By Paul Burge London 01 June 2007 Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , by The Beatles Music lovers are celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of the most acclaimed pop music albums of the century. Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by

2007年VOA标准英语-Musical ‘She Loves Me’ Still Touching Hearts

By Cheng Xiaohong Washington, DC 30 January 2007 watch She Loves Me report A heart-warming love story set in Budapest during the 1930s was recently staged at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. Elaine Lu takes a look at the musical She Loves Me. The plot

2007年VOA标准英语-Pit Collapse Exposes DRC's Shaky Mining Structu

By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 January 2007 Miners handle stones on a hilltop of Mbola mines in Democratic Republic of Congo (File photo) The collapse of a diamond pit mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this month, in which 15 people were repo

2007年VOA标准英语-Released HIV Nurses Receive Heroes' Welcome in

By Stefan Bos Budapest 24 July 2007 Following long negotiations, six foreign medics held in Libya on charges of infecting hundreds of children with the AIDS virus have been released, after the European Union agreed it would work on normalization of r

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush to Welcome Karzai at Camp David Presidenti

By Robert Raffaele Washington 03 August 2007 U.S. President George W. Bush is scheduled to meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday August 5-6 at Camp David, the presidential retreat outside Washington. It will be Mr. Karzai's first visit to Camp D

VOA常速英语2007-Africa Environmentalists Welcome Nobel Peace Awa

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 12 October 2007 Environmentalists in Africa are welcoming the announcement that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and a United Nations Panel on climate change. They say the well kn

VOA常速英语2007年-Iran Welcomes New US Intelligence on Nuclear Pl

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 04 December 2007 Iran has welcomed the new U.S. intelligence estimate which suggests the Tehran government is not currently trying to develop nuclear weapons. VOA correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from our Middle

VOA常速英语2007年-More than 40 Killed in Heavy Fighting in Mogadi

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 09 November 2007 Hospital workers and residents in the Somali capital Mogadishu say more than 40 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded since late Thursday in battles between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgen

2007年VOA标准英语-Liberia's Heavy Rains Leave Many Thirsty for Cl

By Naomi Schwarz Dakar, Senegal 29 August 2007 More than a 250,000 residents of Liberia's capital, Monrovia, have been overwhelmed by water from torrential rains and flooding from the nearby St. Paul River. The rains have left them without safe drink

2007年VOA标准英语-Heavy Rains Flood Central US

By Greg Flakus Houston 02 July 2007 Flooded streets in Gainesville, Texas, 18 Jun 2007 More than two weeks of heavy rains have produced floods in a large area of the central United States. From central Texas to Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, rivers h

2007年VOA标准英语-Heavy Rains Kill 99 People in Bangladesh

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 June 2007 In Bangladesh, rescue and relief operations are underway in the port city of Chittagong, where torrential rains have killed nearly 100 people. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi on the havoc caused by two

2007年VOA标准英语-HIV Takes Heavy Toll on Africa's Children

By Phuong Tran Dakar 16 February 2007 Despite efforts by health officials to stop the HIV virus from being passed from a mother to her child, children in Africa are still at high risk of infection. HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, causes AIDS.

2007年VOA标准英语-BBC Director, Family Appeal for Return of Kidna

By Sonja Pace London 12 April 2007 The director of the British Broadcasting Corporation and the family of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston are appealing Thursday for the journalist's release. Johnston went missing in Gaza one month ago and is presumed

2007年VOA标准英语-Kidnapped Gaza BBC Correspondent in New Video

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 June 2007 Kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston (file photo) Kidnapped BBC Gaza Correspondent Alan Johnston appeared in a new video, released by his captors. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem Bureau. The video

2007年VOA标准英语-Freed BBC Journalist Speaks of 'Appalling Exper

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 July 2007 Kidnapped BBC Journalist Alan Johnston, freed from captivity in Gaza early Wednesday, has described his experiences in a meeting with the media in Jerusalem. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau

2007年VOA标准英语-Obama Seeks to Make History as First African Am

By Jim Malone Washington 21 September 2007 Senator Barack Obama of Illinois hopes to become the first African-American president in U.S. history. But to do so, he will first have to defeat Democratic rivals, who include the current frontrunner, Senat