Wal-Mart、Bharti将携手于印度开设零售卖场

The chairman of Indian telecommunications company Bharti Enterprises has announced a joint venture with Wal-Mart that will let the American superstore chain open hundreds of Wal-mart stores in India over the next five years. Large retailers such as

VOA标准英语2011--Music Awards Honor Blues Artists

Music Awards Honor Blues Artists The 32nd Annual Blues Music Awards were handed out in Memphis, Tennessee on May 5. The evening had some big winners while the Blues Hall of Fame gained some new members. Guitar master Buddy Guy took home five Blues Mu

VOA标准英语2012--Malawi's Muslim Artists Experiment with New Sound

Malawi's Muslim Artists Experiment with New Sound Among the artists who have taken the countrys Islamic song industry by storm are Ishmael Katawala, Ahmed Pilo and Ishmael Mtenje. Mtenjes popularity is owed to his hit RB tune Ka Hijab which is sung i

VOA标准英语2012--Artist Creates Wood Sculptures With a Chainsaw

Artist Creates Wood Sculptures With a Chainsaw Long shows off his skill, speed carving an owl in just 45 minutes. I love chainsaw carving. Its art. Its fun. People love it. It makes people smile, he said. Long began his career carving ice sculptures,

VOA标准英语2011--Artist Pieces Life Back Together After K

Artist Pieces Life Back Together After Katrina Six years ago, on August 29, Hurricane Katrina devastated communities along the Gulf of Mexico. Images of New Orleans spread around the world, but east of the Louisiana border, much of the Mississippi co

VOA标准英语2013--SXSW 2013 Showcases Megastars, Unknown Artists

SXSW 2013 Showcases Megastars, Unknown Artists SXSW started out as a way to promote unknown and unsigned artists. But these days, more and more megastars are grabbing the headlines. Prince and Justin Timberlake were arguably the hottest tickets this

2006年VOA标准英语-San Francisco Artist Designs US Olympic St

By David Byrd Washington 12 January 2006 2006 Winter Olympics US Postage Stamp The U.S. Postal Service has dedicated a new stamp to commemorate next month's Olympics in a ceremony in Colorado Springs,

2007年VOA标准英语-Nigerian Artists Dream of Oil Riches, Find Slum

By Nico Colombant Port Harcourt, Nigeria 27 May 2007 Happiness despite hardships in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 27 May 2007 A group of Nigerian artists and dancers from the Muslim north once dreamt of oil riches in the southern delta region, but instead

VOA标准英语2012--Artists Preview London Cultural Olympiad in New York

Artists Preview London Cultural Olympiad in New York Participating artists and journalists gathered Wednesday at New Yorks Gramercy Park Hotel to talk about the event. Festival director Ruth Mackenzie said 25,000 artists, representing all 204 countri

VOA标准英语2012--Photos Offer Insight into Artist Frida Kahlo

Photos Offer Insight into Artist Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo, who died in 1954, is one of Mexico's best-known artists. She was the subject of the 2002 movie Frida starring Salma Hayek. The 240 photos in the new exhibit at Artisphere in Arlington, Virgini

VOA标准英语2011--New Orleans Artists Preparing for Mardi Gras

New Orleans Artists Preparing for Mardi Gras New Orleans explodes into a carnival every year for Mardi Gras. And on that final day before the beginning of Lent, giant colorful floats parade down the city's streets. Groups known as krewes are responsi

VOA标准英语2011--For Haitian Artist Edouard Duval-Carrié, Home is Where the Heart is

For Haitian Artist Edouard Duval-Carri, Home is Where the Heart is Every artist has an inspiration. For some, it's a person. For others, it's a place. Hard at work in his Miami studio, Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carri pours his roots into his art.

VOA标准英语2012--New Orleans Artists Prepare for Mardi Gras

New Orleans Artists Prepare for Mardi Gras New Orleans explodes into a carnival every year for Mardi Gras. And on that final day before the beginning of Lent, giant colorful floats parade down the city's streets. Groups known as krewes are responsibl

VOA标准英语2012--'The Artist' Grabs Key Honors at Academy Awards

'The Artist' Grabs Key Honors at Academy Awards French filmmaker Michel Hazavanicius earned the Oscar for directing The Artist, while Jean Dujardin, who plays a fading silent film star, earned the award for best actor. The film is almost entirely sil

VOA标准英语2013--Buddy Holly's Widow Helps Mentor New Artists

Buddy Holly's Widow Helps Mentor New Artists Many parties and concerts at SXSW feature new music. One of them honored Holly, though, the great singer-songwriter who died in 1959. He was only 22 when he died in a plane crash while on tour. Foundation'

VOA标准英语2013--Anti-Immigrant Attacks Spur Florence Artists to Action

Anti-Immigrant Attacks Spur Florence Artists to Action With its stunning architecture and countless galleries, Florence has long been at the heart of Western art. It is the birthplace of the Renaissance, the flowering of Western artistic endeavor tha

VOA标准英语2013--Artist/Musician Invents Easy-to-Play Instrument

Artist/Musician Invents Easy-to-Play Instrument He designed it that way to encourage everyone, and not just musicians, to play music. People are capable of playing a musical instrument, but if you play an instrument and get frustrated with it early e

2006年VOA标准英语-Senegal's Rap Artists' Despair Over 2007 Electi

By Rose Skelton Dakar 04 August 2006 In the West African nation of Senegal, rap music has often been synonymous with freedom of speech. But many rappers are now afraid to express themselves because of threats of attacks from political and religious

2007年VOA标准英语-President's Iraq Plan Faces Bipartisan Critics

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 12 January 2007 watch Iraq Hearings President Bush's call for more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops in Iraq is facing scrutiny in both houses of Congress, where the Democratic Party is now in control. But as VOA's

2007年VOA标准英语-Paleo-Artists Depict Prehistoric Worlds for Mod

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 14 May 2007 Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures hold an enduring fascination, especially to the artists known as paleo-artists who bring the ancient animals to life. Mike O'Sullivan reports on the work of two pale