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By Jade Heilmann Dakar 31 December 2007 Hundreds of thousands of followers of the Mouride religion have flocked to the holy city of Touba, Senegal, to mourn the death of their spiritual leader Serigne Saliou Mback. The 92-year-old Caliph of the Mouri
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Epilepsy Disorder Suffered By Millions Around the World From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we will tell about the brain disorder known as e
On Halloween weekend, movie audiences are in the mood to scream, and thats good news for the producers of one of the movies at the top of the box office right now, Paranormal Activity, it was cheap to make, and it's bringing in big bucks, so what mak
Russias Communist Party still remembers Joseph Stalin, and so it seems to many other Russians. The Soviet dictator, who was responsible for millions of deaths during his thirty-year rule, has just come third in a poll of great Russians. Around 50 mil
The man accused of shooting 12 people dead at a cinema in Denver has faced court. James Holmes sat in court in a red jail suit and with dyed orange hair and looked dazed throughout the hearing. The prosecution says it will speak to the victims and th
An official figure showed the US unemployment rate has fallen slightly. Govenment dot reviews the American economy created modestly 115000 jobs in April, taking the job's rate to 8.1 percent. It's good news for the American president Barack Obama, wh
Health Report - More Low Cost Anti-AIDS Drugs Mean More People Treated This is the VOA Special English Health Report. An American program called the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief helps millions of people infected with HIV, the virus respo
Millions More Children to Receive Vaccines More than one million children die each year from severe diarrhea and pneumococcal disease. Today (Tuesday), the GAVI Alliance announced an expanded campaign against the two leading killers of children world
Unit 10 Too many to choose from Vocabulary Task Script and Answers 1. A: Its hard to tell someone shes wrong to her face. B: Why are you so depressed? A: Its my friend, Joan. She was very rude to her boyfriend yesterday. I told her she was wrong and
Oprah Winfrey is internationally famous for hosting the most popular talk show on American television. Millions of TV viewers tune in worldwide every day to watch her. She has become a household name and is now one of the richest women in the world.
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – Study Calls for Millions of New Health Workers By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, December 06, 2004 05 Dec 2004, 20:18 UTC This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Developme
1.Consumer confidence soar s in November as declining gas prices and an improving job market contribute to a stronger-than-expected reading. 2.Former US attorney Ramsey Clark says he’s met with
It is Christmas time. Ms. Miller goes to a store. She shops for gifts for her students. She buys 20 stockings. She buys candy canes. She buys school supplies. She buys gingerbread cookies. She puts the items in the stockings. She goes to the cashier.
今天我们要学的词是knee-jerk reaction。 Knee-jerk reaction, 膝跳反应,意思是本能的第一反应。 Investors' knee-jerk reaction to the market downturn led to a sell-off, 投资人对市场下滑作出的本能反应造成股价暴跌
1. The Supreme Court is refusing to intervene in the controversy surrounding the National Security Agency. The justices on Monday rejected a call from a privacy group to stop NSA from collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers
1. President Obama concedes his administration has fumbled the rollout of the affordable care act, admitting the first month enrolment numbers were lagging. As a fix, he is proposing that insurance companies continue to offer consumers plans that don
Millions of Americans Suffer From Hair Loss This is Science in the News, in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. And Im June Simms. Today we talk about hair. We will tell what hair is, how it grows, and some of the main reasons people lose it. H
IN THE NEWS - Rains End Famine in Somalia, but Millions Remain at Risk This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, the United Nations declared an official end to the famine in southern Somalia. Recent rains, an improved harvest and a major
Health Report - Simple Steps Can Save Millions of Newborn Lives 健康报道 - 简单措施就能挽救数百万新生儿生命 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 The latest estimate is tha
今天我们要学的词是ripple effect。 Ripple effect, 连锁反应。 The shutdown of the local mine had ripple effects on the entire community, 当地这家煤矿的关门,在整个社区引起了连锁反应。 美国汽车业界人士警告说