VOA标准英语2012--After 50 Years, Muslim-Jewish Band Reunites

After 50 Years, Muslim-Jewish Band Reunites A new documentary from the Arab world focuses on Muslim and Jewish musicians who reunite thanks to their common passion, after being torn apart by war 50 years ago. The film El Gusto, showcases the group pe

VOA标准英语2011--Wolverines Stage a Comeback

One of the rarest mammals in North America is staging a comeback in the mainland United States. Wildlife biologists have tracked wolverines on mountainsides where they haven't been seen in many decades. But several new studies suggest the recovery co

VOA标准英语2011--Syrian Activists Call for 'Dignity Frida

The Syrian government is offering citizens greater freedoms and reforms, including possibly ending the emergency law that has been in place for more than four decades. Meanwhile, democracy activists have used social-networking sites to call for massi

VOA标准英语2011-Somali Man Tried for Muhammad Cartoon Att

A Somali man accused of trying to kill a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has gone on trial Wednesday in Denmark. Danish intelligence police say they believe he is close to the Islamist movement al-Shabaab. The prosecutor in the

VOA标准英语2011-Dementia Screening May be Possible with B

New research suggests a relatively simple blood test might make it possible to predict who is at a higher risk for developing dementia. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's Disease, and currently, it can only be definitively diagnosed in a

VOA标准英语2011-'Lady' Pays Tribute to Billie Holiday

More than 50 years after the death of Billie Holiday, singers and musicians continue to pay tribute to the singer known the world over as Lady Day. The latest Holiday celebration comes from jazz vocalist Lynne Fiddmont on her new album, Lady. In the

VOA标准英语2011--Tunisian Citizens Ready to Vote

Tunisian Citizens Ready to Vote Ten months after ousting longtime dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisians vote Sunday in their first democratic elections since independence. Tunisia's January revolution sparked the revolts now spreading across th

VOA标准英语2010年-Three-Year-Old Boy Survives Thanks to

Josh Dwonch was diagnosed with a rare liver disease when he was a baby. His parents, humanitarian workers, had faced their fair share of challenges, but nothing and no one could have prepared them for the fight of their life: saving their child. Josh

VOA标准英语2011--US Toddlers Get Jumpstart on Fitness

US Toddlers Get Jumpstart on Fitness As she throws a ball through a hoop in her weekly fitness class, Bridget might not know she is getting a workout. But her mother, Catherine Byrne, does. She wants her three-year-old to get an early start on stayin

VOA标准英语2013--Fighting Fire with Fire

Fighting Fire with Fire In African savannahs, or grasslands, wildfires can either be destructive or beneficial. It all depends on when those fires occur. Scientists at the World Agroforestry Center have developed a system to determine the best time t

VOA标准英语2013--Disabled Express Themselves with Filmmaking

Disabled Express Themselves with Filmmaking LAUREL, MARYLAND More than a dozen people with physical and intellectual disabilities go to a daycare facility outside Washington twice a week and turn into filmmakers. At The Creative Edge Filmmaking works

标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 2 Track 22

Exercise 1-51 : Extended Listening Practice CD 2 Track 22 Let's do a few more pure sound exercises to fine-tune your ear. Remember, start at the end and fill inthe blanks right to left, then read them back left to right. Write whichever sy mbols are

标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 4 Track 20

Exercise 8-6: The Middle I List CD 4 Track 20 The letter I in the unstressed position devolves consistently into a schwa. Repeat. 图片1 图片2 图片3 图片4

VOA标准英语2013--肯尼亚地热开发

Kenya's Geothermal Industry Grows肯尼亚地热开发 NAIROBI With Kenya's proximity to the Great Rift, once a hotbed of volcanic activity, the country is the biggest producer of geothermal energy on the continent. Currently 13 percent of the nation

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In its latest installment, YouTube dating and travel series Dating Beyond Borders looks at female beauty standards across countries to show how vastly they vary and asking: 'how far do we go to look beautiful?' The video displays informative stats ab

VOA标准英语2009年-Harnessing Waste Produces Gas for Cooking

By Cathy Majtenyi Kenya 07 November 2009 The scourge of so-called flying toilets - where human waste is put into a plastic bag and tossed into the air, landing on roads or in gutters - has plagued the slums of Kenya's capital Nairobi for decades. Bu

VOA标准英语2010-Kyrgyzstan Opposition Forms Interim Gover

Former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva says Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov has resigned, parliament has been dissolved, and she will lead the new government. Jessica Golloher | Moscow 08 April 2010 Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva gesture during a n

2006年VOA标准英语-Kenya's Maasai Commemorate 9/11 Victims

By Cathy Majtenyi Enoosaen, Kenya 11 September 2006 Maasai dancers from Enoosaen village in western Kenya commemorate the 9/11 terrorist attacks that took place in the U.S. five years ago On the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attack

2007年VOA标准英语-Bedouin Culture in Egypt Dying in Drought

By Cache Seel Shalatin, Egypt 10 July 2007 Facing Drought and the loss of grazing land for their herds, many Bedouin of southeastern Egypt are giving up their traditional lifestyle. The Egyptian Government and aid organizations have stepped in to hel

VOA标准英语2009年-Records are Made to Be Broken

Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 30 November 2009 A Washington, D.C., free transit newspaper called the Express specializes in short, breezy lifestyle items. Its readers turn to Page 2, in particular, where the Express prints goofy little stories and p