VOA标准英语2015--Generic Form of Pediatric HIV Drug OK’d

Generic Form of Pediatric HIV Drug OKd A new licensing agreement with the pharmaceutical company MERCK allows for the manufacture of a generic version of a pediatric AIDS drug. It may be two years before its readily available in low- and middle-incom

VOA标准英语2010年-Soup Swap Adds Variety to Winter Menus

As the days in the northern hemisphere, get darker and colder, hot soup sounds pretty inviting. A homemade pot of soup can be healthy, economical and delicious. But by day four, it can also get kind of boring. So people are coming together to get mor

英语语法：51 Generic Singular Pronouns

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is generic personal pronouns. Nolan in Victoria, British Columbia, asked the following question: Just wondering about whether to use she or he in terms of giving examples. Since she was written out of the literature f

VOA常速英语2008年-Shi'ites, Sunnis in Baghdad Swap Homes to Avoid

By Deborah Block Baghdad 15 February 2008 Thousands of people who fled Iraq because of sectarian violence, after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, have been returning in recent months. But the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says 2.5 million pe

VOA标准英语2009年-Israel Pushes for Prisoner Swap With Hamas

Israel's outgoing government is pushing for what many describe as a lopsided prisoner swap with Palestinian militants. Israel has sent an intelligence chief and a top negotiator to Cairo in a last ditch effort to win the release of captive Israeli s

VOA标准英语2014--Analyst: Ukrainian Separatists Aim to Swap Hostages

Analyst: Ukrainian Separatists Aim to Swap Hostages KYIV, UKRAINE Ukrainian officials are accusing separatists in Eastern Ukraine of using hostages as human shields to prevent the military from taking action against them. But some observers in Kyiv d

美国国家公共电台 NPR Probe Into Generic Drug Price Fixing Set To Widen

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Federal and state investigators say some generic drugmakers have been fixing prices. Nineteen companies have been named so far in a scheme where investigators say consumers were overcharged for a long list of medications. Charles

儿童故事集：Katie and the Cat Swap: Part 1

Katie and the Cat Swap Part One Hello, this is Natasha, and Im here with a story about Katie the Witch. You may have heard an older story we have on Storynory called Katie and the Witchs Swap, in which Katie swapped identities with her best friend Is

儿童故事集：Katie and the Cat Swap: Part 2

Hello, this is Natasha, and Im back with the second part of our story about the time Katie swapped bodies with her cat, Solomon. Solomon has been doing all sorts of catty things at school, and everyone is blaming Katie for his bad behaviour. But even

2007年VOA标准英语-Rwanda Looks to Education, Generic Medicines to

By Noel King Kigali, Rwanda 06 September 2007 An estimated 190,000 people in Rwanda, about three percent of the population, are infected with HIV and AIDS. But there is optimism at the highest levels of government that education can stem the spread o

每日一词【1050】Swap：交换

今天我们要学的词是swap。 Swap, 交换。 The new website helped parents swap children's clothes and save money, 这个新网站帮助家长互换孩子的衣服，节省开销。美国加州一个17岁的孩子用旧手机换保时捷。 He

CCTV9英语新闻：China, UK agree currency swap

China and Britain have agreed on a currency swap deal, allowing exchanges of up to 200 billion RMB or 20 billion pounds. The agreement will involve a reciprocal 3-year currency swap line. The deal was announced in an online statement by the Bank of E

Pakistan, India swap nuclear sites lists

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan and India exchanged lists of nuclear installations（核设施） and facilities on Saturday in spite of a tension over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that has disrupted the dialogue process between the two countries,

学个词Learn a Word 第1050期 Swap

今天我们要学的词是swap。 Swap, 交换。 The new website helped parents swap children's clothes and save money, 这个新网站帮助家长互换孩子的衣服，节省开销。美国加州一个17岁的孩子用旧手机换保时捷。 He

VOA标准英语2008年-Israel, Hezbollah Move Toward Prisoner Swap

Israel and the Islamic guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon are moving toward a prisoner swap. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. An Israeli negotiator went to Europe to receive a Hezbollah report on missing Israeli airman Ron A

BP, Russian company sign deal on share swap

LONDON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- British Petroleum（石油） (BP) signed an agreement with Russia's state-controlled oil producer Rosneft on Friday evening, under which BP will swap 5 percent of its stock, valued at 7.8 billion U.S. dollars, for 9.5 per

Greek PM Hails Achievement of Bond Swap Deal With Lenders

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has hailed the success of the bond swap deal with private lenders to keep the country solvent. During a speech on state television Friday, Papademos said, for the first time, Greece is not adding, but taking debt

VOA标准英语2010年-US, Russia Swap Spies

Sketch shows 10 Russians in US courtroom before being ordered deported in spy swap with Moscow A U.S. judge has ordered 10 suspects in a Russian spy ring deported as part of a swap between the United States and Russia. Judge Kimba Wood handed down he

英闻天下——93 48 Iranians Released as Swap for Prisoners

Some 48 kidnapped Iranians were released Wednesday as part of a prisoner swap between rebels and the Syrian government under the mediation of several regional countries. The released Iranians were abducted by Syrian militants in the capital of Damasc

Prison Swap Begins Today

Israel's Supreme Court has now backed a prisoner swap with Hamas, rejecting petitions against freeing more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the captured soldier Gilad Shalit. The victims of militant attacks had requested a 48-hou