·新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载Report: Aid, Economic Growth Fail to Cut Poverty in Poorest NationsI’m Shep ONeal with the VOA Special English Development Report.A new report says an increase in development aid has improved health and education levels in some of the worlds poorest countries. But the United Nations report says poverty rates in these countries are not improving overall. Development aid has increased since two thousand two. Still, the report says severe poverty ……
·新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载Visiting Seven Man-Made Wonders of the U.S.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I’m Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I’m Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. There are many natural wonders in the United States. Today, we take you to seven man-made wonders in America. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:“Against the citys gleaming spires,Above the ships that ply the stream,A bridge of haunting beauty stands –Fulfillment of an artists dream.”The Brooklyn Bridge That poem is abou……
·新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载Blacks Set Out in Search of a Better Life in 1920s American SocietyVOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)The early years of the twentieth century were a time of movement for many black Americans. Traditionally, most blacks lived in the Southeastern states. But in the nineteen twenties, many blacks moved to cities in the North. Black Americans moved because living conditions were so poor in the rural are……
·[新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载]Warren Buffett Gives Huge Gift to the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationI’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report.Bill and Melinda Gates with Warren BuffettIn the past, investor Warren Buffett was known for making money, not giving it away. On June twenty-sixth, Mister Buffett changed all that when he announced a huge gift to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Mister Buffett said he would give away about eighty-five percent o……
·[新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载]Buffetts Gift: Starting a New Page in the History of Giving to CharityIm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Americans gave an estimated two hundred sixty thousand million dollars to charity last year. That was an increase of six percent over two thousand four. The Giving USA Foundation says about half the increase resulted from giving after natural disasters. Hurricane Katrina and other severe storms hit the Gulf Coast. ……
·[新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载]Buffett’s Gift of Wealth Will Aid Efforts to Cure Diseases This is Shep ONeal with the VOA Special English Development Report.The decision by investor Warren Buffett to give away most of his wealth has raised the hopes of public health officials especially. The biggest gift will go to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. More than sixty percent of its giving last year went to projects related to health. Bill and Melinda Gates with Warren Bu……
·[新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载]Gores Movie Heats Up Discussion of Global Warming (and Has His Critics Steaming)(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And Im Pat Bodnar. This week: Reaction to Al Gores movie about global warming ...VOICE ONE:And European astronomers find an unusual planetary system. (MUSIC)VOICE TWO:Former Vice President Al Gore is starring in a new movie called “An Inconvenient Truth.” It is a document……
·[新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载]Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Pilot and Writer of What Book Critics Considered Small Works of Art (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I’m Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program People in America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She was a famous pilot and writer. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Anne Spencer Morrow was born in nineteen-oh-si……
·[新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载]U.S. Approves New AIDS Treatment for Poor CountriesI’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report.The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved a new AIDS treatment for poor countries. The medicine combines three drugs commonly used to suppress H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. The new product contains the active ingredients in the drugs sold under the trade names Epivir, Retrovir and Viramune. The drugs are l……
·[新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载]While Other Threats Make the News, Heat May Be Nature’s Deadliest KillerVOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about some health problems linked to extreme heat. We also tell about what to do to prevent and treat these problems. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Extremely hot weather is common in many parts of the world. Although hot weather just makes most people……
·[新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载]Explaining the Placebo Effect Im Katherine Cole with the VOA Special English Health Report.Studies of new drugs traditionally involve at least two groups of people. The people in one of those groups are given only what they think is the drug. Really they get a placebo -- an inactive substance. The drug is proven effective if it performs better than the placebo. Some researchers do not think drug studies should use placebos. They s……
·[新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 或是右键“目标另存为”下载]Election of 1928: Americans Are Presented With a Clear Choice VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) The presidential election of nineteen twenty-eight gave American voters a clear choice between two different kinds of candidates and political parties. The Democratic Party nominated Al Smith, the popular governor of the state of New York. The Republican Party chose Herbert Hoover, an engineer and busi……
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