全国公共英语等级考试五级 d2

[00:00.00]Questions 14-16 are based on the following talk [00:06.79]about the new marketing drive of Microsoft Corp. [00:12.43]You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14--16. [00:19.70]Microsoft Corp.said today [00:24.03]it would offer a free compu

大学英语精读第三册 Unit Six:A Day's Wait

Text Ernest Hemingway's story is about an incident that happens between a father and his son. The small boy's misunderstanding of the difference in measuring temperature on a Fahrenheit and a Celsius Scale causes him to believe that he is drying of a

2006年VOA标准英语-Uganda's AIDS Epidemic Abates, but Risk Remains

By Carolyn Weaver Uganda 31 May 2006 watch Uganda and AIDS report Experts say Ugandan women and children remain at special risk of HIV infection Uganda's program promoting abstinence, being faithful in marriage and condom use is often credited with

2006年VOA标准英语-UNICEF: Children in Ethiopia Facing Lethal

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 31 March 2006 Women fetch water in drought-hit Dubluk, Ethiopia The U.N. Children's Fund, UNICEF, says Ethiopian children are facing an epidemic of lethal diseases. UNICEF says

WHO Trying to Track Down Cause of Unknown 1)Respiratory Illn

Broadcast: Mar 18, 2003 The World Health Organization said it still does not know the cause of a mysterious respiratory illness that is being blamed for the deaths of nine people. The disease, known a

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2007年VOA标准英语-Microchips Implanted In Elderly Alzheimer's Pat

By Melinda Smith Washington 04 September 2007 Microchip device showninserted in arm One of the greatest fears for families of Alzheimer's patients is that an older relative might wander off, and then forgets how to get home again. Could a microchip i

2006年VOA标准英语-Diarrhea Outbreak in Ethiopia Claims Almost 200

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 20 September 2006 Residents of the Southern Nationalities, Nations and People's State in Ethiopia walk 18 August 2006 through flooded lands from which they have been forced to fleed after massive flashfloods in Tolta, Ethio

voa标准英语2008-US Says Well Past Time for Zimbabwe's Mugabe to

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says it is past time for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to step down. Her call comes amid an increasing economic and now humanitarian crisis in the southern African nation. US Secretary of State Condoleezza

VOA标准英语2012--Social Media Tracks Haiti's Cholera Epidemic

Social Media Tracks Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Public health systems may be losing their monopoly on data about outbreaks of disease. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Childrens Hospital Boston found that news reports and social media can also

VOA标准英语2012--New UNICEF Campaign Targets Pneumonia, Diarrhea

New UNICEF Campaign Targets Pneumonia, Diarrhea Global campaign Prompt and effective antibiotic treatment saved a child suffering from acute pneumonia. Not everyone is so lucky. In many poor regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, pneumonia and

VOA标准英语2009年-Red Cross Reports Increase in Diarrheal Disease

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warns diarrheal diseases, such as cholera, are on the rise and increasingly becoming a major cause of death throughout the world - especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The Red Cross s

VOA标准英语2011--Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Not Waning;Vaccination to Begin

Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Not Waning;Vaccination to Begin The United States' most prominent public health agency is calling the cholera epidemic in Haiti the worst cholera outbreak in recent history. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

美国国家公共电台 NPR Pork Tacos Topped With Fries: Fuel For Mexico's Diabetes Epidemic

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Global diabetes rates have been increasing dramatically over the past 20 years. In Mexico, 14 percent of adults now suffer from diabetes. It is, in fact, the leading cause of death there, and it's having a huge impact on Mexico's h

VOA双语新闻 UN Reports on World's 'Invisible' Children

A new U.N. report says hundreds of millions of children are excluded from essential services and denied protection around the world, leaving them open to exploitation and discrimination. 一份刚刚在伦敦公布的联合国报告指出，全世界有

Dengue fever hits Pakistan's Punjab province

ISLAMABAD, Sept.4 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's eastern Punjab province is in the grip of a dengue epidemic with dozens of cases being reported daily at various hospitals across the province, said officials and hospital sources. A report issued by the provi

VOA常速英语2008年-Congo's Southeastern Cholera Epidemic Grows

By Nico Colombant Dakar 14 February 2008 Aid workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are expressing concern that a cholera epidemic in the southeastern mining region is getting worse, despite attention to the problem. About 100 people have died s

VOA标准英语2010-Kenya Launches Renewed Effort to Control

Joe DeCapua 02 April 2010 Kenya has announced it will re-double efforts to control diarrheal diseases, one of the biggest killers of children under age five. Among the causes are unsafe water, as well as poor sanitation and hygiene. Kenyan ministries

voa标准英语2008-Zimbabwe's Cholera Epidemic Hits Home

In Zimbabwe more than 400 people have died from an outbreak of cholera and the number of people infected is now believed to be more than 10,000 according to the United Nations. The Zimbabwean government has appealed for aid and blamed the country's

Indonesia's smoking babies 'epidemic'

Indonesia's smoking babies 'epidemic' What if the chain-smoking toddler in a 2010 viral video was just the tip of the country's tobacco problem? After a video of a chain-smoking 2-year-old Indonesian boy, Aldi, went viral last year, piling up 13 mill