2007年VOA标准英语-US Business, Civic Leaders Plan for Emergencies

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 31 January 2007 Disasters are a part of life, whether natural catastrophes, such as earthquakes and hurricanes, or man-made disasters, including terrorism. Mike O'Sullivan reports, business and community leaders who me

Cardiovascular Disease and Women

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: October 8, 2003 This is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization says that each year almost seventeen-million people die of

Heart Disease: Treat or prevent

Unit 16 Text A Heart Disease: Treat or preven t one of the greatest killers in the Western world is heart disease. The death rate from the disease has been increasing at an alarming speed for the past

2007-08-23, Lyme Disease & Deer Tick 莱姆病和鹿蜱

This is a white-footed mouse in Lyme Connecticut. This is the bacterial disease inside the mouse in Lyme Connecticut. These are the deer ticks sucking the blood of the mouse that has the bacterial disease in Lyme Connecticut. This is the tick that's

Smoking, Fatty Diets, Stress Lead Global Heart Disease Risks

By David McAlary As the prevalence of heart disease increases worldwide, researchers have found that people in developing countries suffer from it for the same reasons people in industrial nations do.

Fats and Alzheimer's Disease

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: July 30, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Health Report. A medical study says foods rich in a kind of fat may help prevent Alzheimer's disease. Alzhei

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Measles in Africa

DEVELOPMENT REPORT – February 25, 2002: Measles in Africa By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Five leading public health organizations have announced a campaign to reduc

AMERICAN MOSAIC - Child poet Mattie Stepanek / Music by Cass

AMERICAN MOSAIC - May 24, 2002: Child poet Mattie Stepanek / Music by Cassandra Wilson / Question About the U.S. Educational System Broadcast: May 24, 2002 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC —.. VOA’

VOA慢速英语2013 AS IT IS 2013-07-08 Apps for That: Traffic Jams, Alzheimer’s Care

AS IT IS 2013-07-08 Apps for That: Traffic Jams, Alzheimers Care Hello, and welcome once again to As It Is, our daily show for people learning everyday American English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we tell about a new a

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Outbreaks of Disease Cut World Meat Exp

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Outbreaks of Disease Cut World Meat Exports By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A United Nation

英语听力：探索发现 2014-06-11 BBC 地平线：陨石的真相-13

There it is! Yep. Its about 90 kilometres up, at that stage, travelling at 17.5 kilometres per second. Using the different camera positions, scientists have pinpointed the exact position at which the meteor entered the atmosphere. And by tracking the

英语听力：探索发现 2014-06-08 BBC 地平线：陨石的真相-12

But there is a downside to Jupiter. It can also deflect asteroids into orbits that cross the Earths path. The Chelyabinsk meteor appears to be one of these typical Earth-crossing events. The likelihood is that it was thrown out of its regular orbit b

每日一词【1064】Magic bullet

今天我们要学的词是magic bullet。 Magic bullet, 意思是解决问题的灵丹妙药。President Obama said there was no magic bullet for the struggling economy,美国总统奥巴马说，振兴美国经济，没有灵丹妙药。 Experts sa

the Perseid meteor shower

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African Sleeping Sickness

78 非洲睡眠病在撒哈拉沙漠南部国家猖獗蔓延 DATE=8-6-01 TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - African Sleeping Sickness BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach （Startat 59

HEALTH REPORT - New Method to Find Alzheimer's Disease

HEALTH REPORT - New Method to Find Alzheimer's Disease By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A computer picture of a brain affected b

HEALTH REPORT - Heart Disease in Women

HEALTH REPORT - Heart Disease in Women By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Studies show that many American w

2007年VOA标准英语-Livestock Disease Spreads in Britain as Contain

By Sonja Pace London 07 August 2007 British police officers block a public footpath leading to a farm outside Normandy, England, where a nsecond outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease was was discovered Tuesday, 7 Aug. 2007 Foot and mouth disease has spr

Richard Firestone

BBC Learning English People and places Richard Firestone Dima:Hello, I'm Dima, and today our guest is Richard Firestone, an American scientist in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who has recently been involved in a fascinating research into an

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