Upper-Intermediate - Planning For The Worst (D0025) A: Well, right, lets move to our next order of business,as many of you are aware, in recent weeks there has been a lot of media coverage surrounding this bird flu issue. And its come to my attention...
The U.N. World Food Program says that nearly half the population of Zimbabwe will need food aid by early next year. Peta Thornycroft reports that WFP says two million people in Zimbabwe need aid immediately. Zimbabwean woman puts maize into bag in D...
[00:17.54]Worst Three Years Of My Life [00:23.39]我这辈子最可怕的三年 [00:36.28]The final straw came when I woke up one night, [00:40.30]and there was a black shape, [00:42.42]a man-shaped black fog-thing standing next to my bed. [00:46.40]It had red...
[00:17.55]Worst Three Years Of My Life [00:23.37]我这辈子最可怕的三年 [00:41.39]Nothing happened for the first six months, [00:44.98]and then my sister and I, [00:47.23]who have the basement bedrooms, [00:49.43]started to hear things moving around in...
[00:17.60]Worst Three Years Of My Life [00:23.33]我这辈子最可怕的三年 [00:35.77]My haunting started in October of 1998 [00:40.43]and the ordeal only ended [00:42.61]when I moved out to go to college in 2000. [00:46.64]When my family of four; [00:48.3...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 July 2007 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says Sudan is facing its worst flood season in almost two decades. The agency says Sudan is in urgent need of international assistance to help sh...
By Mil Arcega Washington 14 May 2007 April sales figures show a disappointing month for Wal-Mart. The world's largest retailer reported a big drop in sales last month -- its worst decline in nearly 30 years. As VOA's Mil Arcega reports, Wal-Mart is n...
By Jim Malone Washington 17 April 2007 Tuesday was a day of mourning for the 32 students killed and 15 others wounded at Virginia Tech University in the worst shooting rampage in U.S. history. But with the sorrow come questions, questions about the s...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 03 May 2006 Most of India's billion-plus people struggle with a public health care system that is overburdened in cities and virtually nonexistent in villages. On the othe...