- voa慢速英语:进口食品增加太平洋岛国肥胖健康问题2010-08-30
- The World Health Organization says obesity rates are rising in Pacific island countries. So, too, are health problems linked to being overweight.
- voa慢速英语讲解附字幕:简单技术让去壳更简单2010-08-23
- Peanuts, or groundnuts, are an important crop in many developing countries. But getting them out of their shell is tiring without a machine.
- voa慢速英语:Rural Areas of Kenya Get Connected to the Web2010-08-16
- Their idea was to connect the communities to the Web by satellite. But there was a problem. The areas are not even connected to Kenya's electric power supply. The answer: solar panels. Energy from the sun powers the satellite dishes and computers that link the areas with the world outside.
- voa慢速英语:Got Milk? How to Make Yogurt2010-08-09
- Yogurt is a healthy food that can be made at home. One way to make it is to first buy some yogurt from a store or purchase dry yogurt culture. Add two small spoonfuls of the yogurt to two cups of milk. This will be the starter for your own yogurt. A cup in the United States is two hundred forty milliliters.
- voa慢速英语:洪水过后注意食品安全2010-08-02
- Food that has come in contact with floodwaters can sicken anyone who eats it. Water from floods may contain animal and human waste. It can also contain other pollutants like chemicals from agriculture and industry.
- voa慢速英语:讲述无国界医生的影片2010-07-26
- Living in Emergency Stories of Doctors Without Borders is a documentary by movie director Mark Hopkins. It tells the story of four doctors and their volunteer work in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- voa慢速英语讲解附字幕:用自然染料为生活增色彩2010-07-19
- Dye can bring a little color to life. Most clothing is colored with dyes. Modern, manufactured dyes can be costly. Natural dyes from plant and animal products have been used since ancient times. So this week, we describe a natural way to dye wool.
- voa慢速英语:南非面临裂谷热爆发2010-07-15
- Rift Valley fever mainly affects farm animals. But the virus can also infect humans, and South Africa has been experiencing an outbreak. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported two hundred twenty-five confirmed human cases as of July second. Twenty-five of the people died.
- voa慢速英语:南非面临裂谷热爆发2010-07-12
- Rift Valley fever mainly affects farm animals. But the virus can also infect humans, and South Africa has been experiencing an outbreak. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported two hundred twenty-five confirmed human cases as of July second. Twenty-five of the people died.
- voa慢速英语:NBA明星利用名声为人民谋利2010-07-05
- Manute Bol played ten years in the National Basketball Association. But he will be remembered as much for his shot-blocking in the NBA as for his charity work in Sudan. He died June nineteenth from kidney failure and a rare and painful skin disorder.
- voa慢速英语:制作珠子,改善乌干达生活2010-06-28
- Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, as the old saying goes. But some women are finding a lot to like about colorful beads from Uganda made of recycled paper. The beads are sold by a nonprofit organization in the United States called BeadforLife.
- voa慢速英语讲解附字幕:电子医疗服务,仅需一个电话2010-06-21
- Sending and receiving money by text message. Sharing crop prices. Just talking to a loved one far from home. These are some of the ways that mobile phones have changed lives in developing countries. Another way is through e-health, electronic health services.
- voa慢速英语:Human Trafficking a Problem in Major Cities Across US2010-06-14
- Each year since two thousand one, the American State Department has published a Trafficking in Persons Report. It measures efforts by countries to fight human trafficking. This year's report, out Monday, adds the United States for the first time.
- voa慢速英语:全世界范围护士短缺2010-06-07
- The health care industry needs more nurses. All areas of the world face a nursing shortage. But the shortage is most severe in developing countries. Many of their nurses leave. They move to more developed nations for better pay, better working conditions and better chances for career development.
- voa慢速英语:世界无烟日,关注女性健康2010-05-31
- World No Tobacco Day is celebrated each thirty-first of May. The observance is meant to bring attention to the growing use of tobacco and its deadly effects. The World Health Assembly established the event in nineteen eighty-seven. This year, special attention is being given to the harmful effects of tobacco marketing to women and girls.
- voa慢速英语讲解附字幕:保护新生儿免于HIV感染的新药物2010-05-24
- Researchers say they have found a way to extend the storage life of a drug used to treat H.I.V. Their work could give infected mothers in the developing world a new way to prevent the spread of the AIDS virus to their newborn babies. The drug is nevirapine. If it is given within seventy-two hours after birth, it can often protect babies from H.I.V.
- voa慢速英语:国际会议讨论反对使用童工计划2010-05-17
- Delegates from around the world have agreed on a new plan to end the worst kinds of child labor by two thousand sixteen. More than four hundred fifty delegates from eighty countries approved the plan at the Global Child Labor Conference. It was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, last week.
- voa慢速英语:美国支持全世界穆斯林企业家2010-05-10
- The Obama administration has launched the first in a series of projects to support entrepreneurs in Muslim communities worldwide. The Global Entrepreneurship Program will provide advice and other help for businesses to succeed.
- voa慢速英语:World Bank Sees Progress on Development Goals2010-05-03
- The World Bank says most developing countries have made important progress toward the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals.
- voa慢速英语讲解附字幕:印度Aravind眼科医院获希尔顿奖2010-04-26
- An eye care organization in India is being honored for its efforts. On Tuesday, Aravind Eye Care System will receive the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. The award will be presented in Redwood City, California, during a conference of the Global Philanthropy Forum.
- voa慢速英语:电脑,儿童和数字化鸿沟2010-04-19
- Market researchers estimate that more than one billion personal computers are in use worldwide. Availability has improved in developing countries, but still remains limited compared to industrialized nations. Experts continue to debate how best to close this digital divide.
- voa慢速英语讲解附字幕:为贫困人口研制有价值的个人厕所2010-04-12
- The name sounds funny but the idea is no joke: a personal toilet called the Peepoo. Anders Wilhelmson is the Swedish inventor of the idea. He wants to give poor people in developing countries a simple way to improve their lives.
- voa慢速英语:Water Shortages Continue to Threaten the World's...2010-04-05
- The lack of clean drinking water is a major problem worldwide. The World Health Organization says more than one billion people live in areas where renewable water resources are not available. The problem is especially serious in Asia and the Pacific. A United Nations report says water availability in that area is the second lowest in the world, after Africa.
- voa慢速英语:保护儿童免受肺炎危害2010-03-29
- Millions of babies and children could soon be protected against the deadly disease pneumonia. Two leading drug companies have agreed to supply vaccines against pneumococcal disease to the world's poorest countries at a reduced price. Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline signed the historic Advance Market Commitment agreement last week.
- voa慢速英语:请加入地球熄灯一小时2010-03-22
- This Saturday night at eight thirty, all the lights will be shut off at the Tokyo Tower in Japan. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark. So is the Empire State Building in New York and buildings in other cities around the world.