音频下载 A woman sells odowa stones at a roadside market in Nairobi, Kenya (R. Ombuor/VOA). Some pregnant women can develop a strong , even urgent desire for something tasty to eat . This craving is not at all like normal hunger . It could be for...

音频下载 The Farnsworth House in the Midwestern state of Illinois is one of the most famous homes in America . Thousands of people visit the house every year . It stands near the river that inspired its design . Now that very placement is threate...

音频下载 Serena Williams of the United States returns a shot to Garbine Muguruza of Spain, during the women's singles final at Wimbledon, London, Saturday July 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) On Saturday , July 11, tennis player Serena W...

音频下载 FILE - Women and children wait to fill buckets with water from a public tap amid an acute shortage of water, in Sana'a, Yemen, May 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) The United Nations is telling refugees and immigrants from the Horn of A...

音频下载 Employees unbox Go Set A Watchman at Ol' Curiosities Book Shoppe in Monroeville, Alabama July 14, 2015. American writer Harper Lees first -- and until now , only -- book , To Kill a Mockingbird , is one of Americas best-loved novels . Th...

音频下载 Corn fields in South Hwanghae, North Korea, which is suffering from a drought. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) Officials at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization say North Korea has reduced the amount of food it gives to its people...

音频下载 Guest and New Horizons team members countdown to the spacecraft's closest approach to Pluto, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) I...

音频下载 The United States is increasing production of oil and natural gas through a process known as fracking . This process is sometimes called hydraulic fracking because it uses pressurized water . Fracking requires the use of silica sand . De...

音频下载 Cities throughout the world spend a lot of money fighting graffiti . Graffiti writers leave their mark in public places , often on walls or other surfaces . They spray paint words , artwork or other things on buildings , trains and buses...

音频下载 Pensioners are given priority tickets by a National Bank branch manager (R), as they wait to receive part of their pensions in Athens, Greece July 13, 2015. European leaders announced agreement Monday on a plan to provide help to Greece...