2012-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Los Angeles is home to people from many countries who share their culture, and their food, with their neighbors. We talk with a family with roots in southern Mexico that is preserving and teaching oth

2012-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Despite an improving economic picture, the housing market remains a drag on the U.S. economy. The Commerce Department says new home sales fell last month, even as median home prices continued to drop.

2012-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Electronic books, or e-books, have changed the way many of us read for pleasure. Now digital text books - educational volumes which are read online - are transforming the way many students learn. The

2012-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the mid to late 18th century, missionary schools were opened on Native American reservations in the U.S. The goal was to convert young people to Christianity and immerse them in Western culture. Na

2012-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When people think of musicians in the American roots genre, Allison Krauss is one of the few female stars who comes to mind. For the most part, history remembers the men in old-time country, blues and

2012-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Researchers have stopped vision decline in dogs with an inherited disease that causes blindness.The gene therapy technique they used may someday stop vision loss in humans.Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is

2012-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rwanda is gaining a worldwide reputation for its bourbon and other specialty coffee, a crop grown in the country's rich volcanic soils. Specialty coffee comprises almost one-third of Rwanda's agricu

2012-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nanoparticles are really tiny manufactured objects, no bigger than a clump of atoms. They are being engineered into materials with unique electrical, chemical and optical properties. They are used in

2012-01-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The International Labor Organization says the world faces an urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade. It says those jobs are needed to generate sustainable growth

2012-01-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Jazz bassist Christian McBride enjoys a good conversation. So much so that he recorded an entire album of “conversations.” With more and more musicians jumping on the duets bandwagon, Christian Mc

2012-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Gabrielle Giffords, 41, resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday in an emotional ceremony on the House floor a little more than one year after she was shot in the head at an event for

2012-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In 1839, African slaves bound for a Cuban sugar plantation escaped their shackles.They killed the captain and cook aboard the schooner Amistad and ordered their two slavemasters to sail to Africa. Ins

2012-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Senegal, once considered a francophone cradle in West Africa, is now increasingly turning from French to the local Wolof language. Scholars say this is a boost for democracy, but also a problem in so

2012-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Imagine growing vegetables and fish in the same space. That’s the idea behind aquaponics, a marriage of fish farming and soil-less plant cultivation in a single, sustainable closed system.Supporters

2012-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning in Hollywood.Martin Scorsese's 3D adventure movie "Hugo," a fantasy tribute to French film pioneer George Melies, leads the list with 11 nomi

2012-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rin Tin Tin, a dog rescued from a World War I battlefield in France, became a famous animal star and hero for generations of children.Susan Orlean, author of "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend," ha

2012-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At least one Sudanese refugee was injured and 14 others are missing following an air raid Monday in South Sudan. The U.N. refugee agency says the attack occurred in Upper Nile State where Sudanese ref

2012-01-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

You - yes, you - can save the planet. That message is being spread across America - not by environmental activists but by ordinary business men and women, families on vacation, truckers and salespeop

2012-01-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Michael Fay calls himself a “nature boy.” He’s made a career of exploring the globe in the name of environmental protection, sponsored by organizations like National Geographic and the Wildlife Con

2012-01-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

San Francisco's Maritime National Historical Park is dedicated to preserving the history and culture of life on the high seas.Located on the city’s waterfront, this unique park features a museum, re

2012-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress. Obama provided a preview of the speech he will deliver in one of the most difficult economic and polit

2012-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina primary, a surprising turnaround after his poor showings in previous contests. VOA's Suzanne Presto has more from Columbia, South Carolina.Newt Gingrich's su

2012-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Dozens of supporters of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo were attacked and injured during a rally Sunday in Abidjan, after opponents began throwing stones.Eric-Aimé Semien, President of th

2012-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New York's Chinatown is gearing up for Chinese New Year. Foods are being prepared, decorations hung and last minute rehearsals are being held for the festival and parade that will draw residents and

2012-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When President Obama lays out his vision for the United States this year in his State of the Union speech, one challenge before him will be getting Congress to agree on the nation's finances. The pol