2011-12-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.N. refugee agency continues emergency airlifts to aid thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan.The fighting between government forces and rebels is taking place in two Sudanese states –

2011-12-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Extreme weather cut a path of destruction across the United States in 2011.For Bill Wing, it began 12 months ago, on New Year’s Day, as he surveyed the damage from a tornado that touched down in Cinc

2011-12-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. health officials say drug abuse is a major cause of death in the United States and that prescription drugs are a big part of the problem. Painkillers and mood-altering medications have left many

2011-12-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It’s been five years since Country star Vince Gill appeared on the popularity charts. The Oklahoma native recently made a welcome return with his new album, "Guitar Slinger.”“Guitar Slinger” is V

2011-12-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the days leading up to Iowa's Republican Party caucus January 3, presidential candidates are crossing the Midwestern US state in a final effort to secure support. As they make their case to voter

2011-12-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A leading economic research group says Brazil has overtaken Britain as the world's sixth-largest economy. The London-based Center for Economics and Business Research says Britain lost out to the Sout

2011-12-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin switches campaign managers in the middle of an election campaign. Is his position as solid as he would like the world to think?The prime minister was talking toug

2011-12-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The journal Science has named an AIDS study as its 2011 Breakthrough of the Year. The clinical trial found that antiretroviral drugs can be used to dramatically lower the risk of transmitting HIV.The

2011-12-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders is reporting a refugee crisis in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State. It says 60 thousand people have fled fighting just across the border in Sudan.The group,

2011-12-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

We Americans have gone nearly certifiably insane over our weight.It wasn’t enough that the government completely re-designed its “food pyramid” nutrition guide into colored bands - wide ones for re

2011-12-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Worldwatch Institute said in 2011 far too many people were living with less than they needed. It says, for example, nearly one billion people were hungry and just as many were illiterate.Worldwatc

2011-12-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As we write this story, the temperature in Anchorage, Alaska, is minus-8 degrees Celsius. Bitter cold, in other words, as you might expect on an early-winter day in a state that’s sometimes called “

2011-12-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States elects its president in just a little more than 11 months. But before the general election, the Republican party must first select a nominee, who will run against current President

2011-12-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Music thrives in Austin, Texas, where the industry brings in around $1 billion to the city every year. Musicians flood the city in droves and nearly every night there are live performances. Over the p

2011-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For many in predominantly Chrisian Cameroon, Christmas without new dresses, playthings and extraordinary food is unthinkable. Family breadwinners must provide them all for their spouses, kids and oth

2011-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Iraq has some of the largest oil reserves in the world, but its economy suffers from high unemployment, war damage and the lingering effects of past international sanctions.Crumbling infrastructure an

2011-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New Orleans explodes into a carnival every year for Mardi Gras. And on that final day before the beginning of Lent, giant colorful floats parade down the city's streets. Groups known as "krewes" are

2011-12-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. government is currently reviewing orders to deport thousands of illegal immigrants in two cities, at a time of great division on the issue at federal and local levels. In the past fiscal year

2011-12-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As the euphoria from a hard-won independence subsides, South Sudan now must turn to face enormous development challenges. Meanwhile, the threat of a return to war and outstanding political and economi

2011-12-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Climate and disaster risk experts say the Asia Pacific region faces rising costs from storms and disasters often tied to climate change, creating new challenges for regions as they try to prepare and

2011-12-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States says every third adult and nearly every fifth child in America is obese. But health officials in New York are touting an aggressive

2011-12-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the 1980s, the movie Gorillas in the Mist, made Rwanda's almost-extinct mountain gorillas famous. Now, they have come back from the brink, having increased their numbers three-fold to almost 800.

2011-12-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When Russia’s protest movement started three weeks ago, many in the Kremlin calculated that winter would kill it off. Saturday's rally to protest alleged fraud in the December 4 parliamentary electi

2011-12-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study has found that four out of 10 North American police officers surveyed have some sort of sleep disorder. The researchers say the result can be impaired job performance, as well as a variety

2011-12-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study indicates people who develop high blood pressure during middle age have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, or related medical problems later in life. It's pretty well established that