2011-11-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Friday a major new diplomatic initiative responding to positive changes in Burma, saying he is sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton there next month.Just

2011-11-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new Gallup Poll shows that support for the death penalty in the United States remains high, but down to 61 percent from 80 percent in 1994. Part of the reason is the possibility of innocent inmates

2011-11-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The battle over how to reduce the United States' $15 trillion debt is now being debated by a bipartisan congressional "supercommittee". With a deadline for agreement just days away, the same ideolog

2011-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A Libyan revolutionary militia commander from the town of Zintan announced Saturday that Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, was captured alive in southern Libya, nea

2011-11-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Kenyan military says it has secured more areas of southern Somalia and is urging aid agencies to come back to the country to help those in need. Kenya's Foreign Ministry says it is also trying t

2011-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is promoting U.S. economic engagement with Asia during the East Asia Summit in Bali. The secretary focused her public remarks on increasing economic ties to the regi

2011-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A stem cell treatment for patients with heart failure significantly improved their heart function in a small but promising new study. In heart failure, the heart loses its ability to efficiently pump

2011-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An alliance of mostly East African nations is preparing a coordinated military campaign in Somalia to finish off the embattled al-Shabab extremist group. The al-Qaida-inspired extremists were driven

2011-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. medical researchers report a possible breakthrough that might prevent infection by one of the two most widespread varieties of malaria.A new class of anti-malaria compounds kills the parasites in

2011-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Students in Sudo Electric Technical High School’s workshop weld rods together while others hammer metal plates.In a country that wins praise for its education system - U.S. President Barack Obama fre

2011-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Of the millions of rape victims in Congo, only a small percentage are male. But activists say the rape of men, boys and babies is still a weapon used in the conflict that plagues eastern Congo's cou

2011-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

How does a young man transform from a law-abiding middle-class citizen into a terrorist? Ken Ballen, a former federal prosecutor, spent five years trying to find answers to that question."Terrorists i

2011-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

What goes around comes around for tenor saxophonist Richard Elliot, who marks his 25th year as a solo recording artist with a new album celebrating his musical roots.After reaching the top of the smoo

2011-11-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sabah, a Malaysian state of great beauty and natural resources on the island of Borneo, is home to a vast population of immigrant labor - both legal and illegal. Tens of thousands of children born to

2011-11-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The World Bank says tough decisions lie ahead at the upcoming U.N. Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. A top bank official says nations need to decide on a long-term strategy.Andrew Ste

2011-11-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States' most prominent public health agency is calling the cholera epidemic in Haiti “the worst cholera outbreak in recent history.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2011-11-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A high-level international panel has announced its recommendations for achieving food security while addressing the effects of climate change. The recommendations from the Commission on Sustainable Ag

2011-11-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Economist Mario Monti has been sworn in as Italy’s new prime minister, with a mandate to restore stability to the country’s economy and respectability to its politics.At European Union headquarters

2011-11-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The International Diabetes Federation has released data (this week) that indicates the number of people living with diabetes around the world will likely rise from 366 million to 552 million by 2030 i

2011-11-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Antarctica is the largest reservoir of glacial ice on the planet. An expedition of international scientists is headed to the frozen continent to study why its glaciers are retreating so fast.What they

2011-11-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many of the world’s telephone directories include a section in yellow which lists phone numbers for businesses, not people’s homes. In some places, it’s pink or another color. In America’s big cit

2011-11-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New research shows India is experiencing a sharp rise in two major medical conditions typically associated with wealthier nations. Changing lifestyles and economic prosperity are seen as fueling the t

2011-11-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It's not uncommon for surfers to travel the world chasing the best waves. But what is out of the ordinary is how members of Surf for Life pass the time when they're not out on the water. Instead of

2011-11-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the world's most popular movie stars. His films, including Titanic, The Aviator and The Departed have grossed almost $5 billion worldwide. But the actor is trying to use h

2011-11-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As Europe grapples with its financial crisis, ambivalence is growing among many Europeans about the region's common currency.After choosing a common anthem - Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" - the European