2011-11-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

You’ve heard of “smart phones,” but what about smart turkeys?First of all, it’s a myth that turkeys are so dumb that they actually drown if they look upward with their beaks open during a rainstor

2011-11-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Europe’s economic problems are making it even more difficult for the continent’s governments to fund often unpopular defense programs. That is threatening to hurt the NATO alliance’s efforts to up

2011-11-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In 1974, singer Maria Muldaur became an international pop sensation with her hit song “Midnight At The Oasis.” Since then, she’s recorded nearly 40 albums, weaving between blues, folk, jazz and go

2011-11-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Even as world financial markets fluctuate, interest in gold holds fast. Over the years, more investors have put their assets in this precious metal. As interest in buying gold has spread, so has the

2011-11-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

China is pushing back at criticism from U.S. President Barack Obama about Beijing’s currency and trade policies. Obama says Washington does not want China to take advantage of the United States. Ch

2011-11-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study casts doubt on the merits of reducing salt in our diet. The researchers found that a modest lowering of blood pressure may be offset by other less desirable effects of a low-sodium diet.Fo

2011-11-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Cancer treatment might have just taken a big leap into the computer age. Stanford University researchers are reporting significant success in training computers to analyze microscope slides of breast

2011-11-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The day after Thanksgiving in America, or what is called “Black Friday,” which falls on Nov. 25 this year, traditionally marks the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. What retailers ho

2011-11-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

British researchers have discovered a biochemical key used by the malaria parasite to invade human blood cells. The discovery could pave the way for an effective malaria vaccine.The Plasmodium malaria

2011-11-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Somalia, as in other conflict areas, civilians have suffered the most. Besides being caught in the crossfire, they’ve been forced from their homes and faced drought and starvation with little aid

2011-11-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As in many offices around the United States, people of different backgrounds work at the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington D.C.Richard Regan, a Native American, joined the IRS

2011-11-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Seattle rock band Minus the Bear has spent a decade traveling together -- and recording four albums in its own studio in Seattle. The band's recent album, Omni, changes the pattern. Minus the B

2011-11-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The arrest on child-abuse charges of a one-time assistant football coach at a prominent American university has quickly broadened into a major scandal. The president of Pennsylvania State University a

2011-11-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Obama administration offered financial relief last month to one million college students and recent graduates struggling to make student loan payments, as tuition costs rapidly rise. Administrator

2011-11-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

US officials say the Asia Pacific region is less affected than other areas by the financial crisis in Europe and can stimulate worldwide economic growth. Talks by finance and foreign ministers are ta

2011-11-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the dawn of agriculture, tilling the soil has been fundamental to farming.But today, experts say this age-old practice may do more harm than good, at least in some places. That's why they've b

2011-11-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the first blush of enthusiasm after the nine-month struggle to oust Moammar Gadhafi, many Libyans are optimistic that the country will be able to move toward democracy with little payback for the i

2011-11-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Every artist has an inspiration. For some, it's a person. For others, it's a place. Hard at work in his Miami studio, Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrié pours his roots into his art. “What I try

2011-11-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

“American Idol” 2011 winner Scotty McCreery has just released his debut album and he's already setting records.“Clear As Day” is the debut album by Country singer Scotty McCreery. With first-wee

2011-11-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Greece named a new prime minister Thursday, and Italy is planning to do the same fairly soon, as European leaders move to regain the confidence of financial markets and to ensure that the region’s ec

2011-11-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

International energy companies say they have discovered potentially massive natural gas fields off the coast of Mozambique.The Italian energy firm ENI last month announced two major finds in the Mamba

2011-11-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. and NATO combat forces are set to leave Afghanistan by 2014. Afghanistan's neighbors and Western countries are pledging their commitment to the country's security and economic stability, while

2011-11-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sophia Martelly, the wife of Haiti's new president, Michel Martelly, is juggling the care of four children and a change of lifestyle from when she was simply the wife of a popular musician, her husba

2011-11-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Advocacy groups are praising Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s comments that an AIDS-free generation is within reach. Mrs. Clinton spoke Monday at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.Mitchell W

2011-11-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. It is home to 28 ethnic groups, each with a distinct language, culture and lifestyle. Many groups are afraid of losing their traditional