2011-10-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tunisia turns to creating a new constitution and interim government, as election results on Tuesday confirmed a first-place finish by the moderate Islamic party Ennahdha.Two days after casting their b

2011-10-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Dale Anderson’s love affair with big cats goes back to junior high school in Santa Rosa, California, when a mountain lion cub was brought to his seventh grade classroom. “And ever since then I’ve h

2011-10-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The town of Whiting, Indiana, is home to the largest inland oil refinery in the United States. The energy company BP operates the Whiting Refinery, which originally was built by the Standard Oil Comp

2011-10-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An American ballet star has joined the Bolshoi Ballet as what's called a premier dancer. David Hallberg is the first American to achieve such a distinction.

They call him the Prince, that's the

2011-10-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Search efforts are continuing in southeastern Turkey for survivors of Sunday's powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The number of dead reported has exceeded 200 and the death toll is expected to contin

2011-10-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Excessive alcohol consumption in the United States costs Americans more than $200 billion a year, according to a new study.That hefty bill includes the medical costs related to heavy drinking, plus th

2011-10-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study finds that women who have a mammogram every other year are less likely to get a suspicious result requiring additional testing as compared to women who have the breast cancer screening tes

2011-10-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Premature babies routinely get powerful steroids both before and after they are born. The drugs help the babies' tiny lungs mature and boost blood pressure, among other benefits. Previous research in

2011-10-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study says deficiencies of Vitamin B12 might be responsible for declining brain function in older adults. Although people normally get plenty of B12 from fish, meat and dairy products, as well a

2011-10-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Chicago’s Adler Planetarium was the first one built in the United States, in 1930. Since it opened, it has helped visitors understand the marvels of astronomy. It has mounted celebratory exhibits a

2011-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Heart disease is the number one killer in the world, and it is mostly preventable. But reducing deaths from heart disease will require changes in lifestyle and public policy, and better public awarene

2011-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Participants getting classes in political activism from how to deal with police to learning tactics from recent upheavals in North Africa

Participants in the multi-city Occupy movement in the Unite

2011-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Companies go to great lengths to protect their trademarks and logos. A recent conference by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) highlighted the importance and the difficulty of doing

2011-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Libya's transitional leaders on Sunday declared their eight-month revolution over, after the fall of the last strongholds of the former government and the death of former leader, Moammar Gadhafi. Jub

2011-10-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Scores of social and civic groups are backing the Occupy Wall Street protest movement around the world. At the site of the original Occupy demonstration in New York, a group of Muslims held Friday pra

2011-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his country's refusal to grant immunity from prosecution to U.S. troops led to President Barack Obama's decision to withdraw the remainder of American force

2011-10-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The six-nation east African regional group the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has pledged full support for Kenya's military offensive against al-Qaeda linked militants in southern

2011-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Midwest state of Iowa has scheduled its presidential caucus vote for January 3, in what amounts to the official start of the process to choose a Republican Party nominee to run against President B

2011-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has invoked special civil powers granted under the country's natural disaster law as Bangkok residents brace for flood waters. The steps by the Prime Minister

2011-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As the United States struggles with a high unemployment rate, many older Americans looking for work say it is especially difficult for them to find employment because of their age. According to the U

2011-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A popular trend in American landscape architecture is the dog park or, as the Chicago Tribune newspaper calls it, the "bark park." There are now thousands of these fenced areas for dogs to play off-le

2011-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

With U.S. forces now helping in the hunt for LRA rebels in Central Africa, closure may be at hand for thousands of former child soldiers. One estimate says the LRA abducted more than 20,000 children i

2011-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Members of a Haitian amputee soccer team were in Washington this week to conduct clinics for wounded American troops from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. It was the Haitians' way of sa

2011-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A Moroccan woman who only discovered her talent as a hip-hop performer when she came to study in London is now at the forefront of this musical genre. Master Mimz delivered her own commentary on the A

2011-10-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Moammar Gadhafi is dead, but Libyans still face many difficulties now that their long time leader is gone, including how to repair a battered economy.Before the uprisings, Libya produced roughly 1.6 m