2011-10-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Colonel Moammar Gadhafi died Wednesday, ending his months-long fight against transitional fighters. To the end, he refused to step down, a stubbornness that reflects his 40-year dictatorship. He was t

2011-10-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NATO officials say they are close to ending their nearly seven-month-long bombing campaign in Libya, designed to prevent forces loyal to former leader Moammar Gadhafi from attacking civilians. The op

2011-10-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Discontent runs high in Italy among the population due to the country's economic difficulties. This led to massive protests over the weekend attended by tens of thousands of demonstrators.It was mean

2011-10-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nearly 3,000 people showed off their skills as artists in Los Angeles on Sunday, creating a panoramic scroll one kilometer long. The event was called The Big Draw. It was one of 60 art events taking

2011-10-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the slums of Kenya's capital, residents and aid groups are using new technology to send and receive money.Irene Okoth and her five children have been living on 50 cents a day in Nairobi's Korogoc

2011-10-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Indonesia's Papua province, Human Rights Watch says police arrested more than 300 protesters at a political rally where separatists declared independence from Indonesian rule on Wednesday. Demonst

2011-10-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In U.S. presidential politics, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has a narrow lead over Georgia businessman Herman Cain in the latest CNN-ORC public opinion poll. Most experts consider Romney

2011-10-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The International Labor Organization (ILO) said the global recession has created – what it calls – a generation of “scarred” youth. It says frustration in finding good jobs has contributed to prot

2011-10-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Protesters and police have clashed outside the Greek parliament as a massive protest and general strike shut down Athens. Both public and private sector unions are backing the industrial action agains

2011-10-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tuesday's exchange of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has brought happiness to many in the region - but the underlying confrontations remain.Israel's release of 47

2011-10-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Moody's ratings agency warns that France's credit rating could be downgraded in the next three months if the nation's budget is stretched further by bank bailouts to help other debt-heavy euroz

2011-10-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the current economic downturn, many American schools are adding a new subject to the curriculum; financial literacy. One program in Virginia even gets students out of the classroom for a day to lea

2011-10-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An international health alliance working to develop a vaccine against malaria says one of its most advanced vaccines, called RTS,S, shows promising results. After two years of human clinical trials i

2011-10-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many young Evangelical Protestant Christians shun the expansive form of worship that drew their parents to so-called megachurches and opt instead for a more intimate religious experience. But one cong

2011-10-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Each year, about a quarter of a million Americans study abroad. For many of them, a summer or a semester in a foreign country involves more than just sitting in classrooms and hanging out with other A

2011-10-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An Israeli soldier held more than five years by Palestinian captors has returned home, and Israel has freed more than 400 Palestinians, in one of the largest prisoner swaps between the two sides.Israe

2011-10-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The European economic crisis is having an impact around the world, and causing concern that if it is not ended soon it could spread to a variety of countries that depend on Europe to buy their exports

2011-10-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Proponents of family planning services say each year, nearly 360,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes, most of them in Africa. The former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson, is helping lead a

2011-10-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Authority has held the first of four public hearings to scrutinize applications for two commercial radio licenses. But there are concerns the licenses have already been awar

2011-10-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Kenya's decision this past week to send troops over the border into Somalia in pursuit of al-Shabab militants appears to be a major shift in foreign policy. The full extent of Kenya's operations are

2011-10-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become a hero of the Arab street, a leader determined to raise his country's profile in the region. He speaks of a balance between Islam and secularism

2011-10-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Once upon a time in America, people receiving gifts had no idea what was wrapped in the pretty paper. Surprise was part of the delight. The givers chose presents with care and imagination, and hoped t

2011-10-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A few years ago, David Borgenicht, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a book agent. Then one day, he read an article that gave him an idea for his own book.He and a friend - magazine writer Joshua Piv

2011-10-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.N. Committee on World Food Security opened its new session in Rome Monday. The meeting follows Sunday’s observance of World Food Day with the theme: Food Prices – from Crisis to Stability.Acto

2011-10-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Like many college students, Aruna Kenyi went home over the summer to see his family. Unlike most of his peers though, the 22 year old's journey took him halfway around the world to his native Sudan -