2007-07-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.A new report says al-Qaida is still, and will remain, the major threat to the United

The report is known as a National Intelligen

2007-07-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Just days after Brazil's deadliest plane crash a radar outage over the Amazon spread the country's aviation crisis overseas, spawning ripple-effect delays at a half-dozen US

2007-07-23 所属栏目:英语文摘

A pedestrian walks past a branch of China Construction Bank in Shanghai June 3, 2007. [newsphoto]China's central bank is considering establishing a deposit insurance system in a bid to promote finan

2007-07-23 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Maggie Gyllenhaal Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal is the new face of lingerie brand 'Agent Provocateur'.The 29-year-old is set to appear in the company's online advertising campaign.Last year, the com

2007-07-23 所属栏目:体育英语

If Yao Ming sprains his ankle at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which hospital will he be rushed to? Silly question, one may think. But the NBA star is all of 2.26 meters tall, and a standard hospita

2007-07-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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European football superstar David Beckham made a cautious debut with his new team, the Los Angeles Galaxy, Saturday evening. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles, the

2007-07-22 所属栏目:双语新闻

茱丽全家福成“最贵名人照”
Brangelina top list of pricey photos
A 'BRANGELINA' photo with baby Shiloh has topped the list of the most expensive celebrity photos in the world. A 'BRANGELINA' photo

2007-07-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

Brazil's firemen on Saturday found the black box containing the pilots' voice recording in the wreckage of the TAM airlines plane that crashed in Sao Paulo last Tuesday, Brazil's Air Force said Sat

2007-07-22 所属栏目:英语文摘

BEIJING - The Silk Street market in Beijing, popular among tourists for cheap goods, tarnished its reputation as authorities seized fake name-brand sneakers and sports wear in the latest raid at the m

2007-07-22 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Cameron DiazHollywood actress Cameron Diaz is teaming up with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore to host a TV contest about saving the planet.The unlikely duo will work with Current TV and in associat

2007-07-22 所属栏目:体育英语

HANOI, -- Defending Champions Japan frustrated pre-tournament favourites Australia 5-4 (regular time 1-1) after the penalty shootout to reach the last four in the most heavyweight clash of the ongoing

2007-07-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

谁在吃垃圾食品？
Rich or poor, we have a growing appetite for junk food

Junk food is not a term only for poor households For years experts have argued that poor households are consuming less nourishi

2007-07-21 所属栏目:双语新闻

中国：网民年轻化 上网娱乐化
Entertainment tops Net users list

Most of the country's Internet users go online to chat or seek entertainment rather than look for jobs or conduct business. Most of the

2007-07-21 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

View in the heart

There is a temple at the foot of Nanshan，and an ancient banyan is in front of it.

One morning,a young monk gets up to clean up the courtyard and sees the fallen leaves from the an

2007-07-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The best-known wizard since Merlin returns for a fifth film based on the internationally-popular novels by English author J.K. Rowling. Alan Silverman has a look at Harry Po

2007-07-21 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD - Iraq's national security adviser expressed doubt Friday that Iraqi forces will be able to assume security control of the whole country by the end of the year, a goal of Prime Minister Nouri

2007-07-21 所属栏目:英语文摘

Across the country, something strange is happening. Bookstores are opening for business at 7 o'clock this morning, two hours earlier than usual. The reason: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the

2007-07-21 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Tori SpellingTori Spelling is branching out, having her name licensed to yet another product, jewelry. The actress has designed a new jewelry line called "The Tori Spelling Collection," whic

2007-07-21 所属栏目:体育英语

Free to go anywhere, Steve Francis came home to the team and city he never wanted to leave. Once celebrated as the Rockets' Franchise, the point guard will come back to Houston seeking a return to mo

2007-07-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The head of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Ben Bernanke, Wednesday told a congressional committee that the subdued pace of U.S. economic expansion should pick up slightly i

2007-07-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Junior Achievement is an international movement to educate young people about business and economics. The purpose is to help

2007-07-20 所属栏目:双语新闻

欧洲幸福指数调查：冰岛人最快乐
Iceland ranks top in happy citizen table

Iceland shows that happiness does not have to come at a great cost Iceland is the leader in a league table judging the European

2007-07-20 所属栏目:英语文摘

WASHINGTON - China warned the United States on Thursday against "groundless smear attacks" against Chinese products and said it was working responsibly to address concerns over a spate of re

2007-07-20 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive to attend the premiere of the film
'A Mighty Heart' in New York in this file photo from June 13, 2007.[Reuters]Smile Brad and Angelina, you're on not-so-

2007-07-20 所属栏目:体育英语

Houston Rockets' All-star center Yao Ming says he has been treated unfairly in an unprecedented attack by the country's official sports newspaper, China Sports Daily. The newspaper of the General Ad

2007-07-19 所属栏目:双语新闻

意大利：摘掉领带抑制全球变暖
Italy says take off your tie to help the planet

Want to help fight global warming? Take off your tie, says the Italian health ministry. Want to help fight global warming

2007-07-19 所属栏目:英音听力讲解

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2007-07-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - An earthquake-wracked nuclear power plant was ordered closed indefinitely Wednesday amid growing anger over revelations that damage was much worse than initially announced and mou

2007-07-19 所属栏目:英语文摘

CHANGSHA -- Central China's Hunan Province said it has taken effective measures to prevent epidemics after about 2 billion rats chomped their way through cropland around the Dongting Lake, the countr

2007-07-19 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Catherine Zeta-JonesCatherine Zeta-Jones is "obsessed" with smoked salmon sandwiches and crushed potato chips. The 'Traffic' actress, who is widely acknowledged as one of Hollywood's most

2007-07-19 所属栏目:体育英语

The Chinese soccer team (red) has been bundled out of the AFC Asian Cup, after losing to Uzbekistan 3-0 on Wednesday, July 18. [sportsphoto.cn]

The Chinese soccer team (red) has been bundled out of

2007-07-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

揭秘人类为何直立行走Humans walk upright to conserve energy
Why did humans evolve to walk upright? Why did humans evolve to walk upright? Perhaps because it's just plain easier. Make that "energe

2007-07-18 所属栏目:双语新闻

英国律师要摘假发！
Wigs off as Britain ends courtroom tradition
Britain's lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing white horse-hair wigs in non-criminal cases, t

2007-07-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

KUALA LUMPUR - The UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said it had verified that North Korea had closed all five of its nuclear facilities, marking a key step in the effort to get the country to give up

2007-07-18 所属栏目:英语文摘

DALLAS -- Several leading US airlines have asked federal regulators for the right to operate new nonstop flights between the United States and China beginning in March 2009.American, the largest US ca

2007-07-18 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Catherine Zeta-JonesCatherine Zeta-Jones is "obsessed" with smoked salmon sandwiches and crushed potato chips. The 'Traffic' actress, who is widely acknowledged as one of Hollywood's most

2007-07-18 所属栏目:体育英语

KUALA LUMPUR: China's coach yesterday insisted his team was in good shape for the make-or-break Group C clash with Uzbekistan despite a rash of injuries and the loss of suspended captain Zheng Zhi. Z

2007-07-17 所属栏目:英语美文欣赏

The flame of love

拥有了一份好的工作、一个好的身体、一笔大大的财富，但你仍然感受不到幸福快乐？这是为什么？答案只有一个字，爱。没有爱的人生好比没有灵魂的躯体。

爱给予了生活的意义。幸运的人得到爱并能让

2007-07-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

小贝入乡随俗 改称足球为soccer
Beckham embraces new challenge - and vocabulary

English superstar David Beckham, seen here being introduced the Los Angeles Galaxy fans, was wowed the first time he set

2007-07-17 所属栏目:双语新闻

海耶克获封好莱坞“最性感名人”
Hayek named Hollywood's sexiest celeb

Salma Hayek has been named Hollywood's Sexiest Celebrity. Salma Hayek has been named Hollywood's Sexiest Celebrity. The 40-yea

2007-07-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, Iran - Two Iranian-Americans detained here on national security charges appeared Monday for the first time on state television, with one saying in one of the brief video clips that his foundat

2007-07-17 所属栏目:英语文摘

A vice-governor of China's central bank, Xiang Junbo, is expected to take the helm at the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) to steer it through its shareholding reform in order to secure a market list

2007-07-17 所属栏目:体育英语

The 29-year-old Li Fuyu is competing in Xihaizhen at his fifth Tour of Qinghai Lake. This time, the dazzling Discovery Channel team jersey not only gave him a new look but also did a boost in standing

2007-07-17 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Forget the swashbuckling scenes with Johnny Depp - this is Keira Knightley as a very different femme fatale. The Pirates Of The Caribbean star is replacing fading supermodel Kate Moss as the face of C

2007-07-16 所属栏目:双语新闻

“E”时代 还记得家人的生日吗？
Remember your home phone number? Forget it!

Can't remember life before mobiles? Chances are you'll also struggle to recall your home phone number and family birthdays

2007-07-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

BANGKOK, Thailand - UN inspectors have verified that North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor, the chief of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said Monday.
North Korea's spent nuclear fuel rods kep

2007-07-16 所属栏目:英语文摘

WUHAN -- The rainstorm and floods have killed 68 people and 25 others were missing in central China's Hubei Province since the flood season began in June, according to local government. Another 402,2

2007-07-16 所属栏目:娱乐八卦

Salma Hayek has been named Hollywood's sexiest celebrity, beating big names
like Beyonce and Jessica Alba to the top spot.[Reuters]
Salma Hayek has been named Hollywood's Sexiest Celebrity.The 40-y

2007-07-16 所属栏目:体育英语

China's Shao Jiayi (C) celebrates with Zhang Yaokun (L) and Sun Jihai after scoring the first goal against Iran during their 2007 AFC Asian Cup soccer tournament Group C match in Kuala Lumpur July 1

2007-07-15 所属栏目:双语新闻

美国调查：上班妈妈更青睐兼职
Most working moms prefer part-time jobs

A sharply increasing portion of America's working mothers say their ideal situation would include a part-time job, rather than wo