2010-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Roads, shopping centers and housing developments are generally seen as enhancing a community's quality of life. But they can also disrupt the delicate water cycle that provides food, recreation and h

2010-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. troops will begin their drawdown in Iraq at the end of this month, but there still is no government in place and violence is on the rise. On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council urged Iraq's re

2010-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Just off Trafalgar Square at the National Gallery, some detective work is in progress: analyzing masterpieces, their pigment and varnish, to get into the mind of the painter. With infrared cameras and

2010-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Scenes from Chelsea Clinton's wedding day. Guests arrived in Rhinebeck, New York to celebrate the former first daughter's marriage to her longtime beau Marc Mezvinsky. Media estimates had put the co

2010-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Here’s a possible blood pressure remedy. But it’s only for those who can stand the heat. It’s capsaicin, the “active ingredient” in peppers like habaneros that should probably be sold by prescrip

2010-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

最近又有一项新的网游管理体制出台，未成年人必须用自己的真实姓名和身份证号，对不同的游戏进行不同的管理，乐坊未成年人沉溺于网络。Online gamers in China are now required to register with their legal names

2010-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Today, Sally Gold, who oversees a program called Shell Springboard – part of the Shell oil company. Since its launch in 2005, it has awarded over 1.6 million British pounds to 43 small businesses acr

2010-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

生奶是否比加工过的奶更为健康？口感是否会更好？一起来听听专家们都是怎么说的。
GUY RAZ, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz. Have you ever met someone who drinks raw milk?

2010-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

There has been a deadly flare-up of violence on the Israel-Lebanon border.Israeli and Lebanese troops exchanged fire in an incident that broke years of relative calm on the border. There are conflict

2010-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The United Arab Emirates says it is disappointed with the United States for criticizing its decision to ban key Blackberry communication services.United Arab Emirate officials say they plan to suspend

2010-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The International Energy Agency recently said China has become the world's biggest energy consumer - surpassing the United States. While Beijing disputes the IEA findings, claiming its calculations

2010-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Why aren’t there more women physicists, and in senior positions? One factor may be unconscious biases that could keep women physicists from advancing—and may even prevent women from going into physi

2010-08-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Now that hurricane season has begun, people are asking what will happen if a major hurricane passes close to or directly through the Gulf oil spill.由于飓风季节已经开始，人们不禁要问，如果强飓风从墨西

2010-08-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Rescue workers in Pakistan are struggling to reach thousands of villagers stranded in the northwest by flooding that government officials say has killed more than 1,200 people.The United Nations estim

2010-08-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

President Barack Obama says the United States is on track to end its combat mission in Iraq by the end of this month, transitioning from a military to a civilian-led effort. In a speech to the Disabl

2010-08-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

For Gale Myers it's Lucky as way more than a cute loyal dog."Do you feel your dog as your child?""I don't have any kids,so she's the closest. Then I wanna have to a child. I have another dog as wel

2010-08-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

As many of us broil in August heat, the Mars Rover Spirit is hunkered down to survive a far more brutal season—a Martian winter. Spirit’s been on Mars since January 2004 and already survived previou

2010-08-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Explosive Devices have accounted for around 800 of the roughly 1,100 U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan. To counter these increasingly-lethal bombs, the U.S. military is spending billions of dollars on

2010-08-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Slower economic growth in the United States pushed global stocks lower Friday. The U.S. Commerce Department reports the country's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation's economi

2010-08-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

BP's Chief Executive is on his way out. Tony Hayward is the latest casualty of the biggest oil disaster in U.S. history. But Hayward is not leaving BP. He is to take a non-executive post in October.

2010-08-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

英国首都伦敦7月30日启动了一项新的自行车租赁计划，旨在倡导市民“绿色”出行，为即将于2012年在伦敦举行的奥运会打造“低碳”环境。当天一大早，随着一阵车铃的声音，伦敦市长约翰逊骑车出现在位于伦敦标志性景观“

2010-08-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would impose new safety regulations on the offshore oil-drilling industry.House members voted 209 to 193 in favor of the Democrat-backed l

2010-08-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Nearly 45,000 Boy Scouts from across the United States and from around the world are camping outdoors for 10 days of fun and adventure as the youth organization celebrates 100 years of scouting. Every

2010-07-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

北京被誉为中国的salsa之都，从7月29日－8月1日这里将举办第一届北京仲夏萨萨节。此次盛会将首次隆重推出由世界级的舞蹈家和音乐家Mambo Jack和真真亲自编导的剧场式风格的salsa现场表演，主题为：舞恋salsa。届时还

2010-07-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It has been a difficult week for supporters of the war in Afghanistan.NATO announced that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing