2011-09-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Americans have marked the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people. Ceremonies were held in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Penn

2011-09-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ten years ago, the United States homeland came under attack. Islamic terrorists flew hijacked passenger planes into the two World Trade Center towers in New York and another into the Pentagon outside

2011-09-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Forces loyal to Libya's National Transitional Council are making what they hope is the final push for Bani Walid, one of ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi's last strongholds. NATO is providing the NTC w

2011-09-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Americans on Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. New York City is preparing for a day of observances.New York police are imposing massive

2011-09-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nearly 3,000 people died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. But the twin towers' collapse and their smoldering ruins also exposed thousands of rescue

2011-09-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States began a new engagement in the Muslim world. One of the key architects of that engagement is the newly-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Afghan

2011-09-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A branch of a French research institute is developing new drugs to combat diseases mainly afflicting developing countries -
including so-called neglected diseases, which kill millions of people each

2011-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The largest conference on AIDS vaccine development is being held in Bangkok, Thailand FROM September 12th to the 15th. Researchers will discuss how to build on recent advances in a time of tight budg

2011-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Later this month (9/19-20), the U.N. hosts the High-level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. The goal is to find strategies to reduce the number of avoida

2011-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The fight against malaria may have taken a promising step forward with the latest tests of a new kind of vaccine, which aims to keep people healthy and prevent the infection from spreading.Most malari

2011-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Local outbreaks of new diseases have occurred throughout history, but in this age of global jet travel and international commerce, a deadly virus can spread rapidly worldwide.That's what happens in "

2011-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rotavirus causes severe diarrhea that kills more than a half-million people each year, mostly very young children. A recently-introduced vaccine has proved to be very effective and has shown some unex

2011-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nutrients taken in powder form are effective in preventing malnutrition in children, according to new findings.Children throughout the developing world suffer from anemia - a shortage of red blood cel

2011-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Burma's normally defiant authorities have in recent weeks been welcoming their domestic and international critics for candid discussions. They have also slightly loosened their iron-clad grip on the

2011-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rights advocates in Vietnam are criticizing a form of treatment used by the government to rehabilitate illegal drug users and sex workers.In a newly released report, the international human rights gro

2011-09-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Agricultural experts from the G20 countries will meet next week to find ways to match the latest research and technology to the growing demand for more food. It’s estimated the world’s population wi

2011-09-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One of America's oldest institutions, the U.S. Postal Service, is teetering on the edge of default and must be radically restructured. That, according to the postmaster general, who spoke on Capitol

2011-09-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In August, as Hurricane Irene unleashed wind and rain along the U.S. East Coast, author John Shors found himself on a book tour, promoting his new novel, “Cross Currents,” which was inspired by the

2011-09-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ties between the intelligence agencies of Pakistan and the United States have been severely strained since the killing of Osama bin Laden in a covert U.S. raid in Pakistan in May.Both sides have attem

2011-09-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The World Health Organization estimates that every minute, a woman dies during pregnancy and millions of others suffer from infections and disease associated with childbearing. To combat this global t

2011-09-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Reports that a large convoy of Moammar Gadhafi's supporters has fled Libya for Niger have angered many in the Libyan capital. Citizens want to see their former leader and those around him facing ju

2011-09-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

September promises to be a busy month in U.S. presidential politics. The Republican presidential contenders take part in the first of three debates on Wednesday, while President Barack Obama delivers

2011-09-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The very old may not be Public Enemy Number 1, but they are killing people as never before. People on America’s streets and highways.According to a Carnegie Mellon University study, the fatality rate

2011-09-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Humanitarian agencies say the condition of newly-arrived Somali refugees at camps in Ethiopia is deteriorating as famine spreads inside Somalia. At the Hilaweyn camp along the Somalia-Ethiopia border

2011-09-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Fighters for Libya's provisional authorities say they have surrounded key areas still held by forces loyal to ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi. At a checkpoint north of Bani Walid, there appears to be a