2011-09-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of African migrants in Libya have been displaced from their homes and jobs by months of fighting between forces loyal to former leader Moammar Gadhafi

2011-09-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has launched a global campaign to raise awareness of the plight of millions of stateless people around the world. The UNHCR says an estimated 12 million people l

2011-09-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Two chefs have taken the trend of buying and eating locally to new heights - up 10 floors above their restaurant, where they have three bee hives producing local honey for their menu.High up on the ro

2011-09-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. job growth ground to a halt in August as government layoffs erased meager gains in the private sector. The Labor Department says American businesses added only 17,000 jobs last month, far short o

2011-09-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Muslims from around the world marked the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan Tuesday, with many in Londay saying the holiday has special meaning this year because of the Arab Spring revolutions and the E

2011-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the economic recession in 2008, some U.S. companies that historically depend on the domestic market started looking elsewhere for business. In Southern California, organizations that help busine

2011-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. Gulf Coast is getting a major soaking this weekend from Tropical Storm Lee. The storm is expected to dump as much as 50 centimeters of rain in parts of the southern states of Louisiana, Missi

2011-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. security officials are increasing efforts to thwart possible acts of terrorism in advance of the 10th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001, terror attacks. While the U.S. Department of Homelan

2011-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Vinyl records were the main format for commercial music distribution in the 20th century. But the big black disks, called LPs, nearly disappeared after audio cassettes and then digital media, like CD

2011-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study out of Canada could potentially save millions of lives. Research shows that, by eating certain foods, people can significantly reduce their cholesterol and improve their chances of avoidin

2011-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Spain's Labor Ministry says the number of people filing claims for unemployment benefits rose in August, bringing the total to 4.13 million. European governments, like many around the world, are str

2011-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study finds that reducing carbon-rich soot emissions could be the fastest and most economical way to slow climate change and protect human health.Those dust-like particles released in the exhaus

2011-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Is it possible to be in two places at once? It certainly is if you’re in the southwest city of Texarkana, which straddles the border between Texas and Arkansas.In almost every regard, Texarkana is o

2011-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Two chefs have taken the trend of buying and eating locally to new heights - up 10 floors above their restaurant, where they have three bee hives producing local honey for their menu.High up on the ro

2011-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Members of the U.S. Congress are returning to work in Washington after their August recess, with the nationwide unemployment rate holding stubbornly at more than nine percent. President Barack Obama

2011-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study out of Canada could potentially save millions of lives. Research shows that, by eating certain foods, people can significantly reduce their cholesterol and improve their chances of avoidin

2011-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Muslims from around the world marked the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan Tuesday, with many in Londay saying the holiday has special meaning this year because of the Arab Spring revolutions and the E

2011-09-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Leaders of Libya's uprising were in Paris Thursday with delegates from 60 countries and world bodies to discuss a roadmap for Libya's humanitarian, political and economic future, even as ex-leader M

2011-09-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For almost 30 years, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center graced the New York skyline. They were 110 stories high and symbolized strength and optimism. The monumental complex in Lower Manhattan w

2011-09-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Turkana region of Kenya is one of the areas hit hardest by drought in the Horn of Africa. A relief organization says while indigenous people are receiving emergency supplies to survive, their trad

2011-09-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Libyans began their celebration of Eid al Fitr Wednesday with conflicting feelings about the holiday marking the end of Ramadan.Libyan Wahabi Mohamed Yemeni won't be celebrating this Eid el Fitr holi

2011-09-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As slow economic growth and high unemployment continue to stress the United States and other parts of the world, economists say many of the world’s wealthy are continuing to shop at designer stores,

2011-09-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The world is watching as citizens in some Middle Eastern countries seek justice against recently toppled leaders of sometimes brutal governments. In Cambodia, the reign of the Maoist Khmer Rouge ended

2011-09-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tropical rain forests in the American Hemisphere and other regions of the world are changing rapidly. Studies conducted over recent decades indicate that increasingly, most of the trees in South and

2011-08-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Each year, millions of babies die within the first few weeks of life. A new report from the World Health Organization and Save the Children says many of those newborn deaths are easily preventable.“T