2011-07-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A century and a half after the first major battle of the U.S. Civil War, thousands of soldiers in 19th century uniforms once again faced each other across a field in Manassas, Virginia, 50 kilometers

2011-07-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tens of thousands of Egyptians supporting a variety of political movements rallied on Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday. The groups don’t necessarily agree on what kind of country to build in the wake o

2011-07-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

We hear a lot about endangered species. But each year for 24 years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has been spotlighting 11 endangered places in the United States - from battlefields to

2011-07-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan is approaching its 10-year anniversary with no end in sight to the fighting. There are efforts, however, to negotiate a political settlement to the conflict.Recent call

2011-07-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Drought, famine, and warfare have profound physical and psychological impacts on children, especially those three years old and under. Malnutrition and disease at these vulnerable ages leave a lasting

2011-07-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama came into office with strong voter support among Hispanic Americans, while promising to make immigration reform a top priority. But many lawmakers in Washington oppose eas

2011-07-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

What if there was an exact copy of us living an alternate life on an alternate earth? Mike Cahill's new science-fiction drama explores that possibility."Another Earth" focuses on Rhoda Williams, a pr

2011-07-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egypt’s deposed President Hosni Mubarak is scheduled to go on trial August 3 on corruption and murder charges related to his 30-year tenure and the crackdown on protesters during the revolution that

2011-07-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Drought and famine are causing widespread hardship across the Horn of Africa, resulting in high death rates, malnutrition, disease, loss of cattle, and other calamities. But several communities in nor

2011-07-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Norway's prime minister says European intelligence agencies have joined the investigation into last week's terror attacks that left at least 76 people dead. Jens Stoltenberg says the country's cor

2011-07-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan have hailed a "new era of cooperation," after meeting for the first time since peace talks between the rival nations resumed earlier this year. The officia

2011-07-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the last two weeks, 20 Turkish soldiers have been killed by the Kurdish rebel group, the PKK. The more than quarter-of-a-century conflict between the group and the Turkish government has erupted a

2011-07-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Europe is suffering from its worst ever real-estate market. And one country that seems to be pushing back hard at its government is Spain. More than two months after Spain's so-called "indignados" be

2011-07-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Some 300,000 children are receiving vaccinations against polio and measles at one of the largest refugee camps in Kenya. They also are receving vitamin A and de-worming tablets as health workers try t

2011-07-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Top U.S. lawmakers of both major political parties are pledging to defeat their opponents' last-ditch proposals to cut federal spending and raise the government's borrowing limit. One day after Pre

2011-07-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Chicago Board of Trade is the world's oldest futures and options exchange. There, commodities and other financial instruments are traded daily. As the clock ticks towards a deadline to raise th

2011-07-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Throughout his two-decade career, Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus has honored U.S. soldiers with his music. “I’m American,” is his latest patriotic salute to our troops.Billy Ray Cyrus says the ins

2011-07-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The international community held an emergency meeting in Rome Monday on the famine and drought in the Horn of Africa. Representatives from the G20, U.N. agencies and NGOs warned the crisis could sprea

2011-07-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Mechanical engineer Peter Frykman created a low-cost drip-irrigation system designed to improve crop yields for small farmers in India and China. One of his primary goals is to be socially-conscious e

2011-07-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Homosexual couples in New York are being married for the first time after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law permitting same sex marriage in the state last month. But such marriages, though now legal

2011-07-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New research in Africa confirms that a once-a-day pill, used to treat patients infected with the virus which causes AIDS, also works to prevent HIV infection in healthy people. For 20-year-old New Yor

2011-07-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Despite the country's economic downturn, the sale of specialty foods and beverages in the United States is booming, with more Americans buying gourmet foods. Many Americans are hungry for specialty

2011-07-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As the debate intensifies in Washington over raising the debt ceiling, some Americans admit that they too have trouble balancing their budgets. "John, you weren’t here but there was a huge tree we t

2011-07-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Norwegian police are questioning the suspected gunman who shot and killed at least 85 people at a youth summer camp hours after he allegedly set off a bomb blast that killed seven people in the capita

2011-07-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

How do aspiring stars break into the music business? More than 100 young musicians at a recent summer camp got tips from music professionals, including teen star Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. Th