2011-07-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Over the last 30 years life expectancy rates in Africa plummeted, as HIV/AIDS claimed millions of lives. But a new study says antiretroviral drug treatment can dramatically reverse that trend.Professo

2011-07-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

With many mothers working outside the home, more fathers - such as New Yorker editor and cartoonist John Donohue - are cooking for their families. Donohue wanted to chronicle men’s role as bread-bake

2011-07-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the United States, many products - such as cameras, computers and mobile phones - carry the label “Made in China.” But the reverse is happening in the southeastern state of Georgia, where a small

2011-07-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

While Joy Williams and John Paul White of the Civil Wars may sound like they’re in love when singing some of the songs on their debut, the pair is not in a romantic partnership, just a musical one. T

2011-07-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States “unequivocally” supports the economic recovery plan of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Clinton held talks with top Greek officials i

2011-07-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

State-of-the-art trains crisscross the ancient landscape, their sound and their presence serving as reminders of why Israelis and Palestinians struggle for control of Jerusalem. For Israelis, the trai

2011-07-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S.-based News Corp. is at the center of a phone-hacking scandal in Britain that is having serious business and legal implications for the media giant. There is increased scrutiny in the United State

2011-07-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The global release of “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows — Part 2,” brings the famous movie franchise to an emotional, action-packed end.Thousands of fans are gathering at movie theaters the wor

2011-07-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

"Two hundred million years ago, turtles lived on land. When the dinosaurs came, they ran to the sea and became creatures of the tides." Those words mark the start of "Turtle: The Incredible Journey,"

2011-07-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For decades, a powerful electric shock has been a standard way to treat someone whose heart has stopped.But a new study suggests normal heart rhythm can also be restored through a rapid series of safe

2011-07-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An international team of researchers has found that revised protocols for diagnosing tuberculosis may be more user-friendly for patients and help bring more people into treatment, especially in poorer

2011-07-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A top AIDS expert says the best way to control the epidemic is to use antiretroviral drugs as a prevention tool. The “treatment as prevention” strategy will be highlighted at next week’s AIDS confe

2011-07-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Scientists may be on track to develop a vaccine for the most common strain of meningitis, which has so far resisted an effective vaccine.Meningitis is a serious disease caused by an inflammation of th

2011-07-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

There's new medical evidence that women who do not smoke and maintain a healthy weight with diet and exercise can reduce their risk of sudden cardiac death by more than 90 percent. The finding might

2011-07-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As lawmakers in the United States argue over the nation's debt ceiling and spar over who is responsible for the nation's 9.2 percent unemployment rate, many business owners look on in disbelief. The

2011-07-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nigerian labor leaders are calling for a three-day general strike next week to protest failures to pay a new, national minimum wage.Negotiations on a new minimum wage for Nigerians began more than two

2011-07-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Amid popular anger and grief at the apparent terror attacks in India's financial hub, Mumbai, top Indian officials are heading to the city and promising answers. At least 17 people were killed in We

2011-07-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Kasey Chambers is one of Australia’s biggest country music stars. Despite critical raves for her five solo albums, Kasey is still not a familiar name in the United States. Her new CD “Little Bird”

2011-07-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A tribute album to Chicago blues wouldn’t be complete without an appearance by two of the city’s most beloved bluesmen, Buddy Guy and James Cotton. Both appear on the all-star recording, “Chicago B

2011-07-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

If you follow the economic news, you have probably heard that rare earth elements are a hot commodity on international markets. China, which has a disproportionate share of the world's supply of the

2011-07-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Once nearly eradicated in many countries, measles may become a threat once again. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 33 countries have seen an increase in the number of

2011-07-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In most major American cities, You can find food carts, where vendors sell meals from mobile trucks.Many end up cooking the foods of their childhood - whether it's new immigrants selling their native

2011-07-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The chemical pesticide DDT has been banned by most countries for use in agriculture, but some continue to use it indoors to kill insects that carry malaria.In Zambia, it’s an important part of the go

2011-07-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

With South Sudan now fully independent, plans are underway to deploy a new United Nations peacekeeping force in the country. The UN Security Council unanimously approved that force last week, assuring

2011-07-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems. That is the challenge posed for innovative young people participating in the ninth annual Imagine Cup in New York. The event, whic