2011-06-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The buzz was palpable at “Internet Week New York,” a digital culture festival. With more than 300,000 workers employed in New York’s technology sector, and nearly $2 billion in dot-com and online c

2011-06-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

More than 2 million people die of malaria each year - a child every 45 seconds - with 90 percent of the cases in sub-Saharan Africa. That's why so much importance is placed on developing an effective

2011-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The race to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund is now officially a two-way race after the IMF board disqualified the Bank of Israel's Stanley Fischer on Monday. Analysts say Fren

2011-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he came to Sierra Leone to follow up on his initiatives to help the country."This is all part of the initiative we have here in Sierra Leone working along

2011-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the earliest days of the Dutch settlers, New York has been the first stop for many immigrants coming into the United States - and in recent years, that has included immigrants from Africa. More

2011-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When the ocean liner RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, more than 1,500 passengers died. It made headlines as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history. T

2011-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

War correspondents often place themselves in harm’s way and, unavoidably, some die doing their jobs. Five have perished just this year in Libya, all of them photographers. Some wonder why photojourna

2011-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The obesity epidemic is not just an American health issue. New data from the World Health Organization show that more than 1 billion adults around the world are overweight, nearly a third of them obe

2011-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As the world marks UN Refugee Day on June 20, the number of people escaping violence across the Arab world is on the rise. Pro-democracy uprisings are being brutally suppressed in places like Libya an

2011-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Farmed fish, if raised sustainably, can help feed the world, according to a report by the WorldFish Center, a private group that advocates sustainable fishing. As overfishing continues to deplete o

2011-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The leaders of France and Germany signaled Friday they want to find a quick solution to the economic crisis in Greece. In Greece, the prime minister reshuffled his Cabinet and replaced his finance mi

2011-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

About a decade ago, scientists decoded the human genome, creating a gene-by-gene map of our DNA. In the decade since, genetic research has accelerated, but mostly it's stayed in the laboratory. Now,

2011-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The purchase and sale of carbon credits are relatively new concepts in Africa, accounting for less than three percent of the $144 billion global carbon credit trade. The system is designed to reduce c

2011-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

During a spring of extraordinary flooding in America’s Northern Plains, the mostly flat, lightly populated state of North Dakota experienced 17 record river crests. This, after one blizzard after ano

2011-06-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As violence continues along Sudan's disputed north-south border, the government of Sudan has rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's demand for peace.On the defensive after international condemnation

2011-06-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Scientists have identified a new way of fighting cancer that limits the growth and spread of a variety of tumors in laboratory animals. When you get a cut, the area quickly becomes inflamed - swollen,

2011-06-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new analysis of life expectancy around the world finds Americans are lagging behind other industrialized countries, and also identifies vast disparities within the United States itself. Life expecta

2011-06-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As scientists develop plans one day to send humans to Mars, they know the journey will involve many hazards for the astronauts, including possibly many months of exposure to dangerous radiation outsid

2011-06-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

World leaders and heads of state are always in the public eye. We watch them on TV and see their photos in newspapers and magazines.But when New Yorker staff photographer Platon Antoniou - who uses ju

2011-06-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Last October, Nathan Schram was giddy with anticipation. He had graduated a year earlier from university and had just joined the Academy - a program designed to help classical musicians like himself

2011-06-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A report in Wednesday's New York Times quotes unnamed U.S. intelligence officials as saying Pakistan has arrested five people, including a Pakistani military official, accused of passing information

2011-06-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Wilson taps into Nashville’s so-called “Countrypolitan” era with the help of past and present country stars and two contemporary jazz giants. She gives a big band treatment to “Walkin’ After Mid

2011-06-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It can be hard to find a job in the current tight U.S. economy, especially when you have a criminal record. At one prison in the American Northwest, inmates are learning not just how to get jobs, but

2011-06-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Private donors and world leaders attending a conference in London June 13 pledged nearly $5 billion to the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunization, or GAVI. The pledges were $1 billion than requ

2011-06-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nearly 50,000 game developers, retailers and enthusiasts gathered recently in Los Angeles to try out the newest video games and consoles.There were new games and new versions of established games, wit