2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Yemeni officials say government forces have killed 12 people suspected of links to al-Qaida as they battle to regain territory lost to Islamist militants in the south of the country. This comes as a l

2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NATO defense ministers have pledged to stay the course in their two-month air campaign against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Their comments came a day after coalition warplanes carried out some of t

2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

World Health officials have released the most comprehensive global survey to date of how mobile phones and other wireless communication technologies are improving health care delivery around the world

2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Through coups, conflicts and other upheavals, one constant for many West African countries has been the presence of a national beer. After going years without one, Guinea-Bissau is now hoping to reviv

2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Efforts are underway to speed vaccine development and delivery in 72 countries over the next 10 years. New studies say that would save the lives of more than six million children and save billions of

2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged NATO allies Thursday to not rush out of Afghanistan, even as the United States prepares to start withdrawing its own troops next month. The secretary made his

2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Angry Greeks are taking to the streets, demanding the government back off plans to save the economy by privatizing their government jobs.Anger and frustration boiled over into the streets of Athens Th

2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones have reunited. Actually, they never broke up, but the award-winning fusion band has revived their original lineup for a new album called “Rocket Science.”Bela Fleck & Th

2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The earthquake and tsunami in Japan earlier this year served as dramatic reminders that people everywhere should be ready for disasters. Here in the United States, scientists say California will one

2011-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The 1999 U.S. women’s soccer team captivated nearly the entire nation when it won the third FIFA World Cup in front of 90,000 fans at the Rose Bowl in California. But in both 2003 and 2007, the Ameri

2011-06-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Zaw Win’s journey from Burma to Buffalo, New York was not a matter of just buying an airline ticket.He spent five years as a political prisoner in his native country where Win says he was tortured an

2011-06-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Business advice is available from many sources - books, workshops, the Internet but - the Beatles?

Authors George Cassidy and Richard Courtney believe the Fab Four followed a classic business mode

2011-06-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The nominees for the 2011 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards were announced recently. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Robert Plant and singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook lead the pack with three

2011-06-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Frustration is building in Europe as the source of Germany's E. coli outbreak remains unsolved. U.S. health experts say tracking down a deadly germ can be a complicated task. When they notice an unus

2011-06-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee are expressing skepticism about the success of nation-building in Afghanistan, as a two-year congressional report is released, citing only limite

2011-06-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The cause of the E. coli outbreak in Germany remains a mystery. The outbreak is the deadliest in modern history with at least two-dozens deaths and more than 2,400 people sickened. Eleven other Euro

2011-06-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Welcoming German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House, President Barack Obama has hailed the strength of the U.S.-German partnership.On a sunny, hot morning the South Lawn was filled with milit

2011-06-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Higher temperatures and changing rainfall patterns resulting from global climate change will threaten food production in many parts of the world - especially regions in the tropics already struggling

2011-06-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Political wrangling is underway in Yemen's capital as President Ali Abdullah Saleh receives treatment in Saudi Arabia. U.S. and Yemeni officials say President Ali Abdullah Saleh suffered injuries far

2011-06-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel both say they believe it is inevitable that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will step down. The two leaders also discussed the uprisin

2011-06-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Vaccines against swine and avian flu can be made more effective by the addition of a helper serum known as an adjuvant. The finding from a new study could let vaccine makers stretch supplies and poss

2011-06-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The mandate of U.N. Women is large, and some supporters are concerned that its starting budget of $500 million dollars is not enough to promote women and gender equality around the world, especially a

2011-06-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It’s roller-coaster time at America’s amusement and theme parks. Time to laugh in anticipation as the coaster takes its sweet old time clicking and clacking up the first incline and then shriek in m

2011-06-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Among the issues facing women in southern Sudan are high rates of poverty, illiteracy and maternal mortality. Bringing those numbers down by 2015 is the aim of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, o

2011-06-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

AIDS has had a devastating effect in many parts of Africa. Now, 30 years into the epidemic, researchers are learning more about the impact on orphans and other children whose parents get AIDS. Oxford