2011-06-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new documentary about a school in a remote rainforest in Indonesia highlights how education is helping indigenous people to stand up for their rights. In addition to learning to read and write, the

2011-06-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Harvard University is arguably one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1636, it is among the oldest in the United States.In 2007, Harvard named hi

2011-06-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many doctors see atrial fibrillation (AF), an abnormal heart rhythm, in their elderly patients. But a new study indicates that a surprising number of middle aged women, who are otherwise healthy, are

2011-06-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Some 40,000 people have been killed in Mexico over the past five years as the Latin American country's police and military battle powerful drug cartels that are also fighting with each other over smu

2011-06-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Filmmaker Terrence Malick is not prolific. His five feature films span four decades. But each is masterful and has met with acclaim. His latest, The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jes

2011-06-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The writer Lisa See takes readers on a trans-Pacific journey in her latest novel, Dreams of Joy.The book is a sequel to See's 2009 novel Shanghai Girls, which tells the story of two sisters, Pearl an

2011-06-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This is a story about something called “McMansions,” the backlash to McMansions, and the backlash to the backlash about McMansions.

McMansions are homes - new and very big homes. The name is borr

2011-06-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is 30 years old. Nearly 30 million people have died from complications of the disease and more than 33 million are currently living with it. There’s a better chance than ever of

2011-06-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. Navy's F-18 fighter planes ran test flights last year using jet fuel partially made from plant oils. In May the U.S. Air Force's famed Thunderbirds unit of F-16 fighter/bombers became the f

2011-06-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As a major outbreak of a highly toxic strain of E. coli bacteria continues to sicken residents of Europe, medical experts are racing to find the source. E. coli has become a growing public health prob

2011-06-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. economy is showing signs of slowing down, adding only 54,000 jobs in May - the smallest increase in eight months. The nation's unemployment rate inched higher last month to 9.1 percent, rais

2011-06-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For the past 600 years, Koreans have gone to Yang-yeong-si market in Seoul to acquire herbal remedies and seek out advice and treatment for their illnesses. There is more than just ginseng being offe

2011-06-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As battles in Yemen raged Thursday, the deadly fighting in the streets of the capital between forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and members his own tribe highlights some deeply personal fau

2011-06-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Syrian opposition groups ended a two-day meeting in Turkey on Thursday with the demand that President Bashar al-Assad step down. Opposition activists are also calling for protests nationwide Friday, d

2011-06-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Turkish general election has become known as the campaign of Sex, Lies and Videotape. The reaction to the release on the Internet of explicit sex videos appearing to implicate senior members of th

2011-06-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Richard and Kim Choi knew life in China would require some adjustment. Richard works for an American automaker which transferred the couple and their three children from Miami to Shanghai almost three

2011-06-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This coming Monday marks a nostalgic anniversary in American culture. On June 6, 1933, the world’s first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey.By 1950, there were 4,000 of these “movie

2011-06-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

There's some good news, for a change, in the latest climate forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA scientists say the world's threatened coral reefs, which for deca

2011-06-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Concerns about the climate-changing effects of carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions in the United States have focused attention not just on big industrial polluters and automobile exhaust, but also on ag

2011-06-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Two years ago, a comedy film about three friends on a spree in Las Vegas became a worldwide hit despite - or perhaps because of - its crude humor. Now they're back together and this time the setting

2011-06-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

We all know what winning an American Idol competition can do for a singer’s career. Even a Top 10 showing can keep a performer working for years. Winning one of the world’s most prestigious jazz co

2011-06-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The first group of so-called baby boomers, Americans born after World War II, turns 65 this year. Within the next 10 years, the number of Americans over 65 is expected to jump almost 30 percent.That h

2011-06-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

American health advocates have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. food regulatory agency to stop a practice they believe is contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections worldwide. Many l

2011-06-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Australian government has suspended live cattle exports to some Indonesian slaughterhouses following a program on Australian television that showed animals being kicked and hacked to death.Indones

2011-06-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Yemeni government troops in Sana'a are again fighting members of the Hashid tribe, just one of several forces, including militants and anti-government protesters, seeking to oust President Ali Abdull