2011-06-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NATO aircraft bombed targets near the Libyan capital Tripoli overnight, just hours after South African President Jacob Zuma met with embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in his military camp. Zum

2011-06-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A legal analyst says Kenya has no choice but to continue with the International Criminal Court trials now that judges have rejected the country’s attempt to stop proceedings at The Hague.Late Monday,

2011-06-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Two doctors and a retired database programmer took top honors at the 6th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Fort Worth, Texas. The competition is hosted by the Van

2011-06-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many critics and fans are calling Stevie Nicks’ new album the best of her solo career. The title track of Stevie Nicks’ new album, In Your Dreams, is one of seven songs she wrote with the Eurythmic

2011-06-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Madagascar's Ministry of Environment is heralding the success of a crackdown on illegal logging, notably in the country's northeast where vast protected areas have been the focus of huge trafficking

2011-06-01 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

2011-06-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Turkey is commemorating the first anniversary of Israeli forces' attack on an aid flotilla headed to Gaza that left nine pro-Palestinian activists dead. The deaths - eight Turkish citizens and an Am

2011-05-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A top European Central Bank official says Greece could receive a second bailout to avert a possible default on June 29th, when the government's next debt payment comes due. Central Bank board member

2011-05-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In a nationwide broadcast over state radio and television, President Ernest Bai Koroma has reversed a 27-day increase in the price of fuel.On May 1, the country changed from an imperial system of meas

2011-05-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization - Hanan Ashrawi - says the Arab Spring events of the past few months have had a major impact on the Middle East, including the reconciliation o

2011-05-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama, in Warsaw Saturday, praised Poland as an example for aspiring democracies in the Middle East and elsewhere. The president also reassured Poles about the U.S. commitment to ens

2011-05-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egypt has eased restrictions on border crossings for pedestrians from the Gaza Strip. Palestinians see it as a big step toward ending a four-year-old blockade that Israel and Egypt have imposed on t

2011-05-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The modern version of the Native American game lacrosse is a popular sport at many predominately white and affluent, suburban private schools in the United States. But it also has taken root at a pred

2011-05-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Doctors are turning to bariatric surgery, the kind that shrinks the stomach, to control type 2 diabetes. A number of studies show this type of surgery drastically improves blood sugar levels, but res

2011-05-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Public libraries are an integral part of American communities - offering not just books, but free Internet access, programs for toddlers and teens, meeting rooms for local organizations, and more. Bu

2011-05-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The films of Woody Allen have famously celebrated the romantic side of his native New York. His latest comedy shines that spotlight on another city that, for many, is synonymous with romance. Here's

2011-05-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The economic recession hit California hard in 2008 and 2009, and parts of its economy remain dismal. The state's unemployment rate, at almost 12 percent, is nearly three points higher than the natio

2011-05-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Due to a bad economy and high unemployment, millions of American families were unable to repay the loans they took out to buy homes. Lenders then took back, or foreclosed, the homes. The nation’s big

2011-05-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The 32nd Annual Blues Music Awards were handed out in Memphis, Tennessee on May 5. The evening had some big winners while the Blues Hall of Fame gained some new members.Guitar master Buddy Guy took h

2011-05-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NASA has unveiled plans for its next-generation, post-Shuttle spacecraft to carry humans into earth orbit and beyond. The state-of-the-art, four-astronaut capsule, called the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehic

2011-05-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have agreed to continue working toward an agreement on U.S. missile defense plans, but it is clear that they have more issues to resol

2011-05-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Smoking has long been illegal in New York City bars and restaurants, including open-air restaurants, as well as in public transit, workplaces, schools and stores, among other places. On May 23rd, New

2011-05-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

With gasoline prices prices in the United States hovering around $1 per liter, the number of bicyclers is increasing, especially in cities, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report.Sales of road bikes i

2011-05-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Addressing Britain's Parliament on Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama sent a message that the United States and Great Britain will continue to lead efforts toward world peace and democracy. The p

2011-05-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Fifty years ago, on May 25, 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy issued a grand challenge that changed the world as humankind knew it - to send a man to the moon and bring him home again, and to do it