2011-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In 2003, an action film based on a popular attraction at the Disneyland theme parks became a global hit. The inevitable sequels followed and now there's the fourth adventure in the series featuring J

2011-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Saxophonist Boney James couldn’t be happier about the release of his new album, Contact. The album marks his return to the studio after a car crash that nearly claimed his life.Boney is fully recove

2011-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama spent time Monday in Memphis, Tennessee, a city hard hit by the recent flooding of the Mississippi River. He also addressed the graduating class of a local high school, gi

2011-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The lives and rich traditions of descendants of West African slaves who live in southern costal regions of the eastern United States are being showcased at a museum in Washington, DC. The exhibit at t

2011-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has opened a key spillway, allowing the swollen Mississippi River to flood thousands of homes and crops. The action is expected to result in huge losses, inundating ne

2011-05-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israeli troops have fired at protesters along Israel's borders with Lebanon and Syria. At least 10 people have been killed as thousands of Palestinians mobilized to mark the anniversary of the uproo

2011-05-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An international clinical trial of HIV/AIDS cases shows that when one infected partner gets early drug treatment, the risk of transmitting the disease to the uninfected partner is dramatically reduced

2011-05-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As flooding continues along the Mississippi River, happy outcomes are hard to come by. There is one neighborhood in the South Vicksburg area of Mississippi, though, where five small businesses have jo

2011-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Idaho is home to one of the largest Basque populations outside of Spain. They began arriving in the late 1800s to work as miners and sheep herders. Today there’s a vibrant Basque culture.If you visit

2011-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Library of Congress launch a website that offers 10,000 rare and historic sound recordings to the public in digital format for the first time - at no charge.

Treasure trove

The site, called

2011-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Researchers are excited about a vaccine they have developed that protects rhesus monkeys from infection with a primate version of the AIDS virus. They hope to use what they’ve learned to develop an a

2011-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Researchers have discovered a bacterium in the gut of the Anopheles mosquito which may someday be used to destroy and, therefore, prevent the spread of the disease-causing parasite. The World Health O

2011-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The garments we’ll wear in the future will be different than our clothes today. Not just different colors, styles or fabrics. Future fashion will be smart. Our clothes may be able to reduce our stres

2011-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thirty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, stigma and discrimination continue to slow efforts to prevent and treat the disease. And more and more, gay men are becoming the targets in sub-Saharan Africa.

2011-05-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians ate most of their beef cows as the system of reproduction broke down. Now American ranchers are working to rebuild Russia's herd.Darrell Stevenson, a

2011-05-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Students learn more, attend class at higher rates and are more engaged in their education when teachers take a more interactive approach in the classroom, according to a new study. Researchers focused

2011-05-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Quranic schools in Senegal gained much unwanted attention last year with a damning report by Human Rights Watch that said many schools were enslaving their students to beg for money. One Quranic schoo

2011-05-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

(本篇为大致文本,并非与音频完全相同)An animal call echoes across the Missouri landscape. It’s the bugle of a male elk, trying to attract a mate - a sound that hasn't been heard in these parts for clo

2011-05-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Violence between Egypt's Coptic Christians and conservative Muslims has led to calls for tolerance from some unlikely sources. The allegiance of the men gathered outside a mosque in central Assyut is

2011-05-12 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 Obama administration will soon send the U.S. Congress implementing legislation for free-trade agreements with Panama, Colombia and South Korea. Action on t

2011-05-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.N. Security Council expressed “its grave concern” Wednesday at the continued instability in Somalia, which it says has led to a multitude of problems, including terrorism, piracy and a dire hu

2011-05-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Senegal, growing electricity shortages are forcing more and more people to turn to one of the country's greatest renewable resources, solar energy.There are no power lines running through the vill

2011-05-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

India’s top court has turned down a plea to reopen a case aimed at getting a stronger punishment for those found guilty for the 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, which killed thousands of people. The judgment

2011-05-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Experts gathered this week in Sun City, South Africa, to discuss wildfires. But a new report also focused on a growing phenomenon called mega-fires.The report describes mega-fires as “extraordinary c

2011-05-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Arab Spring uprisings have reached even the glitzy French Riviera city of Cannes, which kicks off its annual film festival Wednesday. The gala is is showcasing Egypt and featuring two movies about