2011-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israel is watching events in neighboring Syria carefully. Relations between the two have remained hostile since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war in which Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria, but the

2011-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Riots have broken out in Kampala after the fourth arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. According to reports, there have been confrontations between rioters and Ugandan police and the armed forc

2011-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Laos goes to the polls Saturday to elect representatives to its legislative branch, known as the National Assembly. The small, Southeast Asian nation is a one-party communist state and the candidates

2011-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

What is Human Rights Watch asking the Thai government to do?“We’ve called for them to revoke the closure order and to allow the stations to operate. This is peaceful expression and they appear to be

2011-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Two brothers are riding across the country on bicycles made of recycled parts, in search of Americans reviving a lost sense of local community. One of them is a writer, the other, a photographer. They

2011-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Injection drug use has long been a driving factor in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. But now, there are signs it’s a growing problem in sub-Saharan Africa, as well.The Washi

2011-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

"Evidence-based medicine" means just what it says - treatments that have been shown in scientific studies to work. But studies are one thing - do these treatments work as well in real-world clinics an

2011-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For those not lucky enough to get an invitation to the royal wedding itself, there were thousands of street parties across Britain on Friday. With the day declared a public holiday, many people dresse

2011-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton also found an appreciative audience in the United States. In New York, revelers dressed up royally and reveled as the sun rose in Times Square. In subu

2011-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. authorities say the number of people killed in a series of tornadoes and thunderstorms across the southern United States has risen to at least 292, making it the country's deadliest tornado outb

2011-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a major shakeup of his national security team. Analysts say the move comes during a critical period in the U.S. war in Afghanistan.The president said

2011-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States on Thursday criticized an assertion by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir that Khartoum will not recognize South Sudan as independent, if it claims the disputed Abyei region. South Su

2011-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since 2003, tens of thousands of children have been removed from warring militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Boys and girls return from the bush traumatized, isolated, uneducated and too ol

2011-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is back for its 42nd season (4/29-5/1 and 5/5-5/8), and the word is come early and stay late.The good news is Jazz Fest 2011 is not sold out. Matter of fact

2011-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

We’ve all heard that old saying “music is medicine for the soul.” Bluesman Tab Benoit took that advice to heart and named his latest album “Medicine.”The singer and guitarist reveals his ever-ex

2011-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The sound of gentle waves and the call of wild shorebirds are normally all you can hear on the shores of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, an oasis of nature just a few kilometers from the bustling urban

2011-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Doctors often counsel patients with type 2 diabetes to lose weight. It's a proven way to manage the disease and reduce the risk of serious complications. But how you lose weight can make a difference

2011-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Roman Catholic Church will beatify the late Pope John Paul II in Rome on Sunday. The ceremony is an important milestone on the road to Catholic sainthood for one of the most popular pontiffs in hi

2011-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Trailblazing bluegrass and folk singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens recently died at the age of 76. Dickens was a performer whose childhood in a West Virginia coal mining town led her to become a labor a

2011-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Social networks like Facebook allow users to keep in up with their friends. Now, a social network for scientists hopes to use the technology to speed up scientific progress. As he worked on a medical

2011-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

American charter schools are public schools that are run by private educational enterprises, under special rules, or charters, from state or local school boards. Many charter schools have specialize

2011-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New recommendations call for significant changes in the nutritional content of foods the United States delivers to the world's hungry. The United States is the world's largest supplier of food aid,

2011-04-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A while back, a friend of ours took his son to a professional basketball game. He walked up to an arena window and purchased two tickets for $40 apiece. But his credit card was NOT charged $80.The cle

2011-04-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A senior U.S. State Department official said Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s actions against protesters are "completely inconsistent with those of a responsible leader." U.S. diplomat

2011-04-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

With its mandate set to expire in less than four months, the Somali government has decided to postpone national elections until 2012.On August 20, the original mandate bestowed to Somalia's transitio