2011-04-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sometime during the next several weeks, the U.S. Congress will take up the issue of raising the nation's debt ceiling so that the United States can continue to borrow money to cover a national debt t

2011-04-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The eyes of the world are on Britain as it gears up for the royal wedding on Friday and it is not just well wishers who are showing an interest. Those who oppose the British government or its monarch

2011-04-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The labor market in the United States is starting to show signs of recovery, but for many young workers the recovery is not happening fast enough. Although the national unemployment rate is now the l

2011-04-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Indian prime minister, under pressure for not doing enough to rein in graft, has pledged to introduce an anti-corruption bill in parliament in July. His commitment comes in the wake of a public ca

2011-04-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

During his run for the presidency, Barack Obama often talked about his mother, Ann Dunham, and the lessons she taught him through her work with poor rural communities around the world. Dunham died of

2011-04-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As World Malaria Day is observed worldwide April 25, VOA takes a look at Malindi, a city on Kenya’s coast that is fighting malaria through community action.As the world works to eliminate malaria dea

2011-04-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A U.N. panel of experts is expected to release a report soon citing evidence of war crimes in the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war. Among the evidence the panel reviewed was satellite imagery f

2011-04-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Christians celebrated Easter on Sunday, marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ.Easter celebrations in Jerusalem began at dawn with a sunrise service at the Garden Tomb. Worshipers sang hymns facing

2011-04-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant did much more than change the lives of hundred thousands of affected people. It also contributed greatly to Western science. Physicists and medical professi

2011-04-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Two Western photojournalists were killed Wednesday in the Libyan city of Misrata while covering battles between rebels and Libyan government forces. Chris Hondros was a photographer for Getty Images.

2011-04-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Luce Foundation Center for American Art is not your typical museum. It’s an open storage facility at the Smithsonian American Art Museum which houses 3,300 works of art, leaving little room for w

2011-04-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Pakistan’s Army Commander says his forces have "broken the back" of the insurgents and he hoped that soon that what he described as the war on terror would be won following hardships and sacrifices.

2011-04-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Ukraine they call them ‘Chernobylites’. People affected by the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in then-Soviet Ukraine. Residents evacuated after the April 26, 1986 disaster lost t

2011-04-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Midwest state of Illinois, with six nuclear power plants, is home to the largest network of nuclear facilities in the United States. The U.S. Department of Energy says Illinois' nuclear-generati

2011-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Pop legend Paul Simon recently released his first new album in five years. Simon’s new album, So Beautiful or So What contains a mix of folk, blues, Afropop, South Indian rhythms and even a dash of

2011-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many consider the late Ray Charles one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Two of his biggest fans are entertainment icons themselves, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis. The pair pay tribute t

2011-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rachel Lloyd understands why and how young girls become prostitutes. She was once once herself. "I grew up with a lot of trauma and dysfunction in my family," she says. "So by the time I was like 13,

2011-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

What can a cookie tin, a Rubik’s Cube, and a novel tell us about Britain’s royal family? Quite alot according to Robert Opie, who has been a collector since before he can remember. Today, his coll

2011-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

There are just days to go until British royal Prince William weds Catherine Middleton on April 29, in a ceremony that is expected to be watched by billions around the world. Observers have praised the

2011-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It is a sight one would not expect in the Israeli-occupied West Bank: An Italian villa complete with ancient Greek statues, Picassos, and manicured gardens reminiscent of Versailles. Palestinian bil

2011-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Japan is the United States' fourth-largest trading partner, and trade had increased the first two months of this year -- before the earthquake and tsunami. Now the two busiest container ports in the

2011-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Each year, the United States Library of Congress selects 25 songs at least 10-years-old that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” to add to the National Recording Registry.

2011-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Laos plans to build a hydropower dam on the lower Mekong River, but neighboring countries say more study is needed. Analysts say the high-level opposition puts pressure on Laos to alter its hydropower

2011-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A controversial drug that can save women from bleeding to death after delivery has shown promising results in trials conducted in Senegal.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated

2011-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Friday, April 22, is Earth Day, a time set aside to appreciate nature and to dedicate ourselves to protecting and sustaining it. New York City, a place many think of as an "urban jungle," is home to m