2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new vaccine for yellow fever is showing good results in tests as it overcomes one of the biggest problems with the current version.Yellow fever is a deadly disease that occurs in much of South Ameri

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The African Union held a moment of silence Thursday to mark the 17th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.A lone candle wrapped in purple ribbon burned in the center of the African Union plenary hall

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A plan to inject nitrogen into the containment vessel around reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant appears to be working, the plant owner said Thursday. Higher pressure levels have been measu

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rebels in Libya continue to battle forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi for control of the country. Many in the rebel hub of Benghazi have mixed emotions about the conflict.The people of Benghazi f

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Fragile stability appears to be returning to Bahrain following anti-government protests that recently brought the Persian Gulf kingdom to a standstill. However, analysts say economic uncertainty is li

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The new film starring Jake Gyllenhaal returns to science fiction that is less about futuristic technology and more about how an ordinary character deals with extraordinary circumstances. Here's a loo

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In West Africa, the Guinean Rainforest is rapidly disappearing. A new study says increased production of cocoa, cassava and oil palm has meant more land is being cleared for agriculture. This could ha

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study says the world's tropical coastal forests store more planet-warming carbon dioxide than almost any other ecosystem.But rapid loss of these forests - known as mangroves - is releasing subs

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Some women with very low body fat - such as athletes and professional dancers - stop menstruating and have an increased risk of bone fracture. Now, there's increasing evidence that hormone treatments

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many countries, including Iran, are embracing nuclear power as a source of electricity. But just weeks ago, a massive earthquake in Japan caused significant damage to one of that country's nuclear p

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Countries around the world are anticipating a wave of new cases of Alzheimer's disease and a host of new families that will have to cope with the toll of this incurable, brain-wasting disease. That'

2011-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Iran has finished building its first nuclear power plant, at Bushehr, on the coast of the Persian Gulf. It is expected to be operational later this year. In this second segment of our Nuclear Safety

2011-04-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nigeria's president is supporting the embattled electoral commission chief whose decision to postpone the country's elections has sparked a flurry of criticism.Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan s

2011-04-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nearly a year after the Obama administration set a priority of boosting higher education exchanges with Indonesia, the U.S. is repeating its commitment to cultural diplomacy. As part of that outreach,

2011-04-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Just a few months ago, experts were talking about the "renaissance" of the nuclear power industry. After more than two decades of relatively safe operations and with public demands growing for clean,

2011-04-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Published reports say CIA officers are at work inside Libya. But just what they are doing is not clear and, in keeping with practice, the CIA would not comment on the reports. The Obama administrati

2011-04-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For the fifth day, Afghans have taken to the streets to protest the burning of a Quran by Florida pastor Terry Jones. Since the initial eruption of violence in Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday, about 20 peopl

2011-04-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Clashes were reported in at least four Yemeni cities Tuesday between supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and protesters who want him to resign. The violence came as the Gulf Cooperation Counci

2011-04-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Bangladesh, the Supreme Court has upheld an order dismissing microcredit pioneer Mohammad Yunus from Grameen Bank, which he founded. Following international pressure, however, the government has be

2011-04-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was the subject of popular books and movies for many decades. In recent years, however, the character has been criticized as a stereotyped caricat

2011-04-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Scientists in Brazil are turning fruit fibers into car parts. At a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society, the researchers described their work in making the next generation of automotive par

2011-04-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When it started last year, the non-profit group Project Mobilize, or Project M, hoped to change the political landscape in suburban Chicago by promoting Muslim Americans as election candidates. So fa

2011-04-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Most days the main thoroughfare in central Jakarta is noisy, polluted and congested with cars and motorcycles. But two Sundays a month, people-powered vehicles own the road. A program called Car-Free

2011-04-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Consumer prices are rapidly rising in Asia, and many people are trying to stretch their budgets. As governments are giving out cash and increasing subsidies on fuel and staple goods to soften the blow

2011-04-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algiers' historic Casbah, or old quarter, bears the hallmarks and the scars of the country's turbulent past. During the bloody "black decade" of Algeria's 1