2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has arrived Haiti after leaving South Africa late Thursday. Aristide said ending seven years exile in the southern African country was a “great day”.

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Mark Malloch-Brown has been involved in international affairs for more than three decades.The former journalist-turned-economist served as vice president of the World Bank before being named Deputy Se

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Even though women continue to advance in American society, many little girls still get stuck in a world of fairytale princesses and frilly pink dresses. That does not sit well with journalist Peggy Or

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New York City boasts a vibrant, diverse media landscape, with an estimated 350 weekly newspapers and 26 foreign language dailies. Each year, the best work by reporters, photographers and editors of Ne

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A rebel group in Ethiopia's arid Somali region has issued an urgent appeal for humanitarian assistance, accusing the government of blocking aid deliveries.The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Hilleary: I understand you were in University Square in Sana'a this morning when the violence took place. Can you tell us what you saw?

Finn: I was at Sana'a university this morning where a huge

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ronnie Malley began his musical journey in a family band, and now is composing, performing and collaborating on world music full time. The Palestinian-American musician recently composed music for a p

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Some of America's brightest students came to Washington for the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science competition. The awards ceremony was the culminatio

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

How do potassium iodide tablets help protect against radiation exposure?

“The whole idea with potassium iodide is to provide non-radioactive, cold, stable iodine to the thyroid in the body. If th

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As the nuclear crisis continues in northeastern Japan, the government is telling people near the damaged Fukushima-Daiichi reactors to stay indoors. The US government is warning Americans already in J

2011-03-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

After a grueling campaign, Haiti's two second round presidential candidates are making their final push toward Sunday's vote with concerts in Port-Au-Prince.

Scholar and former first lady Mirland

2011-03-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Belarus, the nation that most suffered from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, officials recently signed a deal for their first nuclear power plant from Russia. Despite the authoritarian government in

2011-03-18 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 is warning that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, if he prevails over opposition forces, could return to fomenting terrorism and regional instability. Under-Secre

2011-03-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

What is the government telling the doctors here?"The government says the radiation level here in Koriyama now is very safe and the government check the radiation level every one hour. And the level he

2011-03-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Vietnamese officials are criticizing the Lao government’s controversial plan to build a dam on the Mekong River. Analysts say opposition from Vietnam and other lower Mekong countries could force Laos

2011-03-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The first new drug to treat lupus in a half century - and the first ever specifically developed to treat the autoimmune disorder - is heading to market in the United States. Under the trade name Benl

2011-03-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Poliomyelitis, known as polio, is a viral disease that can cause paralysis. It once infected millions of people each year, but vaccination efforts around the world have brought the yearly number of n

2011-03-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thursday, March 17, is Saint Patrick’s Day, a time when native-born Irish and Irish-Americans will parade and pipe their way up Manhattan’s famed Fifth Avenue. The 2011 event, which is expected to i

2011-03-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ramped up their offensive against opposition strongholds Tuesday, diplomats from Lebanon, France and Britain presented the U.N. Security Council with a

2011-03-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egyptians will vote Saturday in a referendum on changes to the constitution, the first in a series of steps meant to carry out reforms demanded in a popular uprising.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Cl

2011-03-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Colm O'Riain is an Irish violinist. Pireeni Sundaralingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil poet. They’re married and have created a unique music that sounds out their common experience of exile and immigration

2011-03-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Auto experts say electric vehicles are a practical alternative to gasoline-powered cars, at least for some drivers. The biggest challenge for the auto industry is expanding the infrastructure for rec

2011-03-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Stock markets in the United States, Asia and Europe plunged sharply on Tuesday as investors dumped stocks over worries about the nuclear crisis in Japan. The Japanese government is trying to reassure

2011-03-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The nuclear emergency in Japan has renewed debate about the safety of nuclear power in the Asia Pacific, possibly the world’s most natural-disaster prone region. Southeast Asia has no working nuclear

2011-03-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

France failed Tuesday to get support for a "no-fly" zone over Libya from the Group of Eight nations meeting in Paris.A two-day meeting of the G8 foreign ministers ended without agreement on establishi