2011-03-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A happy marriage - or a permanent committed relationship - has long been associated with longevity and better health. Scientists say that's partly because healthier people are more likely to marry an

2011-03-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Agriculture is one of the most important economic activities in Africa. In addition to providing employment, agriculture has the potential to transform African societies through the increased export

2011-03-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Johnny Depp reunites with his Pirates of the Caribbean director, Gore Verbinski, for a witty animated western set in a dusty frontier town where all the inhabitants are animals - talking animals, of c

2011-03-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One size does not fit all. That's the philosophy behind an innovative approach to primary education which started in Britian less than a decade ago. The International Primary Curriculum (IPC) is now

2011-03-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Fifteen years after pulling out because of Sierra Leone’s civil war, Peace Corps volunteers are back in the West African nation. A look at the organization's work as the Peace Corps marks its 50th a

2011-03-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In July 2012, the world’s largest AIDS conference comes to Washington, D.C. It’s the first time the gathering will be held in the United States since 1990 and preparations are already underway.Desp

2011-03-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The last known American veteran of World War I died Sunday at his home in West Virginia. Former U.S. Army Corporal Frank Buckles was 110 years old. VOA Pentagon Correspondent Al Pessin had the chance

2011-03-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Just as the Internet's social networks have changed the way people communicate - a case in point is how Facebook helped Egyptian protesters to organize their historic demonstrations - social media al

2011-03-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In these days of automation, it's rare to see a company manufacturing its products completely by hand. Still, there are places where this happens. The National Football League wrapped up the 2010 sea

2011-02-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tunisia's prime minister, Mohammed Ghannouchi, announced his resignation amid ongoing protests for the entire government to step down. Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi's departure was not

2011-02-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States Friday suspended operations at its embassy in Libya after U.S. diplomatic personnel were airlifted out of the country. However, officials say diplomatic contacts with representative

2011-02-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Kuwait has marked two decades of liberation from Iraq by staging a large military parade made up of servicemen from many of the coalition countries that took part in the Persian Gulf War. A total of

2011-02-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The North African country of Tunisia is at the vanguard of the popular, anti-government uprisings spreading across the Arab world. Now, Tunisia is entering new phase as it seeks to build democracy fro

2011-02-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The first group of Philippine workers has returned home from Libya Saturday. The workers spent days sheltering in their residences as the north African nation erupted in violent anti-government prote

2011-02-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Los Angeles is known for Hollywood's film stars and the expensive designer clothes they wear on the red carpet and off. While most people only see the glamorous outfits on TV during the Oscars, visit

2011-02-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A southern African mediator says a proposed deal to end Madagascar's political crisis will be concluded in a few days despite the main political parties rejecting it. Andry Rajoelina, who seized pre

2011-02-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The stars will be out on Sunday in Hollywood for the movie industry’s biggest event of the year, the Academy Awards. This year’s Oscar contest pits a film about the British royal family, The King's

2011-02-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Somalia has one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced due to conflict. Now, a prolonged drought is adding to the country’s many problems. A to

2011-02-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

While many Americans are familiar with black slavery in the South during the 19th Century and its role in igniting the nation’s great Civil War, less attention has been paid to the black experience i

2011-02-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Exchange programs that give American high school students the opportunity to study for a year in another country are quite common. But it is rare to find American high schools that have the resources

2011-02-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sending electric current through a thin, wire electrode implanted deep in the brain could do what a cardiac pacemaker does for the heart. Researchers say there is new evidence that a procedure called

2011-02-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As Discovery begins its 39th and final mission into Earth's orbit Thursday, America’s 30-year space shuttle program comes one step closer to its scheduled end this April.The aging fleet of reusable

2011-02-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Mandelbaum: The American government’s response has been confused and conflicted but that is, I think, appropriate because the situation in that part of the world is confusing and the United States do

2011-02-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi continue to attack anti-government protesters, but the opposition groups appear to be gaining more of a foothold, despite the brutal crackdown.The officia

2011-02-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Libya's former justice minister, who has resigned following the government's crackdown on protestors there, says the country's leader Moammar Gadhafi personally ordered the Lockerbie plane bombing