2011-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Each year at least 300,000 women - a majority of them in developing countries - die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, particularly from hemorrhaging after birth. Maternal health advocate

2011-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The $100-billion International Space Station is scheduled to be completed this year and when that happens, the United States space agency NASA will retire its shuttle fleet. U.S. astronauts will soon

2011-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Republican congressman whose committee oversees U.S. trade policy says Congress should act on pending free trade agreements within six months. Congressman Dave Camp says ratification of the trade

2011-01-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

More people in the United States are installing solar panels in their homes for electric power. The cost can be expensive, so some neighborhoods have formed community groups to help homeowners save mo

2011-01-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Below average rainfall in Somalia has pushed nearly 500,000 people to the brink of starvation. International aid-group Oxfam is warning that more will be affected unless immediate action is taken.Som

2011-01-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Two months ago, North Korea shelled a South Korean island, killing four people. Most residents of that island and a neighboring islet have yet to return to their homes, in part for fear of another att

2011-01-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The website WikiLeaks continues to publish confidential documents, many of them apparently obtained from a U.S. Army intelligence officer.Two months after the website WikiLeaks began releasing diploma

2011-01-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Southern Sudan expects to become Africa’s newest nation after the results of this month’s independence referendum are officially released February 7. Building the new nation will not be easy. Year

2011-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the emergence of a Hezbollah-controlled Lebanese government would clearly have an impact on U.S.-Lebanese relations. She also said the United States believes E

2011-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Russia’s leaders are promising to crack down on terrorists, after a deadly bomb attack appeared to target foreigners Monday in a Moscow airport.Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed that "retri

2011-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Two separate bomb explosions in Pakistan have killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens of others in Lahore and Karachi. Pakistani officials say both explosions are suspected suicide attacks.Pakis

2011-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The King’s Speech, a historical film about the British royal family, leads Oscar nominations for this year. The period drama earned 12 nominations for the prestigious film awards, including for best

2011-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

"Where u at?" Those three words were the last text message Mariah West read before the violent car crash that took her life."It was the day before my daughter’s graduation from high school. She was o

2011-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Southern Sudanese are eagerly awaiting the official results from a referendum earlier this month that is expected to bring independence to the region after five decades of struggle. The autonomous re

2011-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Burma’s military is pressing on with the privatization of state assets as part of economic reforms. Many critics say the program simply transfers assets to the military government’s allies and maint

2011-01-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party has picked new leaders at a meeting in the capital Hanoi. Analysts say despite concerns about economic instability there were no surprises and the current Prime Minis

2011-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

North Korea has revised the charter of its only political party, apparently to ensure a smooth transition of power from father to son in the reclusive communist state.VOA correspondent Steve Herman ha

2011-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The controversial account of a remarkable escape from a Siberian prison camp during World War II is the inspiration for a new film directed and co-written by six-time Oscar nominee Peter Weir. Here's

2011-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Doing the right thing can help individuals and institutions succeed. But knowing what that right thing is, is not easy. In "Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing," authors Barry Schwar

2011-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Professional clown Michael Christensen doesn't just confine his act to the Big Apple Circus he co-founded. He also brings laughter to a place that is often badly in need of it: pediatric hospitals ac

2011-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tunisians are savoring new media freedoms announced a week ago by the country's caretaker government following the toppling of autocratic president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. However, for the Al-Kita

2011-01-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As vote tabulation nears an end in southern Sudan, preliminary results indicate voters are likely to choose overwhelmingly to separate from the rest of Sudan in order to form an independent state. Wh

2011-01-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama delivers his second State of the Union Address to the nation on Tuesday, before a joint session of the U.S. Congress. President Barack Obama will face a dramatically altered ba

2011-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Talks in Istanbul, Turkey between the international community and Iran over its controversial nuclear program, have ended in failure amid mutual recriminations. The collapse in the talks, is expected

2011-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Lebanon's political waters remained murky over the weekend, ahead of expected parliamentary consultations Monday on a new prime minister. The big question on everyone's minds is whether Druse leade