2011-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States and the European Union are among those appealing for calm in Albania, after at least three people were killed and dozens were injured in anti-government protests in the capital Tiran

2011-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama is promoting recent government action to spur job creation, while Republicans maintain focus on trying to discredit last year's health care reform law.In his weekly address, Mr

2011-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

After his triumphant return to Iraq on January 5, an aide to firebrand anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says Sadr has gone back to Iran, where he has spent more than three and a half years studying in

2011-01-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For the past 10 years, researchers have been looking for ways to slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease, a degenerative neurological illness that ultimately wipes away a person's ability t

2011-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Most experts agree that relations between the United States and Moscow are better now than they've been for several years.President Barack Obama has made better relations with Russia a cornerstone of

2011-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study of stroke in the United States has found that the rate of brain-damaging blood clots has increased dramatically among people infected with HIV. The increase in strokes coincides with the u

2011-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tunisia's transitional government met for the first time as protesters hardened their calls for the former ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party to be dissolved and banned.The protests i

2011-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Farmers around the world are discovering how airtight plastic bags can preserve their harvests and help them earn higher incomes. The simple, low-cost item can help protect crops in storage from pests

2011-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The final novel by acclaimed Canadian author Mordecai Richler is now a motion picture starring American actor Paul Giamatti as the prickly and complex Barney Panofsky, recounting the high and low poin

2011-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Preliminary results show that southern Sudan has overwhelmingly voted to secede from the north. Sudanese government officials say they will respect that decision and officials in both the north and th

2011-01-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Chinese pandas at the National Zoo in Washington have a new lease on American life. They will stay in Washington D.C. for five more years. The announcement and the signing of a Chinese-American a

2011-01-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Arab world, in particular North Africa, has been riveted by the events in Tunisia, and many in the region see parallels to the stifling conditions they endure. But conditions vary greatly among t

2011-01-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new regional air carrier called Senegal Airlines will begin flights this month to neighboring countries in West Africa.A boisterous crowd gathered at the international airport in Senegal's capital,

2011-01-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Traditional Islamic schools, known as madrassas, have gotten some negative attention in recent years. In Pakistan and Afghanistan, some madrassas are accused of stoking Islamic fundamentalism and mili

2011-01-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New research suggests a relatively simple blood test might make it possible to predict who is at a higher risk for developing dementia.The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's Disease, and cur

2011-01-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The new Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is voting Wednesday to repeal President Barack Obama’s top legislative accomplishment, health care reform. Democrats defended the new

2011-01-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned Hungary will fight back if the 27-nation European Union interferes in what he calls internal politics while his country holds the EU's presidency. Mr

2011-01-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A Somali man accused of trying to kill a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has gone on trial Wednesday in Denmark. Danish intelligence police say they believe he is close to the I

2011-01-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Police have arrested leading opposition politicians in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Some analysts would say there's a chilly political wind blowing this winter across the Slavic core of the old Sovie

2011-01-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Health Services in eastern and central Kenya are getting a big boost through a new $100 million dollar program. The U.S. development agency, USAID, has awarded the funds to an international non-profi

2011-01-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Years of anger and dissatisfaction in Tunisia over corruption, joblessness and other economic woes have erupted recently. What was unimaginable two months ago has taken place—Tunisia’s government sh

2011-01-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Shares of technology giant Apple are set to rebound after the company announced better than expected quarterly profits. The company's stock plunged as much as 10 percent in Europe Monday after Apple

2011-01-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Deadly floods in Australia and Brazil have proved devastating for both countries in recent weeks. And while Brazil's floods are being seen as a normal weather event, climatologists have determined a

2011-01-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Officials at former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's Peacekeeping Training Center say the threat of a West-Africa-led invasion of Ivory Coast is unlikely to materialize and would mostly aggravate

2011-01-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a rare visit to the West Bank, where he reaffirmed Moscow's recognition of a Palestinian state.With drums beating, schoolboys parading, and scores of people