2010-12-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

European defense ministers are meeting in Brussels to examine how to remain militarily effective, including sharing resources, at a time of fiscal austerity.Less than a month ago, U.S. President Barac

2010-12-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The latest batch of secret diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks is shedding new light on Kenya's role in the controversial sale of arms to the government of South Sudan.The tidal wave of controver

2010-12-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New research finds that the act of imagining eating can actually make you feel less inclined to eat more. The finding may lead to more healthy diets and better treatment for addiction.What happens whe

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared Wednesday that the new Afghanistan strategy President Barack Obama announced a year ago is working. He made the comment during a visit to Kabul only a wee

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. decision to abandon efforts to persuade Israel to curb building on Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank is stoking anger among the Palestinians, who are questioning the Obama administ

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Indonesia's Constitutional Court has reversed a law that gave the attorney general's Office the power to ban books. Rights activists and authors hail the verdict as a victory for free expression, bu

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study finds that governments can reduce the amount they spend on fertilizer subsidies - and free up resources for health, education or other priorities - by encouraging farmers to alternate maiz

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The World Health Organization is endorsing a new, rapid test for tuberculosis that it says could revolutionize TB care with an accurate diagnosis in about 100 minutes. The current tests can take up to

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An untold story of the Nazi Holocaust is on display at a Jewish temple in St. Louis, Missouri. It's a photography exhibit, featuring portraits of elderly Albanian Muslims - men and women who helped s

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Students from Shanghai, China outperform students worldwide in reading, mathematics and science. Schools in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong also ranked in the top ten in the world according to a new

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Saxophonist Dave Koz is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his recording debut by doing what he does best, making music. His latest album which features some of today's top jazz players.Koz waxes p

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

2011 will mark 10 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. While the alleged mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, is in U.S. custody, it is not clear when and where he will be t

2010-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

European officials are giving Greece more time to repay its $110-billion loan, even as worries grow that there might not be enough money available to rescue other financially troubled countries. The

2010-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As borders reopen and the new president announces his plans to form a unity government, Guinea begins to face a future with its first democratically elected president.Guinea's President-elect Alpha C

2010-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The European Union and Russia have reached an agreement on trade issues that paves the way for Moscow's entry into the World Trade Organization as early as next year.The deal opening the way for Russ

2010-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

American writer W.S. Merwin has been named by the Librarian of Congress as the nation's 17th Poet Laureate. The honor tops Merwin's long list of achievements, which includes over 50 volumes of poetr

2010-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thirty years after his murder by a fan on December 8, 1980, John Lennon's music and personality still resonate strongly. This may be especially so in New York, which the former Beatle adopted as his

2010-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a music studio on wheels. The non-profit project, partially supported by Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, is a tribute to the former Beatle, who was murdered on Decemb

2010-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Health officials say a new, affordable vaccine launched this week in Burkina Faso could eliminate recurring meningitis-A epidemics that have plagued the continent for the past century.Health workers s

2010-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Surgeons have gathered in Dakar this week to discuss the best methods to fight fistula, which afflicts more than two million women throughout the world.Surgeons and health workers from around the worl

2010-12-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Europe's single currency, the euro, was supposed to merge European countries into one robust monetary union. But the euro zone is as weak as its weakest link and that's a reality that can't be igno

2010-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The world of tomorrow - at least according to writers of science fiction - includes human-like robots that interact with people and help society in many ways. That future is becoming a reality at Virg

2010-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For more than four decades, John Adams has fought to defend the environment and empowered individuals in the US and around the world to join the cause. Adams is co-founder of the Natural Resources Def

2010-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

There’s a good reason why people should be concerned about having a healthy environment containing lots of animal and plant species. A new study says the loss of biodiversity may make humans more vul

2010-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A U-N agency says there are major funding gaps in efforts to help the agricultural sector adapt to climate change. The Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, says this could affect food security