2010-10-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The International Bluegrass Music Association, or IBMA, recently held its annual convention and festival in Nashville, Tennessee. One highlight of "The World of Bluegrass" was the annual Awards show,

2010-10-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Obama administration has lifted the moratorium on deepwater drilling for oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico it imposed after an accident in the Gulf in April that killed 11 workers and led

2010-10-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Partnership to Stop Tuberculosis has launched a plan to cut by half in five years the estimated 2 million annual deaths from tuberculosis.The consortium of public, private and civil groups announc

2010-10-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Political uncertainty is intensifying in Nepal, where in the last three months, a dozen attempts to form a new government have failed. The political impasse threatens to unravel a peace process that

2010-10-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In October, the U.S. Transportation and Energy Departments announced plans to increase fuel efficiency for future vehicles manufactured and sold in the Unites States. Under current regulations, those

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

On January 9, Sudanese are to vote on the future of the country's unity. Southern Sudan's mostly African Christian and animist population is widely expected to vote for separation from the mainly Ar

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Asian defense chiefs avoided a confrontation over issues such as territorial disputes during a meeting in Hanoi. China tried to assure its neighbors that its military rise is not a threat, while the U

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Bobaev, who has reported on Uzbekistan for VOA for the past five years, is on trial in Tashkent, charged with slander, insult and endangering public security. If convicted, he could face up to eight

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Al-Qaida in the Arab Peninsula is threatening to overthrow Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh. The government and al-Qaida rebels have stepped up activity against each other across the country.In an

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Drug deals

Several drug deals take place all of the time in Mount Shasta, California.

It's late afternoon at The Green Heart, a medical marijuana dispensary where a steady stream of customers c

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Baby oysters could be the "canaries in the mine shaft" for another dimension of global warming.

Pacific Northwest scientists are studying how the oceans suck in excess carbon dioxide from the atmo

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Mix the pounding, hip-swaying drums of Afro-Cuban jazz with lilting Jewish tunes from mid-1900s New York, and what do you get? Jewish Latin jazz.

A couple of weeks ago at Yoshi's Jazz Club in San

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Researchers have developed an improved version of the smallpox vaccine that can be combined with a vaccine against anthrax. The dual vaccine represents a significant scientific achievement as well as

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Fears of a global currency war have increased after the meeting of finance leaders at the International Monetary Fund in Washington last week. Talk of trade imbalances and uneven growth due to artific

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nearly half of Guinea's Electoral Commission members have signed a petition asking to elect a new head for the commission. The demand comes less than two weeks before the country is scheduled to hold

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new report highlights a brief period of early childhood as the most critical time to fight hunger -- and also reduce poverty.

The 2010 Global Hunger Index report was released Monday by the Intern

2010-10-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The International Organization for Migration says there's an urgent need for tougher action against human trafficking in East Africa. The IOM has released a new assessment of the problem, saying men,

2010-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Saying the United States lags behind China and other nations in dealing with a crumbling infrastructure, President Barack Obama has renewed a call for action to repair roads, bridges and airports.A ne

2010-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At the ASEAN Defense Ministers meeting in Hanoi, Chinese Minister of Defense Liang Guanglie invited his U.S. counterpart Defense Secretary Robert Gates to visit China, in what seems like an easing of

2010-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

"Horse racing is unforgiving for housewives."
"It's like every other multi-million dollar gamble we housewives make every day."

Penny Chenery was a housewife and mother in Denver, Colorado in the

2010-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Swaziland has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world - 26 percent for those between the ages of 15 and 29. But to deal with the epidemic, health officials must do more than increase tre

2010-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has confirmed reports that his government has been holding talks with the Taliban. The U.S. envoy to the region, Richard Holbrooke, said the United States supports the A

2010-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States has long been an attraction for painters and photographers, as well. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado river, in northern Arizona, is s

2010-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Britain's capital hosted a weekend celebrating Africa and its diversity, as well as the 50th anniversary of Nigerian independence. The sounds of Africa in Central London. In the shadow of Nelson's

2010-10-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Scientists have discovered a groundbreaking way of learning how infants use visual information to adapt to new surroundings. Although eye-tracking technology has been around for years, it is now smal