2010-09-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The families of three men who died in the aftermath of Iran's disputed election last year have granted a death-row reprieve to the two jailers convicted of their killings. But in a letter published

2010-09-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she will travel to the Balkans next month to push for reconciliation between Serbia and Kosovo. Clinton discussed Balkans issues, the Middle East and

2010-09-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When Rick Aggeler graduated from the famed Berklee College of Music in 2007, he had two career options: professional drummer or music teacher. He chose music teacher - with a mission.Aggeler, 25, disc

2010-09-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit celebrates her 10th anniversary as a recording artist with an album she describes as being "from the heart." Her new collection of jazz standards, is titled Home.Jane Monhe

2010-09-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Philadelphia Phillies have clinched a spot in Major League Baseball's playoffs by winning their fourth consecutive National League East Division title.Philadelphia has some of the most passionate

2010-09-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A presidential commission held hearings this week in Washington on the events surrounding the
BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April. The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spi

2010-09-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The US Space Shuttle Discovery is set to lift off from Florida on November 1 for a mission to the International Space Station. It will be one of the final missions for the shuttle; NASA is ending the

2010-09-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Unemployed workers in the United States are eligible for up to 99 weeks of government-provided financial assistance. Those who have used up their benefits call themselves "99ers" in reference to this

2010-09-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency in large part because of strong voter turnout from young people, minorities, women and independents. For this year's midterm congressional

2010-09-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israel's navy has intercepted a small boat carrying nine Jewish activists who were trying to reach the Gaza coast.It was the latest attempt by international activists to call attention to the three-y

2010-09-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Guinea could miss a proposed October 10th poll date for its presidential run-off, thanks to candidate disputes.

As Guineans remember the more than 150 people killed one year ago in a military attac

2010-09-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nigerian lawmakers said they are willing to consider postponing legislative, presidential and gubernatorial polls because the electoral commission said there is not enough time to register voters.A jo

2010-09-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Americans will go to the polls November 2nd to select all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and more than one third of the 100-member Senate. In survey after survey, Americans rate th

2010-09-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Grant Gaudry picks up this Vietnamese family from California outside Washington's Museum of Natural History. He is taking them to a part of town where there are a large number of Asian restaurants.

2010-09-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Irfan Baytok has been making custom suits for some of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Washington since 1970. Today, Baytok is making a summer suit for a young law student from the southern sta

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Most works of art - paintings, sculptures, artistic jewelry - are created for a collector or patrons who visit a gallery. The artist makes something, and someone else buys it and takes it home.

Oth

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The future of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is uncertain after Israel allowed a freeze on settlement construction to expire. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is delaying a decision on whether to

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The leaders of China and Russia have signed a statement to deepen their strategic partnership and cooperation. President Hu Jintao and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev inspected an honor guard at a w

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United Nations is giving $6 million in cash from its Children's Fund to mothers in Niger so they can buy food amidst widespread hunger in that West African country brought on by last year's lack

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Pakistan is strongly protesting two incidents in which NATO helicopters launched air strikes into Pakistan while in pursuit of suspected Taliban militants fleeing across the border. NATO says at leas

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Layli Miller-Muro wasn't even out of law school before she helped litigate a case that revolutionized asylum law in the United States.The case involved Fauziya Kassindja, a 17-year-old girl who fled

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At an alternative investment conference in Malaysia the talk is about a change in attitude when it comes to mixing finance with looking after the environment.Speakers at the conference on alternative

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This month, the British oil company BP issued a controversial report on the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico four months ago.Regardless of who was at fault, the release of an estim

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Prospective ruling-party candidates for next year's nationwide elections in Nigeria are paying far higher nomination fees than the last vote. Some party members say the higher fees could encourage co

2010-09-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Going to a baseball game is an American summer tradition, and a big part of that ballpark experience is the stirring, up-tempo organ music that's played throughout the game. When teams score runs or