2010-09-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States and five other world powers, meeting Wednesday in New York, reaffirmed their commitment to an early negotiated solution to the long-running standoff with Iran over its nuclear progra

2010-09-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Chocolate lovers around the world take note: two separate groups of scientists have unraveled the genetic code of your favorite sweet.It's good news for the millions of small farmers in Africa, Asia

2010-09-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In Kenya, the specter of drought is never far from the minds of the millions who make their living on the farm. Agriculture is Kenya's most important product. The industry employs nearly three quar

2010-09-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Dry water looks a lot like fine white sand, which isn't surprising since what makes it dry is that each tiny water droplet is covered with water-repelling silica, the stuff of ordinary beach sand.The

2010-09-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One question that emerges as Israeli and Palestinian leaders hold talks on a possible peace agreement is what future role Hamas will play. The militant Islamist group controls the Gaza Strip, but ref

2010-09-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has opened the Clinton Global Initiative, an annual gathering of world leaders, businesspeople, NGOs and philanthropic organizations who seek to improve the lives of

2010-09-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A U.S. Senate panel is looking at ways to help spur investment in roads, bridges and other costly public projects. The US currently spends less on infrastructure projects than most developed countrie

2010-09-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Scientists from more than a dozen West African countries discuss how technology can help meet Millennium Development Goals.World Leaders are gathering in New York this week to discuss the United Natio

2010-09-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

(本篇文本大致相同,但并非完全一致)Food locavores try to eat only what's grown local to their homes. In Northern California, there are also clothing locavores. The materials for their skirts, pants and

2010-09-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

World leaders are meeting at the United Nations this week seeking to assess progress on ending global poverty, hunger and disease within the next five years. Each day more than 7,400 people worldwide

2010-09-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other dignitaries are urging a renewed effort to reduce childhood malnutrition. They met Tuesday in New York City on the sidelines of the U.N. Millennium De

2010-09-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Some hotels and resorts in the United States are reporting a large increase in bookings by Hindu couples who are looking to hold lavish weddings. Some Indian-style weddings can involve hundreds of gu

2010-09-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Recently, we tried one of those word-association games on our colleagues here at VOA. We used the word Indiana and asked for the first thing that came to mind.

Farms, one person said. Notre Dame U

2010-09-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Egypt's al-Ghad or Tomorrow Party has announced a boycott of the upcoming parliamentary election. Al-Ghad's leader, former presidential candidate Ayman Nour, is calling the November elections "rigge

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Betty Kwan Chinn knows what it is like to be poor. A victim of persecution in her native China, she grew up on the street, hungry and homeless, but was able to emigrate to the United States more than

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Doctor John has always been known for staying true to his musical roots. The 69-year-old singer and pianist gives us a taste of "old" New Orleans on his new album, Tribal.While Doctor John's so-calle

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Earlier this year, the Republican Party-dominated legislature of Arizona passed a law calling for police to question the immigration status of anyone they encounter in carrying out their duties who pr

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It's been more than 30 years since the untimely passing of soul sensation Donny Hathaway. But Hathaway's legacy lives on with a new tribute album by tenor saxophonist Kirk Whalum. Donny Hathaway, wh

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

British forces in one of Afghanistan's deadliest regions have handed security control to United States troops. It has been more than four years since British troops were deployed to Sangin and in th

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Pessimists have not been disappointed by Lebanon's recent history. In the past few decades, it has suffered civil war, domination by Syria, occupation by Israel, assassinations, civil unrest, and ju

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Presidential campaigning is underway in Nigeria with the two frontrunners to lead Africa's most populous nation. Both of the leading candidates have experience running the country, though neither was

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It's Low in bad fat and high in healthy oils, salmon is the third most-popular seafood in the United States. The United States imported a billion dollars' worth of the orange-fleshed fish last year.

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

"There are over 300 bank robberies in Boston every year. Most of these professionals live in a one square mile neighborhood called Charlestown."

The Charlestown section of Boston is steeped in Earl

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Images from a NASA probe have allowed scientists to create a precise map of the moon.Since its launch to the Moon more than a year ago to survey future manned and robotic landing sites, the U.S. space

2010-09-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Arlington National Cemetery - just outside Washington - one of the nation's most hallowed sites. It's where the remains of more than 300,000 service members are buried, including many who died in mi