2010-09-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As Pakistan tries to cope with the worst flooding in its history, the country has seen several major suicide bomb attacks in the past few days against minority Shi'ites. The two major attacks, one i

2010-09-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new medical test can detect tuberculosis in less than two hours. Health experts say it could revolutionize the way TB is diagnosed and treated, and also, save millions of lives. This little girl has

2010-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A suspected suicide bomber struck a pro-Palestinian rally in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 50 people and wounding scores of others. This was the second major bombing this week, as the count

2010-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Senegalese authorities have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to beg in Dakar.Senegalese police arrested the seven Koranic teachers, also known as marabouts, after the government an

2010-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The successful immigrant story is one of the touchstones of American culture. For 126 years a family of German immigrants has been making a product that's become an icon of American sports.

It was

2010-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Before 1918, when Mississippi became the last U.S. state to require that school-age children attend public or private schools, many children were taught by their parents at home or by teachers informa

2010-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For many people, math can be intimidating. But Alex Bellos finds it intriguing. The journalist has degrees in mathematics and philosophy from Oxford University. After 20 years as a reporter, Bellos de

2010-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The mixed reaction to the renewed talks could be seen in the comments of Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa. Before negotiations got under way, he said he was pessimistic about the chance of suc

2010-09-03 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 has launched the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years.Both sides agreed to a second round of talks to be held in the

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that nearly all of the American surge forces have arrived in Afghanistan to press the new strategy President Barack Obama announced in December. At a

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As U.S. combat troops are pulled out of Iraq, attention is turning to Afghanistan. President Barack Obama has pledged to begin pulling out troops there as well, starting next year. The Iraq withdraw

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Both Republicans and Democrats in Louisiana say the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico -- put in place after the BP oil spill -- is now that state's biggest problem. US f

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A top United Nations official, Lynn Pascoe, the U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs, says he is "hopeful" for Somalia, where the government is trying to fight off an offensive by Islami

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

European companies have been accused by Human Rights Watch of violating workers' rights in the United States. In a new report, it says European multinational firms have carried out aggressive campai

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The presence of Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is at the heart of the impasse facing negotiators. This is one of the key flashpoints in the conflict between Israeli settlers who

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama says Israelis and Palestinians must seize the opportunity for achieving a lasting peace presented by the resumption of direct negotiations. Mr. Obama sat down with Israeli Prim

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

America's 30th president has been largely ignored by historians.

Calvin Coolidge was sworn into office in August 1923, after the death of President Warren Harding. Elected in his own right the fol

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The holy month of Ramadan is marked by fasting from dawn to dusk. Muslim Americans end each day of fasting with a festive meal known as Iftar. After a long day, they relax and share the rituals of Ram

2010-09-03 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 recently announced a new $63 billion Global Health Initiative with an emphasis on maternal and child health, family planning and programs to fight infectious di

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Several former National Basketball Association stars are on a goodwill tour of Israel this week. Stars like Dwight Howard, Allan Houston, and Jerome Williams are hoping to heighten awareness of the pr

2010-09-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many Americans view Labor Day as a welcome end-of-summer three-day weekend to spend at the beach or the barbecue pit.

But the first Labor Day observance was in New York City in 1882. It was intende

2010-09-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At the start of new Middle East peace talks, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Tuesday's deadly shooting near the West Bank town of Hebron. Both lea

2010-09-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As Israelis and Palestinians head into U.S.-brokered negotiations, both sides are drawing lessons from Israel's unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip, five years ago. By removing thousands of Jewis

2010-09-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ethiopia's Central Bank announced Wednesday that the birr has been devalued from roughly 13 ? birr to the dollar to nearly 16 ? birr, a one-day drop of about 17 percent. The rate was posted on the ba

2010-09-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Farhat Farhat, 62, wishes his family had followed their dog. The refugee says he was lucky enough to be born in Palestine. But in 1948, at seven months old, he and his shepherd parents fled with their