2010-08-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rescue workers in Pakistan are struggling to reach thousands of villagers stranded in the northwest by flooding that government officials say has killed more than 1,200 people.The United Nations estim

2010-08-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama says the United States is on track to end its combat mission in Iraq by the end of this month, transitioning from a military to a civilian-led effort. In a speech to the Disabl

2010-08-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Several explosions rocked Israel's Red Sea resort of Eilat and the neighboring Jordanian port city of Aqaba during high tourist season. Israeli media say three rockets crashed into the sea and one hi

2010-08-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tensions between Muslims and Christians and other religious sects have resulted in incidents of sectarian conflict, which some rights activists say threaten Indonesia's moderate Muslim image.A Sunday

2010-08-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The announcement of a ban on BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates is having a chilling effect on sales.Compu-Me is one of several mobile telephone shops at the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai

2010-08-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is considering whether to sign a price control bill into law that would allow the government to set prices on basic items such as maize, wheat, cooking oil and petrol. Ken

2010-08-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new effort is underway to vaccinate people in the four countries where polio outbreaks still occur. If this effort is successful, polio could be eradicated worldwide. Derek Henkle met the 88-year

2010-08-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

If you say south of the border to an older American, he or she is likely to break into song: South of the border, down Mexico way, from a tune that cowboy singer Gene Autry made famous.But these days,

2010-08-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Mugabe urged what he called greedy people to curb their drive for self-enrichment and ensure that revenues from an upcoming sale of Zimbabwean diamonds benefit the entire country.The Zimbabw

2010-08-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Explosive Devices have accounted for around 800 of the roughly 1,100 U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan. To counter these increasingly-lethal bombs, the U.S. military is spending billions of dollars on

2010-08-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Judge Bolton temporarily blocked some of the broad powers that the law would have given local police in immigration enforcement, which under the US constitution is a federal responsibility. Arizona

2010-08-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Slower economic growth in the United States pushed global stocks lower Friday. The U.S. Commerce Department reports the country's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation's economi

2010-08-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would impose new safety regulations on the offshore oil-drilling industry.House members voted 209 to 193 in favor of the Democrat-backed l

2010-08-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The people of Zimbabwe are in the process of drafting a new constitution that is aimed at bringing new elections and ending years of political strife. As part of the process, specially trained leaders

2010-08-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nearly 45,000 Boy Scouts from across the United States and from around the world are camping outdoors for 10 days of fun and adventure as the youth organization celebrates 100 years of scouting. Every

2010-08-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This is the Amorphophallus Titanum, also known as the "corpse flower," because of the foul odor it produces when it blooms.Crowds started forming at Houston's Museum of Natural Science in early July,

2010-07-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It has been a difficult week for supporters of the war in Afghanistan.NATO announced that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing

2010-07-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

London's transport agency has introduced a bicycle rental system throughout central London to encourage people to ride bikes rather than drive, take taxis or use other public transport. It's an effo

2010-07-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Today President Obama visits a U.S. auto plant that makes the battery-powered Chevrolet Volt. Some analysts think the Volt could revitalize the struggling American auto industry with its high-tech bat

2010-07-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Oscar winner Robert Duvall could be up for that top film award again for his portrayal of a crusty recluse in a quirky drama set in the American south during the Great Economic Depression of the 1930s

2010-07-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A New Exhibit at Cairo's Opera House highlights the work of Egyptian Saad Romany Mikhaiel. The 52-year-old uses miniature pieces of glass, stone and other materials to create intricately detailed mos

2010-07-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The booming population growth of the past century has slowed, but improving health conditions and stubbornly high birth rates in many developing countries continue to swell the world's population by

2010-07-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For many people trying to shed a few kilograms, it's hard enough to lose the weight, but many experts say it's even harder to keep the weight off. Now, a new study indicates that the Internet can he

2010-07-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Israeli military says Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket that hit the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon 12 kilometers away. The Chinese-made Grad rocket landed near high-rise apartment bu

2010-07-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

During the past two years, Danny Gokey has gone from working as a commercial truck driver to signing with a major Nashville record company. The 2009 "American Idol" Top 5 finalist recently released h