2010-07-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Kenneth Feinberg is the man responsible for making sure fair compensation is provided to those affected by the explosion of the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20th that killed 11 workers

2010-07-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The agreement, which has been under negotiation since 2008, is remarkable in that talks between the U.N. Children's Fund and Justice and Equality Movement continued after peace negotiations between t

2010-07-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The static kill would consist of an operation to pump mud into the damaged well through the cap that was successfully placed over it last week. The mud would overcome the flow of oil and gradually red

2010-07-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Representatives from countries around the world and international organizations have met in Kabul at a major donor conference for Afghanistan and endorsed the Afhan government's plan to take charge o

2010-07-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Top Iranian leaders and officials say they have no intention of conducting negotiations with the United States. Meanwhile, a strike by merchants appears to be continuing in several Iranian cities.Alt

2010-07-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israel's new anti-rocket system, called the Iron Dome, has passed final tests and will be deployed near the country's borders by November. The system was produced by the state-owned Rafael Arms Dev

2010-07-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the port of Boston, amid the cargo vessels and whale-watching boats that motor in and out of the harbor each day, a handful of fishing vessels still make their livelihoods from the bounty of the wa

2010-07-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At age 97, singer and pianist Pinetop Perkins proves you're never too old to play the blues. Pinetop is still in top form on a new album with singer, drummer and harmonica player Willie "Big Eyes" S

2010-07-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Throughout the Middle East and North Africa - or MENA - wasta is a currency more powerful than dirhams or dinars. Wasta is the clout you get from whom you know and it can make every aspect of your li

2010-07-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A judge will rule Wednesday in Ivory Coast in the case of three journalists who are charged with theft of an official document, diffusion of a file still under review, and disclosure of a secret docum

2010-07-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Three times in recent weeks, Republicans have used parliamentary tactics in the Senate to block the extension of benefits, angering the president at a time when he is trying to move this and other leg

2010-07-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Efforts are under way to contain and clean up a large oil slick in the Yellow Sea in northeastern China, after a pipeline exploded.Friday's explosion at a storage depot in the port of Dalian hit the

2010-07-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Analysts and regional experts agree there is no easy way forward to guide Afghanistan out of nearly nine years of war.Violence has reached record levels in recent months, as the Taliban intensifies it

2010-07-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former President Bill Clinton addressed the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna Monday. He said while much progress has been made in the fight against the epidemic, much more remains to be do

2010-07-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Seventeen political parties say they each will present their own presidential candidates in the first round of voting. They have pledged to throw their collective support behind whichever candida

2010-07-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Bill Gates says in these tough economic times, more efficiency is needed in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs. At the same time, he says more people need to be on anti-retroviral drugs. The

2010-07-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

More than 1,500 costumed interpreters and re-enactors roam the streets of colonial Williamsburg every day.They give tours, answer questions and discuss topics as varied as wig-making or 18th-century m

2010-07-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ryan Welch beat nearly a thousand other card players to win a gold bracelet and a half million dollars in one of this year's 57 events at World Series of Poker. The month-long tournament in Las Vegas

2010-07-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna, a new report outlines the challenges and opportunities facing vaccine researchers. The report – The Road to Prevention – is called a scientific

2010-07-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The ugly looking - but tasty - Louisiana crawfish is deeply linked to the state's culture and economy. Crawfish is related to shrimp, lobster and crabs. It grows in fresh water; the most common type

2010-07-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

International organizations that work with HIV/AIDS issues say unless more money is provided for programs in developing countries, the campaign to eradicate the disease will suffer a 20-year set back.

2010-07-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sales of condominiums in the United States are rising, despite ongoing volatility in the nation's housing market. Real estate industry leaders say condo sales rose more than 30 percent over the past

2010-07-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama is cautiously optimistic, now that an experimental cap has stopped oil from gushing from BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico. President says the cap is a temporary s

2010-07-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States is strongly condemning suicide bomb attacks Thursday against a Shi'ite mosque in Iran, a country that is listed by Washington as a state sponsor of terrorism. President Barack Obam

2010-07-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

After a powerful earthquake struck Haiti in January, boosting agricultural production was seen as one of the keys to the nation's recovery. Six months later, the U.N. Food and Agriculture organizatio