2010-06-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A recent Pew survey indicates a majority of people in most Muslim countries hold overwhelmingly negative views of the United States. The one exception is Indonesia, where President Barack Obama lived

2010-06-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Singer, songwriter and pianist Josh Charles calls his style of music "Notown," a blend of Motown soul with New Orleans blues. Josh is lifting spirits with his debut album and a song dedicated to rebui

2010-06-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The name says it all - Jeff Lorber Fusion. Keyboardist and composer Jeff Lorber brings back his old Fusion moniker for an album reminiscent of his very first band.

For the past 20 years, he's bee

2010-06-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At a Senate hearing last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern about what he sees as an inaccurate portrayal of what is happening in Afghanistan.

"I think frankly that the nar

2010-06-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Here's one of those word-association games.

If we said waltz, you'd probably think of Vienna, Austria.

In an American context, if we said Dixieland, New Orleans, Louisiana, would likely rush

2010-06-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Donald Walsh grew up near San Francisco in the 1930s. Among his earliest memories is the mega-construction project he saw from his home in the Berkeley hills. "Namely, the Golden Gate Bridge," he says

2010-06-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Asian stock markets rose sharply Monday after China said it would allow its currency the yuan to rise and promised more currency flexibility. The rate of the yuan edged up to 6.8110 against the dollar

2010-06-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama visited Columbus, Ohio Friday to mark the groundbreaking on the 10,000th road project funded by the American Recovery Act. The president's visit is part of the administrat

2010-06-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

From "Superman" and "Spider Man" to "Josie and the Pussycats," Hollywood has a long history of drawing film ideas from the pages of comic books. The latest is a scar-faced gunslinger from the wild Wes

2010-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

There are many ways to watch World Cup action in Johannesburg. The lucky people have tickets to the matches. For others, there are numerous restaurants and bars around the city that show the action

2010-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

BP is one of Britain's largest companies. Its founders began oil explorations in modern-day Iran more than 100 years ago. Now it operates in 80 countries around the world.Jeremy Batstone-Carr, head o

2010-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Hundreds are dead and hundreds of thousands have been driven from their homes following a week of ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan. The victims have been ordinary people, including women and children.

2010-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The three-year war that made Panmunjom one of the world's most poignant datelines has never ended. A truce was signed here in 1953. Ever since, Korea has remained divided and, technically, still in a

2010-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Growing up with an adventurous father who loved to explore the world beneath the waves was exciting."As a kid, when I first put a tank on my back, I was seven years of age. My late brother was four an

2010-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Six million procedures a year are performed at outpatient surgical centers in the United States.These centers are popular for minor surgery and other procedures that don't require a hospital stay.Som

2010-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sunday (June 20) is Fathers Day in the United States, an observance first marked here a century ago as an occasion to honor dads, paternal bonds, and the role of fathers in society. Like the Mothers

2010-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Country newcomer Laura Bell Bundy spent the past decade working as a television, film and Broadway actress and just recently switched gears to focus on a career in Country music.Laura Bell began actin

2010-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A group of young women from around the world has gathered this week in the city of Toronto, Canada. They are delegates to the first-ever G(irls)20 Summit, meeting in advance of the G-20 Economic Summ

2010-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A top Pentagon official urged China on Thursday to resume military-to-military exchanges to help minimize the risk of misunderstanding and miscalculation.

U.S. Department of Defense Deputy Assistan

2010-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The high point of President Medvedev's stay in the United States will be his visit to Silicon Valley - an area in northern California known for its high-tech companies, venture capitalists and forwar

2010-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Rural people in several parts of Cameroon are protesting a government policy that allows the government to sell or lease vast parcels of arable land to foreign investors. Supporters say the deals coul

2010-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Kyrgyzstan has slipped into a precarious peace. The violence that killed nearly 200 people in the southern region has abated, but an observer with Human Rights Watch calls the situation extremely ten

2010-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Poland is preparing to elect a new president on Sunday, with a center-right and far-right candidates in the lead. The election is being held earlier than originally scheduled, following the death of

2010-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Deforestation is one of the big culprits in climate change. And now a new study from the Amazon links deforestation with an increase in malaria.Despite eradication efforts, malaria remains a significa

2010-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama has pledged to move forward with $400 million in aid to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Some of this amount counts that which was promised at last year's internati