2010-06-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Telemedicine has been used for years to deliver medical care to remote locations by audio or video links. Now, Canadian researchers are exploring the possibility of using that same technology to provi

2010-06-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The cyclo has been a distinctive feature of Phnom Penh's streets for 70 years, stretching back to the days when Cambodia was a French colony. But this form of transport has begun to fade away.New Yor

2010-06-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The vuvuzelas make a loud noise comparable to a huge swarm of bees, and they are blown incessantly by fans throughout the matches. While some have defended the instrument as part of the South Africa W

2010-06-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Carl Lewis dominated the sport of track and field for nearly two decades, earning nine Olympic gold medals in the 1980s and 90s. The athlete still holds the record for the indoor long jump, a quarter

2010-06-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The charming city of San Francisco, California, is world famous for its cable cars. As one song puts it, they climb halfway to the stars up the city's steep hills and down again. Each open-air car se

2010-06-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

World Cup Fever has taken over the city of Johannesburg. Pubs and restaurants are filled with fans watching the matches. But the atmosphere is even more electric when an African team is playing. We sp

2010-06-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Football fans around the world are riveted to World Cup action in South Africa, where key opening matches have sparked revelry, mania, and colorful, elaborate expressions of national pride.

Every

2010-06-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Iran's opposition "Green Movement" caught the world's attention a year ago, with thousands of people protesting the results of a presidential election many say lacked credibility. The Islamic Repub

2010-06-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the more than 20 years since the Cold War ended, the Atlantic Alliance, NATO, has been struggling to redefine itself through expansion and by taking on new missions. Now, the 28-nation organization

2010-06-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NATO defense ministers say progress is being made in Afghanistan despite tough resistance from the Taliban insurgency.

In a statement as they wrapped up a two-day meeting in Brussels, NATO defense

2010-06-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Russian Internet community is widely discussing a recent encounter between one of Russia's best known rock musicians, Yuri Shevchuk, and the country's powerful prime minister, Vladimir Putin. Du

2010-06-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States is consulting with its allies over proposals to lift the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip following the raid by commandoes on an aid flotilla that led to the deaths of nine pro-Pal

2010-06-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The FIFA 2010 World Cup launched Thursday evening with the official "kick-off" concert. The excitement generated by the concert was dampened Friday morning as South Africans learned of the death of e

2010-06-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The head of NATO forces in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal says the effort to assert control over the key southern city of Kandahar will take longer than anticipated, as Afghan and internationa

2010-06-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The 64th annual Tony Awards will be held in New York City on Sunday. The ceremony honors Broadway's best productions.What defines many of this year's nominees is music."Four Million Dollar Quartet"

2010-06-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Renewed appreciation

Business is good at Qualla Arts and Crafts in Cherokee, North Carolina, although you wouldn't think so from the sparse crowd browsing the store's native handcrafts.

Gone a

2010-06-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Johannesburg suburb of Soweto is particularly hard-hit by the AIDS epidemic and multiple advocacy groups are offering various programs that are trying to keep children HIV/AIDS-free. This video de

2010-06-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Students were among those who participated in these protests, including demonstrations in several U.S. cities. People under 30 are the largest age group in the Middle East, and usually have a lot to s

2010-06-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many countries with the highest mother and child death rates continue to fall short, a decade after pledging to improve the problem.

Substantially reducing child mortality and improving maternal h

2010-06-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. population has passed the 300-million mark in the past decade, with non-white groups accounting for most of that growth. A new study of census data for 100 major metropolitan areas in the U.

2010-06-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The city of Johannesburg is a-buzz with celebrating football fans as South Africa prepares to kick off the 2010 World Cup.Hundreds of dancers and singers, many of them dressed in traditional costumes,

2010-06-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Indian government is looking at the need for tougher laws to deal with industrial disasters, amid outrage in India about punishment meted out for the 1984 deadly gas leak in Bhopal from a Union Ca

2010-06-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As Kenya suffers with another outbreak of deadly aflatoxin contamination, scientists say a harmless version of the fungus that produces the toxin could be a powerful ally in preventing future outbreak

2010-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.N. Security Council has adopted a fourth round of tough new sanctions aimed at halting Iran's suspect nuclear program. The resolution was approved Wednesday with 12 countries voting for, two a

2010-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. national soccer team will take the field at this month's World Cup with a talented group of 23 players and high expectations.But no matter how the team performs, another American soccer stor