2010-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Across the Sahel, more than 10 million people are affected by poor rains that have led to the collapse of agricultural and livestock production in many parts of Chad, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. Si

2010-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The new health care reform law in the United States will require everyone to have health insurance. People who avoided going to the doctor because they had no insurance will be more likely to visit pr

2010-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Federal agents detained a man in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, Thursday morning, after executing search warrants connected to the failed bomb plot in New York's Times Square. U.S. Attorney Gener

2010-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Stomach cancer is one of the deadliest diseases, and ranks second among cancers worldwide with at least 800,000 deaths yearly. But in the United States, the number of cases has been declining, except

2010-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the terror attacks on the United States almost nine years ago, other attempted attacks have failed. But should one succeed, medical experts say U.S. trauma centers could be strained by a surge o

2010-05-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States Congress has launched its probe into the ongoing massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted from an oil rig explosion three weeks ago. The investigation began with the Se

2010-05-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thousands of Palestinians have briefly put aside bitter political differences to mourn the anniversary of Israel's creation.Palestinians marched through the streets of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, m

2010-05-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Street fighting continues in the Thai capital, Bangkok, as anti-government protesters try to push back soldiers who have surrounded their camp. At least 22 people were killed in the last two days and

2010-05-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama is urging the U.S. Senate to pass his financial reform legislation. The president says the bill will protect consumers, banks and the financial system.In his weekly address, Pr

2010-05-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Lena Horne, the iconic African American singer and native New Yorker who crossed the color line to make it big in the world's of Hollywood and popular music was remembered at a funeral service in Man

2010-05-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many of the red shirt protesters who have been battling the army for the past few days on the streets of Bangkok come from Thailand's poor rural hinterland.The sandy dirt and dried-out fields of Thai

2010-05-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Recent public opinion polls tell a story of increasing voter frustration with Washington that is likely to help opposition Republicans and hurt Democrats in November.

In the latest NBC News-Wall St

2010-05-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When President Obama last year announced the commitment of an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, he also set July 2011 as the date to begin withdrawing troops if security conditions permit. Cong

2010-05-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Leaders of an anti-government protest in Thailand are asking for a ceasefire to end violence that has killed 10 people and wounded more than 100 others.Explosions and gunfire rang throughout the Thai

2010-05-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama is angrily blasting oil industry officials who he says are failing to accept blame for the massive oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. The president says all parties need t

2010-05-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A senior U.S. State Department official said Thursday that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's visit to Tehran this weekend probably is the last chance for Iran to respond to internationa

2010-05-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sellers of fresh seafood are starting to feel the effects of the oil leak that continues in the Gulf of Mexico, but experts say imported fish will keep supermarkets nationwide stocked. At Captain Whit

2010-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Palestinian leaders recently announced a ban prohibiting Palestinian laborers from working on Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The ban has triggered anger and uncertainty among te

2010-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Just about everybody in Winter, Wisconsin knows about their local boy who made good.

Col. Jeffrey Williams has logged more days in space than almost any other American. The International Space Sta

2010-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster comes during spring spawning season, an especially bad time for aquatic life making them extraordinarily vulnerable to the toxic effects of the oil itself, says Doug Ra

2010-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Doctors around the world are finding it harder and harder to cure some infections. Bacteria are developing resistance to the drugs used to kill them. Health experts point to doctors over-prescribing a

2010-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. government is conducting its census this year. The count takes place every 10 years to determine how many seats each state will have in the House of Representatives. But in 72 years, when the

2010-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Britain's new Cabinet met for the first time after almost a week of political wrangling that has seen a coalition government take power.

Britain's new cabinet agreed to cut the pay of all ministe

2010-05-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Adama Sow, 10, shares her two-person desk with three other girls at Dixin Elementary school in Conakry. There are 80 students in her class, typical for this urban school.

The classroom is hot, Adam

2010-05-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nigeria's new president has less than one year to finish out the term of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, who died last week at the age of 58. President Jonathan says his brief administration will aspire to uph