2010-05-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, many families have been battered by war, rape, poverty and a lack of education. However, a humanitarian group says there’s a way to help families not onl

2010-05-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

They still haven't found any Martian microbes, or telltale signs of alien biospheres orbiting distant stars. But scientists looking for signs of life in our solar system and the universe beyond are n

2010-05-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez did not made any movies for the past couple of years while she took time out for the birth of her twins. Now she's back on screen with a romantic comedy about a moth

2010-05-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Elvis Presley once said, "My favorite part of the business is a live concert." After a long break from touring, Elvis made a triumphant return to the stage that confirmed his status as one of the era

2010-05-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

"Party Heard Around the World" is Lonestar's first new album in four years. It's also the group's first release with lead vocalist Cody Collins, who replaced Richie McDonald in 2007.Lonestar has s

2010-05-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

"Brian, who is this?"
"You know I asked myself the same thing when my dad passed. I said 'who is this man?'"
"No, who is in this coffin because that is not my father."

The day of funeral does n

2010-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The red carpet was rolled out and two African women entrepreneurs became proud winners of the United Nations Conference of Trade and Development 2010 Empretec Women in Business Award.

Beating the o

2010-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The latest estimates suggest 5,000 barrels (795,00 liters) of oil per day are flowing from the damaged pipe that was connected to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, before it was damaged and sank on Frida

2010-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

President Barack Obama eulogized U.S. civil rights leader Dorothy Height on Thursday as a history-making figure in "a righteous cause." The president spoke at the funeral for Height, who died last wee

2010-04-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the early 19th Century, it was thought that canals, in which boats and barges were pulled by mules along an adjacent towpath, would revolutionize commerce and travel. One of them — the Erie Canal

2010-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Editors of Malawi's privately owned online publication Nyasa Times say they're seeking political asylum in Britain. The editors -- based in Leeds -- say Malawi's government has asked authorities at

2010-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill into law last Friday that would make it a crime to be in the state illegally and would require police to check the status of people they suspect

2010-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. stock market indexes were mixed in Wednesday's trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5 percent (53 points) to end at 11,045. The S&P 500 advanced nearly 0.7 percent (eight points) t

2010-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has outlined several new initiatives to empower women around the world, through technology training, public-private partnerships and grants, and a planned entreprene

2010-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Immigration-rights activists in New York demonstrated Tuesday against a new law passed in the southwestern state of Arizona. They said it will encourage racial profiling and break up families by permi

2010-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Government officials from India and Pakistan confirm their respective prime ministers will meet (Thursday) on the sidelines of a regional summit in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.In his opening remar

2010-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The 21st century has brought changes to all parts of the country.In even the most remote corners of rural America, everything from high-speed internet to digital billboards are connecting folks in sma

2010-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

American taxpayers may soon be subsidizing Brazilian cotton farmers in order to protect the earnings of U.S. drug companies. That's one way to look at a new agreement aimed at ending a long-running d

2010-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Cardiovascular disease kills some 17 million people each year, and about 80 percent of these deaths occur in the developing world. Not every country is affected equally. But when scientists study popu

2010-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

"When The Money's All Gone" is the title track to Eady's newest CD. Jason began playing music when he was a teenager, but gave it up after his college years. Instead, he joined the United States Air

2010-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A husband and wife from suburban New Jersey long for a romantic night out in New York City; but when they accidentally get mixed up with a crime boss, corrupt cops and blackmail, they are off and runn

2010-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The World Food Program is now expecting to feed more than 1.5 million people in next month's general food distribution, along with specialized therapeutic feeding for 500,000 children under the age o

2010-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israel could be making a concession aimed at breaking the deadlock in the Middle East peace process.Officials in the Jerusalem Municipality say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly frozen new

2010-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sub-Saharan Africa’s maternal and child mortality rate remains high despite an overall worldwide reduction, according to The Lancet medical journal.About 350,000 women die annually from child-birth r

2010-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Fifteen years ago, Jim Barker's wife came home from an Ohio county fair and told him she'd found their calling. "She said, 'I just fell in love with an animal and I think we should get a couple of