2010-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Better known for its diamond fields, gold exploration and mining in Sierra Leone is on the increase. The British company, Cluff Gold, has announced it will build a mechanized gold mine in the southern

2010-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It’s estimated that 15 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. But research shows the death of the mother to the disease can have a much greater and longer lasting effect on a ch

2010-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The first debate between Britain's three main party leaders, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the Labor Party, Conservative David Cameron and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg took place a week ago. S

2010-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Tehran is just the latest leg in Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's ongoing diplomatic efforts to defuse rising tensions over Iran's nuclear energy program. Much of the international communi

2010-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Sierra Leone is rich in mineral resources and also one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world.Now the government is trying to address its 'resource curse' by publishing its first

2010-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The closure of airspace over Britain, Northern Europe and Scandinavia is having economic repercussions around the world. It has halted the transport of goods, stranded hundreds of thousands of passen

2010-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An online platform designed to facilitate independent monitoring of the Sudanese elections is being blocked, preventing citizens from reporting irregularities in the recent polls.A statement released

2010-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

April 22nd is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, an occasion for people to celebrate and raise awareness of the natural world.Today with news of melting glaciers, increasingly severe droughts, floods,

2010-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

On the the 40th anniversary of Earth Day [April 22], this warming planet we live on is posing serious new challenges to human civilization: increasingly severe droughts, floods, and storms across the

2010-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The world's children are joining the fight against climate change.And they're doing it one fabric swatch at a time through an international initiative called the Climate Quilt Campaign, which encour

2010-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Bold action by central banks and national governments staved off a global economic depression during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, but at a tremendous cost nations will struggle to overcome.

2010-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Juan Antonio Samaranch has died at age 89 of a heart ailment. Samaranch transformed the Olympic Games into a major commercial enterprise and put

2010-04-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Somali pirates hijacking vessels at sea have become an almost daily occurrence. But the latest incident is raising the alarm far from the East African coast.It is a scenario that has become all but ro

2010-04-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The demonstrations that have clogged the Thai capital for weeks reveal deep social rifts in the country. Political analysts say the divisions stem from political changes exploited by former Prime Mini

2010-04-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Officially, Yemen's economy is growing. Unofficially, the nation appears to be trapped in a disastrous downward economic spiral.

On the streets of Sana'a, anger over price hikes is growing alm

2010-04-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

With millions of people posting up-to-the-minute photos on Facebook, checking Twitter and snuggling up to iPhones, it's easier than ever to stay in touch.

So you might expect those old ham two-wa

2010-04-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Acting President Jonathan says ending violence in the Niger Delta is one of the biggest priorities for his new administration. He has restructured the management of an amnesty plan for former fighters

2010-04-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Nearly 15,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo live in the Congolese Republic town of Betou along the Oubangui River that separates the countries.Immigration officer Jean Zoda says he an

2010-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

After weeks of anti-government protests in Thailand, new groups are rising in support of the government. These new, so-called "no color" protests reflect growing unease among Bangkok residents over th

2010-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Home Minister P. Chidambaram told parliament Monday that the government is determined to quell the Maoist rebellion in two to three years.? "A determined, organized armed liberation struggle cannot be

2010-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, we live on a warming planet.

Scientists say that warming is linked to increasingly severe droughts, floods and storms and slowly rising ocean levels. Bill McK

2010-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Flight cancellations from the Iceland volcano eruption are creating costs and inconveniences all the way to Asia.The International Air Transport Association says global carriers are losing an estimate

2010-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Between 1975 and 1979, as many as two million Cambodians were murdered, starved, or worked to death as the ultra-communist Khmer Rouge tried to build a rural utopia. Many older Cambodians are haunted

2010-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The San Francisco Public Library is a modern seven-story building on a busy street in the center of the city.

It serves thousands of patrons every day, including Bruce Sokol, an out-of-work carpen

2010-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many people get a lot of information about various professions from watching television and the movies. That's a big concern for nurses who mostly don't like how they are portrayed by Hollywood.That