2010-04-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Against a backdrop of emerald palm leaves, Suminah Sukardi plunges multi-colored cloth into a steaming cauldron. Moments later she slaps the fabric down on concrete and squeezes out the water with her

2010-04-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Our planet is warming.Average global temperatures have climbed about one degree Celsius since the last century, and at an accelerated rate in recent decades.And scientists believe the global warming t

2010-04-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

While Ghana has one of Africa's lowest HIV infection rates, prejudice and poverty compound the difficulties facing those who have the virus that causes AIDS. One Christian ministry that is helping t

2010-04-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As the two-day nuclear summit ends Tuesday in Washington, foreign leaders are focusing on how to keep terrorists from acquiring nuclear materials.Since Pakistan detonated its first nuclear device in 1

2010-04-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Auto drivers around the world are bound to relate to this experience. You round a bend and see a police car idling on the shoulder. Your immediate reaction is to tap the brakes, glance at the speedome

2010-04-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Saxophonist Everette Harp has been a best-selling "smooth" jazz artist for years. But, Harp returns to his roots with a more traditional approach on his latest album, "First Love."Harp's first album

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Kyrgyzstan's interim government is trying to cut a deal with the country's defiant president who had fled south after last week's bloodshed in the capital. The continuing standoff has the Central

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Australia could face legal action over its decision to suspend processing asylum claims from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. The government says that security in both countries is improving and asylum seek

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When it comes to throwing a party, Rounder Records travels first class all the way. The label's star-studded 40th Anniversary Concert was celebrated last October on one of the world's most famous st

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Poland is preparing for state funerals for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, and is awaiting the repatriation of the bodies of many of its political and military elite - all killed in a plane cra

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the Fouta region of northern Senegal, cultural attitudes about education have made sending girls to school a low priority for families. Though some progress has been made, educators who once fought

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Lyricist Johnny Mercer was one of the world's most prolific composers, turning out more than 1,500 songs, including a classic he co-wrote with Harold Arlen, "That Old Black Magic." Over the years, i

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

An industry association warns Thailand's tourism business faces staggering losses this year because of the confrontation between anti-government protesters and security forces. Many tourists have ca

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Italian aid group Emergency has denounced the detention of three of its hospital workers in Afghanistan. The organization says it was targeted because the hospital it runs in Lashkar Gah treats T

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It's Friday night in San Francisco and several dozen musicians are arriving at Faith Petric's home with their guitars, banjos and mandolins. They enter a large living room, where the woman they call

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It's Spring — prime tourist season in the Washington, D.C., area. But sweltering summer weather will soon arrive along the Potomac River, and America's most famous farmhouse is ready. Mount Verno

2010-04-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As part of preparations for the football World Cup in South Africa, officials recently inaugurated a refurbished sports stadium in one of Johannesburg's less wealthy neighborhoods. During the World C

2010-04-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

African farmers are making more money producing organically grown crops for European markets, where demand for healthier food is growing.Nearly 5,000 farmers in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal,

2010-04-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In a first for France, the Paris prosecutor's office has opened a probe into the management practices of French telecommunications giant France Telecom. The probe follows a wave of worker suicides a

2010-04-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Obama administration has provided details of the agenda of the Nuclear Security Summit to be held in Washington next week, focusing on commitments the 47 participating nations will make to secure

2010-04-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Poles are mourning their president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria who were among those killed in a plane crash in Western Russia. The speaker of parliament has taken over presidential duties in pre

2010-04-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thai security forces have launched a major crackdown against anti-government protesters in a bid to end ongoing demonstrations. At least ten people were killed and more than 500 people have been injur

2010-04-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

French movie goers have been rushing to theaters to see a popular new film that recounts one of the most painful episodes of France's recent history - its role in the Holocaust under the World War II

2010-04-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It's not every day when a new singer earns comparisons to the "King of Country" George Strait. But, that is what's happening to newcomer, Easton Corbin.Corbin's debut single, "A Little More Countr

2010-04-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Greece is facing more troubling news as it tries to get its growing debt under control. Fitch Ratings, one of the world's major credit rating agencies, downgraded Greece's status Friday due to conce