2010-03-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Latin American leaders Thursday it is time to move forward on restoring relations with Honduras after last year's coup. She holds a key meeting with Central Am

2010-03-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent in February. Fewer jobs were lost than many economists had feared, but the statistics show that many companies don't have enough faith in an econ

2010-03-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The prayers from a Sunni mosque carry through the streets of this Baghdad neighborhood ... competing with or, perhaps, complementing the prayers from a Shi'ite mosque nearby.Above both comes the heav

2010-03-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In the 1970s, Carl Safina fished off the U.S. Atlantic coast for bluefin tuna, a majestic warm-blooded predator that travels at highway speeds and can weigh as much as 650 kilograms.

"I've seen a

2010-03-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A foster home for HIV/AIDS orphans in Ghana has launched a school and other business ventures to support its work, thanks to a partnership with an American university.

Mmofra Trom, which means "c

2010-03-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A species of frog has been found alive on a farm in Australia more than 30 years after it was thought to have become extinct. Environment officials have said a thriving population of yellow-spotted be

2010-03-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

While the health care reform debate in the United States has been dominated on lowering the cost of health insurance, other health care activists and experts are working behind the scenes to lower bar

2010-03-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

MUSIC: "Our World" theme

This week on Our World: A newly documented and source of climate-changing greenhouse gas ... Rubber-stamping the nuclear power option ... and how second-hand tobacco smoke

2010-03-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel hopes to begin peace negotiations with the Palestinians next week, during a visit by U.S. envoy George Mitchell. Mr. Netanyahu spoke to his Cabinet a day

2010-03-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Chile's president says it will take several years to rebuild the country after Saturday's powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami that killed at least 800 people. Even as Chile's government st

2010-03-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This spring marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin, who was born and raised in a village just outside Warsaw. His musical legacy forms an integral part of modern Poland's cultur

2010-03-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One hundred years ago, a Delaware chemical tycoon, William duPont, ordered a train depot built at Montpelier, which was once the Virginia estate of America's fourth president, James Madison. DuPont

2010-03-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study has found that teenagers who are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are more likely to have changes to their blood vessels that could lead to heart disease later in life.

Researcher

2010-03-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In The Hague, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has resumed his own defense in his war crimes trial for what he called Serbia’s “just and holy cause” against Muslim aggression during the

2010-03-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

South Africa President Jacob Zuma says international sanctions against Zimbabwe should be lifted. In recent weeks the European Union and the United States voted to extend sanctions against South Afric

2010-03-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Conditions in the world's grain markets today are similar to those during the food price crisis of 2007-2008, according to the head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.FAO chief Jacques Dio

2010-03-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The government of Malaysia knows that, in the current global economic situation, it must innovate to survive. Its traditional manufacturing base is threatened by competition from lower-wage countries.

2010-03-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Researchers at Stanford University in California say acupuncture can be an effective weapon against depression in pregnant women.Depression can pose serious health risks to mother and baby, according

2010-03-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner, airports are looking for ways to tighten security. One method being adopted by some and considered by others is the full body scanner. A

2010-03-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It was another day of bullhorn diplomacy by Iran's top nuclear officials, who appear to be struggling to halt momentum for a new round of international sanctions. The head of Iran's atomic energy a

2010-03-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Indonesian leaders and academics gathered today in Jakarta to discuss how U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming visit could help build better bilateral relations in areas such as education, climate

2010-03-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says migrants often lose their lives when traveling in over-crowded boats or trying to cross remote borders. But what is happening in Egypt, she say

2010-03-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Observers say the Turkish prime minister's threats over the media's coverage of the recent political crisis is adding to growing questions about what direction the country is heading.

The finan

2010-03-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

During the recent Fashion Week in New York City, top designers unveiled their fall and winter collections to buyers, the public and young students who hope to one day see their own designs on the catw

2010-03-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When Priscilla Star Diaz told her father she wanted to be a performer, he did all he could to help achieve not only his child's dream, but also his own long-deferred one as well. Their journey is chr