2010-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Haitian American violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain is in Vancouver this month as part of the cultural celebrations surrounding the Winter Olympics. Roumain - also known as DBR - blends classical violi

2010-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

We are at a turning point in human history, says futurist Jeremy Rifkin, and how we deal with the triple challenge of global economic meltdown, energy security, and climate change will determine human

2010-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Coffee, computers and piston engines - could we imagine a world without them? These are intricate parts of every day life for most of us and the knowledge that led to them was either invented by or p

2010-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The world's two dominant women's ice hockey teams - Canada and the United States - opened group round-robin play at the Winter Olympics with lopsided victories. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer is in

2010-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

After more than two months of political uncertainty over the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigeria's new acting president Goodluck Jonathan takes power facing a host of economic and security

2010-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro is expected to announce a new government this week, and Ivorian opposition leaders continue to call for the resignation of President Laurent Gbagbo, who has disso

2010-02-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Zeev Raz is proud of how he led an Israeli air force squadron of F-16 bombers to destroy a nuclear facility near Baghdad. The retired Israeli air force pilot remembers it was a surprisingly easy job

2010-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Top military commanders in Afghanistan say a major anti-Taliban offensive in the southern Helmand Province is making steady progress. But the United Nations has expressed concern over reports of civi

2010-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Five men convicted of a terrorist conspiracy in Australia's biggest city, Sydney, have been given jail sentences of 23 to 28 years. The men were found guilty late last year of charges that included p

2010-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Australian government plans to attract Islamic banks after publishing its first report on this booming area of finance. The government wants Australia to become a finance hub for almost one billio

2010-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Somali rebel group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a failed suicide bombing attempt against the defense minister for the Western-backed Mogadishu government. The capital city lies mostly aban

2010-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Japanese automaker Toyota has announced yet another recall. This time it is Tacoma pickup trucks sold in the United Sates. The announcement is the latest in a string of recalls that have hurt the comp

2010-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In a Valentine's Day with a difference, residents of the Klong Toey slum near Bangkok's port have come to the aid of the children of Haiti.

Volunteers and children from the Duang Prateep Foundat

2010-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One day in 2006, Hannah Salwen and her father, Kevin, stopped at a traffic light in downtown Atlanta. The 14 year old remembers looking out the window. "And I saw this homeless man sitting on the side

2010-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The makers of a Bollywood-inspired film about an Australian who falls in love with an Indian university student hope to ease tensions over recent attacks on foreign students in Melbourne and Sydney. A

2010-02-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

India is expected to spend $100 billion in the next decade on its military. The South Asian nation is believed to be the world's largest buyer of weaponry, and there is an intense competition among

2010-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The current and former vice presidents of the United States sparred over terror policy Sunday on American television.

Since leaving office a year ago, Dick Cheney has been one of President Barack

2010-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ukrainian election officials say they will not consider Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's complaints of presidential election fraud. Opposition leader Victor Yanukovich defeated Ms. Tymoshenko by 3.

2010-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

China welcomed the start of the new lunar year with traditional deafening and dazzling firework displays.

Firecrackers echoed across major cities as the Year of the Tiger was ushered in on the stro

2010-02-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Not all of the teams in Vancouver are here to compete. Some are here to save lives should the unthinkable happen. They can be the best way to find someone buried in snow, but the idea of using them h

2010-02-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

To mark the occasion, many Americans will spend big bucks on chocolates and other candy. But in a New York pizza parlor, a young woman named Christy explains that her high school boyfriend has other w

2010-02-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

At least nine people died and more than 40 were injured in an explosion at one of the most popular hangouts in the western Indian city of Pune. Authorities say they believe the blast at a bakery, popu

2010-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. government agencies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on rescue and relief efforts in Haiti, which is marking the one month anniversary of the powerful earthquake that shattered the coun

2010-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Former United States president Jimmy Carter has said he believes Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is likely to face a second round run-off against one of his opponents in the upcoming election. He al

2010-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Burkinabé President Blaise Compaoré has committed to making emergency obstetric care and access to family planning free in Burkina Faso, as part of a strategy to fight maternal mortality in the coun