2010-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised the massive turnout for Thrusday's government-backed rally marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Government supporters an

2010-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

From the air, South Dakota looks like a patchwork quilt, as if someone neatly sectioned off the landscape with square and rectangular cookie cutters. This is corn and soybean country. So finding a 260

2010-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

It's just after seven p.m. on a recent bitter cold evening and the cavernous sanctuary of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side is bursting. Jewish musicians and congregants

2010-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

MUSIC: "Our World" themeThis week on Our World: Hopeful test results for a new malaria vaccine ... the debate over genetically modified foods continues ... and the promise and peril of looking for new

2010-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Indian officials have announced they will ban commercial planting of genetically modified eggplants until more tests demonstrate its safety. The decision follows heated public debate over the risks an

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Australian Mamdouh Habib is starring in a play about the years he spent imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, under suspicion of training militants and having prior knowledge of the 2001 terrorist attacks in

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Year of the Tiger starts in a few days in China. Among the elaborate celebrations will be the start of a last-ditch drive to save the 50 remaining wild tigers in the country.

China is awash wi

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A former U.S. lawmaker who played a key role in the ouster of Soviet forces from Afghanistan has died.

Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson helped funnel millions of dollars to fund Afghan fighters dur

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A new study opens a fascinating window on how people communicate without words, and how some of the sounds people make to express emotion can be understood across cultural barriers. When we communicat

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Upbeat economic data sent U.S. stocks higher Thursday. Positive indicators in America's labor market and housing sector appear to be fueling hopes that a fragile economic recovery will accelerate.

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Iran's president has told a crowd gathered for the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that Iran has made its first batch of further-enriched uranium. The announcement is likely to provoke more cri

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A massive international aid effort is underway in Haiti. Non-government organizations and international bodies, including the United Nations, have launched an all-out program to vaccinate children an

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

New public opinion polls show that President Barack Obama and both major U.S. political parties face a challenging political climate in the months ahead.

Two recent surveys - one by ABC News and Th

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Researchers have discovered a gene linked to stuttering, a speech disorder that afflicts an estimated one million adults worldwide. Scientists believe the finding raises hope that a drug might someda

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Once a booming tourist destination for Europeans looking for a small stretch of tropical paradise, Sierra Leone is better known these days for its post-war struggles to develop. But many here believe

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko continues to resist calls to concede election defeat despite growing domestic and international consensus that Sunday's vote gave the presidency to her oppon

2010-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Guatemalan rights advocates are hailing this week's decision by the country's Supreme Court to issue arrestwarrants for former members of the military accused of massacring villagers during the coun

2010-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The second major snowstorm to hit Washington, D.C in less than a week has buried legislative action on Capitol Hill, with the House of Representatives canceling its voting schedule for the week, and

2010-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Aides to Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko say she is planning a legal challenge to Sunday's election results, which showed a victory for former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. The

2010-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Washington, D.C. is enduring its second major snowstorm in less than a week and the third this winter season. Experts say the oceanic disturbance known as El Niño is to blame for severe weather

2010-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israel has issued a stern warning after Iran said it had begun making a higher-grade nuclear fuel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's intentions are clear.

"Iran is racing

2010-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

With two days to go before the anniversary celebration of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, authorities are slowing the internet and disrupting mobile phone service in what is believed to be an effort

2010-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together on efforts to create jobs. The president hosted a meeting with top lawmakers from both parties at the Whit

2010-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Hundreds of thousands of people fled the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after the city was devastated by an earthquake nearly one month ago. At least 35,000 headed north to the town of Gonaives.

2010-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The need for drugs and alcohol - or the desire for money to buy them - can drive addicts to robbery, domestic violence and other crimes. Many people consider jail time the best way to keep them from c