2009-12-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Australia's Immigration department has confirmed that facilities at the Christmas Island detention center have been stretched beyond their limits.There are more than 1,400 detainees in the camp that

2009-12-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The actions of Tony Blair have again come under scrutiny in Britain as he admits in a BBC interview that he was behind regime change in Iraq.The war was sold to his cabinet, to parliament and to the B

2009-12-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates predicted Friday that the international community will impose stronger economic sanctions on Iran unless its leaders change their policy and live up to agreements r

2009-12-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Iraqi Arab and Kurdish leaders have made progress in recent weeks toward resolving their differences over power sharing and the status of the city of Kirkuk. G

2009-12-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One of the world's largest private international humanitarian organizations wants to ensure women have a major say in any climate change agreement. CARE, with anti-poverty programs in 65countries wor

2009-12-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

On a sunny afternoon in the southern U.S. state of North Carolina, Gwen Pitt is supervising the cotton harvest. As a large machine mashes the cotton into a solid brick a bit smaller than a train car,

2009-12-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

FGM involves the removal of all or part of the female genitalia. Sometimes the remaining flesh is stitched closed, a practice called infibulation, leaving only a tiny opening for urination and menstru

2009-12-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

What do traffic lights, remote control devices and cell phone displays have in common? The answer is light emitting diodes or LEDs. LEDs produce as much light as incandescent light bulbs but consume

2009-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The top U.S. envoy on North Korean nuclear disarmament says he had good discussions in Pyongyang, but secured no formal commitment for the North to come back to negotiations. U.S. envoy Stephen Boswo

2009-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Barack Obama has formally accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. The president spoke at length about the circumstances that push nations to war, and prompt them

2009-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Police in Pakistan say five American nationals they arrested this week in an eastern town have told interrogators they arrived in the country to join "jihad" or a holy war. U.S and Pakistani official

2009-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth's mission to North Korea this week was "quite positive" even though it yielded no firm commitment by Pyongyang to return to Chinese

2009-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew to Baghdad, after a 48-hour visit to Afghanistan, to press Iraqi leaders to resolve their differences over the status of the autonomous Kurdish region and the

2009-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The billionaire philanthropist Soros says the money needed to help poor countries tackle climate change should come from the International Monetary Fund, or IMF. He says rich countries should channel

2009-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In America's Northwest Indian Country, the increasingly cold weather and shortening days signal a time to gather. It's a time to nestle indoors and tell stories, and try to pass on Indian culture an

2009-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Jewish settlers staged a major demonstration Wednesday against the Israeli government they helped to elect.About 10,000 Jewish settlers gathered in Jerusalem to protest the government's freeze on con

2009-12-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Less than one year after he took office, U.S. President Barack Obama is preparing to go to Norway to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He says he is humbled by the award and not sure he has done enough t

2009-12-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Though activists predicted that hundreds of thousands would march Wednesday against corruption in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, only a few thousand turned up.Most were students protesting the lat

2009-12-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

There's not exactly a rush of good news across economically stressed America - unless you work at one of our 1,200 community colleges. For most of them, everything's rosy.Once dismissed as lowly ju

2009-12-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

When Ahmet Kursad Demir realized that he could receive an education and continue to play Tennis like he has been doing for most of his life, Ahmet made the journey to the U-S. "I am from Turkey and ri

2009-12-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Among the many activists at the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit is polar explorer Robert Swan, whose life story carries an environmental message that he hopes can help save the planet.

Even as a

2009-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan told a congressional panel Tuesday that the next 18 months will be decisive. The U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan also spoke to a House of Repre

2009-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says it could take 20 years for Afghanistan to be able to pay for its own security, although he has said he hopes his new army and police force will be able to take over

2009-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Pakistani officials say since Monday, more than 70 people have died in bombings across the country. In the latest attack, police say a bomb blast near an intelligence office in the central city of Mu

2009-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Working sessions have begun and that means negotiators are faced with tackling the issues on the table. The goal is to come up with substantive, but workable solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions