2017-09-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced targeted sanctions on two South Sudanese government officials and one former official for their roles in threatening the peace, securi

2017-09-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States remains committed to revitalizing NATO so it can meet today's security needs while maintaining the fundamental principle of Article 5 — that an attack on o

2017-09-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

On August 23, Angolans went to the polls to elect a new parliament, and to determine who would replace President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, [Zhose Eduardo Dosh Santosh] who has gover

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Qatar’s climate makes farming difficult with extreme heat, little freshwater and a high salt content in the desert soil.In 2012 the family-owned company Agrico started raisin

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Thousands of migrants desperate to get to Europe are being held in detention centers across Libya. Conditions are better at camps like this one run by the UN’s International

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A manmade island in Washington D.C. provides an ideal setting for biologists who study bats.What scientists do is install these temporary nets to trap bats so they can be studied a

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The creator of the Chowberry App has a clear motivation for creating his new food sharing application.“There was a phase in the family where my dad was temporary ill and out

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Once protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, Akiko now feels exposed.She arrived in America from the Philippines at age 10 and studied to be a nurse.Deport

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Julian Brown has autism, one of the ways that manifests for him is that he has trouble reading people’s emotions but his Google Glasses have an app that helps him read basic

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

These Saudi women are fielding distress calls during this year’s Hajj.“We receive a call, and I check the location and who is calling, then I send the request to the pr

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

On the first Monday of September every year, the United States pauses to honor its workers and the contributions they make to our nation’s prosperity.On September 5, 1882, mo

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The idea is simple: Instead of throwing away unused, still good to eat food, local businesses and residents can leave it in a public refrigerator for others.This new fridge is situ

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.Alan Gross, an American development worker who was unfairly jailed for alleged crimes against the Cuban gove

2017-09-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United Nations reports that despite reduced violence in some areas of Syria, unspeakable crimes against civilians have continued, including the use of chemical weapons against

2017-09-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The people of South Sudan are experiencing the world's worst food security crisis, one caused not by drought or flood, but by man-made conflict: a power struggle between President

2017-09-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Hunger is a result of poverty, but it also causes poverty. People who do not have sufficient food and nutrition are less able to escape from poverty. In many countries women, altho

2017-09-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Iranian government's brutal intolerance of religious freedom continues.On August 27, a revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced Mohammad Ali Taheri, the founder of an Iranian s

2017-09-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For over 60 years, UN peacekeeping missions have operated in some of the most dangerous and difficult environments in the world.Peacekeepers provide stability and prevent fresh out

2017-09-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Between 1964 and 1973, in an effort to prevent the movement of supplies, armaments and North Vietnamese fighters across neighboring territories and into Vietnam, the U.S. Air Force

2017-09-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Azerbaijani authorities have arrested Mehman Aliyev, editor-in-chief of Turan Information Agency, and sentenced him to three months of pre-trial detention pending trial on charges

2017-09-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Lebanon has the highest proportion of cultivable land in the Arab world. Indeed, the region has a long history of agricultural activity. There is evidence that as far back as 8,000

2017-09-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Imprisonment for peaceful political activity, religious belief, or for defending a fellow citizen's rights is a horror and a travesty.In Iran, the horror is accentuated by the bru

2017-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Here at the weird hotel, robots are everywhere from a humanoid greeter to a friendly dinosaur that checks in visitors.“If you want to check in, please press 1. Check-in is al

2017-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Passing the time in shelters hasn’t been easy for flood victims who don’t know when they can go home.19-year-old Sara Al Azaat from Saudi Arabia has only been in Housto

2017-09-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This is The Tiny House of Fashion, the business Danelle Johnson has always dreamed of having.After graduating from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Johnson worked