2012-02-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Time now for Prince Harry's latest adventure,last year ,we saw him headed the north pole with ABC's .Now he is tackling mountain Everest, one of the ten most dangerous mountains in the world .,and t

2012-02-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Mediterranean Sea was a deadliest stretch of water in 2011for refugees and migrants. The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, says more than 1500 people drowned or went missing while fleeing Africa for Eur

2012-02-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

To a female orb web spider, a suitable male can look like a mate—and a meal. For these spiders, the dating game has turned into a deadly dance of evolutionary one-upsmanship.The female spider can cho

2012-02-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Picture an orange. It’s encased in a biodegradable shell—the peel’s even somewhat edible, as marmalade fans can attest. But we humans often package food in plastic, with its environmental and dispo

2012-01-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Six years ago, the Economist Intelligence Unit based in London, published a survey about the quality of life in countries around the world. Sort of a life-satisfaction index, it takes into account fac

2012-01-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Katherine Heigl plays Stephanie Plum in the first film based on the popular mystery novels by author Janet Evanovich. Here's a look at One For The Money.

Plum is out of work, laid off from her dep

2012-01-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new report names Egypt as the center of illegal ivory trade and smuggling in Africa. With the political unrest of the Arab Spring, illegal ivory outlets and workshops have done a booming business.Th

2012-01-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Currently, a scheme called "Free Lunch for Children", initiated by journalist Deng Fei and aiming to provide free lunch to poverty-stricken school children, is the most active micro-charity project in

2012-01-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

With the tune of renowned Chinese composition, Spring Festival Overture, the Chinese New Year Concert kicked off at Lincoln Center on the evening of the second day of the Chinese lunar New Year.Presen

2012-01-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

At the same time, EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton says the 27-member block is also freezing the assets of Iran's central bank. "We've added additional restrictive measures in the energy sec

2012-01-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Their name is long but precise: The UN Principles for Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and IDPs. Relief groups and lawyers know them as the Pinheiro Principles, named for Paulo Sergio Pi

2012-01-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Voters in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida go to the polls Tuesday in a primary election that could prove pivotal in the battle for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Former Massac

2012-01-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Despite an improving economic picture, the housing market remains a drag on the U.S. economy. The Commerce Department says new home sales fell last month, even as median home prices continued to drop.

2012-01-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday predicted a "robust debate" ahead with Republicans, and the party's eventual presidential nominee, about the economy and future of the country. The president spo

2012-01-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

While President Barack Obama spends the last year of his current term in office with many pressing issues, including trying to get re-elected, African analysts and advocates say policy toward sub-Saha

2012-01-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Academy Award nominations have confirmed the buzz about sure bets, but also added some surprises. In the category Best Actor in a Leading Role, some of the five nominees were expected to be in the

2012-01-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new study finds that children exposed to common industrial chemicals, called perfluorinated compounds or PFCs, have a reduced immune response to vaccines intended to protect them from disease. PFCs

2012-01-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

President Barack Obama is calling for reforms in the way Americans pay for a college education. The president made his appeal Friday before an audience of students at the University of Michigan.Presi

2012-01-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is marking its 10th anniversary. But celebrations have been subdued because of a lack of donations needed for future projects. The United States

2012-01-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In 2009, a Chinese woman illegally entered Japan by altering her fingerprints in order to fool immigration officials.While it was Japan's first documented case of biometric fraud, disguising fingerpr

2012-01-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

People who engage in mentally-stimulating activities over a lifetime have lower levels of a protein in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds.That supports other research wh

2012-01-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Algae naturally produce oil. When it’s processed, that oil can be turned into biofuel, an alternative energy source. There’s just one snag—harvesting the oil from algae-filled water is prohibitivel

2012-01-27 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The International Labor Organization says the world faces an urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade. It says those jobs are needed to generate sustainable growth

2012-01-27 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Jazz bassist Christian McBride enjoys a good conversation. So much so that he recorded an entire album of “conversations.” With more and more musicians jumping on the duets bandwagon, Christian Mc

2012-01-27 所属栏目:英语听力材料

We've all heard exercise is good for your physical and mental wellbeing. But a good workout can actually influence the mental wellbeing of others, too. Because bosses who hit the gym tend to be less