2012-01-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Gabrielle Giffords, 41, resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday in an emotional ceremony on the House floor a little more than one year after she was shot in the head at an event for

2012-01-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Worth of the average price of gasoline is about to go on a rocket ride that could last through summer. So which cities are in for a directed hit?Is it yours? Here is ABC's Cecelia Vega.With record pa

2012-01-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It’s known that taller people tend to have more jobs with more authority—and higher salaries. But there’s a flip side—the more powerful a person is, the taller he or she feels.The researchers who

2012-01-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Imagine growing vegetables and fish in the same space. That’s the idea behind aquaponics, a marriage of fish farming and soil-less plant cultivation in a single, sustainable closed system.Supporters

2012-01-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning in Hollywood.Martin Scorsese's 3D adventure movie "Hugo," a fantasy tribute to French film pioneer George Melies, leads the list with 11 nomi

2012-01-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Michael Fay calls himself a “nature boy.” He’s made a career of exploring the globe in the name of environmental protection, sponsored by organizations like National Geographic and the Wildlife Con

2012-01-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

You - yes, you - can save the planet. That message is being spread across America - not by environmental activists but by ordinary business men and women, families on vacation, truckers and salespeop

2012-01-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Holy cow ! You have to take a look at this picture. Yeah, this bovine has given birth to not one, but four calves. I guess that will really earn her the world heifer. They got us thinking how common i

2012-01-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

With two days to go before the big countdown to the Year of the Dragon on Chinese lunar calendar, various dragon-themed items are selling well in markets. Red lanterns, Spring Festival scrolls, Chines

2012-01-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In 2005, the Ministry of Education issued a regulation forbidding state-run primary and junior middle schools from offering Olympic math courses. It later cancelled the policy of including Olympic mat

2012-01-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress. Obama provided a preview of the speech he will deliver in one of the most difficult economic and polit

2012-01-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina primary, a surprising turnaround after his poor showings in previous contests. VOA's Suzanne Presto has more from Columbia, South Carolina.Newt Gingrich's su

2012-01-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

As part of the new pilot project, people who have already gone through the interview process to get their original US travel visa won't have to be interviewed again.Senior Presidential Advisor Valeri

2012-01-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A trip to a shop for fresh produce is getting more expensive. So with that in mind, some green-thumbed New Yorkers are cutting out the middle man and growing their own veggies.But in the depths of win

2012-01-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The hepatitis E virus shares similar symptoms with hepatitis A, both of which cause victims to suffer from anorexia, vomiting and nausea. In China, the incidence rate of hepatitis E has increased nota

2012-01-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

What is your outlook for the year?I am desperately optimistic ,and we'll continue to be desperately optimistic. I know that we will have tough times to go through. There will be stroms,there will be

2012-01-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council posted a draft of new school bus safety regulations online in December for a one-month period of public consultation. As of January 11th this year,

2012-01-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The municipal government has announced that over the next three years it will plant 160, 000 acres of trees around the suburbs, a space which is 90 times larger than the Beijing Olympic Forest Park.To

2012-01-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The race for the U.S. Republican Party’s presidential nomination appears to be tightening in advance of a crucial primary showdown Saturday in South Carolina. The Republican race took a chaotic turn

2012-01-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A team of scientists is urging that agriculture be a top priority in climate change negotiations, saying it’s vital for global food security and for reducing carbon emissions. The recommendations app

2012-01-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Drive across America, and you’ll see one fast-food restaurant after another:McDonald’s. Burger King. Sonic. Taco Bell. KFC. Wendy’s. Hardee’s. Long John Silver’s. Dairy Queen. Arby’s. Jack in th

2012-01-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Breaking Ground, in association with Suntech Unlimited, empowering a solar tomorrow. Singapore's newest eco-friendly skyscraper--Asia Square, designed by Denton Corker Marshall and Architect 61 is br

2012-01-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has published a new draft on the refund, repair and replacement of home-use automotive products and is soliciting opinions

2012-01-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The World Bank is warning that developing countries around the world should prepare for further downside risks to their economic growth as the eurozone debt crisis stalls consumption in developed econ

2012-01-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

China's unmanned spacecraft Shanzhou 8 blasting off into space. 15 patents for the new technology used in the mission were granted last year by the government. Last year China recorded a total of 1.6