2012-01-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The World Bank has scaled back its growth forecast for the global economy in 2012, as a result of Europe's ongoing debt problems. Although the world lending institution says the eurozone crisis appea

2012-01-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The United States says its military forces in the Persian Gulf region are prepared to deal with any threat from Iran. Top Iranian officials have said they might close the Strait of Hormuz, a move that

2012-01-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The latest efforts by Indonesian authorities to stop people from riding on top of trains reinforces the perception that the government is too dysfunctional to make the needed investments to address it

2012-01-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Mr. Tan is a taxi driver in Guangzhou. He is planning to drive home with his wife for the upcoming Spring Festival. When learned about the carpooling campaign, he decides to help a stranger get to the

2012-01-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The world's largest annual migration is on its way - As China's spring festival approaches, hundreds of millions of people working or studying outside their hometowns are hurrying to reunite with th

2012-01-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It’s estimated there are more than 45 million abortions worldwide every year. Reproductive rights advocates say more than half are unsafe, causing many injuries and deaths among young women. They say

2012-01-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The most extensive study ever of biodiversity confirms what scientists have long believed, that natural ecosystems are healthier and more resilient when they support a large variety of plant life.Repo

2012-01-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. communities routinely use zoning laws to control where businesses may operate in a neighborhood. Now there's a move to zone the ocean. A number of coastal states and the federal government have

2012-01-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The soaring price of hospital prescription drugs is believed to be a fundamental problem in China's healthcare system. Back in the 1950s, due to the lack of government funding, the central authoritie

2012-01-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

We in America no longer lock away people with mental illness or intellectual disabilities as routinely as we once did, unless their impairments are profound or they’re considered a danger to themselv

2012-01-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

When patients go to see Dr. Daphne Miller, they are more likely to leave with a recipe for a wholesome meal than a drug prescription.52, Ronnie Sampson, was diagnosed with neurosarcoidosis In 2000, a

2012-01-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in West Africa, where she met with Ivory Coast's leader Alassane Ouattara about efforts to reconcile divisions remaining from the political crisis over the

2012-01-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

People have used tobacco for well over a thousand years. And researchers recently found unique physical evidence of the ancient habit. They detected traces of tobacco in a 1300-year-old Mayan containe

2012-01-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

This year, the "Happy New Year" series of activities, jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and local government departments, will present artistic performances, displays of folk customs and ar

2012-01-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Malawi, Zambia and Vietnam will take part in a new project to transition to climate-smart agriculture. The goal is to help farmers adapt to climate change, while helping to control farming’s carbon e

2012-01-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A silent, black-and-white film from France was the big winner Sunday at the 69th annual Golden Globe awards. The honorees are chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.From Spielberg to Martin

2012-01-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

As India marks an important milestone in its fight against polio, international health experts say that it is too soon to declare victory. Mass vaccination has eradicated the crippling disease in many

2012-01-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Revolution, it's about you, get tools, tips and advice from your personal team of life style experts to help you start your own revolution.I know Team Gun loves color and so do I, but not just fo

2012-01-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

音频与PDF文档打包下载It is story time at the Cook home. Two-year-old Tristan gets his work-weary father Dave Cook to read him one book after another before going to bed. As Dave and his wife Andrea s

2012-01-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

音频与PDF文档打包下载A team of British scientists has published new details of the world’s deepest volcanic vents, discovered in 2010 in a canyon on the Caribbean seafloor. Although the vents are gus

2012-01-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

音频与PDF文档打包下载A suicide-bomber handing out food and pastries blew himself up near a security checkpoint outside the mainly Shi'ite Iraqi port city of Basra, killing at least 53 people and woun

2012-01-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

As one of the measures introduced, these charities say they'll set up a platform to make public donation-related information.Wang Zhenyao is dean of the One Foundation Philanthropy Research Institute

2012-01-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The country's fresh vegetable sellers gained value-added tax exemption from January 1 of this year, the Ministry of Finance announced on Monday, as the government continues with its efforts to stabil

2012-01-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

As of today, the Beijing Municipal government is now releasing real-time air-quality data on the Internet for residents to check. The center's staff will post air-quality data 24 hours a day on its o

2012-01-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Wednesday, praising the new Italian government for the speed of its reforms."The speed as well as the substance of th