2011-11-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

These are tough times. But we were surprised to learn today that the Queen of England has decided to join other London homeowners and rent out rooms during the Olympics next summer. So would you like

2011-11-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Here are some Thanksgiving tips from food safety expert Ben Chapman, at North Carolina State University.First, do not wash the turkey. The water splashing off of poultry can toss bacteria around your

2011-11-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Hilly San Francisco is America’s 13th-largest city. Three other California cities - Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose - are larger. Yet each year, San Francisco ranks first or second in the nation

2011-11-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new report says African governments are ill prepared to handle the growing number of people over age 65. The African Development Bank is raising concerns over the lack of health insurance and pensio

2011-11-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The latest report on landmines has both good and bad news. It says governments have provided a record level of funding to remove the weapons. But at the same time the use of antipersonnel mines has in

2011-11-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Confessing to a crime usually is not enough to throw you behind bars. Many states require independent evidence to corroborate a confession. But if a suspect confesses and forensic investigators know,

2011-11-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

STEVE INSKEEP, host: Some other news now. Amazon shot out the latest round in the computer tablet wars yesterday - the Kindle Fire. The company ended up shipping the device a day earlier to get it in

2011-11-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

As a special congressional committee in Washington has been wrestling with ways to reduce the US budget deficit, students in Los Angeles and other American cities have also been tackling the problem.

2011-11-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Under current U.S. law, automatic cuts to domestic programs and national defense will begin in 2013, because a congressional committee failed to agree on trimming America’s federal deficit. Already,

2011-11-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The United States' most prominent public health agency is calling the cholera epidemic in Haiti “the worst cholera outbreak in recent history.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2011-11-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Having a high IQ may have its drawbacks: a new study finds that highly intelligent children are more likely to try illegal drugs in their teenage and adult years. The work is published in the Journal

2011-11-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

GUY RAZ, host: This fall, New Yorkers have been trying out demo versions of a new bike. In time, it could become as common as the city's yellow cabs. New York has chosen an Oregon company to set up a

2011-11-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Jobs, jobs, jobs. As political rhetoric intensifies in tough economic times, everybody’s talking about jobs and job creation.A trip to the small Midwest state of Wisconsin might be instructive. It ro

2011-11-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Fans around the world are queueing up to see the latest film based on author Stephanie Meyers' Twilight novels. The final book chronicling the romance of teenager Bella and vampire Edward has been s

2011-11-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The new report from UNAIDS says 2011 brought unprecedented progress in science, political leadership and results. It says despite the financial crisis, greater access to HIV treatment had a dramatic e

2011-11-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Male nursery web spiders often woo potential lady-friends with gifts wrapped in silk. Mating may ensue, during which a female unspools the present, expecting to find a tasty treat. But the males can b

2011-11-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The annual ASEAN summit brings together leaders from the ten Southeast Asian countries.As usual, the leaders of China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand will also join the talks.Thi

2011-11-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In Olde in the Netherlands, authorities are dredging a huge bowl in the northern rural part of the country to head off floodwaters and protect towns and villages from disaster.The project threatens to

2011-11-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Obama has used his speech in Australia to send a message that the United States is, and will continue to be a Pacific power.U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton declared in Honolulu earlier that the

2011-11-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Staff at the Shanghai Expo partying it up in the Australian pavilion just weeks before the end of the event last year. And there was a lot to celebrate. The exhibition attracted over 70 million visito

2011-11-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

RENEE MONTAGNE, host: The new version of the video game "Call of Duty" is out now, released last week. In the first 24 hours on shelves in the U.S. and the UK, the game made a staggering $400 million

2011-11-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Students in the United States in their last year of high school are not performing as well on the same science tests as their peers in many other countries. Educators say there should be more emphasi

2011-11-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A so-called U.S. Congressional "supercommittee" has less than one week before a deficit-cutting deadline on November 23. Some economists say the prospects for success are poor while others say failur

2011-11-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Detroit is a U.S. city that has been hit hard by poverty and dilapidation in recent decades. But its citizens are working on a grassroots strategy to rejuvenate their city with urban farming. Urban f

2011-11-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

What is it about the fans base seems to be teenage girls? Yeah. You know, what, what is it about the vampire that the teenage girls respond to?I don't know. I mean, it's like a... I've always been