2011-10-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

STEVE INSKEEP, host: Apple's new iPhone 4S will be in stores tomorrow. The company says that consumers preordered over a million phones in less than 24 hours when they went on sale online last Friday

2011-10-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Imagine a robotic arm that can mimic the movements of an elephant's trunk.It is highly flexible and strong but can grip delicate objects - like a lemon or a small boy's head - with precision.The bio

2011-10-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

For the first time, the International Monetary Fund has updated its outlook on China ahead of schedule, due to the European sovereign debt and banking crisis, as well as the slow recovery of the US ec

2011-10-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The duo LMFAO formed in 2006 in Los Angeles, California. Its party-oriented dance hit "Party Rock Anthem" reached number one on the U.S. pop singles list, while also pulling a record-setting 200 milli

2011-10-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A shortage of teachers in the United States means it has become difficult to get teachers to work in rural and low income urban areas. Teach for America, a non-profit organization, is helping to fill

2011-10-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Hu Fulin, president of China's largest eyeglass manufacturer in Wenzhou, fled to the United States in late September, leaving 236 million US dollars in debt owed to both Chinese banks and individual

2011-10-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Yesterday morning, a first-aid helicopter embarked on a trial flight in Beijing.During the emergency drill, a 999 ambulance carrying a patient becomes stuck in a traffic jam on Badaling Highway. At a

2011-10-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Floodwaters in central Thailand have inundated industrial parks and manufacturing centers, adding to the mounting economic costs of the disaster. Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos are also continuing to tal

2011-10-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new study finds that a diet high in fruits and vegetables can reduce the danger of heart disease among people at highest risk.Scientists found healthier eating can turn off the risk gene and mitigat

2011-10-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A small, insignificant looking square pad, the size of a finger nail, could change the way diabetics live. Almost invisible, on the surface of the pads are scores of needles.Each micro-needle, which m

2011-10-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Oman is preparing to hold its first general election since pro-reform demonstrations spread throughout the country earlier this year. The vote follows a pledge by the government to meet most demands s

2011-10-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Along one coastal road in Yantai, huge, catchy, commercial real estate billboards read, 'This is the perfect place to make your seaside dream house a reality'. A sales representative at a sea-view a

2011-10-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

An Australian report has shown that urban life is not ideal for birds, especially the native White Ibis.The Ibis is found in most Sydney parks and rubbish tips, scavenging for food and wreaking havoc

2011-10-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

President Barack Obama says Iran's government must be held accountable for what he calls "dangerous and reckless behavior" in what the U.S. has alleged was a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambas

2011-10-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

First results from Liberia's presidential election show incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf leading her 15 rivals.Reporting results from just over 16 percent of more than 4,000 polling stations

2011-10-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Georgia businessman Herman Cain is the surprise leader in the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination, according to the latest poll. But some political analysts question whether Cain

2011-10-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

China's leaders past and present enter the country's parliament to soaring patriotic music. They are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution, which ended two millennia of imperial rul

2011-10-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new archaeological find may signify one of the great leaps in human cultural and cognitive history. Because researchers have discovered a 100,000-year-old art studio.It was known that ochre—rock wi

2011-10-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Palestinians and some Israelis are celebrating an agreement to free more than 1,000 Palestinians and a young Israeli soldier in the coming days. The deal comes after five years of hard negotiations b

2011-10-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Burma has released more than 100 political prisoners as part of a general amnesty, including a few prominent activists. Rights groups have welcomed their release but are urging that all political pris

2011-10-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Not only does Hugh Jackman have a new Hollywood action film, but the Australian actor is also tuning up his singing voice for a return to the Broadway stage.In "Real Steel," Hugh Jackman plays a washe

2011-10-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Nicholas Hanna, a Canadian media artist living in Beijing, has invented a tricycle that writes Chinese characters with water.His calligraphy-mobile is based around a tricycle with a palette similar to

2011-10-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Roger Luo is a Chinese economist based in the US city of Philadelphia. Like many Chinese expatriates, he tries to visit his homeland at least once a year. But now he's having second thoughts. "We use

2011-10-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The 1911 Revolution or Xinhai Revolution, led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, began on October 10, 1911.Within several months, the armed uprising overthrew the Qing dynasty's imperial rule and resulted in a repu

2011-10-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A Kyiv court has sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in jail for abusing her power in a 2009 gas deal with Russia. The conviction and jail sentence comes just as Ukraine ho