2011-10-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Radical cleric and wanted terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki was killed Friday in Yemen in what news reports say was a coordinated air strike by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Al-Awlaki was an American

2011-10-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Millions of containers from around the world enter ports throughout the United States every year. The threat to U.S. national security at these ports have grown in the last decade and so has security

2011-10-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

They came to Poland for their normal monthly meeting. But the finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the countries that use the euro have seen so much turmoil since their last meeting. Global gr

2011-10-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It was a situation every ferry captain dreads. In the cold blackness of the North Sea, a passenger has fallen overboard, remarkably, the crew of the Princess Seaways managed to turn the vessel around

2011-10-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The death of a senior al-Qaida figure by a U.S. air strike in Yemen leaves a gap in the senior ranks of what counterterrorism officials say is the most lethal of the group's franchises, Al-Qaida in t

2011-10-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Cambodian officials say the country's economic growth rate is set to exceed seven percent this year. According to financial analysts even if the global economy slows, Cambodia is well prepared to dea

2011-10-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Everywhere you turn, there are stories about the rapid ascent of the Internet as Americans’ information medium of choice. The trend line is clearly pointing in that direction, but according to a new

2011-10-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

To vocalize, animals create sound waves in their pipe-like vocal tracts. Shorter pipes produce higher-frequency sounds, so small animals like the cuddly koala should have high voices. [Koala sound.] O

2011-09-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

China's first space lab module Tiangong-1 blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.Commander-in-chief of China's manned space program Chang Wanquan announced the launch of

2011-09-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Officials in New Zealand’s second largest city say it will cost more than $15 billion to rebuild parts of Christchurch that were devastated earlier this year by an earthquake. In February, a magnitud

2011-09-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

This week the city of Istanbul is hosting a ground-breaking international film festival. Called "Crime and Punishment," it is focusing on military coups. Turkey is no stranger to coups with its milita

2011-09-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Women all over the world are at increased risk of developing breast and cervical cancers. A new study finds that, for reasons not yet understood, the incidence of these cancers is up in most countrie

2011-09-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

They say all roads lead to Rome. Unfortunately that ain’t all that roads lead to. A new study shows that roads can promote the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The finding appears in the Jour

2011-09-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Railways Ministry's new regulation issued yesterday cuts fees for ticket refunds from 20 percent of the ticket's price to 5 percent.What do passengers who got refunds on the first day of the new

2011-09-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Silver screened theaters in Beijing may have the highest grossing films with famous actors and special effects. But American Peter Sallade and his group of film buffs want Beijingers to see the world

2011-09-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

More than one million children die each year from severe diarrhea and pneumococcal disease. Today (Tuesday), the GAVI Alliance announced an expanded campaign against the two leading killers of childre

2011-09-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Dreams and designs of young architects are shining brightly in Washington at the bi-annual Solar Decathlon.They have come from around the world, college students combining their education with their i

2011-09-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Health experts at the recent U.N. General Assembly in New York focused attention on new ways to combat the rise of non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, including some caused by infectious diseases that

2011-09-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

(Abbas)came to address the Assembly. Mahmoud Abbas' entire life has led up to this moment. When he could stand before the United Nations and call for it to recognize Palestine as a state. --Sixty-thr

2011-09-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

To all the Libyan people. The Libyan land belongs to you, and those who are trying to take it away from you are outsiders. They are mercenaries, they are dogs. They are trying to take over the land, b

2011-09-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Out of control drivers aren’t the only thing city cyclists have to worry about. New research suggests that cyclists are at increased risk of lung damage because of soot.A study compared people who wa

2011-09-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Lunchtime at an afterschool programme for Chinese kids in the American city of Philadelphia. "I'm Austin and I'm 12 years old.""How often do you eat American food?""Every day.""What did you eat toda

2011-09-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In its latest World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund said the global economy is in a dangerous new phase with growing risks of a downturn. The agency predicted that real GDP in the ad

2011-09-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The tiny timber town of Sparkman, Arkansas, has lost more than half its population since 1950. If the current trend continues, the 500-resident community might disappear altogether.Anxious to avoid th

2011-09-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It was only last month that Texas Governor Rick Perry decided to enter the race for the Republican Party's presidential nomination and quickly zoomed to the top of public opinion polls. But in recen