2011-03-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The United Nations' top nuclear official says the situation at Japan's troubled nuclear power plant continues to be very serious as Japanese authorities struggle to bring the situation under control

2011-03-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Delegates attending a United Nations meeting in Bangkok on HIV/AIDS in Asia say more work is needed to reverse the epidemic, including better prevention efforts and access to treatment.Delegates to a

2011-03-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

2011 is the International Year of Chemistry. So scientists at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim raised a glass. (Or a beaker.) And they celebrated as only chemists can—

2011-03-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

裸钻就是经过切割加工，打磨但是没有镶嵌的单粒钻石。现在很多钻戒和钻石饰品价格都是吓人的高，但是裸钻价格就要让人容易接受的多了。所以裸钻要更划算哦！Diamond rings are considered by many a must for a wedd

2011-03-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

GUY RAZ, host: ADHD - or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (注意力不足过动症，多动症) - is said to affect up to 10 percent of American children, and almost 3 million of those kids take medicati

2011-03-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Helping others is probably not a top priority for most American 12 year olds. But that's not the case with Ashlee Smith of Reno, Nevada, who's been making a difference in the lives of other children

2011-03-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Not long ago, a VOA colleague of ours was building a cabinet, and he wanted to put wheels on it so it could be moved easily about the room.This got us thinking. We hear a lot about the struggles of Am

2011-03-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

To keep your car purring, you have to change the oil. Such maintenance produces eight billion gallons of used motor oil annually. Some waste oil does get re-refined to produce oil for lubrication or h

2011-03-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Last Sunday, a 32-year-old bullfighter named Lupita Lopez appeared in Mexico City's Plaza Mexico(墨西哥城斗牛场), the largest bullring in the world. She was inducted into(引导，带领) the tiny sororit

2011-03-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The new film from writer-director Tom McCarthy explores themes he featured in his acclaimed earlier films The Station Agent and The Visitor: issues of family connections and choices ordinary people ma

2011-03-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

If you’re planning a trip to the United States, be very careful. You could easily break one of our laws and not know it. We’re not talking about obvious illegal behavior, like punching your taxi dri

2011-03-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Airplane manufacturers have been changing over from aluminum to advanced composite materials. These lighter, stronger composites are made of fibers of carbon or glass embedded in a second material, of

2011-03-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

中国许多汽车租赁公司,不仅提供自驾租车业务,也同时经营着代驾租车业务.但目前相关法规规定,汽车租赁经营者不得以提供驾驶服务等方式从事或变相从事道路运输经营活动.那么这些租赁公司到底是否违法了呢?Reporter:Acc

2011-03-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Ongoing excavations at the La Brea Tar Pits are revealing new details about life in Ice Age Los Angeles, tens of thousands of years ago. For more than a century, scientists have been uncovereing the r

2011-03-27 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Every passenger departing the UK has to pay a fee. It varies depending on where you are flying to and where you are sitting on the plane. Air passenger duty is divided into four categories or bands ba

2011-03-27 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Elizabeth Taylor first burst onto the big screen at the age of 10 with the lead role in "Lassie, Come Home". After a string of girl-next-door role, she showed her first hint of dramatic promise in "A

2011-03-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Stock markets plunged around the world today on concerns that the tragedy unfolding in Japan could devastate the country's economy. And that could push the rest of the world back into recession.Japan

2011-03-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Japan’s government says the total cost of the damage caused by the tsunami could reach 25 trillion yen – or U.S. $309 billion.Reconstruction could boost economyEntire towns were wiped out when the w

2011-03-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

American investor Warren Buffett says he is looking at investment opportunities in India. The world’s third richest man, who has given away most of his fortune, has also expressed optimism that phil

2011-03-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

At least one million children in the United States experience homelessness each year, putting them at increased risk for problems with their health, safety and education.Without a fixed address and wi

2011-03-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In the Portuguese bullfight, the forcados try to subdue the animal by lining up in front of its charge and jumping on its head. That sounds full hardy. It is. But apart from the horrible injuries, the

2011-03-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It’s been more than a decade since the human genome was published. And some critics have wondered where the promised medical applications are. Well, a review article in the current issue of The New E

2011-03-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:And the battle to avert a nuclear disaster in Japan is scary to watch. It might shift the nuclear debate in the U.S. Both the Bush and Obama administrations have tried to promote

2011-03-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The earthquake and tsunami in Japan are causing ripple effects throughout the world. Many factories in Japan that make critical components in electronics and cars have temporarily stopped production,

2011-03-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

During the 1970s, Washington, D.C. was home to a select group of musicians who created their own unique style of rhythm and blues. While most did not gain national attention, they were hugely popular