2016-05-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

ABBOTTABAD, PAKISTAN— More than a dozen men have been arrested in Pakistan for the death of a teenage girl whose body was found in a burned-out van.The killing in the village

2016-05-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope that gave the world stunning pictures of deep space is about 4.5 square meters.Compare that with the primary mirror of the James Webb Space

2016-05-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

FORT WAYNE, INDIANA— The expanding number of Asian-American voters in the United States doesn’t necessarily translate into political clout in U.S. elections, even thoug

2016-05-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA— Women face obstacles in the male-dominated field of computer technology, but new initiatives are teaching girls to write computer programs. One onl

2016-05-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON—Turkish citizens could soon benefit from visa-free travel to Europe, as part of the deal between the EU and Ankara to stem the flow of refugees. In return, Turkey has

2016-05-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending May 7, 2016.

This week's list gets two all-new titles. It starts in fifth

2016-05-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Nigerian government is encouraging use of a new home test kit to diagnose malaria, in hopes that citizens don't assume they have the disease and self-medicate every time they

2016-05-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON— The first known death from the Zika virus on U.S. territory was reported Friday as lawmakers left Washington for a weeklong recess. Neither house of Congress has

2016-05-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY— With the conflict still raging across much of Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast, between the rebel PKK and the Turkish state, many Kurds are

2016-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

While the United States is the only developed country in the world that does not offer paid maternity leave for new mothers, both of the current Democratic presidential candidates

2016-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON—The Islamic State militant group claimed its first ever attack in Somalia earlier this week, though the claim has not been verified. Meanwhile, al-Shabab militants hav

2016-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many homes today are fitted with security cameras and sensors to alert the owners if someone is moving on their property, be it a family member, a mail carrier or an intruder. Fren

2016-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

GRAFTON, OHIO—There’s a growing trend in the United States to let old or underused golf courses revert back to nature. One parcel in Grafton, Ohio, converting 39 hectar

2016-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 30, 2016.

What’s that old saying? “The more things chang

2016-04-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

MOSCOW—Television, where most Russians get their news, has increasingly been under pressure in Russia. It is now almost completely state controlled. But in Moscow, TV Rain s

2016-04-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

VOI, KENYA—African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, weighing as much as six tons, and measuring up to 7.5 meters long.

But despite their size, they find h

2016-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending April 23, 2016.Our songs don’t usually move quickly within the Top Five,

2016-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

All today’s nuclear power plants make energy by thge splitting of uranium atoms -- which creates a lot of useful heat but also a lot of dangerous and deadly nuclear waste. Th

2016-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

During the current presidential campaign, anti-immigrant sentiment seems to have grown in the U.S. But for one community outside the nation's capital, home to more than 130 ethnic

2016-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Many parts of Asia, Africa and the Americas are scorching in heat caused by a cyclical phenomenon known as El Niño. The unusually warm waters that come up to the surface in

2016-04-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NEW YORK—In New York City, opinions on the U.S. presidential candidates are as diverse as the city itself.

Some New Yorkers are pro-Donald Trump, like Jane Jimenez. &ldqu

2016-04-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Newspapers occasionally write about the plight of children living in the streets, but a group of homeless kids in India's capital New Delhi is putting together their own monthly p

2016-04-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST—For nine young female musicians in Ivory Coast, breaking into the male-dominated music industry wasn’t easy. But their group, Bella Mondo, is now a

2016-04-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The next U.S. presidential primary contest is more than a week away, but there is no lull in campaigning as front-runners in both parties look to boost their delegate leads and cha

2016-04-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

These are the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending April 9, 2016.Do we have any new songs for you this week? Well, no. Do we get