2016-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In general, people around the world are eating better and living longer, but they are also moving less. This is contributing to the rise of diabetes, a condition that affects 422 m

2016-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

ABDIJAN, IVORY COAST—Uber, the U.S.-based online taxi company, operates a mobile app that allows consumers with smartphones to book cab service from Uber drivers who use thei

2016-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON—As life in cities worldwide becomes more hectic and more expensive, urban designers are resorting to modern technology to help citizens avoid traffic snarls, and s

2016-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

ATHENS—Among the tens of thousands of refugees stranded in Greece are many Afghan nationals. VOA spoke to several of them who claim they were forced to flee threats from the

2016-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Experts say the Islamic State is looting and selling cultural antiquities from Iraq and Syria on an industrial scale. The destruction and sale of these treasures is not only condo

2016-04-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson called for cooperation from the American Muslim community Wednesday, during a speech at a symposium on Countering V

2016-04-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON—More people were put to death in countries around the world last year than in any other year during the past quarter-century, Amnesty International said Tuesday.The re

2016-04-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The partisan tug-of-war over a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy will overshadow Congress when the Senate gets back to work Monday after a two-week recess.The battle simmered last week ev

2016-04-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

IRAQI KURDISTAN— Kurdish Diji Terror, or counterterrorism forces, are some of the best trained and equipped in the fight against the Islamic State. They were set up by the U.

2016-04-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

People who wonder how it feels to die will be able to get a sense of it in China's new attraction - a death simulator called "Xinglai." The attraction offers a 2-hour session in w

2016-04-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As many homeless shelters across the U.S. remain at or near capacity, the country faces complicated challenges.In his fiscal 2017 budget, President Obama proposed spending $11 bill

2016-04-02 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 2, 2016.The deck gets shuffled a bit this week, but that’s about i

2016-03-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN—The campaign to collect more delegates on the road to the Republican nomination for U.S. president winds its way through the state of Wisconsin, home of

2016-03-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NEW YORK—Automakers are taking their cues from smartphones, incorporating new services and features that work with a quick tap or swipe. The technologies being bundled into

2016-03-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

ABIDJAN—Seventy percent of the world’s cocoa comes from West Africa, most of it from Ivory Coast. Child labor on cocoa plantations has been well documented and persist

2016-03-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As Sub-Saharan Africa strives to break the shackles of poverty, its population of nearly one billion people is hard at work.

A 2014 report by the U.S. Department of Labor concl

2016-03-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As Sub-Saharan Africa strives to break the shackles of poverty, its population of nearly one billion people is hard at work.A 2014 report by the U.S. Department of Labor concluded

2016-03-26 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 March 26, 2016.We get one new hit this week and what a hit it is!Number 5: Luk

2016-03-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON— The scramble by Belgium’s security agencies following the Brussels terror attacks is putting the country’s counterterrorism apparatus under an intense

2016-03-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON— Murder rates are again on the rise in many major U.S. cities after years of decline. In Washington, DC, the number of homicides even reached a seven year high las

2016-03-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

CHIANG MAI, THAILAND—In Thailand, thousands of unregistered domestic workers from Myanmar face daily abuse at the hands of their employees. But now, as Myanmar opens to refor

2016-03-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

CAPITOL HILL— U.S. lawmakers have watched President Barack Obama’s trip to Cuba closely and have offered decidedly mixed reactions, with sharp disagreements about wheth

2016-03-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LESBOS, GREECE— The volunteer-run "Better Days for Moria" camp has hosted thousands of migrants arriving on Greece's Lesbos island, but its days appear to be numbered.A new

2016-03-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Internal combustion engines in cars may be on their way out, but experts agree it will take a few decades before electric-powered vehicles become dominant. Meanwhile, the existing

2016-03-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

One of the underappreciated but significant developments on the road to women's emancipation in the United States was the introduction of the bicycle.The significance of the two-w