2016-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NGONG, KENYA— In Kenya, refugees from other African nations are training at a special camp and competing for a limited number of slots in this year's Rio Olympics under the

2016-02-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON— World powers meeting in Munich have agreed on a cessation of hostilities in Syria, to begin in one week. But many observers are skeptical, and warn that Syrian govern

2016-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Excess sugar, or glucose, in your blood is not good. But a healthy body regulates it through insulin, produced in the organ called the pancreas.If the body fails to do that, either

2016-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Observers say Russian propaganda, NGOs and cultural organizations have made significant inroads in the Balkans – in Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania. Most Balkan cou

2016-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

We're counting down the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending February 13, 2016.This week’s chart offers yet another new title in the number f

2016-02-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LAGOS, NIGERIA— What do the memoirs of American presidential candidates Ben Carson and Donald Trump have in common with books that teach Nigerian languages like Igbo, Hausa a

2016-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON— Compared to many other European countries, Britain has agreed to accept a relatively small number of Syrian refugees. Just over a thousand have arrived - and some are

2016-02-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In addition to being a successful artist, Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci designed many practical machines, some of which are still in use today, although in different forms.

2016-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As floats were being built with high-tech features to dazzle spectators and revelers at this year's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Internet technology experts have been developing th

2016-02-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE— Talk at a pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Manchester is not about the weather or the primary, but why President Barack Obama has not yet shut dow

2016-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Simple bandages are usually seen as the first line of attack in healing small to moderate wounds and burns. But scientists say new synthetic materials with embedded microsensors co

2016-02-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE— The excitement is palpable outside a New Hampshire Democratic Party event in Manchester, New Hampshire, as three friends hold signs to show support

2016-02-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

We’re partying with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending February 6, 2016.

The hit list must have made a New Year&r

2016-02-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

A former U.S. pharmaceutical business executive has angered lawmakers by refusing to explain why he raised the price of a life-saving pill by 5,000 percent.Martin Shkreli was remov

2016-02-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Salah Farah, a Muslim teacher in Kenya who defied the sectarian divisions sought by extremists, died recently in a hospital in Nairobi. Mr. Farah was shot in December when the bus

2016-02-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States condemns the Boko Haram terrorist attacks on January 29-30 in northeast Nigeria. On January 30, in the village of Dalori, the terrorists bombed a market, attacked

2016-02-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

They are beautiful, talented and fiercely competitive. Many of this year’s Academy Award nominees in the categories of Best Actress in a Leading Role and Supporting Role are

2016-02-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

KANGEMI, KENYA— In Kenya, a company called M-Kopa Solar is providing clean energy to more than 300,000 homes across East Africa by allowing customers to "pay-as-you-go" via t

2016-02-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

We’re partying with the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending February 6, 2016.The hit list must have made a New Year’

2016-02-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

BERLIN— It’s been nearly a year since the Abualnar brothers and their two friends set off from Libya on an overloaded fishing boat, recording the journey on their mobil

2016-02-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As the 2016 National Football League season reaches its summit at the Super Bowl this coming Sunday (2/7), scientists are trying to learn how to more effectively protect football p

2016-02-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Investors and power developers from around the world gathered in Washington last week to push ideas and efforts to alleviate the shortages of electricity that plague many African c

2016-02-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Widespread use of antibiotics for conditions that don't require them has spurred mutations in bacteria strains, turning them into so-called superbugs.As a result, some of the dise

2016-02-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA— One of the richest countries in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is, in many ways, as advanced as any place on Earth in terms of infrastructure and modern

2016-02-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

DES MOINES, IOWA— Texas Senator Ted Cruz was the winner of the Iowa Republican presidential caucus, the first official test of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. But the De