2016-01-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The Academy Awards nominations mark the beginning of the Oscar race. This year, like every year, there are thought-provoking films, new talent and tough competition. And everyone a

2016-01-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON—Germany has outlined plans to tighten deportation laws for foreigners in the wake of the series of attacks on hundreds of women in Cologne and other cities on New Year

2016-01-14 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 Pop Singles chart, for the week ending January 16, 2016.

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2016-01-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Walking among the myriad expo booths at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, one can get a pretty good idea of what lies ahead in the world of consumer technology — no

2016-01-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

THIKA, KENYA—Until recently, blind and visually impaired students in Kenya were still using Braille books for their studies. But Kenyan schools for the blind are now beginnin

2016-01-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Europe's immigration crisis has taken a new turn after reports that New Year's attacks on women in Cologne and other cities were organized by immigrant groups. Swedish authoritie

2016-01-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

MWANZA, MALAWI— Malawi continues receiving hundreds of refugees from Mozambique, six months after RENAMO fighters carried out two attacks in Tete province. The fighting in Ju

2016-01-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Alliance of Iranian Churches
It is welcome news that Iranian officials have released Christian Pastor Farshid Fathi. A convert to Christianity, Mr. Fathi had served five years in

2016-01-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The United States congratulates the people of Venezuela on the seating of their new democratically-elected National Assembly. It was a historic day as Venezuela’s opposition

2016-01-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

There is no peace in sight between Israelis and Palestinians as violence in the region escalates. Gaza's Hamas leader on Thursday vowed that Palestinians will continue their upris

2016-01-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

After years of unrest, the Central African Republic recently observed peaceful elections. Now, two candidates and former prime ministers, Anicet Dologuele and Faustin Touadera, hea

2016-01-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON—Police in Germany are investigating what they describe as a series of mass sexual assaults that allegedly took place on New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Hamburg and ot

2016-01-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Annotated reprints of Hitler's semi-autobiographical book Mein Kampf, or My Struggle, are going on sale in Germany and elsewhere this week, after the copyright to the book expired

2016-01-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Musicians, actors and politicians were among the notable people who passed away this past year. Some were famous. Others, not so well-known, made behind the scene contributions.Gui

2016-01-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON— It’s been a turbulent start to 2016 for global financial markets, with big drops in the value of shares Monday. The sell-off began in China – where concer

2016-01-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. stock prices fell sharply Monday, with major stock indexes closing down by around 1.6 percent in the first full trading day of 2016. The selloff was sparked by a series of dis

2016-01-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

PENTAGON— It appears that 2015 was the year of the U.S. military woman.After years of studies and trials, all military positions, including combat positions, are opening up t

2016-01-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

The waning year’s advances in computer hardware and software, mechanical devices, sensors and artificial intelligence brought the world another step closer to the robotic fut

2016-01-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NEW YORK— We have Professor Peter Schickele to thank for introducing the world to PDQ Bach, the '21st of Johann Sebastian Bach's 20 children.' Schickele has created an ent

2016-01-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT— The shores of Sharm el-Sheikh are usually packed during the holiday season. But after a Russian plane that had taken off from here crashed in late Oct

2015-12-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, we have used antibiotics against a host of infections. But now, doctors are finding that more and more bacteria are resistant to even the

2015-12-31 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON—The Black Lives Matter movement is renewing calls to end police brutality and is pushing for criminal justice reforms across the United States. The social movemen

2015-12-30 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

In this week's Top Five Countdown we’re celebrating the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, for the week ending January 2, 2016.The final cou

2015-12-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON— Americans witnessed a rarity at the end of 2015: a functioning Congress that enacted major legislation with bipartisan support. For 2016, Republican leaders in bo

2015-12-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

JOHANNESBURG— Hunger hit Africa hard this year as climate change, conflict and enduring poverty ravaged multiple countries and left tens of millions of people in dire straits