2015-12-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

For now, virtual reality is still mostly associated with video games. But computer chips that process video images are getting better and better at fooling our minds, and they coul

2015-12-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON—The nuclear deal struck between Iran and six world powers in July ended decades of negotiations and setbacks, and has been hailed by U.S. President Barack Obama as one

2015-12-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

NEW YORK—It's Christmastime at the South Bronx apartment of Jose and Oleyda Gutierrez.

While their spirits are high, their food budget is low. The household's sole inco

2015-12-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

As of November, some 800,000 refugees and migrants from the Middle East and Africa had crossed the Mediterranean to reach a safe haven in Europe. The European Union estimates as ma

2015-12-17 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 December 19, 2015.‘Twas the week before Christmas, and a

2015-12-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

HOUSTON— Using powerful microscopes and imaging devices, Rice University researcher Amina Qutub can observe brain cells in a glass container and the connections they make wit

2015-12-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON— France’s far right National Front Party has failed to make gains in regional elections, despite coming out on top in the first round of voting. Tactical voting

2015-12-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON— Americans are digesting a global climate accord that is dividing Washington along predictable partisan political lines.“This agreement will mean less of the

2015-12-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Residents in California are remembering the victims of last week's terrorist shootings in San Bernardino, which claimed the lives of 14 people and left more than 20 injured.Muslim

2015-12-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Israel says it has successfully tested a ballistic missile shield for protection from long-range weapons held by Hezbollah, Iran and Syria. The Defense Ministry said Thursday that

2015-12-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON— U.S. health agencies have been monitoring climate change for some time. So have researchers at universities across the country. What they've found might help peo

2015-12-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Scientists at Cornell University have proudly presented the first litter of dogs successfully born through in vitro fertilization, or IVF. The breakthrough may help in combating in

2015-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Learning to play guitar requires a lot of practice, perseverance and, at least in the beginning, painful blisters on fingers.Playing the "air guitar" by mimicking a musician's fin

2015-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON— Leading human rights advocates gathered in Washington on the eve of Human Rights Day on Thursday to address the role of the United States as a force for progress

2015-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

ROJAVA, SYRIA— As fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces move on Raqqa, the Islamic State's defacto capital, many residents of the northern Syrian city and nearb

2015-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

KAWANGWARE, NAIROBI— Several low-income settlements outside Nairobi are using a new community-based currency called "pesas," which are equal in value to the Kenyan shilling a

2015-12-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

UNITED NATIONS— There are 1.8 billion people between the ages of 10 and 24 on the planet, more than ever before. Most live in developing countries. Many are poor, uneducated

2015-12-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON— Sometimes simple scientific advances in one field can have value far beyond their intended use. Many of these advances can change the world and possibly help solv

2015-12-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

CAPITOL HILL— The United States is increasingly not secure from the threat of terrorist attacks by the Islamic State group, according to Republican House Homeland Security Co

2015-12-08 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 December 5, 2015.

Two artists reign supreme over this week’s lineup.

2015-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama’s address on last week’s deadly shootings in California comes as two potent issues merge and overlap: international terrorism an

2015-12-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

KOBANI, SYRIA—As authorities in Western countries work to stop their citizens from joining the Islamic State group, men and women from some of those nations are going to Syri

2015-12-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON—The alleged corruption at football’s world governing body FIFA plunged to new depths this week when U.S. authorities charged more than a dozen officials with emb

2015-12-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

MOSCOW—A massive traffic jam formed Friday on Moscow's Ring Road after police blocked a column of truckers driving at low speed to protest a doubling of road tolls, as well

2015-12-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

LONDON—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met his Russian counterpart in Belgrade Thursday amid tensions over NATO’s invitation to Montenegro to join the alliance. The