2008-06-27 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Chinese reports say the country's vast pool of cheap labor is getting smaller, which could hurt an economy that is heavily dependent on labor-intensive manufacturing. Claudia Blu

2008-06-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. legislators are responding cautiously to statements from Saudi Arabia that hint at possible further increases in oil production, saying the United States must do more on its

2008-06-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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President Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain are both calling for an end to a moratorium on developing oil and natural gas resources along much of the U.S. coa

2008-06-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President George Bush is in the Midwest state of Iowa surveying flood damage from heavy rains that have washed out millions of hectares of grazing and farmlands. VOA White Ho

2008-06-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The European parliament has passed tough new immigration guidelines that sparked protests on the part of human rights groups and some lawmakers. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more from

2008-06-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a major overhaul of the country's defense to better meet new threats like terrorism. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports Mr. Sarkozy also a

2008-06-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Scientists are reporting in this week's New England Journal of Medicine that they have made an experimental vaccine against pandemic avian flu that is not only potent, but one th

2008-06-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Politicians are scrambling to keep the European Union treaty alive after Irish voters rejected the charter in a referendum last Thursday. European foreign ministers met in Luxembo

2008-06-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Earlier this month, thousands of folk music enthusiasts gathered at a hill country ranch in Texas for the 37th annual Kerrville Folk Festival. A number of old timers were on hand, in

2008-06-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Thousands of same-sex weddings are expected in California after June 16, the day the California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriages takes effect. VOA's Mike O'Sull

2008-06-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The U.S. space agency is planning to send a probe to the sun to gather data and shed light on basic questions about how the star operates and its effects on Earth. VOA's Michael Bow

2008-06-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev is proposing a new European security structure that appears aimed at replacing NATO and possibly reducing U.S. influence on the continent. VOA Mosco

2008-06-13 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Download AudioQualifying matches have begun around the world for the football World Cup, which begins in two years. In 2010 the World Cup is to be held for the first time in Africa and attention is

2008-06-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Senator Barack Obama has kicked off his general election campaign with a scathing attack on his Republican rival, Senator John McCain's economic policies. Obama began a two-week tou

2008-06-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. President George Bush is in Slovenia for talks with the leaders of the European Union. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports from Ljubljana the agenda includes eco

2008-06-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton says she will end her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday and endorse rival Senator Barack Obama, who has now secured enough deleg

2008-06-09 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Senator Barack Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American to secure the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party. To win the Democratic nomination,

2008-06-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton's hopes to become the first woman elected to the White House were dashed after she failed to win enough delegates to win the Democratic Party's nominat

2008-06-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Astronauts at the International Space Station have attached a $1 billion Japanese laboratory to the orbiting outpost. During a space walk Tuesday, mission specialists Michael Fossum

2008-06-06 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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World leaders are gathered in Rome at the headquarters of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization. They are discussing ways to deal with soaring food prices and how to improve

2008-06-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Early rock 'n' roll guitar wizard Bo Diddley died near Jacksonville, Florida, Monday, 2 June, of heart failure. He was 79 years old. One of the most primitive of the early rockers,

2008-06-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama appears set to claim his party's nomination this week, which would make him the first African American presidential candidate to be the nominee o

2008-06-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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A U.S. government scientific report concludes that future decades will see significant climate change in the United States, caused primarily by human activity. VOA's Michael Bowman

2008-06-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Democrats in the United States cast their final ballots this week in primary elections for the party's presidential nomination. Senator Hillary Clinton has won a commanding victory

2008-06-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The U.S. Army reported Thursday that the suicide rate among its soldiers continued to rise last year, and is now nearly double the rate recorded before the invasion of Iraq. But they