2008-04-29 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading emergency talks aimed at tackling the growing crisis caused by soaring food prices around the world. Participating in this two-day high-

2008-04-28 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Senator Hillary Clinton is challenging her Democratic Party presidential rival, Senator Barack Obama, to a debate. The call is part of the escalating rhetoric between the two as they

2008-04-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Grammy-winning pop singer Shakira is teaming up with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call for more global help in sending poor children to school. VOA's Kent Klein reports fr

2008-04-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Senator Hillary Clinton's convincing win over rival Barack Obama in Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary means the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination will go on for

2008-04-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Download AudioFormer U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is calling for united action to help the world's poorest people adapt to climate change. He says the poor, who have contributed the least to c

2008-04-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Download AudioPresident Bush is in New Orleans, playing host to his North American counterparts, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. As VOA's Greg Flakus r

2008-04-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Government energy ministers from oil-rich nations and international oil company executives are attending a three-day International Energy Forum in Rome. Sabina Castelfranco reports f

2008-04-21 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Pope Benedict XVI began his last day in the United States at Ground Zero, the site of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New York. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent

2008-04-20 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The World Trade Organization's (WTO) annual report finds world-trade growth slowed to 5.5 percent in 2007 from 8.5 percent the year before. WTO predicts global trade growth will con

2008-04-19 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Candlelight vigils and somber ceremonies marked the one-year anniversary of a shooting spree on the campus of a U.S. university, Virginia Tech, that left 32 people and the gunman dea

2008-04-18 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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President Bush has welcomed Pope Benedict on his first papal visit to the United States during a joyous ceremony on the White House lawn. Mr. Bush told the pope that in a time of ter

2008-04-17 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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A new poll shows Senator Hillary Clinton maintaining a six-point lead over rival Barack Obama in advance of next Tuesday's presidential primary in Pennsylvania. The Democratic race i

2008-04-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say more than 70 people have been killed in the crash of a passenger plane in the eastern city of Goma. The plane, which was carrying up

2008-04-15 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama remains on the defensive about comments he made last week describing small town voters as bitter over their economic plight. Democratic

2008-04-14 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Economic policy makers from all corners of the word ended their meeting in in Washington with a call for assistance to countries most affected by a recent sharp rise in food prices.

2008-04-12 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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An international team of scientists has conducted an exhaustive survey of Madagascar's thousands of endangered plant and animal species. The information will be used to protect the

2008-04-11 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Actress Angelina Jolie has highlighted the plight of the some four million people who have been displaced by the ongoing violence in Iraq, saying about 50 percent of them are childre

2008-04-10 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Growing a vegetable garden isn't so difficult, on earth. But a space garden… well, that's another story. Still, as Sheri Quinn reports, plants will likely be an important part of

2008-04-08 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The war in Iraq is once again center-stage in the U.S. presidential election campaign. All three major contenders will be in Washington Tuesday for the congressional testimony of the

2008-04-07 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Legendary Hollywood actor and political activist Charlton Heston has died at the age of 84. VOA's Kent Klein tells us more about the man who was known for playing larger-than-life f

2008-04-05 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The head of the U.S. central bank, Ben Bernanke, told a congressional committee the U.S. economy could face a mild recession, but it should recover later this year. VOA's Barry Wood

2008-04-04 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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A new public opinion poll shows Democrat Hillary Clinton's lead over rival Barack Obama in Pennsylvania is down slightly as both contenders campaign in advance of the primary there

2008-04-03 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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The day before a key NATO summit in Bucharest, the French government announced Tuesday it would send several hundred troops to reinforce the alliance's operation in Afghanistan. Lis

2008-04-02 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton is sounding a defiant tone in response to calls from some supporters of rival Barack Obama that she quit the presidential race. Mean

2008-04-01 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

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Australians switched off their lights for 60 minutes Saturday to mark "Earth Hour," a campaign by environmentalists to raise awareness about global warming. The event was s