2008-03-19 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Nigeria's senior oil workers union is threatening a nationwide strike to protest the firing of some of its members by ExxonMobil. Members are to meet later Tuesday, followin

2008-03-19 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Though not backing away from plans to build a missile-defense system in central Europe, the United States is offering a series of confidence-building measures to allay Russia

2008-03-19 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to defuse a brewing political controversy Tuesday when he condemned inflammatory statements made over the years by his f

2008-03-19 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]China depends on Africa for roughly one-third of its imported oil. And, many Chinese companies also see Africa as a lucrative market to sell oil drilling equipment. Several C

2008-03-19 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Kenya's Parliament has unanimously approved a bill to amend the constitution to allow for a power-sharing agreement between the country's two main parties. Both sides have

2008-03-18 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Thousands of pilgrims celebrated Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, beginning the holiest period on the Christian calendar. 　 成千上万名朝圣者在耶路撒冷庆祝棕枝主日，开始了基督教日历

2008-03-18 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Five years ago, on March 20, 2003, U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq to overthrow a dictatorship that President Bush accused of developing weapons of mass destruction. No WMD were

2008-03-18 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]President Bush says the U.S. economy is facing challenging times. The president says the government is taking decisive action. 　 美国总统布什表示，美国经济面临富有挑战性的时

2008-03-18 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney paid a visit to Baghdad just before the five-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The vice president hailed progress in Iraq and

2008-03-18 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Kremlin leaders are offering a positive assessment about the future of U.S.-Russian relations, but caution that a number of difficult issues continue to separate the two side

2008-03-17 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]A missile strike against a suspected militant hideout in a Pakistan tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Sunday is said to have killed at least 18 people. 　 在巴基斯坦接近

2008-03-17 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are preparing to meet with Russian officials in Moscow to discuss a U.S. missile-defense plan for Europ

2008-03-17 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Protesters in several US cities held anti-war rallies Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, March 20th. More rallies are planned in coming

2008-03-17 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]The Bush administration is defending its handling of the U.S. economy at a time of growing public unease. During a series of interviews on American television Treasury Secret

2008-03-15 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]The U.S. Defense Department has released a study of 600,000 documents from Saddam Hussein's archives concluding that while he supported many terrorist groups he did not have

2008-03-15 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]For the next six weeks, the Democratic presidential race between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will focus on the state of Pennsylvania. The northeastern state hol

2008-03-15 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]President Bush says he is confident that a series of tax rebates and business incentives will help ease the pain of a slowing U.S. economy. 　 美国总统布什星期五表示，他确信，

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Iraqi officials say much work is needed to secure and restore the port of Umm Qasr in the oil-rich province of Basra. They charge criminals and corrupt officials have been wo

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Hong Kong is one of the world's leading markets for jewelry. 　 香港是世界主要珠宝市场之一。

In Hall Seven of Hong Kong's Convention and Exhibition Center, table after tab

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]The U.S. dollar dropped to a 12-year low against the Japanese yen, and also sank to new lows against the euro and other global currencies. Stock markets in Asia also sold off

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]A hugely popular movie based on an Indonesian Islamic novel is drawing record crowds to theaters in Indonesia. Islamic novels, movies and songs are becoming increasingly popu

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]Moscow is rejecting a U.S. State Department report that criticizes Russia as a high profile example of countries that regressed on human rights and democracy in 2007. In its

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]As many as seven members of a Cuban national soccer team are reported to have defected in the United States shortly after playing a match in the U.S. state of Florida. 　 据报

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]President Bush says he will veto a terrorist-surveillance bill that contains provisions added by opposition Democrats in the House of Representatives, because he says the bil

2008-03-14 所属栏目:英语新闻听力

音频下载[点击右键另存为]The battle between two rival high definition formats for video disks has been decided in favor of Blu-ray, which was jointly developed by Sony, Samsung, Philips and other com