听一分钟英文：Sightseeing-观光

Why do we like sightseeing so much? I think its because we want to see all the famous places we learnt about when we were at school. I remember learning about the Pyramids in Egypt and really wanting to visit them. Many years later I did. I was one o

美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-01-14

1. Authorities say the key suspect in the slaying of a pregnant Marine has been spotted. They say Cpl. Cesar Laurean was seen in Louisiana and could be headed for Texas. He's wanted in the death of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach who had been missing si

美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-01-13

1. Alabama officials say a duck hunter has found the body of one of the four children allegedly thrown from a coastal bridge by their father. The discovery raises hopes that the other bodies will also be recovered. 2. President Bush said he is open

美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-01-11

1.The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is less crowded now. New Mexico governor Bill Richardson dropped out of the race this afternoon. He's been a congressman, cabinet secretary and diplomatic troubleshooter. But his campaign never c

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-11

1. Aid is starting to flow into Myanmar a week after a cyclone left at least 60,000 dead or missing. The countrys military regime is taking over distribution of humanitarian supplies but keeping foreign disaster experts out of the country. 2. Hezboll

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-02

1. Hurricane Gustav is quickly losing its punch after plowing through south Louisiana's fishing and oil industry.The National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a Category 1 with 90-mile-an-hour winds. 2. Hurricane Gustav is sending water rush

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-03

1. Barack Obama is backing away from John McCain's call for a series of joint town hall appearances and is instead agreeing to three traditional debates. Obama's camp says there doesn't appear to be enough time to do anything other than three face-o

美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2008-02-13

1. A new Bush administration initiative should help homeowners who're about to lose their homes. Project Lifeline will work with homeowners 90 or more days overdue on their monthly mortgage payments. The plan will help make those payments more affor

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-14

1. A new brush fire has broken out in the hills above Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley suburbs, prompting mandatory evacuations. The new fire began Monday morning, a few miles west of the 3,700-acre brush fire that has been burning since early Sunda

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-11

1. President-elect Obama and President Bush have held their first face-to-face meeting since election. Obama and his wife arrived at the White House about ten minutes early. The president and president-elect later waited for cameras as they strode a

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-12

1. President Bush spent his final Veterans Day while in office, aboard a World War II aircraft carrier. He stood in the shadow of the USS Intrepid and met two veterans there. He'll miss being commander in chief of such a fabulous group. 2. Meanwhile

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-14

1. The search for missing Caylee Anthony In Florida turns out some sort of bag with toys and what appears to be bones but no sign of the three-year-old girl. Caylee has not been seen since June, her mother has pleaded not guilty to murder. 2. It was

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-16

1. A US Airways jet has crashed into the Hudson River right next to Manhattan. Passengers were forced out into the freezing waters to escape. Officials say it went down right after taking off. 2. Roland Burris is officially a US senator. He was swor

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-10

1.President Barack Obama made a campaign-style pitch for his massive economic stimulus plan. Obama traveled to Elkhart, Indiana today in hopes of winning support for a package that has become the first big test since taking office. 2.In Beijing, fla

美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-02

1. Spring is only weeks away, but it doesn't look like it in eastern parts of the country. Winter storm warnings are up across the South, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. 2. Meanwhile, three tornadoes barreled through east central Alabama, destro

美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-08

1. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says President Barack Obama will head to Turkey in the next month or so to discuss plans to withdraw troops from Iraq. The trip to the Muslim nation would be one of the first foreign visits in Obama's pre

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-07-07

1.A public memorial and viewings have been scheduled in Nashville later this week for Steve McNair. McNair and 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi were found dead over the weekend. Police are calling the former NFL quarterback's death a homicide. 2.President B

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-14

1. Americans mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in familiar but subdued ceremonies. Thousands were on hand in New York for the reading of the names of nearly 3,000 victims killed in the worst terror attack in US history. 2. In Washi

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-12

1. Republican senator Bob Corker says he and probably many other GOP senators will consider raising the top tax rate paid by the wealthiest Americans, but only if it meant reforming big entitlement programs such as medicare. 2. Newark, New Jersey May

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-14

1.In just a matter of hours, cardinoes will enter the Sistine Chapel(西斯廷教堂) to begin the task of electing a new Pope. 2.New York city says it will appeal today's ruling from a judge, who struck down the city's ban on large sugery drinks, ju