NPR 2011-02-21

The government crackdown against protesters in Libya continues. The Associated Press is quoting a doctor at a hospital in Benghazi as saying the morgue there has received at least 200 dead from the days of unrest. Meanwhile, Fred Abrahams with Human

校园枪击事件导致企业大范围改变枪支管理措施

School Shooting Leads Companies to Change Gun Positions The recent shooting attack at a Florida high school has renewed heated debate about gun control in the United States. America remains divided on the issue. Both sides have mainly held their posi

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-04-25

1. A top US official says a reactor in Syria allegedly built with North Korean help was nearly functional before was destroyed last year by Israeli fighter jets. The United States says the reactor threatened to spread dangerous nuclear materials poss

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-28

1. Seven people are now dead after a devastating tornado struck Iowa on Sunday. Around the hard-hit area of Parkersburg people are trying to recover what they can. Officials say a total of 350 homes were destroyed, more than 200 just in Parkersburg.

【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 71

John Bell, director of Desert Surveys in Egypt, asked these questions in 1927. Can other depressions in this region, besides the much-discussed Wadi Rayan, be considered possible of utilization in connection with irrigation or drainage of the Nile De

每日一词【38】big bucks：很多很多的钱

今天我们要学的词组是big bucks。Big bucks意思是很多很多的钱。比如：Delta, UPS pay big bucks to sponsor NY Fashion Week. 按说，Delta, UPS一个是航空公司，一个是邮递公司，怎么会和时装有关系呢，不过它

美丽新世界Brave New World 第2章(6)

all wear green, said a soft but very distinct voice, beginning in the middle of a sentence, and Delta Children wear khaki. 都穿绿色，一个柔和清晰的声音从句子中途开始，而德尔塔儿童则穿咔叽。 Oh no, I don't want to play

THIS IS AMERICA - Blues Music, Part 2

THIS IS AMERICA - Blues Music, Part 2 By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Monday, November 29, 2004 (MUSIC) Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. This week ... the second of ou

科技美国大学生在埃及发现新恐龙化石成佳话

Students Make History with New Dinosaur Find in Egypt Researchers have discovered the remains of an up until now unknown dinosaur in Egypts Western Desert. The researchers say the long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur was about the size of a city bus. A

VOA慢速英语--三角洲蓝调:美国音乐的诞生

Delta Blues: The Birth of American Music I look at blues as the way of life its a story, a story told with music. That voice belongs to Jimmy Duck Holmes, a blues musician. He is sitting on an old chair in a dark corner of the Blue Front Cafe playing

非洲—尼日利亚指控6人犯有叛国罪

Nigeria Charges 6 More Men with Treason 尼日利亚指控6人犯有叛国罪 The six men were accused of holding illegal rallies , calling for the breakup of the federal state, and training a separat

电信英语及其缩略语解释-17

DM Delta Modulation 增量调制 DMA Direct Memory Access 直接存储器访问 DMF Dispersion Managed Fiber 色散管理光纤 这种光纤有带正、负色散区段，如同线路光纤延展敷设，

Tea May Help Fight Infection

Broadcast: April 30, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. American researchers say drinking tea may help strengthen the body's defense system against infection. Docto

CNN 2009-03-03

Good morning from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. Here is a look at what's happening right NOW IN THE NEWS. We begin with that massive winter storm that has blasted the eastern seaboard, causing a lot of problems

CNN 2009-03-11

Good morning, from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. Here is what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. President Obama outlined his plan for a major overhaul of the country's education system last hour. It's time to give al

CNN 2011-01-13

Right now the main thing we're doing is to offer our thoughts and prayers to those who've been impacted, making sure that we're joining together and pulling together as a country. And as president of the United States, but also as a father, obviously

NPR 2008-08-12

President Bush today told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that recent actions by Russia against the former Soviet Republic of Georgia represent a dramatic and brutal escalation of violence. And just back from the Beijing Olympics, the presi

NPR 2008-10-16

The chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke warned today that an economic recovery will not come overnight. But he said federal officials are using every resource to stabilize the financial markets. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports. Speaking to the Ec

NPR 2008-04-03

Transcript From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Congress today, the economy may contract in the first half of 2008. He largely stayed away from using the term recession however, he did not

AP一分钟时事04“奋进号”安全返航

This is AP News Minute. I. New fighting in Basra, Iraq. Reports indicate militiamen have overrun a number of police stations and an oil pipeline has been blown up. Also today more rockets were fired into the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Bagdad. I