2017-09-19 所属栏目:英音听力材料

The drama surrounding North Korea’s nuclear provocations is intensifying daily.While Washington and Pyongyang stare at each other across the abyss, western senior diplomats and an

2017-09-19 所属栏目:英音听力材料

The president of the Police Superintendents' Association tells us the police are facing a perfect storm of rising crime and decreasing resources. And part of the cost is the endem

2017-09-19 所属栏目:英音听力材料

When I heard yesterday that North Korea had tested another nuclear weapon, it was the language that caught my attention. What was detected in Japan and South Korea was described as

2017-09-19 所属栏目:英音听力材料

At the heart of Christianity are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – the story of Jesus told by four gifted storytellers. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, who

2017-09-03 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Good morning. There were severe weather warnings of course, but the floods in Texas have exceeded the worst expectations, breaking records for the speed and volume of water that ha

2017-09-03 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Just over a week ago , the Indian Supreme Court made a historic judgement banning the triple talaq or divorce as unconstitutional. The decision came after a two year petition by se

2017-09-03 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Good morning. Last week, I changed my online profile picture, and somebody asked me how I could look so happy in such terrible times. I must confess I chose that photo because it w

2017-09-03 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Loving your neighbour as yourself is harder than it sounds. But, I would argue, it is also much more interesting than it seems. For example, it assumes that we might need to get to

2017-09-03 所属栏目:英音听力材料

What makes tonight’s fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor such a spectacle is not the enormous sums of money each fighter is expected to earn, nor the fractious build

2017-09-03 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Good morning.Dogger. Fisher. German Bight. Beautiful names for coastal and sea-based regions that I still don’t know much about, and a daily incantation which has mesmerised the B

2017-09-03 所属栏目:英音听力材料

It's not often that I get indignant. But for two weeks when I was working in Amsterdam, it was almost a daily occurrence. Amsterdam, unlike Glasgow, has no hills. So it is a joy f

2017-09-03 所属栏目:英音听力材料

The US seems to have gone eclipse crazy on what was Monday evening our time. We watched as Americans followed a path of total darkness which went from coast to coast as the moon an

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

The first time I went into the Foreign Office in London I was somewhat taken aback by the sight of murals depicting renowned military victories of the British Empire – scenes that

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Good MorningOne of the consequences of the recent series of attacks on innocent civilians in many European cities is the emergence of a basic pattern of response: a period of bewil

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Although I have rural origins, at heart I'm a city boy.I never learned to drive, so I've always got to know new places by walking their streets. You see more that way, you engage

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Good morning. When Partition took place, the border wasn’t made public until some two days after the region had gained independence. Punjab, the historic homeland of Sikhs and lit

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

In 1890, while he was staying in the asylum in Saint-Rémy and just five months before his death, Van Gogh painted a picture entitled ‘Prisoners Exercising’. The picture is Van G

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

I found myself recently in a conversation that took an unexpected turn. A young woman, now living in the UK, but born into another culture on another continent, was talking about h

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Good morning. This week marks the 70th anniversary of the creation of the nations of Pakistan and India and the partition of the south Asian subcontinent. While a cause for celebra

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Good MorningAnother Premier League Football Season began at the Emirates last night with Arsenal hosting Leicester City. But many long standing soccer fans are wondering whether fo

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

“Why are you broadcasting from Norwich?” my producer asked me.“I do every August. I’m on holiday by the seaside.”“If you’re on holiday,” she said, “why are you broadcastin

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

It came as a surprise to me to read in a report published yesterday by the Centre for Crime Prevention, that England and Wales currently set the lowest maximum sentence within Euro

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

It’s one of the paradoxes of the internet age that online I can be both anonymous but also unable to hide. This week the government announced new laws that will help us control mo

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

I've just returned from Jerusalem, which has recently emerged from yet another cycle of violence. This time, the focus was the tinderbox religious site that Jews and Christians ca

2017-08-22 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Good morning. ‘This is sport, there isn’t always a happy ending’, commented Steve Cram at the end of the World Championship 100 metres. For many a celebration of a 20th global g