英语语法：219 Active Voice Versus Passive Voice

by Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is active voice versus passive voice. The podcast edition of this article was sponsored by GoToMeeting. With this meeting service, you can hold your meetings over the Internet and give presentations, product demos and

VOA慢速英语2013 Muslim Brotherhood Ready for More Active Role in Jordan

Muslim Brotherhood Ready for More Active Role in Jordan From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. The Muslim Brotherhood is one of the largest Islamic groups in the Arab world. For years, the Brotherhood has been banned in a

英语听力文摘 English Digest 615、制造属于你自己的月球陨石坑

Create Your Own Moon Craters! What makes science really fun is when you get to do things yourself, so today were going to be making moon craters. Theyre the roundish blast-marks left on the moons surface by ancient meteorites. The moons surface is co

英语听力文摘 English Digest 607、气泡制造

Even as adults we still enjoy blowing bubbles, dont we? If youve ever wondered why blowing on a thin film of soapy water creates bubbles, this is your lucky day. All liquids have a property called surface tension. Take water, for example. Water molec

英语听力文摘 English Digest 547、气球不见之后发生了什么？

High Inflation Fairs, carnivals, festivals or anywhere you can buy helium-filled balloons, youre sure to see at least one balloon rising into the sky after someone accidentally lets it go off. What happens to the balloon after it rises out of sight?

英语听力文摘 English Digest 554、岩石怎么会出现在你的花园？

How Rocks Appear In Your Garden I wonder how many of us went out this past spring to get our gardens ready for planting, smug in the thought that last year we got rid of all the rocks. Theres that nice big mound of them in the corner of the garden wh

英语听力文摘 English Digest 589、挡风玻璃为何如此牢实？

What Makes Windshield Glass So Tough? We tend to think of glass as fragilebut in fact, glass is pretty strong stuff. A flawless fiber of glass pulled lengthwise is five times stronger than steel! Although glass is quite strong, its also very brittlea

英语听力文摘 English Digest 475、打针一定会痛吗？

Microneedles 微针疗法 Female: From flu vaccin es to tetanus booster s , injections are a must in modern medicine. But do they always have to make you say Ouch? Male: Eh,no? F: No,indeed.If new microneedle technology is successful, we may soon hav

英语听力文摘 English Digest 477、地球为什么是圆的？

地球是太阳系从内到外的第三颗行星，也是太阳系中直径、质量和密度最大的类地行星。它也经常被称作世界。英语的地球Earth一词来自于古英语及日耳曼语。地球已有44～46亿岁，有一颗天然

英语听力文摘 English Digest 489、船尾那条温柔的尾流带

A Smooth Wake 平静的尾流 （A smooth wake on today's moments of science） Female: Donne and I are on a fantacy cruise . The sun has set and were standing on the rear deck. Look at the reflection of the moon. Male: You might expect a ship's wake

NATO chief calls for more active dialogue with China

LONDON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expressed his hope on Wednesday that NATO would seek a more active dialogue with China. We must expand the range of nations with whom

Samsung, suspends development, active shutter 3D TVs

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Samsung Electronics, the world's largest flat screen TV vendor, said Tuesday that it has suspended its plan to develop active shutter three-dimensional (3D) TVs with RealD, the U.S.-based 3D technology supplier. Samsung has

每日一词【995】active duty：现役的

今天我们要学的词是active duty。 Active duty, 现役的。星期一是美国阵亡将士纪念日。 My friend Jack is an active duty Army Captain who has deployed overseas three times, 我朋友杰克是现役陆军上尉，先后三次被派

英语听力文摘 English Digest 138、BBC儿童新闻

Hi there, I'm Ore with the BBC World News for Children. Coming up: Japan's mission to super hot planet. A new survey says kids care more about computers than animals. And Inter Milan face Bayern Munich in the Champion's League final. First up, after

英语听力文摘 English Digest 309、淡定的老人们

Calm Old Age 淡定的老人们 Ya?l:So here is a question for our listeners: If there were a potion that would allow you to stay young forever, would you take it? Don: Thats obvious, Ya?l? Who wouldnt want to recapture their youth? Y：Im not so sur

英语听力文摘 English Digest 339、是什么触动笑神经？

Get It? 明白了吗？ Did you ever wonder what occurs inside your body when something funny happens? What is this thing we have in our brains that makes us say ha-ha when someone slips on a banana? One way to find out is to watch the brain laugh. T

英语听力文摘 English Digest 342、无辜的嘴唇

Why lips go dry？ 为什么嘴唇会干呢？ Lets start by reviewing the ways in which the surface of our lips is different from the surface of the skin on the rest of our bodies. Basically, our lips are made of the same mucus membrane that coats t

英语听力文摘 English Digest 152、下雪打雷？

It's a common enough sound in summer, after the wind finally picks up on a hot and humid afternoon, as the rain starts spattering down in big, fat drops--you're in for a full-blown thunderstorm. It's much less common in winter, even during a snow sto

美语听力 English Cafe 231

Topics: Ask an American: social media and job searches; go ahead, make my day; years old versus year old Words: to scratch the surface theres no telling wild, wild west tremendous social media to enhance credibility thought leadership buddy to dictat

英语听力文摘 English Digest 280、飞盘为何会飞？

Why Frisbees Fly With a gentle flick of the wrist on a warm summer day, you can launch a frisbee on a long and graceful flight. Why do they fly so well? One reason is something called gyroscopic force. This is the tendency of a spinning object to mai