Space News

Broadcast: Jan 29, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a space rock that

科学美国人60秒 SSS New Insecticide Makes Mosquitoes Pop

It's bad enough that mosquitoes suck our blood, and sometimes pass on disease. But there's more. They can actually give you a disease and pee on you at the same time. Adding insult to injury if you will. Jerod Denton, a pharmacologist at Vanderbilt U

Eztalk美语【71】That's more like it. 这才象话。

Fruit Vendor: Wait! Don't go just yet. These bananas are pretty cheap--only 35NT for this bunch. Robert: Now that's more like it! Bananas have lots of potassium, too! Fruit Vendor: They're also good for your digestion! Would you like some kiwis, too?

Preparing for a Walk in Space

Broadcast: June 4, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Ray Freeman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about how astronauts prepa

专业术语—口腔生理学术语D1(英文详解)

Darwinian medicine - an approach to the treatment of infective diseases which takes account of the co-evolution between the host and its parasite. Deciduous - from the Latin

专业术语—医院常用抗菌药物的英文翻译(2)

青霉素类 苯唑西林钠 Oxacillin Sodium 新青霉素Ⅱ，苯唑青霉素钠，苯甲异噁唑青霉素 奈夫西林 Nafcillin 新青霉素Ⅲ，乙氧萘青霉素 匹美西林 Pivmecillinam 氮卓

VOA标准英语2013--Dietary Changes Help Lower Blood Pressure

Dietary Changes Help Lower Blood Pressure Sunday, April 7, is World Health Day, and this years theme is high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. The World Health Organization has recommended reducing salt or sodium intake to lower the risk of

2015年CRI China's Laboratory Safety Must be Highlighted, Improved

Tsinghua University released the initial investigation results provided by Haidian Public Security Bureau a few days ago, which revealed that a hydrogen cylinder exploded accidentally, and the whole lab then caught fire. Meng Xiangjian died as the re

英语听力文摘 English Digest 63、啤酒对大脑的影响

Under normal circumstances, each of your brain cells allows various substances, such as sodium, calcium and potassium to permeate its outer cell membrane. Once inside the brain cell, these substances help give the cell stimulus it needs to function p

VOA常速英语2007-US Space Shuttle Docks at International Space St

By Alex Villarreal Washington 25 October 2007 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station, marking the next phase in a complex mission to expand the international orbiter. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washingt

第213期:炎炎夏日,你为何需要一杯柠檬水

今天分享的是柠檬水的妙用。 重点词汇 immune system 免疫系统; potassium n.化钾; freshen vt.使新鲜; 使清爽，使有精神，把（自己）盥洗一番; 1. Gives your immune system a boost. 2. Excellent source of potassium.

新型解酒饮品解决宿醉烦恼

Sore heads the morning after the night before could become a thing of the past thanks to a 'revolutionary' new drink - designed to prevent HANGOVERS. 一种专为防止宿醉设计的革命性新饮品有望令宿醉第二天早上醒来后的头痛成

每天3只香蕉能降低中风风险

Eating three bananas cuts your risk of a stroke, scientists say. A banana for breakfast, one for lunch and one in the evening would provide enough potassium to reduce the chances of suffering a blood clot on the brain by around 21 per cent. 科学家称

生活英语：健康饮食（双语）

生活英语：健康饮食（双语）

Working in Project Space

Working in Project Space One of the givens in David Allens Getting Things Done is that you cant do a project. Instead, Allen recommends you break projects down into immediate next actions, discrete doable chunks that can be cranked through with a min

英语听书《海底两万里》第117期 第9章 尼德·兰的愤怒(2)

Although our cell was large, we obviously had used up most of the oxygen it contained. 虽然牢房还算宽大，但很明白，我们已经消耗掉了里面大部分氧气。 In essence, over an hour's time a single human being consumes all the ox

Space Shuttle Discovery Prepares for its Final

The U.S. space shuttle（航天飞机） Discovery has completed its work at the International Space Station on its 39th and final mission, and is preparing for Wednesday's scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle success

Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS

MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14. Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Anton Sh

China accomplishes first space docking

BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country's first space docking procedure early Thursday, silently coupling in space more than 343 km above Earth's surface. Nearly two days after it was launched, the unmanned spacecr

China sends its first female to space

JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- She is a wife. She belongs to China's one-child generation. On Saturday, 33-year-old Liu Yang becomes the country's first woman entering space. The home-grown Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, atop an upgraded Long March-2F carrier