KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, HOST: The new disaster movie, San Andreas, starts with a bang - a 7.1 earthquake at the Hoover Dam. When the deadly tremors move down a fault line to Los Angeles, a Caltech seismologist played by Paul Giamatti goes on national te

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【英语语言学习】无期徒刑女犯们的心声

Dannielle Hadley: Life in Pennsylvania means just that: life without the possibility of parole. For us lifers, as we call ourselves, our only chance for release is through commutation, which has only been granted to two women since 1989, close to 30

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【英语语言学习】植物人状态

Martin Pistorius is now 30, and we spoke via Skype, using a computer with speech software. He recalls emerging from his coma, only to realise he was locked in. Martin Pistorius: My awareness was something that happened gradually, so it wasn't like on

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【英语语言学习】伯纳德总统演讲

Thank you all very very much for being out here today. Let me just make a brief comment and take a few questions. We dont have an endless amount of time. I have to get back. Let me just say this. This country today in my view, has more serious crises

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【英语语言学习】大麻的合理使用与滥用

This is For The Record. Public perceptions of marijuana have come a long way. Once a symbol of the counterculture, now pot is a part of the culture. In the state of Colorado, it's part of the everyday culture. (SOUNDBITE OF NEWS REPORTS) UNIDENTIFIED

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【英语语言学习】你是哪种父母？

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to the debate about so-called free range parenting. This whole concept drew a lot of attention recently after a couple in Maryland let their two kids, aged 10 and 6, walk one mile on their own from a local park back to their

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【英语语言学习】大学与少管所

On the path that American children travel to adulthood, two institutions oversee the journey. The first is the one we hear a lot about: college. Some of you may remember the excitement that you felt when you first set off for college. Some of you may

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【英语语言学习】米歇尔奥巴马在塔斯基吉大学的演讲

Please join me in welcoming the First Lady of the United States of America, Mrs. Michelle Obama. MRS. OBAMA: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you so much. (Applause.) Lets let our graduates rest themselves. Youve worked hard for those seats! (Applaus

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【英语语言学习】梦想破灭

I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams. When we think about the dreams we have, and the dent we want to leave in the universe, it is striking to see how big of an overlap there is between the dreams that we ha

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【英语语言学习】二手烟对孩子健康的危害

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Doctors have been warning for years that secondhand smoke leads to many types of illness. However, many children around the world live in areas where adults regularly smoke. A journal ca

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【英语语言学习】未来会产生更多的垃圾

Hello, Antony Funnell here, and welcome to another edition of Future Tense. In opening the program today I have a special guest. I'm pleased to be joined by scientist and entrepreneur James Bradfield Moody. James is a former executive director with t

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【英语语言学习】金凯瑞的毕业典礼演讲

Thank you Bevan, thank you all! I brought one of my paintings to show you today. Hope you guys are gonna be able see it okay. Its not one of my bigger pieces. You might wanna move down front to get a good look at it. (kidding) Faculty, Parents, Frien

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【英语语言学习】理发师与胡须

On RN this is The Body Sphere, and I'm Amanda Smith. Hey, would you go to a barber if you needed a tooth pulled or a limb amputated? Would you go to a surgeon for a haircut or a shave? Well, once upon a time you'd go to the same person for all of tha

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【英语语言学习】空乘员的不易

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Air travel can be stressful - think tedious check-in, long TSA lines, crying babies, cranky passengers. Who would willingly submit themselves to life in these sometimes unfriendly skies? The good folks who make sure we are safe a

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【英语语言学习】对于英国退出欧盟的两种看法

A big debate rages in Britain. Should they stay in the European Union or leave? Yesterday in London, President Obama took a side. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) BARACK OBAMA: Speaking honestly, the outcome of that decision is a matter of deep inte

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【英语语言学习】民族主义运动

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When Donald Trump landed in Scotland just hours after the United Kingdom's historic vote, he was quick to draw parallels between that country's decision to leave the European Union and his own presidential campaign. (SOUNDBITE OF A

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【英语语言学习】我在马拉拉的旅游经历

Hello everyone. Thank you for being here. Im so honored and humbled to have this opportunity. Truthfully when I was asked to speak here I was so nervous, and then I thought, the theme of today is Start Now, so perhaps looking back at my journey I can

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【英语语言学习】意大利面酱与幸福

I think I was supposed to talk about my new book, which is called Blink, and it's about snap judgments and first impressions. And it comes out in January, and I hope you all buy it in triplicate. But I was thinking about this, and I realized that alt

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【英语语言学习】涅法沙

So...uh...I'm an Iranian-American Muslim female, like all of you. And I'm also a social justice comedian, something that I insist is an actual job. To explain what that is, let me tell you how I got here. I've performed all over the country. And let

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【英语语言学习】我们的睡眠质量

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Millions of Americans recharge their phones and screens and laptops before they go to bed at night, but do they recharge themselves? Arianna Huffington says we're in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis that creates anxiety as w

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