2005年NPR美国国家公共电台十一月-Dating Web Site Plants Seeds of Love

Anchor: a lot of farm work. Tractors have satellite guided systems, harvest machines are faster and more efficient, and with automated machinery, cows can almost milk themselves. But the isolation of farm work will never go away. Long hours and long

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-My Summer at a Quaker Nudist Camp

Good clean competition harry all, otherwise, is a part of summer fun for children attending sleep-away camp. But in the middle of August, camps across the nation are closing their activities. Kids say goodbye to new friends and first loves and their

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Immigrant Soldiers Fighting in the U.S. M

There are some 30,000 immigrants serving in the US military who are not US citizens. Even as overall recruiting numbers slip , non-citizen recruits have remained a steady source of new enlistees. From member station KQED, Sasha Khokha spoke with immi

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台十一月-Traditions of Saving and Consuming in Ch

Anchor: From its massive trade surplus with United States to its funding of America's ballooning deficit, China's economy has become increasingly intertwined with her own. And this wouldn't be possible without the extraordinary thrift of ordinary Chi

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Cheese-Making Tradition Melts Away in Cam

(France is known for its hundreds of) cheeses. The most famous is perhaps the soft round Camembert, now enjoyed all over the world, but to be considered a real Camembert, the cheese must be made in Normandy, in northwestern France from the milk of No

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Carole King Invites Fans into the 'Living

Welcome to my living room. It's not a womb, it's not a tomb, not a June bright over December gloom. Carole King is about to embark on a Living Room tour. Miss King intends to try to make large concert venues like Radio City Music Hall, Cape Cod's Me

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-In Arm Wrestling, Teen Beats Robots Hands

It was woman against machine at an arm-wrestling competition yesterday in San Diego. And as soon as we say, go, go ahead. In one corner, 17-year-old Panna Felsen, a high school studentand amateur robot builder, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 120 pounds, an

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Adidas to Acquire Reebok in Billion-Dolla

There's a big deal today in the world of sneakers. Germany's Adidas is buying Massachusetts-based Reebok, in an athletic shoe pairing valued at nearly 4 billion dollars. The acquisition should give Adidas added attraction, in its race with industry g

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Being a Single Black Father

This year there will be more than a million divorce filings in the United States. One of them has commentator Leon Wynter's name on it. I am now playing at age 51 the strangest role yet in my long strange trip: suburban single father, non-custodial ,

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-European, U.S. Differences on E-Mail Etiq

The playwright George Bernard Shaw once quipped England and America are 2 nations divided by a common language. If he were writing today, he might add divided by a common technology, E-mail. Here is Day to Day's Eric Weiner with observations on the g

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-A 'Field Guide' to Losing and Finding You

This is Day to Day, I am Alex Chadwick.It's time for our weekly book report.We all know you can not judge a book by its cover,but can you judge it by the lack of a subtitle? Book critic David Kipen thinks: Yes, maybe you can. Almost no publisher tak

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-A Buyer's Guide to Digital Cameras

On Mondays, the Business Report examines Technology. People used to say that A picture was worth a thousand words. In the digital age, that works up to several million pixels. Digital cameras are getting smaller, better, and cheaper, as we learned f

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-The White House's Use of Video Releases

From NPR news, this is all things considered. I'm Michele Norris.And I'm Robert Siegel. The White House has come under fire for federal agencies issuing what are called video news releases that promoted administration policies. Video news releases ar

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Consumer Choice: Pros and Cons

Time now for business news. A key assumption behind the idea of creating private social security accounts is that people will make better choices with their money. It's generally assumed that consumers benefit when they have more options. Steve V. re

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-eBay Buys Net Phone Provider Skype

E-Bay has agreed to pay more than 2.6 billion dollars to purchase Internet phone provider Skype. The Internet auction giant is hoping that Skype will boost its auction service by making it easier for users to communicate. NPR's Larry Abramson reports

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-NBA Playoff Update: Pacers vs. Pistons

It's Day to Day from NPR news, I am Alex Chadwick. In basketball, the NBA's second-round playoffs are underway. The defending champion Detroit Pistons, playing at home, easily beat the Indiana Pacers last night 96 to 81. The Pistons and the Pacers

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-The Romance of Train Travel Never Fades

descends an hour earlier tonight. And tomorrow children in costumes will prowl about.Thanksgiving can't be far behind. You've probably already made your travel arrangements, the mere mention of a train trip sends commentator Ruth Levy Guyer into a re

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-April Sees Strong Job Growth

From NPR News, this is All things considered. Im Robert Siegel, and Im Melissa Block. There were some unexpectedly good news today about the economy. Late last month, businesses created more jobs than economists projected and the increases were spre

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Chinese in U.S. Divided by Taiwan

And now a story from Los Angeles, where a radio station is putting itself in the middle of the debate over China and Taiwan. Reporter Rob Schmitz of member station KPCC sent this report. Kay Chao says Taiwanese and Chinese Americans in Los Angeles wo

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-Chinese Classes Grow in Popularity with U

More than 1 billion people count Mandarin as their native language. These sheer numerical dominance plus the fact that China has the world's fastest growing economy has made Mandarin Chinese attractive as a foreign language for more American student