2006年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Book Marketing Goes to the Movies

Promoting books usually involves print advertising and touring authors. There is a move now to attract readers using a different medium. Publishing houses including Harper Collins are trying out book trailers, think movie trailers but for literature.

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Working Parents Look for Line Between Hom

John Ydstie: On Wednesdays our business news takes a look at the workplace. Today, a perennial problem: when to put your foot down , say no to the boss, and choose life over work. That's one of the many questions Lisa Belkin explores in her column. S

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Special Bond: Identical and Simpatico

As StoryCorps travels the country, it's helping Americans interview some of the most important people in their lives. Today, two women who can't imagine life without each other. Hi, I'm Janice Morris and Im Caroline Morris Satchell and we're identica

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-A Girl's Gift of Life, Recalled by Her Do

On Fridays we bring you interviews between family and friends at StoryCorp. The Traveling Oral History Project lets participants guide their own conversations. Few need notes or outlines. Today, a father tells his daughter a story that has stayed wit

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Easter Can Be a Tough Time for Bananas

Michele Norris: With Passover and Easter upon us, it's that time of year when you think of matzos and chocolate bunnies. But in Central America, they are thinking about bananas. At banana plantations, it's a tough time of the year. It's Semana Santa

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Do What You Love

I believe in honor, faith and service. I believe that a little outrage can take you ... I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in empathy. I believe in truth. I believe in the ingredients of love. This I Believe. On Mondays, we bring you our serie

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-NASA Scientist Feels Pressure Over Global

Debbie Elliott: Today a prominent NASA scientist went public with his concerns that the government is trying to stifle his public statements about climate change.James Hansen told the New York Times and the Washington Post that the space agency has

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-'King Kong': Not Suitable for Children '

Critics have called King Kong, director Peter Jackson's 207 million-dollar special effects extravaganza, a triumph of digital technology. The movie's described as featuring enough dinosaurs to overrun Jurassic Park. It's been nominated for 4 Oscars:

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-Loving You, But Not In That Way

Now today's Unger report. The Valentine's Day clock is ticking down friends. Supplies of roses and chocolate / hearts, and restaurant reservations. All these are dwindling. And here to help with none of it ,is Brian Unger. Tomorrow is the one day of

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-Two Viruses Target the Macintosh

Astronomers say they have some intriguing new clues about one of the biggest mysteries of the universe. More than 20 years ago, scientists discovered that most of the matter in the universe is not made up of ordinary atoms, it is something invisible

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-Killer Flu Reconstructed

Michelle Norris: From NPR News, this is All Things Considered. I'm Michelle Norris. Robert Siegel: And I'm Robert Siegel. The 1918 flu virus that killed tens of millions of people around the world is back. Scientists have reconstructed it, using pie

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-For Back Pain, Few Easy Answers on Surger

Renee Montagne: Hundreds of thousands of Americans have back surgery every year at a much higher rate than any other country. Whether there are too many back surgeries is a hotly debated subject in orthopedist , NPR's Joanne Silberner examines the q

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Student Gladly Shares Life Details on the

Renee Montagne: All this week we have been talking about your privacy, today we will meet a man who keeps very little private, in fact, puts his life online with a sound track. This music greets web surfers at a blog for Jonathon Coulson. There he w

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-The Marketplace Report: Keeping Up with T

Madeleine Brand: Back now with Day to Day, I'm Madeleine Brand. At the cable television industry's annual trade show this week, a lot of anxiety. Viewers now have other ways to watch TV shows, and they can control what and how they watch them. Cable

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-The Peasant Life, for a Student's Summer

Commentator Jill Vaughan has a small farm in upstate New York. And right now, that means she's hiring teenagers who aren't afraid of really working at their summer jobs. We still need peasants in our corner of the country. On our farm, we make hay

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Partners in Life, Partners in Home Buying

On Fridays we talk about your money, today Mortgage Before Marriage. The vast majority of home buyers are married couples. But in the past ten years, there has been a 50% increase in the number of unmarried couples and friends living together who own

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-The Cool History of the Air Conditioner

Temperatures in some parts of the country have eased a bit over the weekend. But there is no risk that throngs of people are suddenly going to turn their backs on air-conditioning. The air-conditioner has established itself well in the hearts of Amer

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-The Tangible Benefits of Not Losing Hope

It's true that some people have more hurdles in life than others. But commentator Joseph C. Phillips says regardless of the trials and tribulations, one factor can improve the lives of all people hope. An 8th grade reading teacher recently told me t

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十一月-Could Shakespeare Survive in Hollywood?

From NPR News, this is All Things Considered, I'm Michelle Norris. And I'm Robert Siegel. Though he has been dead for more than 390 years, William Shakespeare is still selling big. Over a million of his books are sold every year; there've been more t

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十一月-Kidney Donors Meet Recipients

This is Day to Day, I'm Alex Chadwick . Today, Thanksgiving, family gatherings all across the country. But few will be as emotionally charged as a reunion earlier this week at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore, five kidney transplant patients actua