2006年NPR美国国家公共电台一月-Communicating Through Karaoke

Karaokes made its way from Japanese bars all the way to little kids birthday parties and video games. For commentator Andrew Lam and his family, Karaokes become more than entertainment. On the recent occasion of my uncles sixty years birthday, my cla

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台一月-When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinar

I believe in the power of love. . . I believe that a generation of ... I believe in the impossible I believe that everyone wants to love and be loved. I believe in people. This I believe. For our Monday series, This I Believe we have an essay from J

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-'Brokeback Mountain'

The latest issue of Time Magazine features an article on the film Brokeback Mountain. With this kind of mainstream attention, some are wondering, have gay Americans finally reached a point of acceptance on the big screen? Here is commentator Betty Ba

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-Life in Oslo, World's Most Expensive City

If you're heading to Oslo, be prepared to shell out lots of krone. It's now the most expensive city in the world. That according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's bi-annual Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, Oslo has dethroned Tokyo, which held the

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-All the Joy the World Contains

I believe in figuring out of my own way to do things. I believe in the power of numbers. I believe in Barbecue. Well, I believe in friendliness. I believe in mankind. This I believe. Its Monday the day we bring you our series This I Believe. And toda

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-The Christmas Tree Under the Porch

Now that DVD we discussed about the filmmaker when his father involved the same technique that we will hear in this next part of the program, we have been listening to StoryCorps as across the country loved ones talk with each other. Sometimes people

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-My Mother's Story: Dot the Welder

And it is time again for Story Core. This traveling oral history project is recoding the stories of everyday Americans. And today we have memories of a real life--Rosie the Riveter. Dorothy Kelley helped to build ships in May during War World Ⅱ, a d

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-Utterly Humbled by Mystery

I believe in figuring out my own way to do things. I believe in the power of numbers. I believe in barbecue. Well, I believe in friendliness. I believe in mankind. This I Believe. For our series This I Believe we hear today from Richard Rohr. He was

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-Everyday Americans Deserve an Oscar, Too

For most of America, this is a busy time, shopping, wrapping presents, waiting in line at the post office. But in Hollywood there is another form of frantic activity going on, it's all directed toward the upcoming award season, the Golden Globes, the

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-I Always Have a Choice

On Mondays we bring you our series: This I Believe. For thirty years, Catherine Royce of Dore Chester Massachusetts was a dancer. 3 years ago at the age of 55, she was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease. She has developed her belief as she has

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十一月-More Good News for Chocolate Lovers

If you can not resist chocolate, a new study offers a reason not to feel so guilty about eating small amounts, like say that bag of chocolate chip cookies that somebody brought into our studio this morning. Anyway, researchers have made a surprise fi

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台一月-Chinese Character Tattoos: Lost in Transl

Robert Siegel : English speakers traveling aboard have had the experience of seeing an English sign or a menu translation from the local language that just misses the mark and produces an entertaining malaprop . Well, think about someone who knows C

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台一月-The American Hunter: Going Extinct

Frank Deford: It is well-known that hunting is one of our most popular participant sports. So what species of animal do you think hunters are looking for these days? The answer is, human-beings. No, hunters are not actually trying to bag homo sapien