英语听力文摘 English Digest 389、好心情是良药

Emotions and the Common Cold 好心情是一剂良药 Yal: Youve probably heard it said that ones attitude affects ones health. Don: Yeah! Yeah! If you maintain a positive attitude or mood, then youre less likely to get sick than if youre angry or de

英语听力文摘 English Digest 388、目光交流很重要

Are You Looking at Me? 你在看我吗？ You know how eye contact is a pretty important component of interacting with people,right? So scientists recently tested this by measuring peoples brain activity as they responded to pictures of angry people

英语听力文摘 English Digest 387、小心蚂蚁！

Ant Attack! Imagine this. Youre coming home to your gated community after a long day of work. As you stop to show the guard your ID, a mugger jumps out from behind a bush and grab s you by the mouth. Okay, that last part sounded a little weird, but t

英语听力文摘 English Digest 386、南极有苍蝇？

Whats a Fly Doing in Antarctica ? 南极有苍蝇？ Sometimes the biggest finds are the smallest finds. Researchers examining a segment of siltstone taken from ground along the Beardmore glacier in Antarctica found something unexpected. They found a

英语听力文摘 English Digest 385、音乐可以帮助记忆

Music and Verbal Memory 音乐和非文字记忆 Even if you havent touched a piano in years, if you suffered through music lessons as a kid you may have benefited from those lessons in ways you wouldnt expect. When you train on a musical instrument

英语听力文摘 English Digest 384、自助餐助肥胖？

Variety in Diet D: Oh! Good to have buffet , I love buffet s . I like to get a taste of lot of different things. I like to nibble a little of this, and a little of that. Who wants to eat a mass of potatoes when you can also have chicken, corn and gra

英语听力文摘 English Digest 383、手势有助记忆

Hand Gestures 手势 You know, radio is a great thing. Here I am! Flying high above the earth, but my voice is coming across just as if I were sitting in front of you. Communicating by voice alone has its drawback s , though. For example, I cant use

英语听力文摘 English Digest 382、真的有大脚怪吗？

The Real Bigfoot 真的有大脚怪吗？ Everybody has heard of Bigfoot, the gigantic ape-like creature that supposedly haunts the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Plenty of enthusiasts believe Bigfoot is real, though there isnt any evidence that w

英语听力文摘 English Digest 381、毛虫自卫战

Tapping Caterpillar s By Don Glass Y: I could have sworn that I heard a strange tapping sound in my house last night. It was faint but chilling . I think there must be a ghost in my house. D: Do you happen to keep caterpillar s , perhaps the hook-tip

英语听力文摘 English Digest 380、登月照片是造假吗？

Waving a Flag on the Moon 月球上飘扬的国旗 Don: Yal, Im not a conspiracy theorist or anything, butI must admit that those photographs of the moon landing make me suspicious . I mean，the flag in those pictures of Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstro

英语听力文摘 English Digest 379、“神奇”的巨石阵

Surprise at Stonehenge 神奇的巨石阵 Wizard s and aliens aside, actual scientists dont have much to say about Stonehenge. That is, until now. Just recently, a four-thousand-year old gravesite was found within three miles of Stonehenge. The tomb

英语听力文摘 English Digest 378、胎教是真的吗？

Fetus Learning 胎教是真的吗？ Y:Did you know that infants prefer their mothers voices to that of other females? And that they will change their behavior in order to solicit her voice? D: Sounds reasonable to me. Y: Ok, but did you know that a

英语听力文摘 English Digest 377、人兔大战——生生不息

Rabbits Down Under In 1859, an unassuming Australian landowner named Thomas Austin got the hunting bug. Eager for something to shoot, he released twenty-four wild rabbits onto his property and had a jolly time tracking them down. Unfortunately, some

英语听力文摘 English Digest 391、感受空气的存在

What is Air? 空气 D: Strictly speaking, air is mostly nitrogenabout seventy-eight percent, and about twenty-one percent oxygen, which leaves about one percent of other stuff, like water vapor and carbon dioxide. Y: So air is mostly empty space? D:

英语听力文摘 English Digest 376、为什么生孩子很痛苦？

Why Giving Birth Hurts 为什么生孩子很痛苦？ Y: Don, you sure are lucky dont have to give birth. Im glad were an intelligent species, but boy, that infant head feels mighty large going through that narrow birth canal. And then, after all tha

英语听力文摘 English Digest 375、狗也有强迫症？

Canine Compulsive Disorder 狗也有强迫症？ Yal: Your dog Raphine sure to be seemed to be lick ing his legs excessive . Is he Ok? Don: Its nothing! Y: Im afraid not, Don. Raphine may have what animal behaviorists call canine compulsive disorder

英语听力文摘 English Digest 374、神奇的蟹

Amazing Crab s D: What's the difference between a hard- shell ed blue crab and a soft- shell ed blue crab ? Y: Is this a trick question? D: I'll give you a hent. It has to do with the crab s skeletal system. Y: Skeletal system? You got me there, I kn

英语听力文摘 English Digest 373、头痛的烦恼

Migraine or Face Pain? 偏头痛还是脸部疼痛？ If youve ever had a migraine headache, you dont need me to tell you it hurts. Doctors report that about twenty million people suffer from serious headaches, and ten percent of these have intractab

英语听力文摘 English Digest 372、神秘的阿波罗神庙

Chemical Oracle 神秘的阿波罗神庙 If youre planning a trip to Greece in the future, youll want to schedule a visit to the temple of Apollo at Delphi. This famous temple was the home to the Pythia, a specially chosen and trained woman who, acco

英语听力文摘 English Digest 371、甲虫强过绿巨人？

Beetle: Stronger than Hulk? 甲虫强过绿巨人？ As we know from the movie, the Hulk is a guy who, when he gets angry, turns into the strongest, meanest creature on earth. The natural world features a few amazing ly strong creatures of its own. I