英语听力文摘 English Digest 71、恒温调节器

Thermometers just tell you the temperature. Thermostats need to do more than that. In addition to reading the air temperature, thermostats also turn your furnace on if the air gets too cool, and turn it off again when the air heats up. How do they do

英语听力文摘 English Digest 70、细菌可除臭?

Sewage stinks. But bacteria can make it smell better. Oh, yeah? That's true. Certain forms of bacteria feasting on sewage give off hydrogen sulfide, a really malodorous chemical, and one of several that give sewage its pleasing smell. In general this

英语听力文摘 English Digest 69、冒牌飞行员

Dutch police said the pilot was arrested in the cockpit. He is suspected of flying with a forged licence for more than a decade. The police said he had once had a commercial pilot licence but it had expired and it never qualified him for passenger fl

英语听力文摘 English Digest 67、3D电子游戏

It seems that the key trend in the entertainment industry these days is the adoption of 3D. Following the success of 3D films such as Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, the video game business is keen to muscle in on the action with Nintendo announcing

英语听力文摘 English Digest 66、瑞士赌场遭劫

Swiss police are describing the raid as highly professional and worryingly violent. Ten masked men, armed with machine guns and pistols, stormed the casino, breaking down the entrance door with a sledge hammer. Witnesses among the 600 guests say they

英语听力文摘 English Digest 65、腿部神经过敏综合症

I slept last night with my wife but those crazy legs of hers are driving me crazy. Did she kick you in her sleep? Sometimes,but that's not the half of it.She's got this thing called Restless leg syndrome and it makes the legs sort of itch, and the on

英语听力文摘 English Digest 64、不易消化牛奶怎么办?

you shouldnt quit drinking milk. It is a good source of calcium after all.what you should do is stop consuming dairy on an empty stomach period. On an empty stomach, dairy moves faster through your intestines and is more likely to cause you intoleran

英语听力文摘 English Digest 63、啤酒对大脑的影响

Under normal circumstances, each of your brain cells allows various substances, such as sodium, calcium and potassium to permeate its outer cell membrane. Once inside the brain cell, these substances help give the cell stimulus it needs to function p

英语听力文摘 English Digest 62、上网本

(Typing sounds) W:Whats that gadget you are playing with Diarmuid? Diarmuid: Its my latest toy a netbook. W: A netbook? Diarmuid: Yes a netbook. N.E.T.B.O.O.K. Its like a laptop computer only even smaller. W: What a cute little computer!I like your n

英语听力文摘 English Digest 75、乐观者与感冒

Youve probably heard it said that ones attitude affects ones health.Over three-hundred subjects were assessed in terms of their emotions for a two- week period. They were assessed for positive emotions they might be feeling, such as vigor, well-being

英语听力文摘 English Digest 61、出售鬼魂

As ghost stories go, it's frankly a bit weak. Not very frightening and with a happy ending, it doesn't really prove the existence of the supernatural either. But it does show beautifully the enduring popularity of the offbeat and wacky on the interne

英语听力文摘 English Digest 60、谈谈瑜珈

Mike: What're you doing up so early, Amanda? Have you decided to take up jogging in the park like me? Amanda: No, Mike. You know I really can't stand jogging. I've joined a yoga class at our local fitness center. I hear it's a great way to stay fit.

英语听力文摘 English Digest 59、小孩,狗,青蛙和朋友

A Boy, A Dog, A Frog and A Friend by Mercer and Marianna Mayer 1 One day a boy went fishing with his dog and his frog.He sat by the side of a pond and patiently waited for a fish to bite. 2 All of a sudden he felt a bite! 3 It had to be a big fish be

英语听力文摘 English Digest 58、谈谈诗歌

Amanda: Hi, Mike. What are you reading? Mike: Oh, these are just some books I picked up at a local poetryfestival that took place a couple of weeks ago. Even though a lot of what the featured poets read wasn't in English, it was still neat to see tha

英语听力文摘 English Digest 57、选择约会电影

In this Moment of Science Don and Yael discuss a scientific way to choose the perfect date movie. Don: Okay, Yael, if you were me, would you take your date to a violent action flick or a romantic movie? Yael: A romance, of course. D: Well, there migh

英语听力文摘 English Digest 55、和鲨鱼同游

In the immortal words of Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Part II, My father always taught me: keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Perhaps no creature has taken this advice more literally then the remora, also known as the sucker fish

英语听力文摘 English Digest 54、数学婚姻预测

The mathematical marriage predictor. You might not think that mathematicians have anything particularly relevant to say about your love life. But you'd be wrong--if we're talking about James Murray, a mathematician at the University of Washington in

英语听力文摘 English Digest 53、2008年科技大预测

What's in store for tech fans in 2008? Plenty. Technology buffs can look forward to products that are better, faster and less expensive than those we rely upon today. The iPhone may have been the biggest tech product rollout of 2007, but that doesn't

英语听力文摘 English Digest 51、血型不是问题

Yael: I just read about an exciting technique. Researchers found a way to convert types A and B blood into type O blood--the type that can be transfused into any patient. This advance could help avoid blood shortages in the future. Don: Wow, that is

英语听力文摘 English Digest 49、鱼喝水吗

Fish live in water, but do they drink it? The answer is yes, but how fish drink water depends on where they live. Water gets into a fish's body through osmosis, the process in which water diffuses from a higher to a lower concentration. For example,