【英语时差8,16】丈夫宠坏沉迷电玩的继子

Husband spoiling video game indulged stepson Dear Annie: My 21-year-old stepson, Sam, is smart, strong, healthy, good-lookingand lazy. He dropped out of college after two years, and his life's ambition appears to be never to work another day in his l

【英语时差8,16】全力以赴

In past times, and still in rural cultures today, animals have played an important role in economics. In some places, animals are more important than money as a means of barter. If animals are slaughtered for meat, the amount of meat is important. A

【英语时差8,16】油和水

Don: Time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. A listener writes: Dear Don Yal, I read somewhere that there's more oil in the Western part of the United States and Canada than in Saudi Arabia. Is that true? Yal: Great question! And the ans

【英语时差8,16】土壤和二氧化碳

Don: Time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. A listener writes: Dear Don Yal, I've been reading a lot about climate lately, and I know that the earth stores lots of carbon in different places, like in the ocean and in plants. Are there a

【英语时差8,16】你能忍受爱人的蒜味吗？

Garlic-lovers--and the unfortunate people who live with and love them--are well aware that your breath reeks for days after a serious garlic fest. Why don't tooth-brushing and mouthwash really help? Why makes garlic so persistently stinky? Garlic owe

【英语时差8,16】网球场

Some people prefer clay tennis courts, others like grass. Yael and Don discuss the difference on this Moment of Science. Y: Hey Don, what do you say to a game of tennis later? D: Sure thing, Yael. But it has to be a clay court, okay? Y: But the grass

【英语时差8,16】超级英雄的本色

Ethnic diversity is worming its way into the panels of superhero comic books and into the legions of people who love them, judging by the diversity of superheroes, storm troopers and anime Samurai who descended on midtown Manhattan for the New York C

【英语时差8,16】太空垃圾

Last time we talked about how astronauts eat and drink under weightless conditions in space. Today we'll cover the next question kids love to ask-how do astronauts go to the bathroom in space? It may sound silly, but it's really a good question, beca

【英语时差8,16】麦克和亚曼达正在聊笑话

Mike: Hey Amanda, want to hear a knock-knock joke? Amanda: I guess, but they're so corny! What is it? Mike: Knock-knock! Amanda: Who's there? Mike: Mike. Amanda: Mike who? Mike: Mike cup is empty. Can I get a refill? Amanda: Ha-ha. That's so funny I

【英语时差8,16】银髮族展开两千公里的单车之旅

Thirty elderly [dict]cyclist[/dict]s began a 2,000-km journey from Taiwan that would take them to Shanghai, Nanjing and Beijing. The [dict]cyclist[/dict]s, with a combined age of more than 2,000, are all volunteers for Concern Care [dict]Society[/dic

【英语时差8,16】休息和好表现

Yal: Hey Don, what was your favorite subject in grade school? Science, right? Don: I loved science, but my favorite part of school was definitely recess. Y: Really? I always thought of you as being a kind of studious kid. D: Oh, I was. I loved learni

【英语时差8,16】麦克和亚曼达正在聊去看电影

Mike: Hey Amanda, are you doing anything this weekend? Amanda: I don't have any special plans. Why? Mike: There is a new movie coming out. I was wondering if you wanted to go with me? Amanda: What kind of movie is it? Mike: It's a science fiction mov

【英语时差8,16】朋友「黑暗」的另一面

Dear Annie: Seven years ago, I met Dan at college and we became fast friends. A semester later, he moved back to his home state. Even with the distance, we've grown closer over the years, e-mailing, calling and sending small gifts for birthdays and h

【英语时差8,16】学生的自我形象不切实际

People often ask me to compare our current college students with the crop we taught ten, fifteen, or twenty years ago. I answer by saying that, of course, I can only speak for myself, and only on the basis of my limited experience. Also, generalizing

【英语时差8,16】时间在睡梦中是怎样流逝的？

Many people believe that hours' worth of events and activities can be dreamed about in a matter seconds. Despite this common belief about how we dream, time in dreams actually is not compressed. If you dream of an activity that would take five minute

【英语时差8,16】高海拔地区烘焙蛋糕指南

Cake Mixes And High Altitude Directions Look on the side of a cake mix box and you might find special directions for baking the cake at high altitudes. Why do bakers gave to adjust their cake ingredients when they live at higher elevations? Because a

【英语时差8,16】High Heels 高跟鞋

Well theres been a debate in the papers recently about whether companies can ask their female staff to wear high heels as part of their dress code.Ceril Campbell explains why some companies are asking their female staff to wear high heels. Because wh

【英语时差8,16】牧羊犬和狼

Sheepdogs and Wolves If you ever see a sheepdog at work, you might be amazed at how well suited its actions are to the very human concern of keeping a flock of sheep together. Whats more amazing, much of a sheepdogs behavior doesnt have to be trained

【英语时差8,16】大雪导致交通混乱

Snow Travel Chaos If you are thinking about coming to Britain for Christmas, it might be a good idea to think again. Thats because thousands of Christmas travellers have been stranded in the UK as adverse weather conditions caused massive disruption

【英语时差8,16】福尔摩斯新片

The Return of Sherlock Holmes Fans of the worlds most popular detective took to the streets of London on Tuesday for the world premiere of the latest cinematic take on the pipe-smoking sleuth. British director Guy Ritchie presented his version of the