【英语时差8,16】不知所云奖

The Foot in Mouth Award When did you last look around a corner? Did you do it thoroughly? If you think that question is a little odd, youre not alone. Every year the Plain English Campaign collects perplexing examples of English usage as part of a dr

【英语时差8,16】身无分文？Oops！

Skint Feifei:Diarmuid you dont look very happy. Whats wrong? Diarmuid: I just went to the bank and I couldnt take any money out. Im really skint.Well, skint is another word for poor. If someone is skint, they have very little money. Skint and poor ar

【英语时差8,16】沙漠的希望之光-灰白银胶菊

Guayule- A Promising Crop From The Desert D:Holy guayule,Yale. Y:Holy what? D:Guayule.It's a desert-dwelling shrub from the Southwest. Y:What about guayule?I never even heard of it. D:Several things.One of the most important features of the guayule p

【英语时差8,16】裁员（上）

Redundancy 裁员 Finn: Hi there. Today we are talking about what happens when you're made redundant. Yang Li: To be 'made redundant' means to lose your job because the company is cutting staff or no work is available. Finn: Usually it is not a very

【英语时差8,16】德莱尼条款

Food Safety and The Delaney Clause on today's Congressional Moment The Delaney Clause was named after its sponsor, New York Congressman Jim Delaney, and was an addition to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1958. Worried that pesticides and

【英语时差8,16】是什么引起口气？

What Causes Morning Breath? Morning breath is a topic of many jokes, and a real boon to the mouth wash and toothpaste industries. But what exactly causes the foul taste and odor in your mouth when you wake up in the morning? The most basic answer to

【英语时差8,16】虎迹寻觅

Early results from a count of tigers in eastern India are providing hope for efforts to save that animal. A team of Indian environmental workers recently counted the tigers in the Sunderbans forest. The workers searched the ground and collected hundr

【英语时差8,16】Smirting 以借火和某人搭讪

Smirting 以借火和某人搭讪 Diarmuid: Hello Im Diarmuid. Feifei: Why are you looking so happy Diarmuid? Diarmuid: Well, earlier today, I was outside on my telephone, when a lady asked me for a lighter. I think she might have been trying to smir

【英语时差8,16】礼来图书馆（上）

In the heart of the Indiana University campus is a veritable trove filled with invaluable artifacts. Not very many people know about it.It's called the Lilly Library,and it's due for a visit. Luckily, This treasure trove is open to the public.That sa

【英语时差8,16】Nursery Rhyme: ‘Mary Mary’ 儿歌《玛丽小姐真倔强》

Nursery Rhyme: Mary Mary 儿歌《玛丽小姐真倔强》 Children singing: Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row. Andrea: Yes, its a well-known English nursery rhyme.

【英语时差8,16】时间之谜--年、月的由来

Eton College Jin Lu: What did these famous people have in common? Helen: The Duke of Wellington, the writers Shelley and George Orwell, Prince William and Prince Harry? Jin Lu: Any ideas? Well they were all educated in the boys only school Eton Colle

【英语时差8,16】英国的护士 （下）

Basically its very interesting because its so varied. You never have the same day twice. And the patients that you meet are all very different, they come in with different characters and different illnesses so it makes your job very interesting in th

【英语时差8,16】基因的组织方式

I know that every cell in my body has a copy of my DNA packed into its nucleus. And I also know that if I could somehow unravel the DNA from a single cell, it would be about six feet long. So my question is, is DNA jammed into the nucleus in a sort o

【英语时差8,16】做酱肉汁

Making gravy Anyone who has made gravy for a big holiday dinner knows that heating a bit of fat and some flour, and then adding broth will eventually create a thick sauce to cover your plate of mashed potatoes and turkey. But exactly what turns these

【英语时差8,16】果蝇的学习能力

Fruit Fly Learning You might think those pesky little fruit flies gathering around your fresh produce every summer are too stupid to know a banana from a pear. Theyre barely large enough to see. They certainly cant have that much brain power, can the

【英语时差8,16】回收塑料

Recycling Plastics When plastic containers are recycled, they are first cleaned, then ground into tiny pellets and put into a flotation tank. This separates out the various plastic resins from other waste material. Once they are separated out, the pl

【英语时差8,16】讨价还价

Bargaining How much is the ivory box? It costs 750. Its too much, its too much. Whats your best price? Well, the best best is 700. 700. Ok, I take it. Ok. Thank you very much. Thank you. Helen: Is bargaining common practice in the UK? And what do peo

【英语时差8,16】势能

Potential energy in a crossbow When we think of the concept of energy, we often think of objects in motion: a car rolling down a hill or a jogger running up a hill. This kind of energy-in-motion, called kinetic energy, isnt the only kind of energy. A

【英语时差8,16】会计师

Accountants People say Britain is run by accountants, is that true? Lets find out. Heres Alex MacDermot, who works for a charity. I wouldnt say we are run by accountants, but they do an important job. In a sense its true, because all of the major dec

【英语时差8,16】儿童保姆

Nannies Andrea: Mary Poppins is the best known one.She was a typical English nanny. Andrea: They wanted to know if having a nanny or domestic help was the norm. Andrea: Well we asked Vanessa Cooke who runs Little Ones, a nanny agency based in London.