听一分钟英文：Five Senses-五种感官

We only have five senses. I wonder why. It doesn't seem a lot. We have the senses of smell, touch, taste, sight and hearing. Many people say they have a sixth sense. That's when you can sense things are happening that other people can't. Perhaps you

听一分钟英文：Salad-沙拉

Salad is important. I reckon most of us dont eat enough salad. We prefer other things. Im a bit lazy when it comes to salad. I cant be bothered to make one. If Im at the salad bar of a restaurant, I will make the effort. Ill pile as much stuff on my

听一分钟英文：Sand-沙

Sand is very useful. You can do so many things with it. You can make sand castles, bury yourself in it and sink your toes in it. Perhaps the biggest use of sand is in building. Most of todays buildings would not be there without sand. I wonder where

听一分钟英文：Safety-安全

Safety is something we should all think more carefully about. The world around us can be a pretty dangerous place. Even our homes are full of danger. Think about all the electric wiring, gas pipes, chemicals in the building materials, etc. All kinds

听一分钟英文：Stock Market-股市

The stock market is a hot topic these days. Since the credit crisis began in September 2009, people have been watching stock prices very carefully. A lot of people have lost a lot of money because share values have fallen. The stock market is a stran

听一分钟英文：Stress-压力

Stress. Nasty thing. I hate being stressed but Im not sure why. The stress disappears and then everything is back to normal. I need to tell myself that the stressful situation will be over soon. I wonder if people are more stressed today than they we

听一分钟英文：Students-学生

Being a student is a good life. I dont think most students understand this. A lot of students complain they have no money and too much homework. They never complain that they have loads of free time, dont have to go to work and have really long holid

听一分钟英文：Studying-学习

Love it or hate it, studying is one of the most important things we do in life. We all start school around the age of four and then its study, study, study. Some of us are good at it and like it. Some people even become lifelong learners and study in

听一分钟英文：Success-成功

How important is success to you? What is success? I suppose its different things to different people. For me, success is having good friends, a loving family and doing well in my job. For other people, success only means being the best in the world.

听一分钟英文：Sugar-糖

Sugar is an interesting food. Is it food? Im not sure what sugar is. It seems as though the world is addicted to sugar. We cannot do without it. I wonder how much sugar we have every day. When I was a kid, I loved sugary things. I even used to eat su

听一分钟英文：Suicide-自杀

Suicide is a sad and terrible thing. The Bible said its one of the biggest sins, but Im not so sure about that. People take their own lives for many reasons. They have lost their job, lost hope, lost everything in life. They have no one to turn to fo

听一分钟英文：Surgery-手术

Surgery has saved or improved millions of lives. Its amazing to think that doctors have the ability to cut us open and repair us. Some of the surgery nowadays is unbelievable. Doctors and surgeons can replace organs like the heart, operate on the bra

听一分钟英文：Sun-太阳

Without the Sun we wouldnt be here. It is the source of our heat, light and energy. It is enormous, bigger than we could imagine; yet its very small compared to other suns in the universe. Its unbelievable to think how much the sun burns. Its just a

听一分钟英文：Sweatshops-血汗工厂

The idea of sweatshops makes me very angry. Theres nothing good about them. Very young children have to work in horrible factories that are bad for their health. They eat and sleep at the factories. Their bosses make them work up to 16 hours a day an

听一分钟英文：Summer-夏天

The best thing about living in a country that has four seasons is summer. Everyone looks forward to it. Summer is a time when we have picnics in the park and the sky is always blue. I go to the beach a lot in the summer and go hiking. It can never ge

听一分钟英文：Sumo-相扑

Sumo is the national sport of Japan. It is very popular there, but its popularity is decreasing. This is because the top champions are no longer Japanese. There have been more champions from Hawaii and Mongolia in the past decade than Japanese. Sumo

听一分钟英文：Super Bowl-美国橄榄球超级杯大赛

I so cant wait for the Super Bowl. Its gonna be the best ever. Every year I always look forward to it. Its quite simply the greatest show on Earth. You cant compare the Super Bowl to any other sporting event. Its even better than the Olympics. Its on

听一分钟英文：Supermarkets-超市

I think supermarkets are interesting places. They are packed with thousands of different kinds of goods and products. There is an army of workers making sure the shelves are stocked and everything looks nice. And the prices are usually cheap. The onl

听一分钟英文：Sustainable Development-可持续发展

Sustainable development is one of the buzz words of the new century. Almost everything we do nowadays we have to think about sustainable development. It is incredibly important. Its a concept at the heart of the Earths survival. Its not rocket scienc