【英语语言学习】使我不断前进的动力

So, a few years ago I was at JFK Airport about to get on a flight, when I was approached by two women who I do not think would be insulted to hear themselves described as tiny old tough-talking Italian-American broads. The taller one, who is like up

【英语语言学习】争议

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Three hundred years ago, the rock of Gibraltar, rising dramatically out of the Spanish coastline, became a British territory. This has never sat well with Spain. And now recent disputes over the territorial waters around Gibralta

【英语语言学习】遵照格言去生活

So I've been thinking about the difference between the rsum virtues and the eulogy virtues. The rsum virtues are the ones you put on your rsum, which are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that get mentioned in t

【英语语言学习】选择错误还是运气不好

LYNN NEARY, HOST: NPR's Pam Fessler has been covering inequality around the country gathering stories from people struggling with poverty. And she's found that these stories prompt strong opinions and questions like who's at fault and what should be

【英语语言学习】无人机计划

LYNN NEARY, HOST: Few people know the ins and outs of power politics in the nation's capital better than Richard A. Clarke. He served three presidents and as national coordinator for security and counterterrorism, he was instrumental in developing th

【英语语言学习】生命中最糟糕的时刻

As a student of adversity, I've been struck over the years by how some people with major challenges seem to draw strength from them, and I've heard the popular wisdom that that has to do with finding meaning. And for a long time, I thought the meanin

【英语语言学习】电子烟

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Vape pens look just like e-cigarettes, but they're for vaporizing marijuana. They're smoke-free and very popular among marijuana users. But it can be hard to know just how strong a dose they're getting. Reporter Miles Bryan explain

【英语语言学习】我们与动物间的关系

So it was the fall of 1902, and President Theodore Roosevelt needed a little break from the White House, so he took a train to Mississippi to do a little black bear hunting outside of a town called Smedes. The first day of the hunt, they didn't see a

【英语语言学习】更快、更高、更强

The Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius. Faster, Higher, Stronger. And athletes have fulfilled that motto rapidly. The winner of the 2012 Olympic marathon ran two hours and eight minutes. Had he been racing against the winner of the 1904 Olympic

【英语语言学习】链接中断

Just about anyone who's used the Internet has encountered the message Error 404 or Page Not Found. That's what you see when a link is broken or dead, when a resource is no longer available. It happens on blogs. It happens on news websites, even on de

【英语语言学习】埃及抗议者对抗反抗议法

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Two presidents of Egypt have been ousted after often violent street demonstrations since the Arab Spring, but a law passed in November now bans any protest that is not sanctioned by the Egyptian government as part of the broad crac

【英语语言学习】上瘾与疼痛

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The debate on approving new drugs to treat pain can sometimes get as polarized as abortion or gun control, as the number of people who become addicted or who have died from overdoses of legal painkillers increases. Several states a

【英语语言学习】推特上的奇闻异事

My job at Twitter is to ensure user trust, protect user rights and keep users safe, both from each other and, at times, from themselves. Let's talk about what scale looks like at Twitter. Back in January 2009, we saw more than two million new tweets

【英语语言学习】女性在印度的地位

Talking about empowerment is odd, because when we talk about empowerment, what affects us most are the stories. So I want to begin with an everyday story. What is it really like to be a young woman in India? Now, I've spent the last 27 years of my li

【英语语言学习】埃博拉病毒对野生动物的威胁

The Ebola virus has killed more than 1,000 people in West Africa. But it also threatens wildlife, like the severely endangered western lowland gorilla. VOAs Steve Baragona reports that the spread of Ebola shows how animal diseases spill over the barr

【英语语言学习】探索北极的神秘

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The journey of the USS Jeannette in 1879 came out of the dreams of a lot of wise men who might have known better. It set sail from San Francisco in July of that year with 32 men to find what they hoped would be a kind of unspoiled

【英语语言学习】死亡之桥

All humans share two life events birth and death. However, people deal with death in many different ways. Culture, religion, personal beliefs and fear all influence our reactions. Sometimes death seems so sad that we look for help, for comfort, somet

【英语语言学习】建立在战争基础上的世界

ARUN RATH, HOST: One hundred years ago tomorrow, on July 28, 1914, Austrian troops invaded Serbia. It was the start of the First World War. The conflict would last four long years - taking down empires, creating new nations and killing millions by th

【英语语言学习】在战争废墟中建立起来的友谊

Last month I was in Sarajevo reporting on the 100th anniversary of the assassination that started the first world war. Although I'd shown up to talk about World War I, I was surrounded by scars from the Balkan war and World War II, layers of tragedy

【英语语言学习】德国对抗美国的间谍活动

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Spying is dangerous work but it has some perks, as 007 knows - high tech gadgets. (SOUNDBITE OF JAMES BOND FILMS) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Stun gas. X-ray document scanner. A typical leather belt. Smoke screen, oil slick, A standard iss