【英语语言学习】一位母亲与众多无家可归的孩子

ARUN RATH, HOST: While attention in Washington stays fixed on the Texas border where tens of thousands of migrant children wait in limbo, thousands more children living in America who are legal citizens also face an uncertain future because their par

【英语语言学习】流动到墨西哥的移民增多

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The U.S. isn't the only country struggling with migrants from Central America. Mexico's president recently announced plans to crack down on the illegal flow of people into his country. He wants to strengthen security along Mexico's

【英语语言学习】著名的法国葡萄酒庄遭威胁

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Romanee-Conti is one of the most famed vineyards in the world - in history, really - where they produce one of the most elegant and extravagantly-priced wines in the world. In January of 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed propriet

【英语语言学习】你做过的最坏的事情决定不了你的为人

Twenty-three years ago, at the age of 19, I shot and killed a man. I was a young drug dealer with a quick temper and a semi-automatic pistol. But that wasn't the end of my story. In fact, it was beginning, and the 23 years since is a story of acknowl

【英语语言学习】人性

My search is always to find ways to chronicle, to share and to document stories about people, just everyday people. Stories that offer transformation, that lean into transcendence, but that are never sentimental, that never look away from the darkest

【英语语言学习】父爱如山

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Thirty years ago, Ted Conover wrote Rolling Nowhere: Riding The Roads With America's Hobos, an account of his time hopping freight trains across America. Asa, his teenage son, read the book last year, and asked his father if he'd s

【英语语言学习】非法移民到意大利

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Thousands of unauthorized migrants travel by boat each year to Italy. Their journeys from North Africa across the Mediterranean can be perilous. As NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports, there's a top security naval compound on the ou

【英语语言学习】我到这里来不是鼓舞你们的

I grew up in a very small country town in Victoria. I had a very normal, low-key kind of upbringing. I went to school, I hung out with my friends, I fought with my younger sisters. It was all very normal. And when I was 15, a member of my local commu

【英语语言学习】教授哥斯拉

A small college outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, called Hendrix College, is about to get a new president. His name is William Tsutsui. He's a Harvard- and Princeton-educated economist. But he's most known for his expertise in Godzilla. Yes, Godzilla

【英语语言学习】适用于儿童骑行的自行车

DON GONYEA, HOST: So the Tour de France starts next weekend in Britain. But over in Paris, the next generation of riders will be able to start training. Based on the popularity of the city's bike-share program for adults, parents can now rent wheels

【英语语言学习】列宁的最后一尊雕塑

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: This fall, Germans will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down, marking the end of the Cold War and the end of a divided Germany. Yet a generation later, many Germans are still conflicted about their for

【英语语言学习】被安排的婚姻

FRAIDY REISS: Arranged marriage - where I grew up in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, this was just how marriage worked. And it was something I very much wanted to do. Most girls in my community were married at age 18 or 19, tops. And I had no qu

【英语语言学习】我热爱我的祖国

I'm a veteran of the starship Enterprise. I soared through the galaxy driving a huge starship with a crew made up of people from all over this world, many different races, many different cultures, many different heritages, all working together, and o

【英语语言学习】因特网的免疫系统

Four years ago, a security researcher, or, as most people would call it, a hacker, found a way to literally make ATMs throw money at him. His name was Barnaby Jack, and this technique was later called jackpotting in his honor. I'm here today because

【英语语言学习】非暴力抗议

It was less than a year after September 11, and I was at the Chicago Tribune writing about shootings and murders, and it was leaving me feeling pretty dark and depressed. I had done some activism in college, so I decided to help a local group hang do

【英语语言学习】巴拿马运河

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Panama Canal was built almost 100 years ago and is now undergoing a major expansion. The waterway will be widened, making room for bigger ships, and that means more cargo and more revenue. The expansion promises big rewards f

【英语语言学习】古老的脚印

Im Anna Matteo. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today we tell how some extremely small organisms may help meet our food needs in the future. Then, we report on an American project to save endangered orchids. Finally, we tell about the discovery of what Br

【英语语言学习】爱因斯坦的大脑没有特别之处

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Albert Einstein had an enviable mind. So much, in fact, that when he died in Princeton's hospital, the pathologist on-call stole his brain. Dr. Einstein had asked for his brain to be cremated along with the rest of him, but eventua

【英语语言学习】6月4日

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In 1989, students like Shen Tong were the driving force behind the protests in Tiananmen Square. And now China has more than 30 million students in higher education. But how much do young Chinese know about what happened a quarte

【英语语言学习】瘾君子的康复之路

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Last fall on WEEKEND EDITION Sunday, we took a close look at addiction in America. What forms it can take, what causes it and the intimate stories of those it affects. For the next few minutes, we're going to focus in on another