【英语语言学习】愤怒的蜜蜂

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Every year, millions of commercial honey bees hit the road headed to farms around the country to pollinate crops. Occasionally, there are mishaps like the one that took place this past week in Delaware when a tractor-trailer carr

【英语语言学习】走出贫困有多难

Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty. The success or failure of that war has been debated ever since. As part of our anniversary coverage, NPR's Pam Fessler is reporting on the difficulties of living in poverty and on h

【英语语言学习】我父亲是恐怖分子 而我选择和平

On November 5th, 1990, a man named El-Sayyid Nosair walked into a hotel in Manhattan and assassinated Rabbi Meir Kahane, the leader of the Jewish Defense League. Nosair was initially found not guilty of the murder, but while serving time on lesser ch

【英语语言学习】因特网

TED is 30. The world wide web is celebrating this month its 25th anniversary. So I've got a question for you. Let's talk about the journey, mainly about the future. Let's talk about the state. Let's talk about what sort of a web we want. So 25 years

【英语语言学习】如果这样会怎样

LYNN NEARY, HOST: Randall Munroe spends a lot of time answering absurd questions like what if everyone actually had just one soul mate? Could ever meet? He gets such questions from fans of his popular web comic at xkcd.com. A physicist who used to wo

【英语语言学习】现代战争中的歼击机

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Wade Goodwyn. Drones have revolutionized the United States capabilities on the battlefield. The aircraft has characteristics of a sniper - silently killing before the target knows it's there. Predator drones

【英语语言学习】沉默的危险性

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in a 1968 speech where he reflects upon the Civil Rights Movement, states, In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. As a teacher, I've internalized this message. Every day,

【英语语言学习】战争国家的妇女们

The United States and other nations have agreed to work together to oppose the Islamic State militant group. The group now controls parts of Iraq and Syria. This week, two Iraqi girls won a personal victory by escaping from Islamic State militants. H

【英语语言学习】犹太文化

LYNN NEARY, HOST: Today, 27 European countries are marking what is called the European Day of Jewish Culture. The initiative is aimed at opening the doors of Jewish communities, heritage cites and culture to the non-Jewish world and also to deepen Je

【英语语言学习】你是怎么变得这么聪明的

You may have heard people say that hard work is more important than the intelligence you are born with. Recently, researchers noted changes in the brains of individuals immediately after they were told this. Hans Schroder led a study at Michigan Stat

【英语语言学习】我们能阻止世界末日的到来吗

Ten years ago, I wrote a book which I entitled Our Final Century? Question mark. My publishers cut out the question mark. (Laughter) The American publishers changed our title to Our Final Hour. Americans like instant gratification and the reverse. (L

【英语语言学习】富豪的心声

You probably don't know me, but I am one of those .01 percenters that you hear about and read about, and I am by any reasonable definition a plutocrat. And tonight, what I would like to do is speak directly to other plutocrats, to my people, because

【英语语言学习】一个流浪者的遭遇

DARNELL MOORE: At 13, I was a nerd. I took such great pride in wearing dress pants and button-up shirts, unfortunate white socks, like I was a preacher. And my grandmother would send us to the store. And I hated going to the store because I know that

【英语语言学习】一个想要上学的非洲部落女孩

There's a group of people in Kenya. People cross oceans to go see them. These people are tall. They jump high. They wear red. And they kill lions. You might be wondering, who are these people? These are the Maasais. And you know what's cool? I'm actu

【英语语言学习】爱情与谋杀

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The late Gabriel Garcia-Marquez once said that the inspiration for his books came from daily life in his region. Surrealism runs through the streets, he said in an interview in 1973. Surrealism comes from the reality of

【英语语言学习】没有人在关注

FATIMA TLISOVA: Whatever you investigate in the North Caucasus is going to caught the attention of the authorities because corruption is widespread. So wherever you turn, you're going to be in the center of the attention if you are trying to do your

【英语语言学习】早餐没那么重要？

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day or maybe not. A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds eating breakfast or skipping it might not make much difference. Popular theory holds that people who

【英语语言学习】儿童疾病与预防

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. The outbreak of polio in northeast Syria has raised alarm across the region and prompted a major immunization campaign. The childhood disease that causes paralysis and sometimes death can spread

【英语语言学习】科技挽救物种的灭绝

Hello, again, and welcome. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Our program today is all about animals. First we will hear about a group of people who are working to save the African elephant from poachers. New money and new ideas are involved in the project

【英语语言学习】时间的神秘性

This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week our program is about a mystery as old as time. Bob Doughty and Sarah Long tell about the mystery of time. If you can read a clock, you can know the time of day. But no one