【英语语言学习】未来学校的样子

What is going to be the future of learning? I do have a plan, but in order for me to tell you what that plan is, I need to tell you a little story, which kind of sets the stage. I tried to look at where did the kind of learning we do in schools, wher

【英语语言学习】未来机器人具有所有感官功能

From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. Every year, IBM Corporation chooses five new technologies it believes will change the world within the next five years. The IBM list is called Five in Five. The company says

【英语语言学习】沉默的杀手

This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise. And I'm Bob Doughty. Winter has brought cold weather to many parts of Earths northern hemisphere. With the cold comes a danger as old as mans knowledge of fire -- death or i

【英语语言学习】谁说只有人类喜欢用平板电脑

From VOA Learning English, this is the TECHNOLOGY REPORT in Special English. Humans are not the only ones who like to use tablet computers. The nonprofit organization Orangutan Outreach has started a program called Apps for Apes using Apples iPad. Or

【英语语言学习】通过网上教育我们能够学到什么

Like many of you, I'm one of the lucky people. I was born to a family where education was pervasive. I'm a third-generation PhD, a daughter of two academics. In my childhood, I played around in my father's university lab. So it was taken for granted

【英语语言学习】鲨鱼

This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. And I'm Doug Johnson. On our program this week, we tell about sharks. They are among the oldest animals on Earth. Sharks are famous for attacking other sea creatures and even peop

【英语语言学习】阿拉伯选举

My talk today is about something maybe a couple of you have already heard about. It's called the Arab Spring. Anyone heard of it? (Applause) So in 2011, power shifted, from the few to the many, from oval offices to central squares, from carefully gua

【英语语言学习】建立友谊

Young Muslims and Jews in Los Angeles, California, are making friends with each other in an unusual way. They gather together at meetings set up by a group called NewGround. And they share personal stories to help build new relationships. A speaker a

【英语语言学习】怎样做酸奶？

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Yogurt is a healthy food that can be made at home. One way to make it is to first buy some yogurt from a store or purchase dry yogurt culture. Add two small spoonfuls of the yogurt to two cups of mi

【英语语言学习】科学技术的运用对医学临床的帮助

From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Bob Doughty. And Im Faith Lapidus. Today, we tell about a woman who can use signals from her brain to move a robotic arm. We tell about efforts to develop an experimental g

【英语语言学习】为什么我选择当兵从戎？

As the highest military commander of The Netherlands, with troops stationed around the world, I'm really honored to be here today. When I look around this TEDxAmsterdam venue, I see a very special audience. You are the reason why I said yes to the in

【英语语言学习】为什么不试着出去走走看看？

I essentially drag sledges for a living, so it doesn't take an awful lot to flummox me intellectually, but I'm going to read this question from an interview earlier this year: Philosophically, does the constant supply of information steal our ability

【英语语言学习】TED演讲

I have a daughter, Mulan. And when she was eight, last year, she was doing a report for school or she had some homework about frogs. And we were at this restaurant, and she said, So, basically, frogs lay eggs and the eggs turn into tadpoles, and tadp

【英语语言学习】白鹭

SHEP O'NEAL: Now, the Special English program AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Today's story is called The White Heron. It was written by Sarah Orne Jewett. Here is Kay Gallant with the story. (MUSIC) KAY GALLANT: The forest was full of shadows as a little

【英语语言学习】菲比访谈录

Thank you, President Hill, for inviting me to speak, and thank you to the Class of 2010 for not protesting...seriously. I was wondering what I should say to you there are so many possibilities you know? So I asked some of you and by some I mean two w

【英语语言学习】移动电话改变了非洲人的生活

From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. The World Bank estimates there are about 650 million mobile phone users in African countries south of the Sahara Desert. That is greater than the number of users in the Unit

【英语语言学习】肯尼迪的演讲

President Anderson, members of the faculty, board of trustees, distinguished guests, my old colleague, Senator Bob Byrd, who has earned his degree through many years of attending night law school, while I am earning mine in the next 30 minutes, disti

【英语语言学习】火星上有生命的新证据

This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. Last August, NASA's Curiosity Rover staked its claim in Gale Crater on the surface of Mars, and since then it's been cruising around, zapping rocks, sniffing the Martian air and snapping some self-portraits. Bu

【英语语言学习】红酒可以延缓衰老？

This is SCIENCE FRIDAY, I'm Ira Flatow. Here's some news to raise a glass to: the idea that red wine may help us live longer and healthier lives. Well, it got a new boost this week. According to a team of researchers, a compound found in the skin of

【英语语言学习】史前巨石柱的秘密

From VOA Learning English, this is EXPLORATIONS in Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise. And I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. Today, we report on new knowledge about Stonehenge, the famous, ancient stone circles in southern England. Laser technology has aide