【英语语言学习】生命最后的日子你会去做什么

On Mondays and Thursdays, I learn how to die. I call them my terminal days. My wife Fernanda doesn't like the term, but a lot of people in my family died of melanoma cancer and my parents and grandparents had it. And I kept thinking, one day I could

【英语语言学习】与癌症对抗

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: In Nashville this weekend, there's an exhibition of masks, not the kind that are used to hide, disguise or play dress-up. These have been worn by people with head or neck cancer. The plastic and mesh masks are used during radi

【英语语言学习】机器人变得越来越智能

Robyn Williams: And this is The Science Show on RN where we just heard Amanda Bauer talk about all those robots running the giant instruments. Here's one of them. Amanda Bauer: This is the robot. The robot reaches down and clamps onto one of these li

【英语语言学习】移民滞留英国

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We turn our attention now to Europe where migration from war-torn countries is changing the face of many cities, like Calais, France. Migrants use Calais as a staging ground to reach Britain where they believe asylum conditions a

【英语语言学习】睡眠与健康

Sleep. It's something we spend about a third of our lives doing, but do any of us really understand what it's all about? Two thousand years ago, Galen, one of the most prominent medical researchers of the ancient world, proposed that while we're awak

【英语语言学习】大麻的药用价值

Norman Swan: Hello, and welcome to the Health Report with me, Norman Swan. Today, your heart and your genes. Most people think of congenital heart disease as heart abnormalities which affect babies. But in fact it's a bigger problem for adults and ma

【英语语言学习】咆哮

I know a man who soars above the city every night. In his dreams, he twirls and swirls with his toes kissing the Earth. Everything has motion, he claims, even a body as paralyzed as his own. This man is my father. Three years ago, when I found out th

【英语语言学习】你恐惧什么

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week we asked listeners and social media followers to tell us about unusual things that may scare them. Not international terrorism or certifiable phobias, but real fears we carry around that some people may not understand. Ma

【英语语言学习】获得快乐的秘诀是什么

So, people want a lot of things out of life, but I think, more than anything else, they want happiness. Aristotle called happiness the chief good, the end towards which all other things aim. According to this view, the reason we want a big house or a

【英语语言学习】久坐伤身

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. If you are sitting down listening to this Health Report, stand up. Move your legs. Touch your toes, if you can. Do anything but sit. If you cut down on the time you spend sitting, you might live l

【英语语言学习】系统漏洞

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Millions of computers and networks are at risk after a security flaw, which is being called Shellshock, was found last week. Now this is not a virus. It's a bug - a mistake in code. And it turns out, it's actually been around

【英语语言学习】科技对人类发展的重要作用

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Steven Johnson's new book, How We Got To Now, is a history of the modern world. His vision is that technology has shaped people and society. And he follows six innovations which he believes brought us to where we are today. Hi

【英语语言学习】为自由言论而战

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Ari Shapiro. This past week marked the 50th anniversary of the free speech movement at the campus of UC Berkeley in California. The movement launched massive sit-ins and protests that would help define a gen

【英语语言学习】飞龙

Robyn Williams: Australia has some of the finest living dinosaurs in the world. Yes, I mean birds. Our birds were among the first purveyors of birdsong in ancient history, so the science suggested earlier this year, despite what David Attenborough ha

【英语语言学习】为什么隐私那么重要

There is an entire genre of YouTube videos devoted to an experience which I am certain that everyone in this room has had. It entails an individual who, thinking they're alone, engages in some expressive behavior wild singing, gyrating dancing, some

【英语语言学习】圣诞老人的日记

I was in a coffee shop reading the want-ads when I saw, Macy's Herald Square, the largest store in the world, has big opportunities for outgoing, fun-loving people of all shapes and sizes. Working as an elf in Macy's SantaLand means being at the cent

【英语语言学习】对音乐的热爱

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Some of the most distinctive music in pop history has been written and performed by Yusuf Islam, back to a time in the 1970s when he went by a different name. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, PEACE TRAIN) CAT STEVENS: (Singing) Oh, I've been sm

【英语语言学习】科幻小说

Antony Funnell: Science fiction stands on the bridge between fantasy and reality. Hello, Antony Funnell here, and welcome to Future Tense. Unlike pure fantasy, science fiction explores what might be possible. And, that's what makes it so intriguing.

【英语语言学习】为什么女性容易受到骚扰

'm Rachel Martin, and this is For The Record. When you live part of your life online through social media, you have to be prepared for everything that comes your way. The more visible someone is, the more likely a target of harassment. And on Twitter

【英语语言学习】治疗老年痴呆症

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. November is Alzheimers Awareness Month in the United States. Alzheimers is a frightening disease. It is frightening not only for those who suffer from memory loss, but also for their loved ones. B