【英语语言学习】懒于管理密码 试试这些小技巧吧

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. One of the downsides of all the conveniences of online shopping and banking, as well as social media and email is coming up with all of those darned passwords, and worse yet having to remember them. Many people use

【英语语言学习】矿井下的危险

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. In his latest book, Deep Down Dark, novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hector Tobar recounts the full story of a disaster that many of us know only the ending of. Our book critic, Maureen Corrigan, ha

【英语语言学习】每个人心中的利他主义

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When someone does something utterly selfless, you might think, oh, they're just a generous kind of soul. But new research suggests altruism may be hardwired in the brain. Reporter Michelle Trudeau has more. MICHELLE TRUDEAU, BYLI

【英语语言学习】为什么我们要禁毒

What has the War on Drugs done to the world? Look at the murder and mayhem in Mexico, Central America, so many other parts of the planet, the global black market estimated at 300 billion dollars a year, prisons packed in the United States and elsewhe

【英语语言学习】诺贝尔和平奖获得者

In the name of God the most beneficent, the most merciful who is the God of all mankind. Wherever I go and speak, the only problem I face is that the podium is usually taller than me. So I hope it will be good this time. Im feeling honored that I am

【英语语言学习】黑手党

From VOA Learning English, welcome to This is America! Im Christopher Cruise. The American city of Las Vegas, Nevada, is known around the world. Las Vegas is famous for excitement, entertainment and casinos -- businesses where lots of money can be wo

【英语语言学习】带着渺小的希望活下去

This is For the Record. The year was 1975. Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese as American troops and civilians were forced to evacuate the country. Ronald Reagan entered the presidential race against Gerald Ford. A show called Saturday Night Live de

【英语语言学习】北京的地下室

ARUN RATH, HOST: More than 21 million people live in Beijing, so even the tiniest apartments can cost a fortune. But there is an underground market. Literally, people are living underground. Below the city's bustling streets, bomb shelters and storag

【英语语言学习】对恐怖分子的攻击

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Police in France, Belgium and Germany have swept up more than two dozen suspected terrorists in the last couple of days as investigators search Western Europe for possible militants. The threat of hundreds of radicalized European c

【英语语言学习】法国巴黎发生的惨剧

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The attacks in Paris this week raised a range of questions for news organizations, in a time when images stream across the world unedited, unverified, but instantaneously. And of course, the cartoonists and editors at Charlie Hebdo

【英语语言学习】我很早就辍学了

Thank you. I never really expected to find myself giving advice to people graduating from an establishment of higher education. I never graduated from any such establishment. I never even started at one. I escaped from school as soon as I could, when

【英语语言学习】学会克服遭拒绝后产生的恐惧情绪

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're introducing you this morning to Invisibilia. It's the name of a new NPR program that's all about the invisible forces that shape human behavior. This week's episode focuses on fear. And to give just a taste of one of Invisib

【英语语言学习】保护鲸鱼

In the 1600s, there were so many right whales in Cape Cod Bay off the east coast of the U.S. that apparently you could walk across their backs from one end of the bay to the other. Today, they number in the hundreds, and they're endangered. Like them

【英语语言学习】继续创造新词汇吧

I'm a lexicographer. I make dictionaries. And my job as a lexicographer is to try to put all the words possible into the dictionary. My job is not to decide what a word is; that is your job. Everybody who speaks English decides together what's a word

【英语语言学习】跨种族收养

We've been feeling reflective here at WEEKEND EDITION. And over the past few weeks we've been listening back to some of our favorite interviews from the past year. This week's pick comes from our editor Jordana Hochman and producer Chris Benderev. Th

【英语语言学习】数字0的曲折历史

ERIC WESTERVELT, HOST: Think of all the numbers you've encountered today - the clock in your smartphone, maybe the date on your calendar, the numbers on that highway sign. And those are just the ones you can see. It's easy to take numbers for granted

【英语语言学习】衰老

And this is For The Record. There are at least 43 million people in this country over the age of 65. And in 35 years that number is expected to double. That means more families than ever are grappling with a difficult decision - what to do when a gra

【英语语言学习】埃博拉病毒对抗日记

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to a very personal story from the front lines of the ongoing fight against Ebola in one of the countries hardest hit - Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization reports that the Ebola epidemic in that country may be levelin

【英语语言学习】我生命中最艰难的105天

So in the oasis of intelligentsia that is TED, I stand here before you this evening as an expert in dragging heavy stuff around cold places. I've been leading polar expeditions for most of my adult life, and last month, my teammate Tarka L'Herpiniere

【英语语言学习】合理利用废弃物

It is very fashionable and proper to speak about food in all its forms, all its colors, aromas and tastes. But after the food goes through the digestive system, when it is thrown out as crap, it is no longer fashionable to speak about it. It is rathe