【英语语言学习】音乐与回忆

(Music excerpt: Minnie the Moocher) Hello, it's All in the Mind on RN, Lynne Malcolm with you. Today, music and memory. Excerpt from Alive Inside: Man: Henry Henry: Yeah? Man: Do you like the iPod, do you like the music you're hearing? Henry: Yeah, I

【英语语言学习】犯罪率有多高

Now to the ones that got away. In the US, one in four has a criminal record. They can be banned from many jobs, from housing, voting, even from owning a dog. American lawyer Emily Baxter was working at an NGO trying to get a second chance for clients

【英语语言学习】情绪的语言

Antony Funnell: It's often difficult to date the beginning of things. Hello, Antony Funnell here, welcome to Future Tense. Today's show is about the astonishing growth in popularity of Emoji, those little weird faces and symbols people increasingly u

【英语语言学习】失语者

Imagine being unable to say, I am hungry, I am in pain, thank you, or I love you. Being trapped inside your body, a body that doesn't respond to commands. Surrounded by people, yet utterly alone. Wishing you could reach out, to connect, to comfort, t

【英语语言学习】加拿大对避难者的态度是欢迎的

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Members of Congress and a number of governors have said they oppose the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States. And they oppose President Obama's plan to welcome 10,000 Syrians. In Canada, the newly elected liberal go

【英语语言学习】我们需要黑客

In 2008, Burhan Hassan, age 17, boarded a flight from Minneapolis to the Horn of Africa. And while Burhan was the youngest recruit, he was not alone. Al-Shabaab managed to recruit over two dozen young men in their late teens and early 20s with a heav

【英语语言学习】计算机系统加密技术

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Long before the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, law enforcement officials argued that terrorists use technology like encrypted communication tools to evade detection. FBI Director James Comey has made the case that encryp

【英语语言学习】滑板车“火”起来了吗

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: One of the hottest gifts of the season is a little too hot, hot enough to catch fire. Hoverboards have been burning up because of problems with their lithium-ion batteries. And lithium-ion batteries are in a lot of things these day

【英语语言学习】说与听

Antony Funnell: We're a noisy lot, we human beings. Visually as well as in an auditory sense. When we're not spruiking and selling, we're posting and commenting, elbowing for attention and easily distracted by the tangle around us. We like to tell ot

【英语语言学习】罗密欧与朱丽叶

On RN Summer this is Great Lovers, and part four of the story romance in the western world. I'm Amanda Smith. Today its a love story from the Renaissance that's become the greatest teenage love story of them all, or as William Shakespeare called it,

【英语语言学习】当陌生人给你一笔巨款后

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Imagine there's something you've been trying to do for decades and then a total stranger steps in and makes it possible. That happened recently to a San Francisco nonprofit group. From member station KQED, Amy Standen has the story

【英语语言学习】现代社会的奴隶制度

Robyn Williams: If you read about ancient Greece it's uplifting to recognise how free and egalitarian they were, and how this enlightenment was the basis for the rise of culture for drama, philosophy, the growth of natural science and an understandin

【英语语言学习】成人可以从孩子们身上学到什么

Now, I want to start with a question: When was the last time you were called childish? For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or display any other s

【英语语言学习】长崎原子弹事件70年后

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Seventy years ago, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Japan surrendered, and World War II ended six days later. As NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports, the people of Nagasaki retained searing memories and view the pr

【英语语言学习】古巴的怀旧风

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now that the U.S. and Cuba have reopened embassies in each other's countries, what other changes might follow? Havana's streets are already bustling with more tourists than usual. NPR's Carrie Kahn talked with some American touri

【英语语言学习】手术后的失忆症

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Sonya Lea and her husband Richard Bandy had a 23-year-old marriage filled with ups, downs and memories. In 2000, he developed a rare form of appendix cancer and had an operation in 2003 which was successful, sort of. The patient li

【英语语言学习】失信的人数

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: Fifty-two. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Four-hundred-and-fifty-three. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Twenty-five. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Time for some number crunching from our data expert, Mona Chalabi of fivet

【英语语言学习】两个美国人的故事

Where are you from? said the pale, tattooed man. Where are you from? It's September 21, 2001, 10 days after the worst attack on America since World War II. Everyone wonders about the next plane. People are looking for scapegoats. The president, the n

【英语语言学习】美国心理学会

WADE GOODWYN, HOST: The U.S. largest professional organization of psychologists enabled abusive interrogation techniques after 9/11 according to an independent review released Friday. The American Psychological Association acknowledged that its repre

【英语语言学习】飞机失事事故

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's been a year since a Malaysian jetliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. Western governments believe that flight MH17 was hit by a Russian surface-to-air missile, but there is still no offici