【英语语言学习】我们依旧相信希望

LYNN NEARY, HOST: The Mexican drug wars have left many victims, especially those shattered by violence. Some have found a small measure of refuge outside Juarez, Mexico. A shelter there is the last stop for a group of indigent and mentally ill people

【英语语言学习】对女性的歧视实际上是对男权的滥用

As a matter of fact, I was trying to think about my career since I left the White House, and the best example I have is a cartoon in The New Yorker a couple of years ago. This little boy is looking up at his father, and he says, Daddy, when I grow up

【英语语言学习】个人用户要求谷歌删掉与自己有关的网页

(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 from five

【英语语言学习】我们为什么工作

Today I'm going to talk about work. And the question I want to ask and answer is this: Why do we work? Why do we drag ourselves out of bed every morning instead of living our lives just filled with bouncing from one TED-like adventure to another? You

【英语语言学习】苹果总裁库克在乔治华盛顿大学的演讲

Hello GW. Thank you very much President Knapp for that kind intro. Alex, trustees, faculty and deans of the university, my fellow honorees, and especially you the class of 2015. Yes. Congratulations to you, to your family, to your friends that are at

【英语语言学习】避难者

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Dr. Katherine McKenzie has examined the wounds of many people. But she doesn't treat them. For the past decade, she has conducted forensic evaluations as director of the Yale Center for Asylum Medicine. It's her job to verify cla

【英语语言学习】反对极端组织是正确的选择

MACER GIFFORD: I was sitting at my desk in London, in an ordinary job, working in the city, and every day I'd flick on my computer screen and see the most horrendous crimes being committed in the Middle East. And it stirred me into action. I first wa

【英语语言学习】暴力少年的蜕变史

LYNN NEARY, HOST: Now, the story of an incredible journey that begins in the late 1980s when the first Palestinian uprising began. (SOUNDBITE OF EXPLOSION) NEARY: The images from the intifada include exploding tear gas canisters launched by Israelis

【英语语言学习】什么时候该表明立场呢

This summer I was back in Ohio for a family wedding, and when I was there, there was a meet and greet with Anna and Elsa from Frozen. Not the Anna and Elsa from Frozen, as this was not a Disney-sanctioned event. These two entrepreneurs had a business

【英语语言学习】纪念尼古拉斯.温顿爵士

ERIC WESTERVELT, HOST: Many people around the world are mourning the death of Sir Nicholas Winton this week at the age of 106. Winton is credited with saving the lives of 669 children, most of them Jews, by organizing their escape from what was then

【英语语言学习】狗狗的进化史

Robyn Williams: And this is The Science Show on RN where weve long tracked the evolution of dogs. Now clearly going far further back than we thought, so we can imagine now a bunch of feral people, all very roughroaming around the woods, coming across

【英语语言学习】大脑里的漏洞

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: For most of her life, Cole Cohen had a hard time with all kinds of things. She'd get lost all of the time. She couldn't do math to save her life. The whole concept of time was hard for her to grasp. Her parents took her to doctor

【英语语言学习】一位消防员志愿者对生命的感悟

Back in New York, I am the head of development for a non-profit called Robin Hood. When I'm not fighting poverty, I'm fighting fires as the assistant captain of a volunteer fire company. Now in our town, where the volunteers supplement a highly skill

【英语语言学习】双重间谍

ARUN RATH, HOST: What does it take to be a double agent, to convince a foreign government that you're working for them when you're actually spying on them? Years of special study and training, right? NAVEED JAMALI: I had none. It consisted of probabl

【英语语言学习】即刻起你就是自己的指引者

Good morning. Oh, what a day. What a lovely day. Its a pleasure to be addressing the Wake Forest graduating Class of 2015. I want to start by thanking the administration and the Trustees for inviting me to speak. I want to thank them for giving me an

【英语语言学习】父亲与女儿

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now, on this Father's Day, we bring you a story about a father and his daughter and a whole continent between them. Longtime NPR contributor Jon Kalish lives in New York City. For years, he struggled to maintain a relationship wi

【英语语言学习】怀孕

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Twenty years ago, when teen pregnancy was double what it is today, a close friend of mine got pregnant when we were in high school. It's a story I haven't been able to shake. And every time I see a news headline about teen pregna

【英语语言学习】原始人的饮食、生活方式与健康状况

Robyn Williams: And so to a mummies aspect that did not get celebrated at all last weekend, and there are plenty of them. This is Wendy Zukerman: Wendy Zukerman: For 7,000 years we humans have mummified our dead. Yes, the ancient cultures of Chile, E

【英语语言学习】我戴的头巾对你来说意味着什么

Someone who looks like me walks past you in the street. Do you think they're a mother, a refugee or a victim of oppression? Or do you think they're a cardiologist, a barrister or maybe your local politician? Do you look me up and down, wondering how

【英语语言学习】副总统拜登的私人演讲

THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hello, Yale! (Applause.) Great to see you all. (Applause.) Thank you very, very much. Jeremy and Kiki, the entire Class of 2015, congratulations and thank you for inviting me to be part of this special day. Youre talented. Youve w