【英语语言学习】纯净水净化系统

(From an Omni Processor promotional video:) Bill Gates: Over 2.5 billion people have no access to safe sanitation. We asked brilliant engineers to help us solve this problem, and one of those engineers actually has proposed a solution where the waste

【英语语言学习】乌干达人与灵长目动物

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. The flow of Congolese refugees into western Uganda is raising concerns not only about food security, but also the risk of Ebola virus. Eating primates is a Congolese custom, but

【英语语言学习】网络上的“一石激起千层浪”效应

In the early days of Twitter, it was like a place of radical de-shaming. People would admit shameful secrets about themselves, and other people would say, Oh my God, I'm exactly the same. Voiceless people realized that they had a voice, and it was po

【英语语言学习】人类的第二大脑

Hi, it's All in the Mind on RN. Today, why the gut has been dubbed our second brain. David Perlmutter: There are some absolutely avant-garde researchers who have finally made a huge leap and have decided to look for brain answers outside of the brain

【英语语言学习】如何处理垃圾邮件

A few years ago, I got one of those spam emails. And it managed to get through my spam filter. I'm not quite sure how, but it turned up in my inbox, and it was from a guy called Solomon Odonkoh. I know. It went like this: it said, Hello James Veitch,

【英语语言学习】恋爱是一种什么感觉

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now for a story about falling in love, and not just figuratively. In 2012, Natalie Lindeman went on a first date and she fell a hundred feet down a mountainside into a canyon. Lindeman wrote about her date, that fall and what hap

【英语语言学习】潜在的爱

Ive just returned from a few weeks in Kazakhstan, a large country between Russia and Afghanistan. Home again, I changed my phone message to: Just back from Central Asia, which isnt Bali. Yes, the trip had been disturbing, physically and emotionally.

【英语语言学习】教女孩学会勇敢

So a few years ago, I did something really brave, or some would say really stupid. I ran for Congress. For years, I had existed safely behind the scenes in politics as a fundraiser, as an organizer, but in my heart, I always wanted to run. The sittin

【英语语言学习】为什么英语如此奇怪

DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The French are having a huge cultural row over some spelling changes the government's about to put into effect, particularly the elimination of the circumflex - the little hat-shaped accent that sits on certain v

【英语语言学习】语气词的使用

Amanda Smith: It's through languagethe sounds that you make with your mouth, with your tongue, your teeth, vocal cords, and lungsthat we convey meaning to each other. But there's a whole range of noises we make that are not words. They still communic

【英语语言学习】未来的犯罪将会是什么样子

GUY RAZ, HOST: OK, so after this point the future is looking pretty awesome, you know, all this incredible technology to cure disease and make us live better lives but like the force, there is of course a dark side. Which is what Mark Goodman worries

【英语语言学习】你的浏览器透露了你多少信息

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We turn now to a story about a missed opportunity. Several years ago, Adam Grant was approached to become an early investor in Warby Parker - you know, the first startup to sell eyeglasses online. Grant is a management consultant

【英语语言学习】当我对我所恐惧的事情说“yes”后

So a while ago, I tried an experiment. For one year, I would say yes to all the things that scared me. Anything that made me nervous, took me out of my comfort zone, I forced myself to say yes to. Did I want to speak in public? No, but yes. Did I wan

【英语语言学习】阿富汗版的罗密欧与朱丽叶传奇

We now bring you a love story. A boy and a girl from different backgrounds meet. They fall in love. Their parents don't approve. And that's the part that fells familiar, even universal. But this true story takes place in Afghanistan, where falling in

【英语语言学习】无家可归的年轻流浪儿

Bob Cunningham: Tonight we've got lasagne, a vegetarian korma, steamed rice, and salads. David Lewis: Which of those do you expect to be the most popular? Bob Cunningham: The lasagne by a mile! David Lewis: It's almost dinner time, and staff at this

【英语语言学习】爱情失而复得

JULIA ROBERTS: (As Anna Scott) And don't forget, I'm also just a girl standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her. SANAA LATHAN: (As Monica Wright) I've loved you since I was 11 and the [expletive] won't go away. OMAR EPPS: (As Quincy McCall)

【英语语言学习】对待避难者和移民的方式

MARTIN: And this is For The Record. There are 11.3 million people in the U.S. who have immigrated here illegally. And as you probably heard, the presidential candidates have different opinions about how to handle them - most notably, the GOP front-ru

【英语语言学习】每个孩子都需要鼓励

I have spent my entire life either at the schoolhouse, on the way to the schoolhouse, or talking about what happens in the schoolhouse. Both my parents were educators, my maternal grandparents were educators, and for the past 40 years, I've done the

【英语语言学习】我是如何阻止恐怖分子关闭我的学校的

(Arabic) I seek refuge in Allah from cursed Satan. In the Name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful. I was born in a middle class family. My father was five years old when he lost his father, but by the time I was born, he was already a bus

【英语语言学习】自由有多难

In the past two decades, thousands of North Koreans have fled to South Korea. Yeonmi Park is one of them. Her father had been imprisoned, and her family didn't have enough money to survive, so she and her mother escaped across a frozen river, finally