【英语语言学习】意大利面酱与幸福

I think I was supposed to talk about my new book, which is called Blink, and it's about snap judgments and first impressions. And it comes out in January, and I hope you all buy it in triplicate. But I was thinking about this, and I realized that alt

【英语语言学习】涅法沙

So...uh...I'm an Iranian-American Muslim female, like all of you. And I'm also a social justice comedian, something that I insist is an actual job. To explain what that is, let me tell you how I got here. I've performed all over the country. And let

【英语语言学习】我们的睡眠质量

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Millions of Americans recharge their phones and screens and laptops before they go to bed at night, but do they recharge themselves? Arianna Huffington says we're in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis that creates anxiety as w

【英语语言学习】凯迪谋杀案的不同说法

Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old woman who managed a bar, was stabbed to death on March 13, 1964, outside of her apartment building in Queens. That terrible crime, shocking in itself, became notorious when the vaunted New York Times reported that 38 peo

【英语语言学习】穆斯林教徒

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The holy month of Ramadan is about to begin. That's the period of fasting, introspection and prayer observed by Muslims around the world, including here in the U.S. We wanted to spend a few minutes reflecting on what it's like to

【英语语言学习】不容易适应环境的人

So I know TED is about a lot of things that are big, but I want to talk to you about something very small. So small, it's a single word. The word is misfit. It's one of my favorite words, because it's so literal. I mean, it's a person who sort of mis

【英语语言学习】被83种不同种类的昆虫蛰伤

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: We're going to talk now to the king of sting. I borrowed that sobriquet from the back cover of Justin Schmidt's new book. The book is called The Sting Of The Wild. Schmidt is an entomologist, a student of bugs, especially Hyme

【英语语言学习】生活在美国的拉丁民族

And this is For The Record. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DONALD TRUMP: We're going to stop it, and we're going to build a wall. We're going to also... (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) TRUMP: We can't have this, folks. We don't have a country anymore. You

【英音模仿秀】从小在农场长大的孩子是如何成功的

An unlikely class of college graduates will walk the stage this coming week. They've gone through an accelerated computer science program that launched three years ago. It had a goal of training the children at California's agricultural Salinas Valle

【英语语言学习】美国的中产阶级

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: I think most people hate to think of themselves as middle-class. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Have what you need, but maybe not everything you want. UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: We have a car, but we live in an apartment. That's middle class

【英语语言学习】爱因斯坦的袜子

Robyn Williams: I wear sandals to work. So Does Jonathan Green. We do so for two reasons. First, to make at least one thing Gerard Henderson writes just one to be true. Hes always calling us at the A.B.C. Sandalistas an odd, rather ugly term implyin

【英语语言学习】摔跤冠军

If you've ever marveled to hear about somebody who's life is so full of adversity that you feel yours is easy, listen up. NPR's Julie McCarthy examines the improbable path of an Indian child bride who literally wrestled her way into a new life. It is

【英语语言学习】我们可以战胜恐惧

There's a big question at the center of life in our democracies today: How do we fight terror without destroying democracies, without trampling human rights? I've spent much of my career working with journalists, with bloggers, with activists, with h

【英语语言学习】那些我与钱绝缘的日子

When I was about this small, I decided that I wanted to help save the planet. I was one of those kids that would tear off the label of the tea bag and then put it in the waste paper and then think where I put the staple. So I also really liked the id

【英语语言学习】将由机器来完成的工作

So this is my niece. Her name is Yahli. She is nine months old. Her mum is a doctor, and her dad is a lawyer. By the time Yahli goes to college, the jobs her parents do are going to look dramatically different. In 2013, researchers at Oxford Universi

【英语语言学习】音乐疗法

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Health care providers are thinking a lot more about the end of life and trying to emphasize the quality of that life. Lahey Hospital outside of Boston is taking a musical approach to make their patients a little more comfortable. P

【英语语言学习】抑郁症患者的自述

For a long time in my life, I felt like I'd been living two different lives. There's the life that everyone sees, and then there's the life that only I see. And in the life that everyone sees, who I am is a friend, a son, a brother, a stand-up comedi

【英语语言学习】我到底怎么了

Has anyone here ever done a plank before? And when I say plank, I dont mean where you get on the ground, lie down on random things, and take pictures for Instagram. I mean that awful exercise they probably made you do in gym class. My name is Gabi Ur

【英语语言学习】奥斯维辛的幸存者

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Clothes can make you feel confident, even powerful. But can a piece of clothing save your life? We are about to meet a man who dresses other people for a living. And then we'll hear NPR's Hanna Rosin turn the mirror on him and a

【英语语言学习】人类与响蜜列鸟

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This next story is about a unique relationship between people and a wild animal, a bird called the honeyguide. Like the name suggests, this bird will deliberately guide people to honey. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports a new st