【英语语言学习】家庭对话

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer. I hope that most of the people listening to us today have been with their families and friends during this holiday season. We've all had nice dinners and nice talks, but maybe there is one

【英语语言学习】我们吃的东西到底出了什么问题

I write about food. I write about cooking. I take it quite seriously, but I'm here to talk about something that's become very important to me in the last year or two. It is about food, but it's not about cooking, per se. I'm going to start with this

【英语语言学习】种族问题

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Race is a delicate and complicated subject in this country. Jacqueline Jones confronts it head on in her new book A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama's America. Jones, who teaches history at the Uni

【英语语言学习】全世界都会记住他

Welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Mario Ritter in Washington. Today, we have a special report on the memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela. Thousands of mourners attended the service on Tuesday in Johannes

【英语语言学习】缅怀曼德拉

From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. Im June Simms in Washington. And Im Mario Ritter. Today on the show we talk about the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. The former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner died on Thursday at the

【英语语言学习】嫉妒之心

So when I was eight years old, a new girl came to join the class, and she was so impressive, as the new girl always seems to be. She had vast quantities of very shiny hair and a cute little pencil case, super strong on state capitals, just a great sp

【英语语言学习】不要再死磕英语了

I know what you're thinking. You think I've lost my way, and somebody's going to come on the stage in a minute and guide me gently back to my seat. (Applause) I get that all the time in Dubai. Here on holiday are you, dear? (Laughter) Come to visit t

【英语语言学习】为什么不能自己胳肢自己？

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now, let's talk about something deeply philosophical - tickling; more specifically, why you can tickle someone else, but you can't tickle yourself. JAKOB HOHWY: It's a very basic kind of phenomenon that every child knows. MARTIN:

【英语语言学习】程序病毒传播

Hi. I'm Kevin Allocca, I'm the trends manager at YouTube, and I professionally watch YouTube videos. It's true. So we're going to talk a little bit today about how videos go viral and then why that even matters. We all want to be stars -- celebrities

【英语语言学习】关于童婚5件你所不知道的事情

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: NPR's Jennifer Ludden usually covers issues about changing family dynamics here in the U.S., but a recent reporting project took her to Malawi to explore a very different kind of family phenomenon: child marriage. It's an issue t

【英语语言学习】妇女的勇气

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Operas are often centered on tragic heroines who die or take their own lives at the end of the story. But Thumbprint, a new chamber opera, takes that formula and turns it around. This opera is based on the true story of a young, il

【英语语言学习】罂粟

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. Several Afghan officials have been suspended following an attack on the popular restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan which left 21 people dead. It was the deadliest violence against foreign civili

【英语语言学习】发展中国家超重儿童比例越来越大

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there has been a sharp increase in the number of children in developing countries who weight to much. In Africa countries, the WHO says the number of overw

【英语语言学习】否认科学

Let's pretend right here we have a machine. A big machine, a cool, TED-ish machine, and it's a time machine. And everyone in this room has to get into it. And you can go backwards, you can go forwards; you cannot stay where you are. And I wonder what

【英语语言学习】男人之间没有争吵

I've been in Afghanistan for 21 years. I work for the Red Cross and I'm a physical therapist. My job is to make arms and legs -- well it's not completely true. We do more than that. We provide the patients, the Afghan disabled, first with the physica

【英语语言学习】种族歧视

RACHEL GARLINGHOUSE: A lot of people like to tell us that kids don't notice race until they're much older. That's not true. My 2-year-old... (LAUGHTER) GARLINGHOUSE: ...when she had recently turned two had told us things like, I'm brown and you're pi

【英语语言学习】突尼斯这样做对吗？

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This is also a landmark date in Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began. Three years ago today, Tunisia's long-time ruler stepped down in the face of a popular uprising. His departure sparked both celebration and uncertainty. A nati

【英语语言学习】怎样预防老年痴呆症

I'd like to talk about my dad. My dad has Alzheimer's disease. He started showing the symptoms about 12 years ago, and he was officially diagnosed in 2005. Now he's really pretty sick. He needs help eating, he needs help getting dressed, he doesn't r

【英语语言学习】我的移民故事

How can I speak in 10 minutes about the bonds of women over three generations, about how the astonishing strength of those bonds took hold in the life of a four-year-old girl huddled with her young sister, her mother and her grandmother for five days

【英语语言学习】缩小贫富间的差距

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Jennifer Ludden. Rachel Martin is away. It's been nearly two decades since we learned about the word gap. That young children of well-off professionals hear millions more words than those from poor families.