【英语语言学习】关于药物

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: With a bit of science, you can turn an illegal high into a legal one. This transformation comes at the molecular level. Some drugs can be altered to make them above board, making them essentially copies of banned drugs. So, how a

【英语语言学习】我们为什么会笑？

ACKI LYDEN, HOST: OK. So here's a joke. A man sitting on the veranda with his wife one night when out of the blue he says: I love you. His wife says: Was that you or was that the beer talking? The man says: That was me talking to the beer. Maybe you

【英语语言学习】来自陌生人的有爱信件

I was one of the only kids in college who had a reason to go to the P.O. box at the end of the day, and that was mainly because my mother has never believed in email, in Facebook, in texting or cell phones in general. And so while other kids were BBM

【英语语言学习】不同种族间的结亲姻缘

KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, BYLINE: I'm Karen Grigsby Bates and that, of course, is the theme song to I Love Lucy, one of the most popular shows in the history of television. Its stars, redheaded Lucille Ball and her Cuban-American husband, Desi Arnaz, beca

【英语语言学习】社交网络现状

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: You know, as I host this program, I'm on a social media platform - Twitter, as a matter of fact. There is no group that takes that new social media platform more than teenagers, and that's exactly what worries a lot of parents. Dan

【英语语言学习】音乐可以帮助减轻痛苦

Hospitals employ many therapeutic methods. In addition to medication, there are interventions like massage therapy and hypnosis. Music therapy is also growing in popularity. Sandra Siedliecki is a Senior Scientist at the Nursing Institute of Clevelan

【英语语言学习】信息与食物

I love my food. And I love information. My children usually tell me that one of those passions is a little more apparent than the other. (Laughter) But what I want to do in the next eight minutes or so is to take you through how those passions develo

【英语语言学习】世界级大毒枭被抓住后

One of the world's most powerful drug lords has been captured in Mexico. The head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Joaquin Chapo Guzman, was arrested early Saturday morning. He's known as El Chapo or Shorty and has one of the longest and most profitable c

【英语语言学习】抵抗对艾滋病人的歧视

REED VREELAND: I found out I was HIV-positive when I was 7 years old. I was told by my dad. He actually took me out to a really, very scenic location. I remember a picnic bench and a lot of grass around. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The scene stood in sharp

【英语语言学习】谎言的未来

Let me tell you, it has been a fantastic month for deception. And I'm not even talking about the American presidential race. (Laughter) We have a high-profile journalist caught for plagiarism, a young superstar writer whose book involves so many made

【英语语言学习】玛丽的遗嘱

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. In the novel The Testament of Mary, Colm Toibin imagines Mary's life and what goes through her mind years after the crucifixion of her son. The Testament of Mary is now out in paperback. The Mar

【英语语言学习】如何应对快速发展的社会

Over the past six months, I've spent my time traveling. I think I've done 60,000 miles, but without leaving my desk. And the reason I can do that is because I'm actually two people. I look like one person but I'm two people. I'm Eddie who is here, an

【英语语言学习】家庭暴力

This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Celeste Headlee. Michel Martin is away. Let's go behind closed doors. It's the part of the program where we talk about issues people often only discuss in private. Today, we want to talk about domestic violence

【英语语言学习】让我们说些废话吧

Let's talk dirty. A few years ago, oddly enough, I needed the bathroom, and I found one, a public bathroom, and I went into the stall, and I prepared to do what I'd done most of my life: use the toilet, flush the toilet, forget about the toilet. And

【英语语言学习】皇帝的新衣

Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for t

【英语语言学习】动物的灭绝

Now, extinction is a different kind of death. It's bigger. We didn't really realize that until 1914, when the last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, died at the Cincinnati zoo. This had been the most abundant bird in the world that'd been in N

【英语语言学习】坠入夜空

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. Time now for a change of perspective on the cosmos. Writer and astrophysicist Adam Frank says make friends with science and the ordinary, even everyday stuff, and it will t

【英语语言学习】谈谈电视

I want to say that really and truly, after these incredible speeches and ideas that are being spread, I am in the awkward position of being here to talk to you today about television. So most everyone watches TV. We like it. We like some parts of it.

【英语语言学习】恐龙

When I was growing up in Montana, I had two dreams. I wanted to be a paleontologist, a dinosaur paleontologist, and I wanted to have a pet dinosaur. And so that's what I've been striving for all of my life. I was very fortunate early in my career. I

【英语语言学习】这是每个人的战役

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This summer, NPR is looking at watershed moments in the civil rights movement. And this week, we're talking to children whose parents lost their lives as civil rights activists. Today, we hear from the daughter of Viola Liuzzo. Wh