英语杂谈：113 Baby talk

[00:11.00]Hi Sherise.Hello Sherise.Wheres Sherise? [00:51.57]Has Sherise gone to the movies? No,she hasnt. [00:57.31]Shes right here! Wuh-wuh-wuh... Excuse me? Oh! Good morning. [01:04.76]Good morning,Wendy. Friend of yours? Thats Sherise. [01:10.22]

英语杂谈：15 New Species

Researchers working for the World Wildlife Fund have warned that the effects of climate change pose a serious threat to rare species of wildlife discovered within the past year in Southeast Asia, including a fanged frog and a leopard-striped gecko. A

英语杂谈：111 Dean's birthday present

[00:10.29]1.I need to look for Dean's birthday present. [00:21.03]What does he like? [00:23.30]He likes computers,sports.The usual.Look at that hat. [00:34.17]It's beautiful. Do you want to try it on? Yes. [00:43.62]2.So what sports does he like? Bas

英语杂谈：48 Asylum Debate Stirs Political Debate

A small corner shop in suburban Sydney is an unlikely place to hear the horrors that force people from their homes and into the devious and dangerous world of people smugglers. Hassan Abotbeek fled Iraq and arrived in Australia by boat more than seve

英语杂谈：112 Attract younger customers

[00:11.21]1.Dean,have you got a moment? [00:13.66]Sure. Im on my way home. [00:15.93]Im working on a scheme to attract younger customers. [00:19.98]To the restaurant? Yes. [00:22.05]2.Hm. Youth Market Trends in the Dining Industry. [00:27.09]I beg yo

英语杂谈：16 Chimps show humanlike good will

Japanese researchers claimed that chimpanzees are capable of human-like altruism. Kyoto Universitys Primate Research Institute published their findings in the scientific and medical research journal Plus One. Twelve chimpanzees were used in the exper

英语杂谈：60 Friends

[Scene: Central Perk, Chandler, Joey, Phoebe, and Monica are there.] Monica: There's nothing to tell! He's just some guy I work with! Joey: C'mon, you're going out with the guy! There's gotta be something wrong with him! Chandler: All right Joey, be

英语杂谈：53 Aesops-Fables-Story

The Ant and the Dove An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. A dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the strea

英语杂谈：51 The One With George Stephanopoulos

[Scene: Central Perk, everyone is there except Joey.] Monica: Alright. Phoebe? Phoebe: Okay, okay. If I were omnipotent for a day, I would want, um, world peace, no more hunger, good things for the rain-forest...And bigger boobs! Ross: Yeah, see.. yo

英语杂谈：77 A visit to flood coty,USA

One of the most famous small towns in America is Johnstown, Pennsylvania, population 24,000.Unfortunately, it owes that fame to a tragedy. In the late 19th Century, Johnstown was the nation's mightiest steel center - more prosperous than Pittsburgh -

英语杂谈：103 Social Service Projects

The Beijing municipal government will spend 100 million yuan or nearly 15 million US dollars on the purchase of social service projects. It aims to meet various needs of the public and boost the development of social organizations. Chen Zhe has the s

英语杂谈：59 Less Salt Can Mean More Life

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States. Th

英语杂谈：26 Itzhak Perlman

Itzhak Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in ninteen forty- five. Today he lives in New York City. But his music has made him a citizen of the world. He has played in almost every major city. He has won fifteen Grammy awards for his recordings. He

英语杂谈：96 Financial reform legislation

President Barack Obama on Tuesday said he has enough votes in the U.S. Senate to pass financial reform legislation. The president said several opposition Republicans and conservative Democrats have agreed to support the bill. President Obama said Sen

英语杂谈：102 Domestic and Global Migrants

Expatriates in China will join the country's sixth national census starting November 1st and answer eight questions on their basic information, which will not include income and religious affiliation. Besides, the some 6 million trained census takers

英语杂谈：28 Iphone hits China

It's always been made in China, but this is the first time it's been sold in China. The iPhone officially goes on sale today at Apple and telecom partner China Unicom's stores across the mainland. But it's got an eye-popping price tag from 700 to mor

英语杂谈：04 A House party

Thanks for being here, and there was a party last night. Oh, yeah, a House party. In Washington, literally, a House party. Democrats, theyve invited the Republicans, but the Republicans didn't really want to party with them last night. The health car

英语杂谈：05 The naked airport

Its a familiar sight in many of the UKs airports long queues of people waiting to go through security to catch their flights. What if there was a simple and quick way to avoid all the hassle of having to take off all metal objects, coats, belts and s

英语杂谈：06 The power of curry

If you like curry then you must be delighted to learn that scientists in Ireland have found a certain type of curry spice can kill off cancer cells. The chemical curcumin can be found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric. Its long thought to hav

英语杂谈：07 Solar-powered battery chargers

Did you know that in general we have on the average, i guess, about 26 eletronic gadgets in our house and they are constantly all pluging them and charging them and very little that power actually goes to chargers. Some of it is just regularly runnin