英语杂谈：29 Call for sexual-equality in sport

Championship races, two world titles up for grabs but one big difference: the crowd. It seems sport is the last bastion of sexism and cycling is no different. At the World Road Championships this week, the woman's time trial event attracted around a

英语杂谈：42 Christmas jar

Before my dad died, we never thought about money. I mean, it wasn't that we were rich, but we werent poor either, you know, we just were. We had a nice house; we had a hot dinner every night; we even went to Disneyland once and I remember we all got

英语杂谈：87 Talking About Festivals

Do you know about...? 你知道是怎么回事吗？ A:Do you know about All Fools' Day? B:On that day,people play all kinds of tricks on others,and the one easily taken in is called April fool. A:April fool! B:April the first is coming.Be careful! ]

英语杂谈：45 The Fed chief is optimistic for 2010 growth

To understand where the economy might be heading, we should take a look at where it has been recently. A year ago, our economy, indeed all the world's major economies were reeling from the effects of a devastating financial crisis. Policymakers here

英语杂谈：82 Big Plans for Losing Weight

8：20 ----11:53 VOICE ONE: Low-carbohydrate diets or not, more people than ever weigh toomuch. The World Health Organization says this is a serious problem.It says the opposite problem, hunger, affects about eight-hundred-fifty-million people. But m

英语杂谈：97 Overweight in China

This would be a brave performance anywhere in the world. But here in China, it's an invitation to ridicule. In a country where most people are naturally slim, being overweight, especially if you are a woman, is frowned upon. But these dancers, they c

英语杂谈：11 New laptop with no keyboard

The tech world is buzzing over Apple's latest must-have gadget, the MacBook Wheel, a revolutionary new laptop that does away with the keyboard. Tech Trends reporter, Jeff Tate has more. Thanks, Andrea. Say goodbye to the keyboard and hello to the fut

英语杂谈：01 Choosing a husband

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：57 Germany Wins Solar-House Battle

(So we can take the solar sunlight, right? create heat force, retain and save in this tank and store.) 20 homes soak off the suns rays on Washington D.C.s National Mall. They need all the energy they can get to power everything from ventilation syste

英语杂谈：64 A boy a dog and a flog

A Boy, A Dog, A Frog and A Friend by Mercer and Marianna Mayer 1 One day a boy went fishing with his dog and his frog.He sat by the side of a pond and patiently waited for a fish to bite. 2 All of a sudden he felt a bite! 3 It had to be a big fish be

英语杂谈：83 Children's Story: "John Henry" 1

(MUSIC) Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated much greater than in real life. Long ago, the people who settled in un

英语杂谈：84 Children's Story: "John Henry" 2

(MUSIC) That July was the hottest month ever in West Virginia. Many workers became tired and weak in the heat. John Henry was concerned his friends might lose their jobs. So, he picked up their hammers and began doing their work. One week, he did his

英语杂谈：101 Temperature-sensitive genes

Some bacteria have adapted to super cold environments for millions of years. And scientists have isolated some of the essential genes that allow bacteria to tolerate their harsh living conditionsbecause these same genes might help in the creation of

英语杂谈：30 Walt Disney's work - part 1

The new family movie Ice Age: The Meltdown is written for laughs. But some people might also see it as a serious message about the dangers of climate warming. The film brings back the animated animals from the two thousand two hit movie Ice Age. The

英语杂谈：31 Walt Disney's work - part 2

Peanuts is an example of a more traditional comic strip. Charles Schulz is the artist who created Charlie Brown and Snoopy the dog and all their friends. Charles Schulz died in two thousand. But the cartoons he drew are still being repeated. The humo

英语杂谈：03 How To Compliment People

Did you know that compliments are so good that they can heal your harmed relationship? Hi, I'm Hazely Lopez from Hazely Academy of Refinements and Modeling and I'm here to talk to you about how to compliment people. You first, of course, want to thin

英语杂谈：78 Storms of September

September is usually the worst month for hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. At least ten named storms have formed there this year. The hurricane season continues until the end of November. The total number of major storms this year has been above aver

英语杂谈：52 The One With the East German Laundry

[Scene: Central Perk, all six are there.] Monica: Would you let it go? It's not that big a deal. Ross: Not that big a deal? It's amazing. Ok, you just reach in there, there's one little maneuver, and bam, a bra right out the sleeve. All right, as far

英语杂谈：71 what to do when you feel lonely

All people go through stages in their lives when their friends seem few and far between. It might be because they have changed schools or moved to another place. Perhaps some friends have moved away, or maybe they have just never been really good at

英语杂谈：76 Why Don't You Cry About It

I'm so tired, I need sleep I'm talking to my pillow case, what's wrong with me? I make mistakes, but them's the breaks I'm crying out for anyone to come and rescue me Talk about a new wave (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh!) Talk about a way to save the day (Whoa-oh