2007年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Saying 'Thank You' to Liddie

On Friday mornings ,we bring you StoryCorps when people across the country share stories about their lives. And today two parents remember their daughter. Liddie Horsey was born with a rare genetic disorder. It's called Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. I

2007年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-Sweet Friday

I believe in figuring out my own way to do things. I believe in the power of numbers. I believe in barbeque. Well, I believe in friendliness. I believe in mankind. This I Believe. We invite everyone to write for our series This I Believe. And today'

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-The Rapid Evolution of the Olympics

Don Gonyea: After 17 days of skiing, skating, sliding and yes, even a little doping , the Winter Olympics end today. For NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman, the Turin Games are the seventh Olympic he has covered. Looking back, he has this essay on

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台二月-Teaching Mandarin for a 'Chinese Century'

At this middle school in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a sort of linguistic wrestling match takes place every afternoon. It pits about a dozen students ages 12 to 14 against the formidable language of Mandarin Chinese. Hey~Jia. Jia. The door is men. T

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十月-'Like Being 19': A Lifetime Spent Togethe

And it's time for another of your stories, courtesy of StoryCorps. StoryCorps is the oral history project that collects interviews from all over America. My name is Sandi Cote Whitaker. My age is 59. My name is Bobbi Cote Whitaker, I'm 58 years old.

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Immigrant Soldiers Fighting in the U.S. M

There are some 30,000 immigrants serving in the US military who are not US citizens. Even as overall recruiting numbers slip , non-citizen recruits have remained a steady source of new enlistees. From member station KQED, Sasha Khokha spoke with immi

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-A Better Breakfast Can Boost a Child's Br

Im Allison Aubrey. When it comes to the brain and nutrition, theres lots of evidence to suggest that eating breakfast really can help kids succeed in the classroom. The reason is pretty straightforward. After a fasting all night, developing brains ne

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Wal-Mart Moves to Bl

Wal-Mart is asking a federal appeals court in San Francisco to dismiss a sex discrimination lawsuit. A lower court ruling allowed a class-action case to move forward. It involves more than 1 million current and former female employees of the world's

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-In Defense of Newspapers

Knight Ridder, the second largest newspaper chain in the country may very well be sold in the coming weeks. Its largest shareholder has demanded that the company be put up for sale even though its newspapers are all turning a profit. To commentator S

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Great White Makes Marathon Swim

Great White sharks get around,a lot more than scientists thought. A new study in the journal Science shows that the great whites move farther and faster than anyone believed.That is important because it could be influenced the way humans try to prote

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Cross-Cultural (Mis)Understandings with t

Indian neighbors seemed to her to be a happily married couple until recently. When I first heard the noise, I almost called 911. It sounded like my downstairs neighbor was bashing his wife against the wall. But I couldn't imagine Gion, a gentle pacif

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-U.N. Control of the Internet and Open Inf

This is Day to Day from NPR news, I am Medlin Bran. Have you ever wondered just who runs the Internet? Well a non-profit organization here in the US is responsible for technical oversight, but lately there's been some loud protests from other countri

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-China and the Dollar

Today we are gonna wrap up our series on the falling US dollar. It has lost about thirty percent of its value over the last few years, and that has many economists and politicians worried as we've heard over the last couple of days. The dollar's fall

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Going Beyond the Current Bankruptcy Measu

Commentator and personal finance advisor Liz Pullian Weston says Congress could pass other laws that would mean fewer people would need to file for bankruptcy. First, we need to reinstate usury laws. It seems almost quaint now. But thirty years ago

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-Scandal Dogs AIG

These are turbulent times for one of the world's largest and most powerful insurance companies. American International Group is under investigation over a questionable transaction that involves a company owned by Warren Buffet. And last week, the com

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Chinese Firm Out of Running for Unocal

The Chinese offshore oil corporation known as CNOOC has abandoned its bid for UNOCAL. This would have been the largest-ever purchase of an American company by a Chinese firm. CNOOC had put forth a bid that was higher than the competing bid from US o

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十一月-Listening to Winged Wildlife in the Arct

News, news, the heck with news, let's go outdoors, Alaska, which really is the great outdoors, but getting cold these days, the birds migrating to the lower 48, and that's why producer Martyn Stewart went in June, he was going to record birds. He set

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十月-Failure Is a Good Thing

I believe in honor, faith and service. I believe that a little outrage can take you a long way. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in empathy. I believe in truth. I believe in the ingredients of love. This I believe. On Mondays we bring you ou

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十月-A Daily Walk Just to Listen

I believe in honor, faith and service. I believe that a little outrage can take you a long way. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in empathy. I believe in truth. I believe in the ingredients of love. This I believe. Mondays are when we bring

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-The Sweetest Girl Takes on the World

And it is time for StoryCorps on this Friday morning. This oral history project lets you interview someone you love and ask them questions you've always wanted to ask. My name is Hasiyna Price I'm 15 and I'm here with my cousin Danette Banks. My name