Tens of thousands homes are without power following the 5.8 magnitude quake. There are two aftershocks with similar magnitude. There are no reports of major damage or injuries though. Authorities are still trying to rebuild the city after 180 people

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2011年

Get Me Out of Here! 幽闭恐惧症 by Jerri Graham As the elevator closes, your throat tightens, hands sweat, and mind races from one horrible thought to another. What if the doors won't open? _(1)_ You begin to panic and pull at your clothes in d

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤解析英语

Issues for the Elderly, and Those Who Care for Them对老年痴呆症患者的特别照顾 This is As It Is. Hello, I'm Caty Weaver. On the show today, we discuss issues affecting the elderly and those who care for them. We start with a report from K

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Sleeping the Day Away 睡美人的哀愁 by David Archdall For some people, a good night's sleep is never enough. 对有些人而言,只有一场好觉永远嫌不够。 Imagine regularly waking up after sleeping for more than ten hours and feeling

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤解析英语

I can't be the only one 我不是今夜 Was lonely tonight 唯一的孤独患者 I can't be the only one 也有人孑然一身 Who's drinking 'bout myself 谁会为了我买醉 Wishing that I am somewhere else 我希望身处异乡 Tuck in the voices

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

For a long time in my life, I felt like I'd been living two different lives. There's the life that everyone sees, and then there's the life that only I see. And in the life that everyone sees, who I am is a friend, a son, a brother, a stand-up comedi

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习

1. Q: What will the woman have to do? A) Switch to a different flight. B) Go to the airport immediately. C) Ask the man to change the ticket for her. D) Buy a ticket for the ten o'clock flight. 2. Q: What does the woman mean? A) Dr. Lemon has lost hi

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Down with Depressio 1. Everyone has a bad day once in a while. Problems at work, arguments with family members, or even changes in the weather can all bring us down and leave us feeling unhappy for a

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 有声英文阅读

Boxing Program Helps People With Parkinson's Disease The physical fitness business Rock Steady Boxing NOVA gym opened in McLean, Virginia last December. That was the good news for 75-year-old Neil Eisner. He was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease six

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(八)月

You wake up one morning to find a strange man standing in your kitchen. Worse than that he seems to have made himself completely at home. 当你早上醒来时,你发现自己的厨房里有个陌生人,更糟糕的是他还完全不拿自己当外

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Science and technology 科学技术 Alternative medicine 替代医疗 Think yourself better 往好处想 Alternative medical treatments rarely work. But the placebo effect they induce sometimes does 替代疗法的治疗效果见效甚微,但是所产

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- A third case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus infection has been found in the United States, the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Saturday. The patient is an Ill

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

世界上有接近4亿5千人被精神疾病所困扰。在发达国家,只有一半的患者接受了适当的治疗,在发展中国家,由于精神疾病医生的严重短缺,有接近90%的患者不能接受治疗。Vikram Patel 向我们指

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:头脑游戏

1. We're not impatient, just efficient. 我们不是没耐心,而是有效率 Long lines? Traffic? Type A individuals loathe them all. This is because we feel as though they're slowing our progress of a certain goal-- even if that goal is just to d

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

有的小孩子有习惯撒谎的毛病,还喜欢夸大事实、吹吹牛皮,这不奇怪。可有些成人也有这个毛病,那我们用什么词来形容这样的人呢?对了,就是megal

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

As you can see, the device enters the body through the natural channels. 我们可以看到,这种器材无需大型切口就可以进入人体。 Doctors have only to close the catheter through the hole. 医生只需要在穿过心脏缺损的部分

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

Stroke patients are more likely to regain their cognitive functions if they speak more than one language, new research has discovered. 最新研究发现,如果中风患者会说不只一种语言,那么他们更有可能恢复认知能力。 A s

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Charles Limb实施人工耳蜗植入手术。这种手术被用来治疗失聪,能帮助失聪患者恢复听力。但同时作为一个音乐家,Limb意识到人工耳蜗植入手术的缺失:手术还不能让患者完全欣赏音乐。(这里

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲视频集

防红包协议英文怎么说 卫生部近日就《加强公立医院廉洁风险防控》征求意见,规定患者入院时进行医生不收红包、患者不送红包双向签字,协议书纳入病案管理。此举引发社会热议。 请看相

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

释义: fall for 被(玩笑等)瞒骗,开始恋爱 是个不常见的短语,具有两种含义。首先可以表示被对方有意图的计谋或谎话所蒙骗,其次为 fall for somebody 的形态,表示坠入爱河。 例句: Don't

发表于:2019-03-13 / 阅读(298) / 评论(0) 分类 老外最常用的英文短语