【轻松英文阅读】奥林匹克的那些事儿

Speaking of Olympic trivia, the Sochi Olympics are already breaking many records. Probably the most surprising is the cost of the games. According to some estimates, this will be the most expensive Olympic Games ever, summer or winter. In fact, at 51

【轻松英文阅读】餐桌上的惊喜

It was just another day in the life of a waitress, as the new customer came in, sat down, and ordered his meal. One thing about restaurants in America, though, is that food servers dont just bring food, but will also talk to diners about their life,

【轻松英文阅读】世界上最好的棒球投手

While Sony isnt quite the company it used to be, and Panasonic is no longer setting the world on fire, there is at least one Japanese import that is still taking the world by storm Yu Darvish. Darvish, the 26-year old Texas Rangers pitcher, struggled

【轻松英文阅读】拯救猛犸象

The woolly mammoth was a very large elephant-like mammal that lived on Earth several thousand years ago. Some mammoths grew to be four meters high and the largest weighed almost nine tons. Both male and female mammoths had very large tusks and walked

【轻松英文阅读】狗狗也会对人过敏

Certainly youve heard about people with allergies to dogs or cats. But did you know it can go the other way? There is a dog in Illinois in America that is allergic to humans. One day at the beginning of summer, a black lab named Adam was brought into

【轻松英文阅读】非同寻常的宠物

When we think of pets, we usually think of dogs, cats and maybe birds or hamsters. These days, however, many pet owners want to have unusual pets. At pet shops we can see all kinds of strange animals. For example, we can see lizards, ferrets, prairie

【轻松英文阅读】麦当劳炸薯条

How much do you love McDonalds fries? Do you love them so much that you would order a side order of fries to go with your fries? Well, that is no longer necessary at a McDonalds in Japan since they added this new item to their menu, the mega potato.

【轻松英文阅读】宇宙中的灾难

While you were going about your day on February 24th of this year, the sun was ejecting a massive jet of particles into space. This phenomenon is known as a CME, a coronal mass ejection and they often come after a solar flare. Luckily for us on earth

【轻松英文阅读】透明的鱼

The Barreleye fish lives at depths of 400 to 2,000 meters and is perhaps one of the strangest creatures in the sea. The fish are very rare. A dead specimen was first discovered in 1939. A live specimen was not seen until 2004. The one in the video be

【轻松英文阅读】地震的预兆

You may have already seen reports of giant sea serpents washing ashore in California. They are a deep-sea fish known as oarfish and can grow as long as 50 feet long. In fact, they are the largest bony fish in the world. Two oarfish, one 18 feet long

【轻松英文阅读】世界上最昂贵的休息时间

Do you own an iPad, iPhone, or any other Apple product? If you do, how would you like to give Apple CEO Tim Cook a piece of your mind, over a nice hot cup of coffee? But whether you come to flatter or flatten Cook, that meeting will not come cheap. T

【轻松英文阅读】世界上最坚硬的材料

Its the material at the tip of a pencil and it has the potential to revolutionize our lives. A study from Columbia University has shown that graphene is the strongest material in the world. In fact , it is much tougher than diamonds and 300 times str

【轻松英文阅读】机器人技术的突破

A small step for a man, but a really big one for tiny robots. Meet Kirobo , the Japanese robot astronaut. Kirobo was created in a joint effort by the University of Tokyo and the Japanese Robotics Company, RoboGarage. The little humanoid robot was des

【轻松英文阅读】机器人与学校

Chris Colaluca of Mohawk Junior High School in Pennsylvania is not your typical student. Chris suffers from spina bifida and is not able to attend class in person. But this does not stop him. He is able to take classes thanks to his robot. The robot

【轻松英文阅读】登山者引起的环境污染

It has been more than 60 years since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed to the summit of Everest. The summit was a lonely and pristine place in those days. These days, however, the summit is a busy place. Almost 4, 000 people have climbed to t

【轻松英文阅读】你的手机省电吗

What do you think are the biggest energy users in your home? Your list most likely includes your A.C., fridge, washing machine, etc. But you would be surprised to know that your smart phone is one of the biggest energy hog in your home. Charging the

【轻松英文阅读】禁止无人机

One town in Colorado may never be getting delivery by Amazon drones, if one man has his way. You may have heard about Amazons Jeff Bezoss plans to create a drone delivery service called Air Prime. With Air Prime, products would be delivered to your h

【轻松英文阅读】小小歌唱家

A Texas tyke named Kai Langer is just like any other four year old except that he has become famous across America , thanks to some YouTube videos of him that went viral . Kai is a big fan of Grammy-winning singer Bruno Mars, so in his first YouTube

【轻松英文阅读】雪中送炭

A recent heavy snowfall in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan left many motorists stranded on highways and at highway rest stops. Fortunately for the motorists in one area, there was a kind-hearted truck driver from the Yamazaki Bread Company to help out. T

【轻松英文阅读】一只流浪狗的饮食怪癖

Barney, a stray pooch, has a very unusual diet. This was discovered by some workers at a stray animal shelter in the UK, when the little puppy was brought there after he was found wandering the streets in early December. It turns out that the 9-month