Supreme Court Declines To Take DACA Case, Leaving It In Place For Now AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right, now let's talk about something the Supreme Court chose not to do today. It said for now it would not hear a case about DACA, delivering a setback to t

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

The statistics are stark and alarming. Populations of mammals, of birds, of fish declines between 1970 and the year 2014 by 60 percent globally. And in fresh water, habitats, the figure is some 83 percent. And its no surprise that human activity is m

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(十一月)

The statistics are stark and alarming.Populations of mammals, of birds, of fish declines between 1970 and the year 2014 by 60 percent globally.And in fresh water, habitats, the figure is some 83 percent.And its no surprise that human activity is main

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(十一月)

Distance learning is being adopted in several countries to help children in remote rural schools, and it is also becoming increasingly popular with individuals as a means of obtaining higher or further education. While distance learning is a very dif

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(175) / 评论(0) 分类 人教全日制普通高中英语(必修)高三(全一册)

Elderly people with loss of executive function--lessening of inhibitions--are more likely to offer useful, but tactless, advice. Christopher Intagliata reports 上了年纪的人失去了决策的作用后自身抑制力的减弱更有可能提出有用

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

FAO: Food Prices Fell Sharply in December International food prices fell sharply in December. However, a U.N. agency says overall prices remained high in 2011. The Food and Agriculture Organization also says that price trends are uncertain for 2012.

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(一月)

Over the last decade, oil production has slipped in Venezuela, even as estimates of the country's petroleum reserves have grown. Venezuela's reserves are now thought to be the world's largest, giving the country an enormous revenue potential for deca

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(八)月

President Dmitri Medvedev says Russia's economy is declining more than expected, resulting in the country's first federal budget deficit in ten years. Mr. Medvedev is also warning the government not to plan on higher prices for oil and other Russian

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(五月)

Shark Fin Consumption Declines in Hong Kong Harvesting is what fishermen call the brutal act of cutting the fins off of living sharks and throwing the torso back into the ocean. Around 50 percent of all shark fins worldwide are traded through Hong Ko

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(六月)

World Press Freedom Declines Just one out of six people across the globe enjoyed a free press last year. Freedom House President David Kramer says the global decline in press freedom is a huge concern. A free press is critical to any country's democr

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(五月)

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Something unexpected is happening in the West's biggest cities. Population is booming, but water use is staying the same or in some cases, actually going down. From member station KUNC, Luke Runyon reports on what to credit for all

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

By Anthony Stokes Washington, DC 15 June 2006 watch Global Attitudes report The global image of the United States has declined, and fewer people support the U.S.-led war on terror. That's the assessment of a worldwide poll released this week by a Wa

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(六月)

By Barry Wood Washington 24 October 2007 Financial experts addressing a home builders conference in Washington Wednesday issued grim forecasts, suggesting that the U.S. housing slump is likely to get worse and continue for at least another year. VOA'

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Jim Malone Waashington 14 December 2006 Puerto Rican widow Digna Nieves cries over coffin of her husband, Army Spc. William Lopez Feliciano during a funeral service (File) While President Bush prepares his new strategy on Iraq, public-opinion pol

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十二月)

By Mil Arcega Washington 05 December 2007 Thousands of Iraqis who fled the fighting in their country are now returning home as the violence declines. The Bush administration sees this as proof that the U.S.-led troop surge is working. But a top U.S.

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US National Park Attendance Declines Would you like to visit one of Americas awe-inspiring national parks? Yosemite in California, perhaps, with its soaring cliffs and cascading waterfalls? Or something warmer as fall turns into winter here in the no

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A total of 46,653 fires broke out in China in the first seven months of the year, leaving 399 people dead and another 258 injured, the Ministry of Public Security said Wednesday. The number of fires and the death toll saw

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是birth rate。 Birth rate, 出生率。经济衰退会影响出生率吗?有数字显示,现在妇产科病人少了,避孕工具销量大增。 Experts say birth rates do appear to fall with economic declines, 专家说

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

A drawn out six-year civil war has emptied beachside villages in divided Ivory Coast, like in one area called Assinie, where groups of European tourists used to come in busloads. And now beach erosion is adding to the problem, destroying the beach h

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

今天我们要学的词是 circulation. Circulation 有发行量的意思。美国皮尤研究中心的报告说,报纸虽然不会马上消失,但是,The declines in daily newspaper circulation are unprecedented. 日报发行量的降低是闻所

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