Long-time Washington Post political analyst David Broder dies at the age of 81. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports he helped bring the paper to prominence during the Watergate era. David Broder was lauded for spotting political trends early and asking tou

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(316) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

Sugar-It Could Age You 吃糖一向被视为肥胖者的大忌,除此以外,一般读者可能还知道吃糖与蛀牙、与某些心血管疾病的关系。可你是否想到过吃糖与人的衰老也有关系呢?本文则报道了这方面的最

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语阅读理解

Getting too little sleep for several nights in a row disrupts hundreds of genes that are essential for good health, including those linked to stress and fighting disease. 连续几个晚上睡眠过少会扰乱数以百计对身体健康必不可少的

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In-Store Training on Healthy Food Choices 商店提供健康食品选择培训 Processed foods are often among the products with lowest prices in American supermarkets. But processed foods often have high levels of salt, sugar and saturated fat. Too

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Low Levels of Vitamin D Might Hurt Your Brain 缺乏维生素D影响大脑功能 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Health experts have long known that vitamin D is important for healthy bones and teeth. It may also help

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Is Pasta Good for You? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The Italian actress Sophia Loren reportedly once said, Everything you see I owe to spaghetti. What we see is her great figure a figure she credits to eating pasta.

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A large new study has documented unexpected links in the timing and severity of symptoms of maternal depression, which could help mothers and doctors better anticipate and treat the condition. 一项新的大型研究记录了孕产妇抑郁症的发作

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

专家总结背诵剑桥雅思词汇的方法: 1. 制定合理的计划,按部就班,反复循环 要想有全面的雅思词汇量,就得背单词,而背单词是一个非常繁重的任务,它需要大量的精力。如果不制定一个周

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Caring for amputees 关爱截肢人士 Life on a limb 假肢上的生活 A growing number of amputees is a sign of medical progress 越来越多截肢者的出现体现了医疗水平的进步 A GRISLY photo shows a soldier lying injured, the snow ar

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RAY SUAREZ: Get close enough to downtown Austin, Texas, and it's not hard to hear why it's called the live music capital of the world. Get a little closer, and the musicians themselves tell a quieter story. That's John Pointer on stage now at Antone'

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13 菲茨杰拉德·埃拉的明星之路 DATE=3-11-01 TITLE=PEOPLE IN AMERICA #1812 - ELLA FITZGERALD BYLINE=NANCY STEINBACH Anncr: Now, the voa special english program, people in america. Today, shi

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Just 25 minutes of brisk walking a day can add up to seven years to your life, according to health experts. 健康专家称,每天快步走25分钟,可以延长七年寿命。 Researchers have found that moderate exercise could halve the risk of

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Never heard of natto? Dont worry, it hasnt taken off in America the way sushi or sake have! Even so, this fermented soybean dish, traditionally eaten as a breakfast food in Japan for over 1,000 years, has a lot of health benefits to offer. Here are a

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Finding peace and quiet in todays 24-hour society can be tricky but a simple technique could help boost your productivity, it is claimed. 外媒称,在如今每日分秒必争的社会,寻找一份平静和安宁并不容易,但下面这份简单

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A gene that controls how long we sleep has been discovered by scientists explaining why some people have their own internal alarm clock. Scientists identified a gene called ABCC9 that can reduce the length of time we sleep. The same gene has previous

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水桶腰并非久坐导致 We all know that too little exercise can pack on the pounds and contribute to heart disease and other ills, but a new study published in the European Heart Journal on Jan. 12 shows that we can even cause ourselves harm sim

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STOCKHOLM, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's Karolinska Institute and Denmark's Novo Nordisk launched a joint research project focusing on diabetes and metabolism on Tuesday. A total of 12 post-doctoral scientists will be funded for a three-year period, w

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妊娠糖尿病与心脏疾病有关 WASHINGTON, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Women who develop gestational diabetes may face an increased risk of early heart disease later in life, even if they do not develop diabetes subsequent to their pregnancy, U.S. res

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WASHINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Mothers who are overweight or obese during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to bigger babies, new research suggested Tuesday. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, also found

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Traditional societies 传统社会 No beating about the bush 不绕弯子 America's best-known geographer shows what there is to learn from early man 美国最为知名的地理学家认为我们应该向早期人类学习 The World Until Yesterday:

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