It all began in the garage and a pie shop. In 1939, Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP. The company's first product, built in a Palo Alto garage, was an audio oscillator--an electronic test instrument used y sound

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

nobody likes getting shots, but what if you could make the needles so tiny that they broke skin painlessly. engineers from top university have created such micro needles, made from major protein in silk, fibrolin. the work is in the journal of advanc

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十二)月

Electric car does 0 to 100kph in 2.8 seconds 电动车在2.8秒内由0kph可达到100kph A new electric car from Tesla Motors can go from 0 to 100kph in just 2.8 seconds. An older model could already get from 0-100kph in 3.2 seconds. An upgrade calle

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语科技新闻

安德鲁和苏珊都喜欢乐队,他们也分别在不同的乐队里....... Andrew: Thank you. I especially wanted to talk about my band today, because you also play in a band. And so I thought, hey, why dont we just do an episode about what its

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 话匣子英语

[00:00.00]Determination 坚强的意志 [00:05.95]In 1883, [00:08.89]a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea [00:13.62]to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with Manhattan Island. [00:18.95]However bridge building expe

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 语言的力量

Trebuchets began in the Far East, in China. But what they were there, were hand-pulled machines, worked by quite large teams of men.

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 中世纪攻城战

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired to build a spectacular[壮观的] bridge connecting New York with Long Island. However bridge-building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 英文故事剧

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nancy Lyons. Volunteers are doing what they can to help victims of the massive tornadoes that swept across the South this week, killing more than 330 people. Walt Maddox is mayor of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, one of the har

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

Your management team has no experience with delivering hardware. 您的管理团队没有任何硬件经验。 There is a lot of risk in going into an unfamiliar business. 进入不熟悉的业务会有很多风险。 Obviously, we want to hold on to

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When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design in one for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the en

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 精美英文欣赏

Alice: Hello, I'm AliceFinn: And I'm Finn.Alice: And this is 6 Minute English! This week were talking about populationgrowth and the effects it might have on the world. At the moment itsestimated that there are about 7 billion people on the planet. F

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 六分钟英语

Hello everyone ,this Tuesday on CNN student news ,we are taking you under the big top.First though,we're headed down to the mighty Mississippi.That would be the Mississippi River which is causing floods up and down as it path through the United State

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2011年(五)月

This is scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Would America be a better place if more people with science training held elective office? One organization that thinks so is Scientists and Engineers for America, or SEA.

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(五)月

to be in one element 如鱼得水 英文释义 To be doing something in which one has natural abilities and therefore is able to do one best. 例句 My son loves computers, and so when he joined an innovative new software company, he was really in hi

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 每日商务英语

to get in on the ground floor 早期介入 英文释义 To join something such as a new business or industry very early, and perhaps to be able to grow as it grows. 例句 I was lucky enoughto get in on the ground floorof an innovative new software c

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When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design in one for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the en

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 励志英语

Pipeline Protesters Cheer In North Dakota This is Whats Trending Today. The United States Army Corps of Engineers has denied a permit that would be needed to complete a major oil pipeline under the Missouri River. The announcement on Sunday ended a t

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

今天我们要学的词是finalize。 Finalize, 是最终确定,最后完成的意思。 The couple have finalized their divorce, 这对夫妇已经办完了离婚手续。 The baseball team is reportedly finalizing a $500,000, one-year contract w

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

Hello, Chinese friends. This is Bill Gates. On behalf of the BillMelinda Gates Foundation, I wish you all a very happy new year. 各位中国朋友,大家好!我是比尔?盖茨。我代表比尔及梅琳达?盖茨基金会给大家拜年! 2011

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语万花筒

Subject:I dig it. 迷你对话A: Terry, we will have a conference tomorrow. Have you got the place and the time. Terry,我们明天要开会,你知道地点和时间吗? B: Yeah. I dig it. 是的,我清楚了。 地道表达dig1. 解词释义

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 迷你对话学地道口语