英语听力文摘 English Digest 663 午休的学问

The Science Of The Siesta When you go back to work or class after lunch, why is it so hard to stay awake? Although we get energy from food, we also use lots of energy to digest it. Your energy use increases 25-50% as you digest a meal. With all that

英语听力文摘 English Digest 662 哭的时候为什么会流鼻涕？

Why Does Crying Make Your Nose Run? When you burst out crying, you expect the bleary red eyes and the rivers of tears that stream down your cheeks. But on top of all that, your nose starts to run like a faucet. Why does this happen? Whats the connect

英语听力文摘 English Digest 664 白金为何是白色的

What Makes White Gold White? Many people associate the metal gold with the color gold. But, some gold jewelry is not golden at all: its white. 图片1 Golden Color Gold is one of the heaviest and softest metals. Pure gold, called 24-carat gold, is so

英语听力文摘 English Digest 633 无意识行为和心理学

Unconscious Behavior And Psychology Social psychologists have long been intrigued by what they call automatic behaviorthe ways people react to stimuli without consciously thinking about their actions. 图片1 All Hot And Bothered In fact, it seems th

英语听力文摘 English Digest 634 冰箱是如何工作的？

How Do Iceboxes Work? Back when most folks relied on an icebox to cool food, a block of ice was a precious commodity. If you put hot food in the icebox, the ice might melt. And by the time the ice truck came through the neighborhood again, all your f

英语听力文摘 English Digest 657 为什么我还饿？

Why Am I Still Hungry? Youve just snacked on rice cakes. Why are you still hungry? That yummy feeling of being pleasantly full depends partly on the weight and volume of what you eat. As the stomach churns away at a large enough weight and volume of

英语听力文摘 English Digest 647 水泡是什么？

What Are Blisters? Remember that hit song from the 80s that featured the chorus: And I would walk five hundred miles / and I would walk five hundred more / Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles / to fall down at your door? What sounds romanti

英语听力文摘 English Digest 652 尼亚加拉大瀑布正在慢慢消失

Were Losing Niagra Falls! Niagara Falls has been a famous honeymoon spot for over a hundred years: some honeymooners have been more faithful to it than to each other. 图片1 When The Falls Formed Since the falls were formed during the late Pleistoce

英语听力文摘 English Digest 629 值夜班

Working The Night Shift Its time to go again to the A Moment of Science mailbag. A listener writes: Dear A Moment of Science, My husband works a night shift, and Im worried that it might be affecting his health. He sleeps during the day, but somehow

英语听力文摘 English Digest 521、锚应该抛多远？

Anchors Away, Me Boysbut How Far? Anchors away, me boys but how far? On this moment of science.What happens if you throw your anchor overboard and there isnt enough chain to reach the bottom? Does the anchor haul you down with it? This sounds a littl

美语听力 English Café 405

Topics: Movies - A Clockwork Orange; The Mickey Mouse Club; used car salesman; to snag versus to hitch; Readers Digest Words: disturbing dystopian gang crime spree to rape to betray nauseated free choice copycat intermittently variety show catchy use

英语听力文摘 English Digest 62、上网本

(Typing sounds) W:Whats that gadget you are playing with Diarmuid? Diarmuid: Its my latest toy a netbook. W: A netbook? Diarmuid: Yes a netbook. N.E.T.B.O.O.K. Its like a laptop computer only even smaller. W: What a cute little computer!I like your n

英语听力文摘 English Digest 64、不易消化牛奶怎么办?

you shouldnt quit drinking milk. It is a good source of calcium after all.what you should do is stop consuming dairy on an empty stomach period. On an empty stomach, dairy moves faster through your intestines and is more likely to cause you intoleran

英语听力文摘 English Digest 81、咖喱治疗癌症？(上)

If you like curry then you must be delighted to learn that scientists in Ireland have found a certain type of curry spice can kill off cancer cells. The chemical curcumin can be found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric. Its long thought to hav

英语听力文摘 English Digest 93、怎样让孩子更喜欢吃蔬菜

D:Hey,Yeal.Do you ever have trouble getting your kids to eat their vegetables? Unfortunately, Y:Luckily,my kids like most foods.But I know a lot of youngsters who simply refuse to eat their veggies. D:Maybe their parents should try calling the veggie

英语听力文摘 English Digest 110、数码时代对EQ的影响

Harvard University professor John Palfrey recently spoke in Taipei on the subject of youth and contemporary media, the digital age, and parenting. I read the news on his lecture with care. (Palfrey) said it is down to parents and schools to determine

英语听力文摘 English Digest 119、宠物航空公司

An estimated one million animals fly each year in America, usually in a plane's cargo hold. One such trip for Jack Russell Terrier Zoe was enough to convince her owners Alysa Binder and Dan Wiesel that pets needed to travel in style. The husband and

英语听力文摘 English Digest 131、去沙漠如何着装？

D: Hey, Yael, check out my new white linen suit. It's going to keep me cool on my vacation to the Mojave desert. Y: That is one snazzy suit, Don. D: Oh, I'm stylin'. Plus, everyone knows that white reflects heat and black absorbs it. Yes, if you're o

英语听力文摘 English Digest 139、动物会哭吗？

Do other animals besides humans cry? All animals with mobile eyes are equipped with a tearing system that keeps their eyes lubricated, protecting their eyes from the elements and so on. People tell tales of animals such as elephants and dogs weeping

英语听力文摘 English Digest 667 火柴

Matches Striking matches, on this Moment of Science. Have you ever had a problem getting a match to light? If so, you might be using the wrong type of match. There are actually two different types of matches: safety matches and strike-anywhere matche