American inventor John Goodenough first started working on battery technology more than 40 years ago. Goodenough actually co-invented lithium-ion batteries in 1980. This eventually led to a revolution in the electronics industry because those devices

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(五)月

The wives of two news reporters jailed in Myanmar said on Tuesday the men were innocent and called for them to be released. A court found the reporters guilty on Monday of violating the countrys Official Secrets Act. They were sentenced to seven year

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(九)月

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor held her ground through another day of intense questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today. President Obama's pick to replace retiring Justice David Souter refused to be drawn out on the abort

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Interesting. You left out E for Education. 有意思,你漏掉了教育里的E So let Defecation 所以还是... 澄清 Edification. I'm sorry. LOL. 启迪,抱歉,哈哈 You like sesame street so much? 你这么喜欢《芝麻街》(美国知名

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Reporter: The documents will see China invest in a pair of rail lines connecting northeast Thailand with Bangkok and the Thai port city of Rayong to the south of Bangkok. The two routes, which will total 870 kilometers, will later connect with the pl

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced in Zurich, Switzerland Tuesday that his presidency of world football's governing body -- which began in 1998 -- will come to an end. 国际足联主席布拉特6月2日在瑞士苏黎世宣布他的足联主席生涯

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- The lengthy name of China's reorganized media regulatory body is expected to be shortened in response to public complaints, the secretariat of the annual parliamentary session said Wednesday. The Chinese name of the Stat

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BRUSSELS, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- As the three new pan-European financial(金融的) watchdogs began to operate at the start of 2011, the European financial sector will usher in a new era of tough supervision. The date of Jan. 1, 2011 marks a turning

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President Vladimir Putin is planning a major restructuring of the country's security services that would effectively mean a rebirth of the KGB, according to a report in the Russian media. 据俄罗斯媒体的一则报道称,俄罗斯总统弗拉基米

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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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A Russian military aircraft crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, and none of the 92 people on board were expected to have survived, according to the Russian defence ministry. 俄罗斯国防部表示,俄罗斯一架军用飞机周

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BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's cabinet, will begin its seventh restructuring attempt in the past three decades to curb red tape and reduce administrative intervention in the market and social issues. The number of ministr

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

MUNICHU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says major powers meeting in Munich to discuss the situation in war-torn Syria have agreed to a nationwide cessation of hostilities to begin in one weeks time. Kerry told reporters early Friday in Munich that

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Stonewall Inn Named LGBT National Monument This is Whats Trending Today The morning after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, hundreds of people in New York City gathered outside of a place called The Stonewall Inn. They placed s

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No matter which manufacturer is quickest to gain velocity, Uber, a ride-hailing firm, aims to be at the centre of things. 无论哪家制造商最先让飞行器达到预期的速度,叫车公司优步的目标是成为该产业的核心。 On Apri

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列

In End of inflation in the kingdom of Lizarb where everything is back to front he skewered the belief that rising prices cause fiscal deficits. 在Lizarb王国通货膨胀的终结一切都回到从前他坚持着物价上涨会导致财政赤字的看

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

GWEN IFILL: Now: the elusive goal of peace in the Middle East. Two decades ago, there was a moment of hope. But, as chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports, the assassination that shattered that momentum still resonates today. MAR

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Removing the fire-board from the front of the try-works, the bare masonry of that side is exposed, penetrated by the two iron mouths of the furnaces, directly underneath the pots. These mouths are fitted with heavy doors of iron. The intense heat of

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China's Supreme Court opens doors to Internet users

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According to media reports, the homebuyers-turned-developers purchased 8,000 square meters of land near Dishui Lake at auction last month. They plan to sell the apartments for between 6,500 yuan and 8,500 yuan per square meter to the development's sh

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