4. In an experiment pubished in 1988, social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of Wurzburg in Germany asked volunteers to hold a pen either with their teeththereby creating an artificial smileor with their lips, which would produce a disapp

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 考研英语长难句讲解

The ocean is our planet's life-support system, but it's getting clogged with trash. Discarded beverage bottles, plastic bags and cigarette butts kill countless seabirds, marine mammals and sea turtles each year. But each September, on the third Satu

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

Volunteers Step Up to Help in US After Isaac Hurricane Isaac caused serious flooding in rural communities outside New Orleans, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate. Now, these Volunteers from AmeriCorps are helping coordinate the relief effort

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AS IT IS 2015-08-29 Volunteers Change Lives, Build Community In the United States, a group called Thread has been helping young people meet their goals for more than 10 years. The non-profit organization is based in the eastern city of Baltimore, Mar

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Many farms in the high country in Otago and Canterbury had so much snow that their animals could not move and the farmer could not move to the animals to bring them hay. For the last two days, 50 or 60 volunteers helped to rescue sheep. Most of the v

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By Barbara Schoetzau More than 20,000 people have applied to fill 8,000 volunteer spots at the upcoming Republican National Convention in New York. The applicants represent a remarkable cross-section

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--新闻盘点

By Brian Padden Washington, DC 22 November 2006 watch Thanksgiving Volunteer report The American holiday of Thanksgiving began as a harvest celebration and is intended as a day for families to get together and reflect on their good fortune. For many

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By Zulima Palacio Santa Fe, New Mexico 07 August 2007 How do you organize an international event that attracts nearly 20,000 people with just five staff members and a limited budget? Well, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, they found the answer: invite an arm

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[00:00.00]5 We all have genius within us [00:04.35]For years,scientists have speculated [00:06.66]that the talents possessed by [00:08.13]so-calledidiots savants- [00:10.46]as depicted by Dustin Hoffman in the film [00:12.97]Rain Man-may be accessibl

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Peace Corps. President John Kennedy began the program in nineteen sixty-one. The Peace Corps sends Amer

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Thailand's army has increasingly turned to civilian volunteers to boost security in the troubled southern provinces. But rights activists fear arming civilians spreads more guns in a region that has suffered a bloody insurgency for five years. In so

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(九月)

As South Africa prepares to host the football (soccer) World Cup, organizers have recruited thousands of volunteers to help the hundreds of thousands of fans who will be attending. Some 2,000 World Cup volunteers gathered at a convention hall in Joha

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Thanks to Volunteers, Elderly Can Age in Place Phyllis Ramberg, 85, lives alone in Hyattsville, Maryland, in the same house her parents lived in for many decades. Children keep asking me, When are you going to move to one of those retirement villages

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Bribing your child with a chocolate bar to finish his or her maths homework is an excellent idea, according to researchers who claim that the yummy treat could improve the brain's ability to do the most dreadful subject. 研究人员指出,用一块巧

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By Carol Pearson Washington 11 October 2007 One third of the land in the United States belongs to the public. And once a year Americans get a chance to help make these public lands beautiful and healthy for generations to come. VOA's June Soh visited

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Volunteers Clean Up Los Angeles River Flood control channels encase the Los Angeles River, which is dry for most of the year but springs to life forcefully when the winter rains begin in November and December. Each April, as the waters subside, volun

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By Mona Ghuneim New York 16 August 2007 Since the U.S. Peace Corps was founded in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, the agency's mission has remained the same: to promote peace and friendship throughout the world. But in recent years, the 46-year-ol

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LONDON, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Mayor of London Boris Johnson will host a Carol Concert in Trafalgar Sqaure on Saturday for Olympic volnteers and gold album selling opera duo Jonathan Charlotte will be singing their popular hits. The magenta and purpl

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Why smells from childhood mean so much Why does the hint of certain smells instantly transport you back to childhood? It may be because the first smell you associate with an object is given privileged status in the brain Yaara Yeshurun and colleagues

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A group of volunteers from Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China, are speaking up about awakening environmental awareness in the public. Dalian is famous for its cluster of beautiful beaches. But nowadays, trash chokes the reefs, seawater and sho

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