The Internet has problems. Technorati says there're over 50 million weblogs, and as you can see, it's going up. This is overwhelming. Our focus here is on a new and efficient way to keep up with all the cool stuff that's happening on the Internet. Th

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语解说豆知识2009年

Unit11 Tips for English Learning Q: I have been learning English for six years, but I still can't understand a film in English. What's the wrong with my learning process? A: The secret of learning anything, whether it be maths or engineering or Engli

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有许多人认为爱会带来伤痛,但两位美国大学的研究专家得出的结论是爱能缓解疼痛。 Contemplating a new love can reduce pain by activating the same brain region that processes addictions and analgesic drugs. Cynthia Gra

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Chewing Khat Increasingly Popular Among Ethiopians Khat's popularity is growing as more members of the middle and upper classes are chewing the leaf. The natural stimulant is considered to be mildly addictive and the leaf has become the country's num

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(五月)

U.S. President Donald Trump is introducing a new plan to take on America's opioid epidemic. U.S. health officials say 64,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2016, mostly from opioids, which include painkillers and heroin. The White House says it wan

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Do Magic Mushrooms Make People Nicer? Ive heard that psilocybin, which is the hallucinogenic ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, can alter peoples personalities and make them nicer. Is that true? Well, first, before answering the question, we need t

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 05 February 2006 Map of Afghanistan Senior officials say a series of major clashes in southern Afghanistan may be linked to the region's powerful drug cartels. Two days of v

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(二月)

By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 01 September 2006 watch Nicotine Study Smoking a cigerette A report issued this week shows that major American tobacco companies have increased the level of nicotine in their cigarettes, making them more addictive. VO

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Legal Marijuana in Colorado Good for Business, Worrisome for Public Health 科罗拉多州大麻合法化有利商业不利公共健康 In Colorado, the marijuana business has been booming since January, when the state legalized the sale and recreati

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Michelle McNamara was a writer engrossed with true crime. She worked on Hollywood pilots and screenplays and created the website truecrimediary.com. She connected the dots of blood and evidence of a series of as many as 50 sexual a

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Doctors have gotten more cautious about prescribing opioids for pain. But too many patients are still getting the addictive drugs so says a new report for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NPR health correspondent R

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Chinese tech giant Tencent is trying to do something that's never been done before - take the biggest online mobile game in China global. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The game is called Kings Of Glory. Tens of millions of Chinese play it e

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By Melinda Smith Washington 14 May 2007 Top executives of the company that makes a powerful painkiller called Oxycontin admitted this week they lied about the drug's addictive qualities in order to boost sales. As VOA's Melinda Smith reports, worldwi

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Doctors in Ghana say they are noticing a very disturbing trend of more and more pregnant women getting addicted to hard drugs like cocaine. But they say health practitioners lack knowledge or even basic statistics to help tackle the problem. VOA's N

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A new round of negotiations among China, South Korea and Japan connected to a trilateral free trade agreement are set to take place in Seoul later on today. The 7th round of negotiations is slated to run until Wednesday. The three countries are due t

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We all know that smoking cigarettes is bad. But what about smoking a pipe or cigars? Since you dont inhale, is it better for your health? Or at least less bad? Good question.So first, its true that cigarettes are in a league of their own when it come

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Adolescent Addictions 青少年吸毒问题 What makes adolescents so vulnerable to developing addictions to substances like nicotine, alcohol, and drugs? Teens, in particular, seem more vulnerable than any other age group. Is it a result of peer pre

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