VOA慢速英语2018--巧克力的故事

Chocolate's Story Older Than Once Thought Humans may have been enjoying cacao, the substance used to make chocolate, for much longer than experts had thought. Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada have found that humans grew cac

听一分钟英文：Guns-枪支

Guns are bad. Full stop. Im fed up hearing about people who think they have a right to carry a gun. A gun is a deadly weapon. People who are for guns say people are the deadly ones. Thats stupid. The truth is, that if there were no guns in the world,

BE360 Tips for your First Job Interview: Attitude

Welcome back to Business Skills 360 the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English. Todays show is the second in our series about your first job interview. Last week, in BE360 Interviews Part 1, we looked at how to show youre right for

Wildlife Officials Find Evidence of Rare Australian Bird

Indigenous wildlife officials in Australia have found new evidence of one of the countrys rarest and most mysterious birds. It is called the night parrot. The bird was thought to be extinct until a sighting in 2013. There have been very few sightings

Popular Crime Dramas Impact American Pop Culture

By Nancy Beardsley The ever-popular crime drama has taken on a new twist in American popular culture. A growing number of successful television shows and novels now revolve around forensic science and

美语听力 English Café 492

Topics: Movies-Twelve Angry Men; Washington National Cathedral; cool versus awesome; closure and mental loafer; no biggie Words: jury trial evidence defendant prosecution to deliberate preexisting prejudice subjective cathedral service sermon cool aw

英语写作：美国学生的写作套路 你知道吗

As you've probably noticed, essay writing assignments can pop up in any class.Any time you have to write anessay, you should begin with a frame based on the parts below. 可能你有注意过，任何一门课都可能出现写作任务。每次写作你

Evidence of Japanese Germ Warfare Found in China

Chinese researchers say they have uncovered more evidence of the use of germ warfare by Japanese forces in southwestern China's Yunnan during the Second World War. Su Yi has more. The findings by researchers are suggesting the wide-spread use of prot

Musharraf Charged in Bhutto Killing

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has been formally indicted on murder charges in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Bhotto was killed in a suicide attack in December 2007 following an election rally

CNN 2011-06-19

If you view the evidence like most favorable to the prosecution, and there are elements that are not proven or not being established beyond the reasons of that, then it is of course an obligation to enter a judgment of acquittal. In reviewing all of

CNN 2011-09-17

John King USA, CNN weeknights 7 eastern.I wanna read from one of the email exchanges that has people curious and some people suspicious of whether the White House was trying to help the donor. This is an email exchange August 31. The special assistan

爆笑英语口语 第80期:高冷女神

Language Points cold-hearted She is so cold-hearted, ignoring her boyfriend like that! cold-blooded killer / kill someone in cold blood He was killed in cold blood. cold fish The new manager is a bit of a cold fish. I don't know what to make of him.

英语听力：自然百科 真实的庞贝—14

And what sort of building were they in. Yea, we found them near a tower and they were escaping during the eruption. To the trained eye of a forensic anthropologist, the state of the bones, even 2000 years after death, is very telling. On skeleton No.

【英语语言学习】现代社会的奴隶制度

Robyn Williams: If you read about ancient Greece it's uplifting to recognise how free and egalitarian they were, and how this enlightenment was the basis for the rise of culture for drama, philosophy, the growth of natural science and an understandin

侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第69期:深海里游荡着一种巨兽

egalodon, 50 tons of pure menace in the body of a monster shark, dwarfing today's Great White. 巨齿鲨，体重达五十吨，这怪兽般的鲨鱼无比凶残，让现在的大白鲨相形见绌。 Step by step, science expands the evidence to sho

法律英语：45 Jury Nullification

by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

新西兰英语 495 Police drop charges against Tuhoe

In October 2007, 17 people were arrested on Tuhoe land in the Urewera district in the North Island. These people all belong to the Maori iwi Tuhoe or are supporters of the Tuhoe. The police believed they were training for terrorist activities against

新西兰英语 500 Pike River Inquiry

Listen to July 13th 2011 to hear about the first stage of the inquiry. The second stage of the inquiry into the Pike River mine explosion began yesterday and will continue for three weeks. This stage will examine the Search and Rescue after the explo

英语四级写作高分52种句型变换(5)

下面是英语四级写作高分52种句型变换(5)，供考生参考。 41. 实践这些，...。 By putting them (the above) into practice, .. 例：实践这些，在智育方面我一直能不断进步。 By putting them(the above) into practic

你够聪明吗-聪明人并不总是遵循健康的习惯(3)

Are you clever enough? 你够聪明吗？ As a report suggests, There is growing evidence that musicians have structurally and functionally different brains compared with non-musicians. In particular, the areas of the brain used to process music are