We all know that talking on a cell phone can impair our ability to drive (although too many of us do it anyway). Now a study in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin and Review shows that the reverse is also true: driving makes it hard to keep track of wh

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(一)月

[00:00.00]Lesson 4 Why do you have a Headache? [00:03.29]你为什么头疼 [00:06.58]Text Scene one: Susan's Apartment [00:13.47]苏珊的公寓 [00:20.35]You look terrible! What's wrong? I have a headache. [00:30.88]你的气色很差!怎么了?我头疼。 [00:41.40]I'

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 洪恩环境英语

Daniel: Well we're talking about men and being macho and stuff like that but recently there's the whole thing about being metrosexual, right? What do you think about that? Vella: I have no problem with, you know, metrosexual because I think, you know

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

My name is Maurice Manuwatu, and I am from here, Kaikoura. It's an amazing place and historically Maori have been here for over 800 years. Matakoura was a god that had this magical sword. And he carved the mountains, he shaped the peninsula around he

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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Shows the Makeup of Jupiter Scientists are finding that the inside of Jupiter is just as interesting as the part of the planets atmosphere that we can see. At the center of the planet is a liquid mixture of the elements hydroge

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(四)月

AS IT IS 2015-12-09 Weathercasters Predict a New 'The Dress' Among TV meteorologists, it is known as The Dress. Not that dress -- the one that made its way around the Internet in February with lots of people debating the garment's true color. This is

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Peaceful Dialogue Needed In Thailand 泰国需要和平会谈 Political tension is rising in Thailand, as thousands of anti-government protestors have taken to the streets in recent days and government supporters organize demonstrations of their own.

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(284) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十二月)

The head of JP Morgan Chase is doing a lot of apologizing today, saying he and other bank executives have a lot of egg on our face. CEO Jimie Dimon is under scrutiny by federal regulators and customers after he announced that the bank which managed t

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And how much should they cost to buy? 要买的话多少钱 this particular award is 4000 dollars. 这个奖是4000美元 Wow,I will sell you one of mine for 2500. 我卖你一个我的吧 只要2500美元 Think about it. 考虑考虑 And you've got

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 艾伦脱口秀

THIS IS AMERICA - Clowning Around; Making Magic; Hair Care for Less Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. And Im Christopher Cruise. Clowning has been a part of show business for hundreds of years, across many cultures.

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AS IT IS 2016-08-16 In Ivory Coast, Shea Butter Is 'Women's Gold' 乳木果油成科特迪瓦女性恩物 Shea butter, which is used in makeup and food, is popular around the world. In Africa, it is called womens gold because so many women there earn

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Athena Zhe: Painting a Canvas That Lives and Breathes 雅典娜哲:画油画、生活和呼吸 Athena Zhe grew up in Ukraine wanting to paint for the rest of her life. Her parents, however, wanted her to become a lawyer or a doctor. When she was 14,

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Paige Kollock | New York 25 December 2009 Staffer at Dress for Success helps Marty Sanabria with a dress In the past year, the U.S. has shed more than seven million jobs in the global economic downturn. The media network CBS surveyed 700 unemployed A

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1. Naked 1、裸色系 What everyone else thinks it means: Not wearing any clothes. 别人认为它的意思是:一丝不挂。 What it really means: The palette you're willing to spend your rent on. 实际上的意思是:你愿意花上房租钱买

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

One thing that gets a huge response on the show is makeover. You know, we did a make over on Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, and this was like going to Mount Rushmore and giving George Washington a new do, because she hadn't chang

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 名校励志英语演讲

Beginners. I drove around town today, looking for 'Hello Kitty' posters. I couldn't find any. I was so frustrated. I have a project going on at home that I really want to finish. Last week I painted my children's rooms, and now I am looking for acces

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

For beauty aficionados, the look is never complete without that finishing touch. 对于美妆控来说,直到画完最后的点睛之笔,才算完成了整个妆容。 And this fall, that touch is a bold lip. 而今秋,点睛之笔则是醒目的

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(340) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

You don't want to start off your day on the wrong foot in the skin care department, right? Right. So the fact that there are things that might be sabotaging your complexionwithout you even realizing itis a need-to-know situation. 在护理皮肤方面,

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

Mom and Dad taught us some basic etiquette rules to follow at the table: keep your mouth closed while chewing, don't talk with your mouth full and keep your elbows off the table. Although that last one may no longer be very important, the others stil

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Some very scary Halloween pumpkins. Photo by Pedro J Ferreira/flickr Today is 31 October, and it is the scariest day of the year. Do you know the verb to scare? If you scare someone, you frighten them, you make them afraid. So, scary means frightenin

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语