VOA慢速英语 2008 1217a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Every day, more than two thousand children worldwide die from accidental injury. Each year, as many as three million children are saved from one leading cause of child deaths -- drowning. Yet survivors

Designing a Quake-Resistant Building Starts at the Soil

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Builders in developing countries are often not required to build strong buildings. So, when a disaster strikes, the damage is often widespread. 发展中

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-12-04

The federal governments new health insurance website is seeing twice its usual weekday traffic as Americans try to beat the deadline to sign up for coverage begins January 1st. NPRs Scott Horsley reports some would-be users have been pushed into an o

美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-10-19

2 weeks since the partial government shutdown, 2 days before the deadline for the US debt ceiling, some political leaders say they are closer on the deal. Yesterday, one possibility was offered by Republican Senator, Susan Carlons and Democratic Sena

CNN 2012-08-23

First up today, we are heading over to Asia, specifically to the East China Sea. You can see it coming up here on this map in just a moment, on one side of it, there is China, on the other side, Japan. There is a chain of islands in the East China Se

2018年CRI Scientists seek to unravel secrets of 'superagers'

For most people, by the time they reach their 80th or 90th birthday, they find that their memory isn't as sharp as it was when they were a few decades younger. But this isn't the case for everyone. As CRI's Li Yi explains, scientists are peeking into

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-2-26

This is Scientific American-Sixty Seconds Science. I'm Chris *. Got a minute? I'm guessing you brush twice a day, or aspire to. Our ancestors were a little less diligent. But that's a good thing for scientists, because ancient placode teeth are like

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-09-07

As a kindergarten teacher might say, sharing is caring. She might not mention that cooperation is also a great way to form a community and thus improve everyone's chances of survival. Humans aren't only ones to apply this strategy. Marine bacteria al

Bacteria Loves Your Mouth 细菌钟爱你的嘴

Did you know that there could be more bacteria living in your mouth than there are people on earth? 你知道吗，寄居于你口中的细菌有可能比全世界的人口数还多？ Bacteria love our mouths because the livin is easytheres plenty o

VOA常速英语2013--转基因食品反对者转为支持者

GM Food Opponent Becomes Biotech Supporter 转基因食品反对者转为支持者 WASHINGTON By Abigail Martin Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, have been the cause of much controversy in recent years. Numerous environmental groups say these

VOA慢速英语2012 Health Report - Worries Grow About Treating Gonorrhea

Health Report - Worries Grow About Treating Gonorrhea 健康报道 - 淋病抗药性日益严重 治疗愈发艰难 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Each year an estimated one hundred six

VOA标准英语2012--HIV Superinfections Appear Common

HIV Superinfections Appear Common Theyre called HIV superinfections and a study indicates theyre much more common than first thought. Researchers say this raises concerns about possible resistance to treatment and may require new approaches to AIDS v

VOA标准英语2010年-Antibiotic Resistance Called Growing T

Vidushi Sinha | Washington, DC 18 May 2010 The World Health Organization calls antibiotic resistance one of the three greatest threats to human health. Experts fear antibiotic resistance puts humans in danger of becoming nearly defenseless against so

VOA标准英语2010-Report Cites Biotech Crop Benefits

Advantages threatened by poor management Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 15 April 2010 No-till agriculture is one of the benefits of GE crops that is threatened by poor management Related Links National Research Council report Genetically engineered

VOA标准英语2010年-World AIDS Conference to Focus on HIV/

Twenty-five thousand people are expected to gather in Vienna July 18 to 23 for the World AIDS Conference. Global health experts will focus on a lethal line-up - HIV/AIDs and tuberculosis. TB is a leading cause of HIV-related deaths worldwide. The Wor

VOA标准英语2010年-Dual Infections Of TB And AIDS Make Ea

Tuberculosis infects nearly ten million people each year and kills nearly two million. It is primarily a lung disease that spreads easily among people with weakened immune systems. Sub-Saharan Africa is still the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS disaster, b

阅读攻略－CET阅读长难句分析(四)

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事实：达芬奇眼中的树-Da Vinci’s Rule of the Trees

Pre-Listening Vocabulary observation: something that you see cross section: a view of the inside of something after a cut has been made across it hold true: remain a fact or truth even in other situations ideal: suitable sap: fluid (sugar and mineral

VOA标准英语2012--High-Tech Device Reduces Risk of Hospital Infections

High-Tech Device Reduces Risk of Hospital Infections This machine fires bursts of ultraviolet, or UV, light that penetrate the cells of micro-organisms and kill them. The organisms have no chance to adapt and gain immunity as they might with a chemic

VOA常速英语2007年-Experts Say New Drugs, Rapid Diagnosis Needed f

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 12 November 2007 Experts on lung disease meeting in South Africa are warning the world could face a tuberculosis crisis if drug resistant strains of TB are not contained and if TB testing does not become a regular part of H