This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Freezing weather can mean frostbite and hypothermia unless a person is prepared. Today we talk about how to stay warm, dry and safe. Frostbite is damage that happens when skin is exposed to extreme cold

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

Antibiotic-resistant germs cause more than two million illnesses and at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S. 抗生素抗药性细菌会引发200多万种疾病,每年有至少2.3万名美国人因此而死亡。 Inappropriate prescribing of a

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 医学英语轻松学

Two vaccines developed by a Maryland company are showing promise in the fight against malaria. One vaccine was 100 percent effective in preventing the deadly disease malaria. That is according to the biotech company Sanaria Inc. of Rockville, Marylan

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(二)月

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. On our program this week, we will tell about a possible way to control the disease malaria. Researchers have reported a decrease in th

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WHO: Plague in Madagascar Could Spread 世界卫生组织:瘟疫可能在马达加斯加蔓延 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. For much of 2014, health officials around the world have been guarding against Ebola virus. There is

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Jackie: Hello welcome to Entertainment! I'm Jackie Dalton. If you're someone who is quite careful about what you eat and likes to be healthy, then you might want to find out about what's being hailed as the latest super food. A 'super food' is a ter

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 Entertainment

Lisa告诉同事Emily新年过后准备辞职,因为她觉得眼下的工作很无聊,没有升职的机会,她还说: Lisa: The other problem is that I think the company is really set in its ways. Emily: What do you mean? L: In other words,

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One of the concerns about working with genetically modified crops has been that vegetation growing in agricultural fields might escape out into the world. Now, for the first time in the U.S., researchers report a large population of GM crops beyond t

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AS IT IS 2016-05-30 WHO Advises Faster, Cheaper Treatment for Tuberculosis 世卫发布新型治疗肺结核的方法:更快更便宜 The World Health Organization is proposing a new way to fight the disease multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. WHO off

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AS IT IS 2015-10-04 Drought Affecting Californias Sequoias 长期干旱影响加州的红杉 California continues to suffer under a historic drought. The state has received very little rainfallover the past four years. California is famous for its hu

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Consider starch and fiber, both polysaccharides, both derived from plants, 拿淀粉和纤维来说,它们都是多糖,都是从植物中获得的, both composed of hundreds to thousands of monosaccharides joined together, 也都由成百上千个

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

It is known as Cadillac One and 'The Beast' or, as President Trump now calls it, his personal limousine service. 它被称为凯迪拉克一号和野兽,如今成为特朗普乘用的豪华轿车。 These pictures show the brand new incarnation of

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

加州州长下令节水 Environmentalists warn the world is facing serious water shortages and the United States is no exception. While parts of the country may get too much snow and rain, that is not the case in the southwest. California has been d

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A killer bug spreading across the globe like wildfire sounds like something out of a bad sci- fi film. But while this is still the stuff of fantasy, microbiologists are concerned about the news of an enzyme with the potential to convert all bacteria

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HK to review private healthcare facilities after fatal incident HONG KONG, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- In the wake of a fatal incident involving a beauty center, Hong Kong has formed four working groups to review private healthcare facilities in the city. The

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

We redheads are well known for our fiery tempers. Now it seems there's scientific backing for our ginger whingeing as well. Scientists in the United States studied a group of 144 dental patients almost half of whom had red hair. They found that the r

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

办公室政治,对有些人来说是一个禁忌词汇,但在工作场合它却不可回避。简单说来,它就是职场上人与人的不同:观念的差异、利益的冲突都可以看成是办公室政治的表现。它等于人与人之

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But those are dots on a screen for you; what exactly does that mean? 但是那些你们看起来是屏幕上的点;到底有什么意义呢? Well basically that means that this protein is changing from the sensitive cell to the resistant cell. 基本

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Raising Oysters In the past oysters were raised in much the same way as dirt farmers raised tomatoes - by transplanting them. First, farmers selected the oyster bed, cleared the bottom of old shells and other debris, then scattered clean shells about

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Science and technology. 科技。 Parasitology 寄生虫学 The risks of global worming 全球防虫的危险 Widespread use of anti-parasite drugs is reducing their value 广泛使用抗寄生虫药物正在降低其疗效 Safely grazing? 正在安全

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