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

VOA慢速英语2018 马拉多纳签约出任白俄罗斯球队当俱乐部主席_

Diego Maradona Signs with Belarus Football Team Diego Maradona is widely believed to be one of the best football players ever. He helped lead Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup. But like many former star players of the sport known as soccer i

中英双语新闻 希拉里落败归咎于俄罗斯黑客

BBC News with Marion Marshall. US defense officials say a Chinese warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American navy research vessel in the South China Sea. The Pentagon says the unmanned vehicle has been collecting unclassified data

2018年CRI NPC spokesman defends Belt and Road Initiative

The 2018 session of China's top legislature is set to open later this morning. At a press conference on Sunday, the spokesman for the first session of the 13th National People's Congress talked about the important tasks facing legislators over the co

英文书摘精选 What Is A Concussion?什么是脑震荡?

If you follow football, hockey, soccer, or boxing, then you know that athletes in these and other contact sports are at constant risk for a concussion. Every season several football players miss a number of games after absorbing vicious blows to the

国家地理-2008-07-05 Surviving the Tornado 龙卷风来袭大难不死

A tornado rips across the Missouri Plains. Winds over 150 miles per hour shred everything in the twister's path. When it smashes a trailer home, one man is sucked into the heart of the storm, spun and shaken horrifically. His limp body drops out of

60秒科学:猛犸缘何可以生存于冰期?

A couple million years ago, mammoths migrated north from Africa to colonize Eurasia. Sometime around then a massive ice age kicked inand it was stay warm or die. So their tails and heat-shedding ears shrunk, and they grew thick coats of oily fur. But

1)NASA Pays Close Attention to Columbia 'Heat Tiles'

Broadcast: Feb 2, 2003 Officials of the U.S. space agency, NASA, probing the loss of the space shuttle Columbia are paying close attention to the orbiter's heat-resistant outer tiles, some of which ma

2018年CRI Senior Chinese official stresses high-quality development

A senior Chinese official has called for promoting high-quality development by pushing forward supply-side structural reform and accelerating the building of a modernized economy. CRI's Yu Yang has the story. Vice Premier Han Zheng made the remarks i

英语听书《海底两万里》第343期 第23章 珊瑚王国(40)

First division in the polyp group, the class Spongiaria has been created by scientists precisely for this unusual exhibit whose usefulness is beyond dispute. 海绵纲是水熄类的第一纲，这一纲就是由这种非常有用处的新奇产物组成

CCTV9英语新闻：政协成员：企业让人痛苦的调整

China's economy has seen decades of rapid growth. But now, the government is pushing structural transformation, even at the cost of growth. To get a better understanding of the overall performance of Chinese enterprises under what's called the New No

CCTV9英语新闻：中国的制造业引擎看起来可能会放缓

The first piece of economic data for December is out -- showing an easing in manufacturing growth. But bear in mind the survey period is shorter because of the coming year end holidays. Lets find out more. Chinas manufacturing engine looks like it co

英语博客：Russia.

图片1 Beginners. Two weeks ago we learned about Andorra, one of the smallest countries on the planet. Today, we will get to know a little about the biggest country in the world, mighty Russia. It measures over six and a half million square miles, a

2016年CRI Li Keqiang Meets U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew

The just concluded G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Shanghai was a key topic for discussion between Li Keqiang and Jacob Lew. Li said the meeting reached a positive consensus in a number of areas. Even though the economic s

VOA双语新闻：八国集团农业部长商避免粮食危机

Agriculture ministers from the Group of 8 most industrialized countries are meeting near Treviso in in northern Italy this weekend for the first time to discuss food security and measures to boost farming output. Talks will focus on efforts to avert

2015年CRI 中国经济不会硬着陆 上海踩踏遇难者家属获赔80万

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says the world's second largest economy is not heading for a hard landing. Li was speaking at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day after official data was released showing China posted its weakest gr

2016年CRI G20 nations reiterate determination to use ＂all policy tools＂ to support growth

A communique issued after the two-day session noted the global economic environment is challenging and downside risks persist, highlighted by fluctuating commodity prices, and low inflation in many economies. In it, the member economies reiterate the

2018年CRI Business leaders express support for free trade at Boao

Business leaders have shared their views on free trade at the Boao Forum for Asia, where trade tensions between China and the US continue to come under the spotlight. Our reporter Yang Chengxi has more: Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed strong o

2015年CRI 中美官员会面举行年度对话协商

Preparations are underway for the latest round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Chinese vice-Premiers Wang Yang and Liu Yandong, along with State Councilor Yang Jiechi, are set to lead the Chinese delegation to next week's meetings in

2016年CRI European and Chinese Economists Confident in China's Growth

Chinese Premiere Li Keqiang delivered a government work report at the opening session of this year's National People's Congress earlier this month. The report set China's economic growth target this year in the range of 6.5 to 7 percent, following a