Stopping Smoking Can Lead To Weight Gain One of the really interesting things about the nicotine in cigarettes is that it works in two ways. All About Nicotine When you take a long drag, it acts as a tranquilizer, but when you inhale in short puffs,

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Conference Approves Stronger Sports Doping Rules 反兴奋剂机构批准更严格的兴奋剂监察规则 From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Mario Ritter. And Im Kelly Jean Kelly. Today we tell about a decision to strengthen

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One of the really interesting things about the nicotine in cigarettes is that it works in two ways. 香烟中尼古丁的其中一个非常有趣的特质是,它以两种完全不同的方式工作。 All About Nicotine 尼古丁的特质 When you

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Taking Prescription Drugs Paula: Okay, Im off to bed. Marcus: Wait a second. Where are you going with all of those pill bottles? Paula: My doctor prescribed a couple of medications to help me sleep. Marcus: Let me see those. You have four different m

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Of the tens of thousands of fossil remains, only a single Ceratosaurus was found. 在数千具化石遗骸中只有一具属于角鼻龙。 This mid-sized predator did not have the power to cause the damage to the tens of thousands of bones. 这数万块

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Keeping up With Science 喝咖啡打击瞌睡虫?落伍了! To make the most of your time, you should go to bed late and rise early. But that is conventional wisdom. The future may be different because scientists are doing what they can to elimin

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读

Bolivians have a new law that nearly doubles the amount of land where coca plants can be legally grown. President Evo Morales signed the measure into law on Wednesday. We want to guarantee coca supplies for life, he said. The measure raises the limit

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Russian hackers possibly the same group that compromised the Democratic National Committees computer servers two months ago have made top American athletes their latest target. 一些俄罗斯黑客跟两个月前侵入民主党全国委员会计算机

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. The three leading Democratic presidential candidates are honoring the memory of Martin Luther King Junior. Barack Obama, John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton were all at the State House in Colombia, South Carolina. Thousands turned out for the

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AS IT IS 2016-07-19 Russia Could Be Banned From Rio Games After Doping Report 俄罗斯恐因兴奋剂报告禁止参加里奥奥运会 The World Anti-Doping Agency, also known as WADA, has called for banning Russian athletes from the Rio de Janeiro

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Idiom: Play by ear ( do whatever you want without plan ) Hit the book: Stimulant Inhibit Torture Symptom Quit drinking coffee Coffee contains caffeine that will prevent you to sleep, so that you will suffer insomnia (sleeplessness / not getting aslee

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Anti-Doping Authorities Adopt Stricter Rules 反兴奋剂机构采取更严格的规则 JOHANNESBURG The world anti-doping agency this week released new, stricter guidelines to stop drug-enhanced sports performances -- which recently grabbed headline

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英语作文 Directions: In this part, you are to write an essay of about 200 words within 40 minutes. Your essay should be based on the OUTLINE below. 提纲:1. 有奖竞猜的好处 2. 有奖竞猜引起的问题 3. 我的看法 无可否认有奖竞猜能够充分发挥人的积极性。在

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今天我们要学的词是doping。 Doping, 通常指运动员使用兴奋剂。 A Spanish cyclist was kicked out of the games in the first official doping case of the Beijing Olympics, 一名西班牙自行车选手被取消参赛资格,成为北京

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Scientists say they have discovered why drinking coffee makes it harder for women to conceive. 科学家宣称,他们已经发现了饮用咖啡所导致女性怀孕几率下降的原因所在。 Caffeine, the stimulant in coffee, impairs the trans

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模仿文本: Italianpolice have confirmed they've raided the hotel rooms of Asafa Powell, Sherone Simpson and a physical trainer after the Jamaican sprinter's tested positive for banned stimulants. Elsewhere the sportswear company Adidas has suspe

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英音模仿秀

英语学习笔记: shot n. 子弹;v. 开枪这个动作;拍摄,在口语中可以用来表示尝试、少量饮品 potshot v. 胡乱射击,引申义为肆意抨击,不公平的批评 give it a shot 尝试 a shot of tequila 一小杯龙舌兰

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Do you drink a lot of coffee? The water boiling in the kettle, the aroma, the first mouthful from the cup in the morning so many people see it as part of a ritual that it inspired an expression in English: 'Wake up and smell the coffee!' I read the o

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模仿文本: Moscow October 7th, 2006. A journalist well known for exposing human rights abuses by a Russian troops in the breakaway republic of Chechnya, has been found shot dead in a block of flats in Moscow. It's only two years since Anna Polit

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Everyone knows that caffeine keeps a person up all night. But for some people, caffeine is the doctors order for good, or the better word may be safe, sleep. Sleep apnea, a sleep disorder in which a persons breathing periodically stops for brief peri

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