Health Report - Lifelong Bilingualism Gives Seniors Mental Edge 健康报道 - 终生双语环境给了老年人心智优势 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. A new study adds to evidence suggesting that being b

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Nomophobia is term we came across when preparing our next story. It`s a mash up no-mobile-phobia. The fear of not having your smartphone or being connected with others through it. 下一则新闻将会谈到一个术语无手机恐惧症,即一种因

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在《科学》杂志上的一篇研究中,研究者们描述了青春期时人体内细胞和分子的改变,正是这种改变促使这段时期的人们智力水平低下。 Ah, puberty. A time for raging hormones, growing independence and bei

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安柏凯斯Amber Case说技术正在将我们进化成一种盯着荧屏,点击按钮的新新人类。我们现在依靠外部大脑(例如手机和计算机)来交流,记忆,甚至生活在第二人生。但是这些机器会最终把我们联

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新电视节目探索人类大脑 In the six-part program David Eagleman demonstrates how our brains create what we perceive as reality and how what we are is a construct within the brains circuitry that is never complete. 在这档六集系列节目中

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研究表明强大爆炸会改变大脑结构 Many veterans who survived powerful explosions show symptoms of psychological injuries, such as mood swings, violent outbursts, difficulty to concentrate or depression. 很多从战场强大爆炸中存活下

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简单.jpg 释义: Brain:头脑,脑袋;brainer:费脑筋的事情,与脑袋没什么关系; in English:it means anything that requires minimal brain activity to accomplish. Usually said about decisions that are made, implying the deci

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: Researchers and civilians alike have long been aware of the harmful effects of high levels of carbon dioxide on the brain. 研究人员和多数民众早已知道,高浓度的二氧化碳对大脑

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: You first learn to speak by interacting with your parents. And your brain is designed to learn a language through conversation. 你第一次学说话时,是藉由和父母互动。而你的大脑

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Don: I'm trying to write a poem to my sweetheart. Can you think of a good metaphor for love? Yael: How about hunger or thirst? D: I don't know about that. I was thinking something like love is a rose, except less clich. Y: You must be talking about a

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人类的大脑是一个迷 对于我们的身体来说,它是出奇地大。它的重量和那一个奇形怪状的密集的大脑皮层消耗了大量的能量。但是:为什么?神经学家苏珊娜带上她的侦探帽,带领我们探索这

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四六级听力技巧:养成复述和做笔记的习惯 抢读预测即利用导言及题与题之间的间隙,提前扫视选项,预测出题方向,以便等录音内容开始时可以有目的地捕捉所需信息。五边处理法即边听,

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: Different parts of your brain control the sensation of the perception of vision, or of hearing, or of smell, or of taste, and a lot of those areas in the brain are neighbors. 脑中不同的区域掌

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On this Moment of Science Ya?l and Don discuss how parenting affects the brain. Ya?l : On today's Moment of Science--wait a sec, Don, do you mind if I call home real quick? Don: Now? In the middle of the show? Y: Well, I'm worried about the baby. I j

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary whine: to complain in a way that annoys others receptor: a cell or nerve that responds to a sense roof of ones mouth: the palate; above the top of the tongue contract: get smaller overreact: to act as if a minor problem is a

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: During meditation, brain-scans see increased activity in regions directly correlated with decreased anxiety and depression, along with increased pain tolerance. 在冥想的期间,脑部扫描显

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: So, the scientists say that finding the part of our brain that regulates these cravings can help in developing treatments for often-debilitating food addictions. 因此,科学家认为找到我们

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: The heightened workout a bilingual brain receives throughout its life can also help delay the onset of diseases, like Alzheimer's and dementia by as much as five years. 若双语者的大脑持续地

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Is there any way to prevent or cure dementia? Unfortunately, no: theres no cure for dementia. And theres no sure fire way to prevent it, either. But scientists suspect that some types of foods may help the brain stay healthy longer. Right.For example

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When people lose a hand, the part of the brain dedicated to that area receives no input at all. It becomes inactive. But the areas around it are still getting signals all the time. Some of those signals seem to leak over into the unused area. Just by

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