英语听力文摘 English Digest 67、3D电子游戏

It seems that the key trend in the entertainment industry these days is the adoption of 3D. Following the success of 3D films such as Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, the video game business is keen to muscle in on the action with Nintendo announcing

英语听力文摘 English Digest 69、冒牌飞行员

Dutch police said the pilot was arrested in the cockpit. He is suspected of flying with a forged licence for more than a decade. The police said he had once had a commercial pilot licence but it had expired and it never qualified him for passenger fl

英语听力文摘 English Digest 74、干旱的成因

For those of us lucky enough to always have enough food and water, it may be hard to imagine living through a drought. A drought occurs for a variety of reasons, usually including a lack of rainfall and warm temperatures.Soil moisture severely dwindl

英语听力文摘 English Digest 362、超市的诡计

Shopping and Hummingbird s 购物和蜂鸟 Yal: Did you know, Don, that your shopping habits maybe similar to a hummingbird s? Don: Are you going to tell me that hummingbird s are also sold on flash colors and miracle diamonds? Y: No. But it turns ou

英语听力文摘 English Digest 364、外星人要吃人？

Why Alien s Wont Eat Us Are alien s going to eat us? Thats more of a science fiction question. But science does have something to say here, and sometimes purely imaginative questions are great tools for helping us think about how the real world works

英语听力文摘 English Digest 367、用“耳朵”治口吃

Stutter ing Ear 用耳朵治口吃 Remember that kid in your grade school class who stutter ed ? Well, he was in good companya whopping three million people in the United States alone are affected by this problem. 还记得小学时班上那个说话结

英语听力文摘 English Digest 368、屎壳郎的“导航仪”

The Eye of the Dung Beetle A number of animals, including honeybees and butterflies, use sunlights polarization in their navigation s , but the dung beetle is the first animal ever discovered to use moonlights polarization to guide its travels. Polar

英语听力文摘 English Digest 379、“神奇”的巨石阵

Surprise at Stonehenge 神奇的巨石阵 Wizard s and aliens aside, actual scientists dont have much to say about Stonehenge. That is, until now. Just recently, a four-thousand-year old gravesite was found within three miles of Stonehenge. The tomb

英语听力文摘 English Digest 382、真的有大脚怪吗？

The Real Bigfoot 真的有大脚怪吗？ Everybody has heard of Bigfoot, the gigantic ape-like creature that supposedly haunts the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Plenty of enthusiasts believe Bigfoot is real, though there isnt any evidence that w

英语听力文摘 English Digest 384、自助餐助肥胖？

Variety in Diet D: Oh! Good to have buffet , I love buffet s . I like to get a taste of lot of different things. I like to nibble a little of this, and a little of that. Who wants to eat a mass of potatoes when you can also have chicken, corn and gra

英语听力文摘 English Digest 388、目光交流很重要

Are You Looking at Me? 你在看我吗？ You know how eye contact is a pretty important component of interacting with people,right? So scientists recently tested this by measuring peoples brain activity as they responded to pictures of angry people

英语听力文摘 English Digest 407、头球有害健康吗？

Is Heading in Soccer Dangerous? 头球危险吗？ Is heading in soccer dangerous? Its a question that has met its fair share of controversy. If youve never played soccer, heading may look pretty dangerous to the poor brain. Where else in life do you

英语听力文摘 English Digest 410、长蛀牙,怎么办？

Getting Rid Of Cavities Don: Sorry, I'm late. I was brushing my teeth. Yal: Brushing your teeth! Right before A Moment of Science? Why? D: I'm trying to get rid of a cavity . Y: Get rid of a cavity ? Are you stuck with a cavity once you have it? D: I

英语听力文摘 English Digest 416、“二手”空气

二手空气 Big cities, with all their pollution , have an effect on trees No doubt. In the countryside. Say what? Big cities affect the trees in the countryside? You got it! According to a study conducted by Jillian Gregg, who now works at the EPAs

英语听力文摘 English Digest 414、天生的猎手

Snake Vision Snakes have heat-vision that allows them to catch their dinners in the dark. True or false? True! It isnt quite right to call it vision, thoughmore accurate would be to say that certain specie s , such as rattlers, have pit s just under

英语听力文摘 English Digest 430、夏威夷超级火山

Hawaiis Next Island Look at a map of Hawaii and youll see volcanic islands strung out like pearls on a necklace. The biggestand the youngestis Hawaii, in the south-east corner. As the islands stretch away to the north-west they become older and more

英语听力文摘 English Digest 424、蒙娜丽莎真的在笑吗？

Mona Lisa's Mysterious SmileNow You See It, Now You Don't 蒙娜丽莎的神秘微笑你既看见了，又没看见 Any list of the world's top ten most famous paintings will surely include da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Part of the painting's appeal is its m

英语听力文摘 English Digest 425、意外的收获

作为社会当中的弱势群体,老年人更需要得到来自他人的不管是身体上还是精神上的帮助.可出人意料的是,那些给予帮助的人在整个提供帮助的过程中能获得意外的收获.今天我们来看看来自密歇

英语听力文摘 English Digest 426、健忘症

Amnesia 健忘症 When we remember something, the neuron s in our brains communicate with each other in a particular way. The chemical and sometimes even structural changes that occur create a pathway called a memory trace. Signals traveling along th

英语听力文摘 English Digest 431、爱很伤？

Love Really Does Hurt 爱很伤？ In a recent study, scientists observed that when the participants felt reject ed , the flow of blood increased to the area of their brain known as the anterior cingulated cortex . This same area has been associated