Parents of East Asian, East African and Native American descent are not usually surprised when their babies are born with distinctive blueish-gray or blueish-green birthmarks on their backside. Eighty to ninety-five percent of infants from these ethn

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Beneath the Glory》作为《木兰情》的英文版,是由李偲菘作曲,林家宇作词。整支MV以闪回开始,随着凄美胡琴的前奏将影片情节慢慢引出,其间穿插VITAS演唱的画面以及大量战争场面、拍摄花絮

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(八月)

When I was a child of seven years old , my friends , on a holiday ,filled my pocket with coppers . I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for children . Being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I had seen by the way , in the hands of ano

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

I will never forget what my old headmaster told me. Normally when you are only 15 years of age you do not remember most of the things that are preached by your teachers. But, this particular story is one such lesson that I will never forget. Every ti

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When Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and pestered his relatives, but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. More than twenty chief clerks told him in diff

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There was once a shepherd who had a daughter whose greatbeautyattracted a lot of young men from all over the country. Oneday,the shepherd asked his daughter, My dear daughter, tell me,whatkind of man do you want to be your husband? 从前,有个牧羊

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Jessica在北京学汉语,她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教她。今天是听众问的:两面派。 jessica: 吴琼,我问你,两面派用美语怎么说? WQ: Ah? jessica, 你从哪儿学到这

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The Crazy Success Behind 'John's Crazy Socks' After graduating from high school, many young people are excited to go off to college. But not all. Some may want to skip college and jump right into a business. That was the case with John Cronin from Lo

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(九)月

每一个GRE高分考生的背后,都有着他们非比寻常的努力。所有的GRE高分经验背后都是日日夜夜的默默付出与积累。有了好的方法就是如虎添翼,让你的GRE考试备考之路变得相对轻松,让我们看

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墨西哥湾原油泄漏的原因错综复杂,但是我们至少知道:这件事很糟糕。Carl Safina通过热血沸腾的严密质询挖掘真相,主张事件的后果影响的远不止墨西哥湾而且那么多所谓的解决方案正在将事

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:罪与罚

Michael Shermer 说,人类倾向相信奇怪的事 - 从外星人绑票案到探矿杖 - 这行为模式来自脑内的两组最基本、最古老的求生技巧。他解释它们是什么,以及它们如何为我们惹上麻烦。

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But our brains' primate subdivision will see the contrasting colors without blending. 但视觉皮质中演化的分支会区辨颜色对比而不会将他们混合。 With these two interpretations happening at once, 当两种视觉处理方式同时发

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

One of the most remarkable aspects of the human brain is its ability to recognize patterns and describe them. 人的大脑有一个惊人的特性,就是能认出事物运作的模式并描述它。 Among the hardest patterns we've tried to underst

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Once upon a time, there was a poor fisherman who always dreamed of becoming rich. He wished to become a millionaire, and so did his wife. 很久以前,有个贫穷的渔夫,他总是梦想着能够发大财,希望自己能够成为百万富翁,

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JEFFREY BROWN:Finally tonight: How much for that surgery or this ventilator? The government today released data showing some of these costs for the first time, targeting what hospitals bill Medicare for the 100 most common procedures. And it turns ou

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈健康系列

今天带来的是Savage Garden的老歌To The Moon And Back~~月亮的背后~~~ 是savage garden(野人花园)的一首早期的歌曲 歌曲描述的是一个充满幻想的姑娘,如同许多国外能叙述一个故事的歌曲一样, 因为父母的遗弃而成为雉妓,外表的叛逆、冷漠却在掩盖内心对真爱的渴望,我

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 音乐咖啡厅

Finance and economics: Free exchange: Hard bargains 财经:自由交换:艰苦的讨价还价 Two economists win the Nobel prize for their work on the theory of contracts. 两位经济学家因其对于契约理论的研究获得诺奖。 Economi

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模仿文本: It's 1983, and the tiny Caribbean islandofGrenadahas a left-wing revolutionary government led by a popular charismatic former lawyer Maurice Bishop. But it's the height of the Cold War and theUnited Statesnow seesGrenadaas a threat.

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英音模仿秀

重点词汇: binge-watch:刷剧 binge: n.狂欢,狂闹;放纵 vt.放纵 binge drinking:酗酒 例句: Since when has binge drinking been the answer to anything? 酗酒什么时候变得理所当然了? Binge-watching an entire series is

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Topic1-40% of Listed Companies Can't Afford an Apartment in First-tier Cities According to Securities Times, a newspaper, nearly 40 percent of A-share listed companies in China have an annual profit margin that's barely enough to cover the cost of a

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