英语杂谈：22 The problem of vocabulary 3

Gillian: Every two months or so, in a London suburb, a group of women have a meeting. They laugh a lot, talk excitedly and sometimes disagree quite strongly with each other. Every few days a 12-year old boy goes on the internet and writes a story abo

英语杂谈：20 The problem of vocabulary 1

Gary (Presenter): Hello. I don't know if you remember the moment you first realised you could read - I can't - but for the Argentinian writer, Alberto Manguel, it was a dramatic event. One day, from the window of a car I saw a billboard by the side o

英语杂谈：68 The earth hour

China participated for the first time in the World Earth Hour campaign Saturday night by switching off all unnecessary lighting in residential, business and public venues, including iconic Olympic landmarks such as the Bird's Nest Stadium and Water C

英语杂谈：65 Earth Hour

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This Saturday night at eight thirty, all the lights will be shut off at the Tokyo Tower in Japan. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark. So is the

英语杂谈：71 what to do when you feel lonely

All people go through stages in their lives when their friends seem few and far between. It might be because they have changed schools or moved to another place. Perhaps some friends have moved away, or maybe they have just never been really good at

英语杂谈：52 The One With the East German Laundry

[Scene: Central Perk, all six are there.] Monica: Would you let it go? It's not that big a deal. Ross: Not that big a deal? It's amazing. Ok, you just reach in there, there's one little maneuver, and bam, a bra right out the sleeve. All right, as far

英语杂谈：64 A boy a dog and a flog

A Boy, A Dog, A Frog and A Friend by Mercer and Marianna Mayer 1 One day a boy went fishing with his dog and his frog.He sat by the side of a pond and patiently waited for a fish to bite. 2 All of a sudden he felt a bite! 3 It had to be a big fish be

英语杂谈：11 New laptop with no keyboard

The tech world is buzzing over Apple's latest must-have gadget, the MacBook Wheel, a revolutionary new laptop that does away with the keyboard. Tech Trends reporter, Jeff Tate has more. Thanks, Andrea. Say goodbye to the keyboard and hello to the fut

英语杂谈：100 Being beautiful has its advantages

Being beautiful has its advantages. It can make you more popular, even make you seem more competent. Now, University of Haifa researchers have found that, if youre a politician, good looks will also make you seem more newsworthy. Because better-looki

英语杂谈：63 The Battle of the Brains

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Last month, students from one hundred three universities in eighty-eight countries took part in an international computer programming contest. The Battle of the Brains took place in Harbin, China. Thr

英语杂谈：06 The power of curry

If you like curry then you must be delighted to learn that scientists in Ireland have found a certain type of curry spice can kill off cancer cells. The chemical curcumin can be found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric. Its long thought to hav

英语杂谈：16 Chimps show humanlike good will

Japanese researchers claimed that chimpanzees are capable of human-like altruism. Kyoto Universitys Primate Research Institute published their findings in the scientific and medical research journal Plus One. Twelve chimpanzees were used in the exper

英语杂谈：107 Quality Time

Where's Mom? 妈妈呢? She went to a school-board meeting. 她去参加联合校董事会会议了。 I don't know how she does it. 我不知道她怎么办到的。 She sure keeps busy. 她真的是忙个不停。 It's important to her. 这对她来说

英语杂谈：23 Dozens of military

Dozens of military chaplains and grief counselors are heading to the Fort Hood army base in the U.S. state of Texas where a shooting rampage left 13 people dead and 30 wounded. Authorities say the alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, fired at so

英语杂谈：54 The Flight of Youth

There are gains for all our losses. There are balms for all our pain; But when youth,the dream,departs, It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes again. We are stronger, and are better, Under manhoods sterner reign; Still we feel that so

英语杂谈：25 Jackson Hole - Part 2

Some of the ways of the Old West cowboy are kept alive in Jackson Hole. In the summer, visitors can go to a rodeo to see competitions based on traditional cowboy skills. Some people say it is the truest of American sports. The rodeo usually begins wi

英语杂谈：24 Jackson Hole - Part 1

This beautiful valley was named after the nineteenth-century explorer and hunter David Jackson. After he spent a winter in the area, his friends started to call it Jackson's Hole. The valley looks like a hole in the middle of the mountains that surro

英语杂谈：34 The first day of your uni life - Part 1

Its time for Academic Listening - a series for students at English-speaking universities. Imagine: today is the first day of your uni life How do you feel? Excited and confident? Or maybe a little anxious? How do you think youll cope? And how can you

英语杂谈：62 my mother's gift

My Mother's Gift I grew up in a small town where the elementary school was a ten-minute walk from my house and in an age , not so long ago , when children could go home for lunch and find their mothers waiting. At the time, I did not consider this a

英语杂谈：33 1000 NATO troops

U.S. military says more than 1000 NATO troops, mostly from the United States, have launched a major offensive against a key Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. Military officials say Afghan forces are also participating in the operation in He