From President Trump today, a summons to battle opioid addiction. He called for new action, but not necessarily for new money. William Brangham begins our coverage. As you all know from personal experience, families, communities and citizens across o

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈健康系列

I am going to take a chance and say that very few people enjoy going to the dentist, especially for a filling. A dentist usually treat a cavity by removing the damaged part of the tooth. Then they fill the hole with porcelain or a combination of silv

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(四)月

WHO: 10 Percent of Drugs in Developing Countries Are Fake The World Health Organization (WHO) says one of every 10 medicines sold in developing countries is either fake or of poor quality. 世卫组织表示,发展中国家所销售的药品中有近

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

March-----------三月 mark------------记号 market----------市场 marvelous------另人惊叹的 method---------方法 member--------会员 message--------口信 medicine--------药物

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 用听的背单词-基础2000MP3(h-z)

1. How are Stephanie and Brandon related? A. Stephanie is Brandon's sister. B. Brandon and Stephanie are engaged. C. Brandon and Stephanie are colleagues. 2. The first sign of Stephanie's problem is that she has been __________. A. missing work B. bu

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 听英文对话做选择

(BBC News)A new computer-based test for Alzheimer's could help identify the disease much earlier than previously possible. (英国国家广播公司报道)一种运用计算机进行的老年痴呆症测试,有助于更早发现这种疾病。

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄英语新闻听力通

1. Q: What does the woman think of the new day? A) It can help solve complex problems. B) It will most likely prove ineffective. C) It is a new weapon against terrorists. D) It will help detect all kinds of liars. 2. Q: What does the woman want to do

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 英语四级听力-短对话

菲奥伦佐奥梅内托分享了20多种惊人的丝的用法,丝作为自然中最典雅的材料之一--能传输光线,改善可持续行,增强强度和制作药物和骨骼。台上,他展示了很多极其有趣的丝质物件。

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:生态谜云

现代神经药物针对整个大脑的化学物质进行治疗,但神经生物学家戴维安德森相信大脑有更细致入微的功能。他介绍了这项新研究,可能对研发疗效更好、副作用更小的神经药物有帮助。他是

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:美妙的神经系统

Major Chicken Producer to Stop Using Antibiotics 最大的鸡肉生产商停止使用抗生素 The largest chicken meat producer in the United States says it will stop giving its birds antibiotics that doctors use to treat humans. Tyson Foods made th

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(五)月

Americans Take 80% of Worlds Opioid Supply 全球80%内源性阿片类药物来自美国 The U.S. government is dealing with an epidemic of opioid use. Americans make up about 4.6 percent of the worlds population, but consume 80 percent of the worlds

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月

Science and Technology The fight against AIDS HIV's slow retreat 科技 与艾滋病之战 艾滋病的缓慢退却 One of the world's worst plagues is giving ground 抗击艾滋病:显现曙光 THE timing of the pope's much-discussed change of pos

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Books and Arts; Book Review;The drug industry; 文艺;书评;药业; Pick your pill out of a hat; 开药就好比抓阄; Bad Pharma. By Ben Goldacre. 《医药行业的恶劣行径》。作者:本戈尔达克尔。 Doctors like to project

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

JUDY WOODRUFF: No doubt about it, we're in the middle of flu season, and this one is shaping up to be a particularly tough slog, possibly the worst since 2008. The Centers for Disease Control report that flu activity is widespread in 46 states. In fa

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

Pills that only contain medicine are so very 20th century. Swiss pharmacy house Novartis thinks pills needn't merely deliver medicine to the bloodstream, but could also monitor its effects and transmit data to physicians. 仅含药物的药片已经过

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示,Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革,但是又担心改革可能带来的副

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

释义: take medicine 吃药 take 后面接 medicine 或 pill,tablet 的话就是吃药、服用药物的意思。medication 同样可以作为药物的含义与 take 共同使用。如果是 take drugs 就会变成服用非法药物或毒品。 例

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 老外最常用的英文短语

本期内容: Eli Lilly said that a clinical trial for a new drug to slow the onset of Alzheimers had failed. The drug, solanezumab, was tested on patients with mild cases of Alzheimers, who showed only a slight improvement after 18 months of treat

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

本期内容: A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。 我们先来学习一个新单词 medicine M-E-D-I-C-I-N-E medicine 药,药物 再来学习动词taste的用法,taste加上形容词表示尝起来怎样: taste good 尝起来不错

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 口语侠每日早读

文本: L: What happened to you last night? why didn't you come home? Why was Dan looking for you all morning? And why did I get a call informing me that you were on drugs? S: I wasn't on drugs. L: Don't lie to me. I saw that little home movie that

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(188) / 评论(0) 分类 跟着美剧练发音