万花筒 2010-12-10&12-12 复原版“诺亚方舟”引争议

Believe it or not. They are arguing about Noah's Ark in the heartland tonight and whether it's right to use taxpayer dollars to build it, complete with animals. Not in anticipation of rain but tourists. Linsey Davis takes us insight to this debate. H

美国文化脱口秀 第2期:怎么起英文名字

Icycat, Onion, Bootin, Shiny, Yoyo, Kinky......如果这是你的英文名字，我们要向你郑重道歉。因为今天我们要 批斗 这些英文名。人家爱起什么名字，管Jenny、潘吉什么事呢？如果你想在外企发展或申请

Exodus 出埃及记01

1These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: 2Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; 3Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; 4Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. 5The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Jose

VOA标准英语2011--Biblical Bad Girls Get a Makeover

Biblical Bad Girls Get a Makeover Men in the Bible - like Abraham, Moses, King David - are often well-developed characters playing a central role in complex stories. But, more and more authors are focusing on the women of the Bible - developing their

科学美国人60秒 SSS Ancient Biblical Scroll Gets Read While Wrapped

In the 1970s, researchers unearthing an ancient synagogue at Ein Gedi, near the Dead Sea, discovered the structures Holy Arkthe container in which early Jews would have stored the Bible as they prayed. The site was home to a large Jewish community fr

智慧人生篇章 第47期:奥运通道 通往特权之路?(2)

The British propensity for non-deference militates against special treatment to anyone, unless of course you're the official underdog. The last shall be first is a biblical theme which could just as easily have been written by a British attitudes and

欧美名人演讲 第59期:同性恋与道德的关系(6)

And indeed, in the handful of places that the Bible talks about homosexuality, it's almost always in the context of a discussion of idolatry because homosexuality was very much associated with certain pagan practices. 而且事实上，在圣经寥寥几

Exodus 出埃及记02

2Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, 2and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him an

Genesis 创世记39

39Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there. 2The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the ho

CNN 2011-06-11

All right. So let's talk about what your favorite bible verse is, OK? How about this? God helps those who help themselves. Do you like that one? Well, that's great but there's just one problem. It is not in the bible. How about, God works in mysterio

SSS 2008-11-07

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. One of the most important archaeological finds in history was the Dead Sea Scrolls. These documents include some of the earliest written records of the

英语短文：Brother of Jesus(耶稣的兄弟)

In October 2002, the Biblical Archaeology Society announced a discovery which could provide historical evidence for the existence of Jesus. An inscription had been found on an ancient bone box (ossuary) that reads James, son of Joseph, brother of Jes

VOA标准英语2010年-Want Just a Bite to Eat at the Amana C

You'd probably want to eat one of each of these desserts from the Ox Inn, but it's doubtful you'd have room after endless earlier helpings of food. In the Midwest state of Iowa, not far from the Mississippi River, there's a cluster of seven villages

VOA标准英语2011-Holy Land Enjoys Record Year of Tourism i

The Holy Land enjoyed a flood of visitors last year, which benefited Israelis and Palestinians alike. It was a record year for tourism in Israel thanks to a lull in violence. There were 3.45 million visitors in 2010, 14 percent more than the previous

美国国家公共电台 NPR Christian Teen Magazine 'Brio' Returns With A 'Biblical Worldview'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: An evangelical Christian group is trying again to offer an alternative girls magazine. The group Focus on the Family once published Brio. It positioned itself as a more wholesome alternative to magazines like Seventeen and Teen V

经济学人82:理性的声音 The Dead Sea Scrolls

Still in Books and Arts;The Dead Sea scrolls;Voice of reason; 文艺；死海古卷；理性的声音； The Story of the Scrolls: The Miraculous Discovery and True Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls. By Geza Vermes. 《古卷的故事：死海古卷

英语悠选脱口秀 第79期:男孩名字

讲解 上期我们说了加拿大排名前10的女孩名字，Today, lets talk about the top 10 mens names in Canada. The king of the mans name is Liam. Liam 看过TWO BROKE GIRLS的童鞋应该记得Max说过，Why is every inbred(天生的) rich g

VOA标准英语2009年-Have You 'Given Up the Ghost' or 'Cast

Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 01 December 2009 This book connects many stories and sayings that we use in everyday life with their biblical antecedents The Hebrew and Christian bibles are quoted thousands of times a day across America. Not just by m

英文摇滚歌曲：Him - Scared to Death

In the biblical sense and sensibility Let me know you I'll kiss that smile off your face Just say when (Just say when) I'm not afraid to say 'I love you' Any more than I used to be, babe I am scared to death, I am scared to death To fall in love All

美国国家公共电台 NPR After 24 Years, Scholar Completes 3,000-Page Translation Of The Hebrew Bible

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's a new translation of the Hebrew Bible, or what Christians call the Old Testament. The three-volume set runs over 3,000 pages. It was a solo project by literary scholar Robert Alter. It took him 24 years to finish it. And