Free Up Mental Space With More 'Bandwidth'

Welcome to Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore common expressions in American English. Like all languages, our expressions come from everywhere. They come from nature, sports, and food. They come from money,

SSS 2010-05-20

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Why do some chords sound sweet but others make you wince? Well it appears our earsor at least the ears of 250 Minnesota undergradsprefer chords containing harm

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A New York City entrepreneur is seeking investors for his No Bark startup. With enough investment money, Ty Cobb says, he will be able to discover the melodies that, when played, will instantly quiet barking dogs. Because dogs hear sound frequencies

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补充： Backbone - A series of high-speed network connections through which other networks connect. Bandwidth - According to Webster's: a range within a band of wavelengths, frequencies, or energies

SSS 2011-12-02

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Bats see with their ears, which are highly attuned to pick up minute variations in the reflection of the sound pulses they use to echolocate. Here are so

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Opposition to offshore drilling grows even though oil slick is still far from Florida Brian Wagner | Key Largo, Florida 14 May 2010 The gulf oil spill is still hundreds of kilometers from Florida, but local businesses worry about the impact it could

VOA标准英语2010年-Small Changes Help US Families Jumpsta

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Russian nationalists in Crimea have burned Ukrainian history textbooks to protest what they say are distortions of the past by the administration of former President Viktor Yushchenko. The recent transfer of power in Kyiv has raised hope among Russia

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The English-Speaking Union Awards

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听歌学英语：Like I Love You-Lost Frequencies / The NGHBRS

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Carrying Some Extra Pounds May Not Be Good After All

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