News & Reports 2011-02-19

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition Chinese authorities step up spot checks of fresh milk supplies, with reports swirling that a toxic substance found in milk powder a couple of years ago is now making

BEP 33 ADV – Presentations: Closing Down & Summarizing

As we mentioned a while back in BEP 101 (Click this link to listen to the podcast), a strong introduction is important to give your audience a reason for listening. Similarly, a strong conclusion is very important to leaving your audience with a grea

豆知识 2011-10-09&10-15 电子设备的故事 (3/3)

Imagine that instead of all this toxic e-waste piling up in our garages and the streets of Guiyu, we sent it to the garages of the CEOs who made it. You can bet that theyd be on the phone to their designers pretty fast demanding they stop designing f

豆知识 2011-09-25&10-01 电子设备的故事 (1/3)

The other day, I couldnt find my computer charger. My computer is my lifeline to my work, my friends, my music! So I looked everywhere, even in that drawer where this lives. I know you have one too, a tangle of old chargers, the sad remains of electr

豆知识 2011-10-02&10-08 电子设备的故事 (2/3)

IBMs own data revealed that its workers making computer chips had 40% more miscarriages, and were significantly more likely to die from blood, brain and kidney cancer. The same thing is starting to happen all around the world. It turns out the high-t

豆知识 2011-05-01&05-07 物品的故事（5/5）

In the U.S., we spend three to four times as many hours shopping as our counterparts in Europe do. So were in this ridiculous situation where we go to work, maybe two jobs even, and we come home when were exhausted, so we plop down on our new couch a

豆知识 2011-04-10&04-16 物品的故事 (2/5)

So next, the materials move to production. And what happens there is we use energy to mix toxic chemicals in with natural resources to make toxic contaminated products. There are over 100,000 synthetic chemicals in use in commerce today. Only a handf

豆知识 2011-08-14&08-20 化妆品的故事 (1/3)

Can I tell you, I love my Pantene Pro-V. Of the dozen or so personal care products I use every day, it's the one I can't live without. Says it gives my dull hair the ultimate cool shine. How does it do that? I was wondering that while I was lathering

豆知识 2011-07-17&07-23 瓶装水的故事 (2/2)

Exactly how is that environmentally responsible? The problems start here with extraction and production, where oil is used to make water bottles. Each year, making the plastic water bottles used in the U.S. takes enough oil and energy to fuel a milli

豆知识 2011-08-28&09-03 化妆品的故事 (3/3)

So the industry is used to doing things this way. And they can, because even now that scientists have linked the chemicals theyre using to all sorts of problems, there are no laws to get rid of them. Youre thinking: Really? Come on. Nobody's making s

万花筒 2013-02-01&02-03 我国遭遇严重雾霾天气

The chocking air pollution in China is going from bad to worse. Dangerously thick and toxic smog has forced factories to close. More than 100 flights had to be canceled. And the US embassies says the pollution index is literally off the charts more t

CCTV9英语新闻：Jilin Province takes the lead on plastic shopping bags

A new year with a new prospect: Jilin province in northeast China has approved the country's first ban on the production and sale of single use, non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags. The ban went into effect on the first day of the year. For me I'

万花筒 2010-03-14&03-15 贴膏药治皮肤癌

There are no scare poles ,no pain killing injections needed for this skin cancer treatment ,a harmless cream and a special plaster are all it takes. Inside the device,a tiny LED light activates a drug in the cream to create a toxic chemical that kill

万花筒 2011-08-04&08-06 美德克萨斯州大旱

Don tropical from Don could bring so much needed rain to south Texas. But let's tell you a little bit about what's going on in Texas. The entire state, 99% of the state is in the level of drought right now. If you look at the bright red areas. That p

万花筒 2012-03-16&03-18 一年后，重访日本海啸灾区

Oversees now. As you know, we've been marking the anniversary of that devastating 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan. One year ago this weekend, thousands of lives were lost. NBC's Ian Williams was one of the first western correspondents t

天籁音乐:Vince Gill & Sheryl Crow-What You Give Away

Vince Gill于1957年4月12日出生于美国奥克拉荷马州的诺曼（Norman），原名Vince Grant Gill。Gill从10岁开始学习吉他，中学时代加入当地一支叫山雾（Mountain Smoke）的乡村摇滚乐队，后来加入乐队Pure

Humour part 2 – men

BBC Learning English Weekender Humour part 2 men women Jackie: Hello, I'm Jackie Dalton, this is BBC Learning English dot com. Last week, we looked at humour and why it's important. It can be used to help you cope with an embarrassing situation, or

万花筒 2013-02-14&02-17 如何洗手最干净？洗手液-肥皂杀菌效果大对决

In this season of flu and so many other germs, were told again and again that hand sanitizers and soap are the best defense. Last year, American spent more than 170 million dollars on hand sanitizers alone. So we wandered what works best and how do t

英语单词大师：a book called "Um"

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: our guest is writer Michael Erard, author of a new book called Um...MICHAEL ERARD: People who have studied speech patterns notice that there are really two groups of people: one g

CRI中国国际广播电台 News & Reports 2012-10-13

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition The UN says the number of Syrian refugees flowing into Lebanon is to hit 100-thousand by the weekend. A group of Egyptian judges criticize President Mohammed Morsi of