A Century of Memories(1940-1949)

A Century of Memories (1940-1949) On the first Sunday in December 1941, Americans were doing what Americans did on any normal Sunday.

减肥

Rob: Hello I'm Rob. Finn: and I'm Finn Rob: and this is 6 Minute English. In today's programme we're talking about slimming - in other words, doing something to lose weight and get thinner. Not a problem for you Finn? Finn: Well, I do have a small ty

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大千世界:迷失在书里

Yal: Hey Don, whatcha reading? Don? Don! Don: Huh? Y: I asked what book you're reading. D: Oh, sorry. I guess I was lost in the story. Y: That's OK. That's what a good story will do, right? In fact, there's a study that explains what's going on the b

SSS 2009-11-25

Maybe its happened to you. You think you have a fever. So you pop a thermometer in your mouth and try to breathe through your nose to get an accurate reading. But youre totally stuffed up, so you experience this moment of complete panic because you c

SSS 2008-01-18

This is Scientific Americans' 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Gonna watch the NFL Conference Championship games on Sunday? Youll see evidence for a new finding: aggression is rewarding. In what scientists from Vanderbilt University

SSS 2009-02-11

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christie Nicholson . Got a minute? The lure of gambling clearly comes from the chance of winning. But how exciting is it to almost win? A study in the February 12th issue of the journal Neuron look

Paradox of Our Times

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too little and lie too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We have taller buildings, but shorter t

志愿者是田径赛事重要组成部分

Over 27-hundred volunteers, dubbed the New Generation at the Bird's Nest, are activated among different posts at the IAAF Championships. Xie Junyan heads a group of 72 volunteers. His team is dealing with security. Our volunteers are here as an impor

囧研究：为什么分手后我们会伤心欲绝

Breaking up is hard to do. Whether youre doing the dumping or getting dumped, chances are you feel pretty upset. And theres a scientific explanation for this. 分手确实是件难事。无论是你甩了对方，还是对方甩了你，你都可能感

为什么我们分手后会伤心欲绝？

Breaking up is hard to do. Whether youre doing the dumping or getting dumped, chances are you feel pretty upset. And theres a scientific explanation for this. 分手确实是件难事。无论是你甩了对方，还是对方甩了你，你都可能感

美国海军洗礼新航母

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脊髓灰质炎新疫苗跨积极一步

UNITED NATIONS, April 15 (Xinhua) -- A new polio vaccine will be rolled out next week to replace the one which protects against all three strains of wild poliovirus. It marked the beginning of the largest and fastest globally coordinated rollout of a

Corinthians bare Adriano from Libertadores

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The Corinthians coaching staff dedicded to bar striker Adriano from the team's upcoming Libertadores Cup match on Monday. The decision comes one day after the player's lackluster performance in the 1-0 loss to Sant

叛军炸毁哥伦比亚的主要石油管道

BOGOTA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's second largest guerrilla group blasted a main oil pipeline on Friday, causing oil spill in the northeastern region, local media reported. The rebel National Liberation Army (ELN) attacked the Cano Limon-Covenas pi

巴西宣布漏油应急计划

巴西宣布漏油应急计划 RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government on Tuesday announced a contingency plan to deal with oil spills. The plan will be activated only when corporate action is not enough to contain oil spills or

FIFA issues third goal-line technology license

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- World football's governing body FIFA has approved a third company to provide goal-line technology. German firm Cairos will be among the bidders to install systems for next year's World Cup in Brazil and the 2013-14

AP 2011-11-12

1. The nation's Emergency Alert System will be activated nationally for the first time this afternoon to test its capability. FEMA chief Craig Fugate warns some video systems may make it look like a real emergency. He says that and other flaws are be

For the Love of My Father

Over the years, I never thought of my father as being very emotional, and he never was, at least not in front of me. Even though he was 68 years old and only five-foot-nine, while I was six feet and 260 pounds, he seemed huge to me. I always saw him

如何表达心事重重?

1.心事重重 some thing weighs heavily on ones mind The boss is quite down these days. He seems to have something weighing heavily on his mind. 老板这几天沉默寡言，看起来好像是心事重重的 2.苦苦哀求 press ones suit She press