2007年NPR美国国家公共电台一月-A Broken Foot, an Artificial Leg, and a R

Recording technology has changed a lot over the years, but you can still do one essential thing. You sit in front of a microphone and you tell a story, which here we are again this Friday morning because it's time for StoryCorps. It's an oral history

考研英语长难句讲解第6期

4. In an experiment pubished in 1988, social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of Wurzburg in Germany asked volunteers to hold a pen either with their teeththereby creating an artificial smileor with their lips, which would produce a disapp

闭着眼睛飘单词 四级词汇5

[0:0]arithmetic arouse arrange算术 引起,唤起 安排,准备 [0:37.8094]arrest artificial artistic aspect逮捕,拘留 人工的,人造的 艺术的,美术的 方面,面貌 [1:31.0307]assemble assembly assess asset混合,聚集 立法机构,议会 对...估价 人价值的,优点 [2:22.6436]as

创新英语-Scientists Create Energy-Making Artificial Leaf

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created what could be a breakthrough in providing clean, alternative energy. Researchers have invented an artificial leaf that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen and stores the ene

VOA标准英语2015--Researchers Create Artificial Skin With Sense of Touch

Researchers Create Artificial Skin With Sense of Touch Scientists have recently made considerable gains in creating human-like artificial limbs, but they still look and feel artificial. That could change with a development from South Korea. Researche

新目标初中英语九年级--Unit 7 Where would you li

Unit 7 Where would you like to visit? [00:04.88]SECTION A [00:07.84]1b Listen.Where would San,Gina,and Lydia like to go on vacation? [00:17.71]Why?Fill in the chart. [01:00.55]2a Listen and number these statements in the order that you hear them. [01

60秒科学:Artificial Muscle Brings Back Blink

Artificial Muscle Brings Back Blink A study in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery reports the development of an artificial muscle system that could restore the ability to blink to stroke and injury patients. Cynthia Graber reports Most of us blin

VOA慢速英语2010年-Technology Report - Taking a Closer Lo

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. High-quality systems used in video conferencing are called telepresence systems. The images are life-size yet not truly lifelike. They lack the depth that people would normally see if they were in th

Artificial Leaf Turns Sunlight into Electric Power

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned to Mother Nature for inspiration, inventing a device that mimics photosynthesis, the process plants use to convert sunlight and water into usable energy. MIT chemistry professor Dani

VOA标准英语2011--Artificial Blood Vessels Work Well, Have

Scientists say they have successfully tested artificial blood vessels grown in the laboratory. In a heart bypass operation, surgeons typically remove a vein from a patient's leg and use it to replace blocked arteries that feed the muscles of the hear

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Hologram Husband Keeps Lois Smith Company In 'Marjorie Prime'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Marjorie Prime is a science fiction film, sort of, but without explosions, laser weapons or fire-breathing robots and mythical creatures. As the film opens, Lois Smith plays an elderly woman who's getting to know the lifelike holog

美国国家公共电台 NPR Illinois Holocaust Museum Preserves Survivors' Stories — As Holograms

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For decades, Holocaust survivors have told their stories to students and museum visitors in person and in videos. The Holocaust ended more than 70 years ago, and so every year, fewer survivors are alive to tell their stories. The I

VOA常速英语2008年-Rat Study Links Weight Gain to Artificial Sweet

By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 15 February 2008 Obesity is becoming a worldwide problem, even in developing countries. But diet drinks and food prepared with sugar substitutes do not seem to help curb people's appetites. Now a new study may provide

唐顿庄园第一季第三集_2

唐顿庄园第一季第三集_2 [INT. THE VILLAGE - DAY] [Matthew rides his bicycle into the village and ring the bell on it as he comes upon Edith.] LADY EDITH Oh. [Matthew tips his hat and gets off his bicycle.] MATTHEW CRAWLEY Hello. I'd offer yo

学个词Learn a Word 第1713-artificial

今天我们要学的词是 artificia。Artificial 人造的。artificial intelligence 人工智能。不久前，The FDA approved a new artificial retina device that would help some people regain part of their sight. 美国食品和药物管理局批准

10个可替换的人体器官

Human bodies are frail, easily damaged packages full of parts that can never fully come back once lost. Luckily, researchers worldwide are working on replacing every bit of the body to make us all cyborgs. 人的身体是十分脆弱的，有些娇弱的

霍金回应“单向”成员单飞：进入平行宇宙

What is the cosmological effect of singer Zayn Malik leaving the best-selling boy band One Direction and consequently disappointing millions of teenage girls around the world? 歌手泽恩马利克退出热门的单向男孩乐队，进而导致数以百

VOA标准英语2011--Artificial Speech Mimics Real Thing

Artificial Speech Mimics Real Thing 合成声音发展渐入佳境 未来虚拟声音真假难辨 At a University of Arizona laboratory, Professor Brad Story analyzes the voices of singers, actors and public speakers both live and on audio tape. 在亚

英文短篇故事（纽约）442 TV Ads—Up Close and Personal

He was watching TV. The commercials started. One after another they came, like subway riders going through turnstiles. Five minutes later, the program resumed. Ten minutes later, a new cluster of commercials started. Five minutes later, the program r

英语听力文摘 English Digest 106、识别真假英镑

Ever since money was invented there have been people trying to fake it. Thats why its important for everyone to know how to spot a fake banknote. And the best thing to do is to know by heart what genuine notes should look like. Here is our expert Lee