万花筒 2008-04-05&-4-06 节食不当，你的大脑很受伤

According to the experts, constant images of ultra thin models encourage an unhealthy desire in other people to imitate them, but now theyre warning the battle for size zero is not only putting our weight at risk, but also our brain. New research pu

英文短篇故事（纽约）88 Search for a Legal-Size Envelope

Burt's dad had lost his marriage certificate. He had lost it 40 years ago. But he had never needed it. Now he needed it. He called Burt. Can you pick up a copy of my marriage certificate? I already called the city clerk in New York City. You only nee

英文短篇故事（纽约）45 What Size Do You Wear?

He asked his wife what size pants she wore. I don't know, Annie said. I bought all my pants in China. Sizes are different in America. They went downtown to Century 21. They took the escalator to the third floor. She asked a worker where women's dress

侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第24期:矮暴龙的独特之处

Almost all the evidence, I think, points to it being a juvenile, and almost certainly a juvenile T-Rex. 我觉得几乎所有证据都说明这是一头幼龙，基本能肯定是只小霸王龙。 However, there is some evidence in terms of CAT scan

侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第90期:巨型肉食者的身份

We now believe that Ceratosaurus may have been an ambush predator. 我们现在相信角鼻龙可能是一种伏击掠食者。 Hunting in pairs would allow this meat eater to take on bigger game or to set up an ambush to capture smaller fast moving

侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第63期:以不变应万变

Allosaurus was built to move at good pace compared to other dinosaurs. 异特龙跟其它恐龙相比移动速度出色。 Some experts estimate they could run as fast as twenty miles an hour. 有些专家估计它们能跑到时速三十多公里。

地道英语在线听-Size Zero 零号

How thin is too thin? Yang Li: 大家好，欢迎收听BBC 的地道英语， 我是Yang Li。 Diarmuid: And Im Diarmuid. In Real English we look at words and expressions you might not find in your dictionary. Todays expression is size zero. Yang Li: 这个表达是用来

Lesson 180 - BRAIN DRAIN / BRAIN TRUST

人的脑子不仅是各种思想和情绪的源泉，而且还控制着人体各部门的功能。人脑是人身体上非常关键的组成部份。大概也正是因为这个原因，

What size?

A man walked into a dress shop and told the clerk he wanted to buy a surprise formal evening gown (礼服, 睡袍)for his wife. What size? asked the clerk. The man shrugged blankly. Trying to help, the clerk inquired, Well then, what are your wife's

学个词Learn a Word 第874期 size up

今天我们要学的词是size up。 To size up, 对某个人或某件事进行估计、评定。She is sizing up her romantic rival, 她仔细揣摩情敌的实力。The candidate sized up the situation and decided to withdraw, 这位候选人对选战

光棍节必会英语词组：size up

光棍节这天，单身的男女见面第一个动作，必定是相互打量对方，是否合乎心意呢？结果就不得而知了。如果对方正好是你那个Mr. right，就要用到下面这个英语短语了，一起来看看吧。 size u

科学美国人60秒 SSS Small-Brained Birds More Likely to Get Shot

The old expression bird brain, referring to a small or inadequate brain sizeits not all that accurate. Take crows, for example, and other corvids, like jays and magpies. Many corvids have relatively large brains for their body size, and can do amazin

英语听力：2013-07-14 《恐龙的战争》3 顽强防御—13

the equivalent of a human being with a brain the size of a pea. Lobes for both sight and smell are tiny. Areas controlling information analysis, learning, and complex thought are barely developed. If you look at the size of their brain, you actually

英语听力：2013-04-10 恐龙之战之极限生存 Extreme Survivors—10

One could imagine that the conflict between Tyrannosaurs and Triceratops may have been one of the greatest combats that nature has ever had. And this well-protected herbivore is everywhere. In fact in the Late Cretaceous, Triceratops outnumbered Tyra

Managers have larger brain: Australia's study

CANBERRA, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Managing other people at work triggers structural changes in the brain, protecting its memory and learning center well into old age, Australia's study revealed on Friday. Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW)

每日一词【874】size up：估计、评定

今天我们要学的词是size up。 To size up, 对某个人或某件事进行估计、评定。She is sizing up her romantic rival, 她仔细揣摩情敌的实力。The candidate sized up the situation and decided to withdraw, 这位候选人对选战

英语歌曲:Ocean Size Love

Ocean Size Love Leigh Nash I know what I'm doing may be dumb I know I should not be staring at the sun But the thought of it leads me to temptation It's the same whatever side you're on Separated we are delicate and small And the space, between us, l

从眼睛里得知他的秘密

从眼睛里得知他的秘密 Our pupils, the black holes which let light into the eyes, don't just help us see, they also signal what's going on in our minds. 瞳孔，那个控制光亮入眼的小黑洞，不仅能帮助我们看见世界，还同样

TED演讲:月亮的错觉(2)

For one thing, if this was just the Ebbinghaus effect, 首先，如果真是艾宾浩斯效应， then we would expect the moon illusion to disappear for pilots flying high above the clouds 那么我们应该预期月球错觉对于空中的飞行员来

【英语时差8,16】人类大脑的进化（上）

Our development of larger brains had much to do with our evolution as a species. But the question is, what fueled the development of those larger brains? The most popular theory among anthropologists is that we switched to an omnivorous diet. Our anc