VOA慢速英语 200707110041

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. An allergy is an unusually strong reaction to a substance. Many things can cause allergies. The most common cause is pollen. Trees usually produce pollen in the spring, grasses in the summer and weeds in

【听英文对话做选择】园林绿化的秘密

1. What is one problem with the man's trees? A. The branches are very old and long. B. The trees dump too many leaves into the yard. C. The dogs are scared of them during storms. 2. The tree was planted ______________ years ago. A. 20 B. 23 C. 25 3.

名人励志英语演讲 第69期:我放弃了 但我会继续战斗(3)

So to all those who voted for me and to whom I pledged my utmost, my commitment to you and to the progress we seek is unyielding. 就让我对所有为我投票同时我发誓尽我所能来为你们奉献的人以及我们所追求的那未曾屈服的

捷进英语 lesson 46

Go away.I'm not here. Hi Nobody home but us bees. What? What are you talking about? Hannah, there's something you should know about me . Yesterday ,I dressed up as a bee and sang a song . Where? In an

世界各地的人早餐一般吃什么

Eating: In Your Country, What Are The foods Usually Eaten For breakfast? 在你的国家，人们早餐一般吃什么？ In Mexico, like in any other big country what you eat on a daily basis depends on where you live. 在墨西哥，像在任何其他

有利于头脑健康的饮食

Supercharge your memory 强化记忆 Alzheimer's and dementia affect over 47.5 million people worldwide and there are still no known cures. Yet research has found that certain foods and drinks can help keep your mind healthy for longer. 全世界范围

奇闻!成都一名71岁老人抽出的血竟是白色的!

The blood of a 71-year-old man in Chengdu, Sichuan province was recently found to be white in appearance. 近日，四川省成都市一位71岁男子的血液被发现是白色的。 The phenomenon was determined to be caused by the man's long-term

吃坚果有助保持健康

Eat Nuts to Stay Healthy 吃坚果有助保持健康 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. People have long known that nuts are part of a healthy diet. However, scientists in the Netherlands recently found that you do not ne

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-06-17

Ordinarily you've called it a pistachio a pistachio, but if you are for example an immigrant from China, and you've just seen a Ming vase. You might call a pistachio and a happy nut. Because visual cues can affect language in people with multiple cul

U.S. study ranks walnuts as most healthy nuts

LOS ANGELES, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Walnuts have a combination(综合) of more healthful antioxidants and higher quality antioxidants than any other nut, U.S. researchers have found. Study findings were presented on Sunday at the 241st National Meeting

又到腊八粥飘香

Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring to the traditional start of celebrations for the Chinese New Year. La in Chinese means the 12th lunar month and ba means eight. Legends about the origin of this festivity abound.

一天一把坚果能减少腹部脂肪

A handful of nuts a day can keep hunger at bay and beat belly fat, according to scientists. This is the first time a link between eating nuts and higher levels of serotonin - a substance that decreases appetite, boosts happiness and improves heart he

Superstitions of Halloween

Halloween has always been a holiday filled with mystery, magic and superstition. It began as a Celtic end-of-summer festival during which people felt especially close to deceased relatives and friends. For these friendly spirits, they set places at t

同情心的人种差异：黑人更富悲悯之心

A Northwestern University study suggests that on a neurological level, race matters when it comes to empathy。 Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, the study included an equal number of African-American and Caucasian-American study participa

健康饮食:核桃是最健康的坚果

Walnuts are the healthiest of all the nuts and should be eaten more as part of a healthy diet, US scientists say. 美国科学家称核桃是所有坚果中最为健康的一种，应该作为健康饮食的一部分多吃。 Scientists from Pennsylv

男人爱吃肉，女人爱吃菜

Men and women have different tastes in food, with men favoring meat and poultry, and women fruits and vegetables, researchers said in what was touted as the most extensive study to date of gender differences in eating habits. More than 14,000 adult m

六种必吃的抗癌食物

Broccoli椰菜 All cruciferous veggies (think cauliflower, cabbage, kale) contain cancer-fighting properties, but broccoli is the only one with a sizable amount of sulforaphane, a particularly potent compound that boosts the body's protective enzymes

咱们裸熊 第20期:新鲜的桃子

Samples! Fresh peaches. Take a sample. 试吃！新鲜的桃子。试吃一下吧。 Good morning. Could I have one of those? 早上好。我能尝一个吗？ Of course. Here you are. 当然可以。给你。 One more, please. Thank you. 请再给一个

托福口语中常见的四个外来词

在托福口语中，并不单单涉及一些常见的英语单词，一些外来词在托福口语中也经常出现，如果考生不能正确理解这些外来词的含义，对正确答题是有一定影响的。 Karaoke 卡拉OK Language of Orig

赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit144

preferable a.更合人意的；更好的（与介词 to 并用） A glass of icy tea is preferable to a cup of coffee on a hot day. 大热天的时候，一杯冰茶要比一杯咖啡更讨喜。 I prefer novels to movies.=I prefer reading novels to