Tsipporah

A few weeks after my eighth birthday, my grandmother took me to visit her friend Naomi. The rooms Naomi lived in could have been called a 1) flat, I suppose, but it wasn’t a flat in a modern block.

英语专业晨读美文-人生篇 13 Dad's Mandolin

[00:02.28]Dads Mandolin [00:06.89]My father was a self-taught mandolin player. [00:11.14]He was one of the best string instrument players in our town. [00:14.84]He could not read music, but if he heard a tune a few times, [00:19.17]he could play it.

SSS 2011-12-29

nobody likes getting shots, but what if you could make the needles so tiny that they broke skin painlessly. engineers from top university have created such micro needles, made from major protein in silk, fibrolin. the work is in the journal of advanc

01_Dad Sure Could Play that Mandolin

My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string instrument players in our town. He could not read music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it. When he was yo

VOA慢速英语2011--A Social Network Aims to Speed Up Progre

Education Report - A Social Network Aims to Speed Up Progress in Science This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A few years ago, a university researcher was having problems with an experiment that involved medical imaging. His adviser and

VOA慢速英语--Which Is Better for Your Career: Specializing or Generalizing?

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. When trying to make a successful career, which is better: being a generalist or a specialist? In other words, should you generalize and know a little about a lot of things? Or should you

VOA慢速英语2013 科学家发现新的物种

Scientists Discover New Animal 科学家发现新的物种 From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. Im June Simms. And Im Bob Doughty. Today we tell about a new animal species native to South America. We tell how agricultural chemical

文身会让你失去工作么?

Could a Tattoo Cost You a Job? 文身会让你失去工作么? In the 1960s U.S., a tattoo was usually a sign of anti-social or illegal activity. Few people had them. Today, at least one in five Americans has a tattoo, including sports stars, actors

VOA慢速英语--用利默里克来定义每一个英语单词

Man Hopes to Define Every English Word with a Limerick There are many different methods for studying languages and learning new words. One man has come up with his own unusual way to define the meanings of words - through rhyming. He uses words that

【有声英语文学名著】麦田里的守望者（24）

24 MR. AND MRS. ANTOLINI had this very swanky apartment over on Sutton Place, with two steps that you go down to get in the living room, and a bar and all. I'd been there quite a few times, because after I left Elkton Hills Mr. Antolini came up to ou

【有声英语文学名著】麦田里的守望者（23）

23 I MADE IT very snappy on the phone because I was afraid my parents would barge in on me right in the middle of it. They didn't, though. Mr. Antolini was very nice. He said I could come right over if I wanted to. I think I probably woke he and his

VOA慢速英语2014 AS IT IS 2014-02-10 What Engineers Do, and How They Learn 工程师们是怎样炼成的,他们平时都做些什么

AS IT IS 2014-02-10 What Engineers Do, and How They Learn 工程师们是怎样炼成的,他们平时都做些什么 Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we explore the c

VOA慢速英语--画家用绘画捕捉林肯遇刺时刻

Painting Captures Moments after Lincoln's Assassination 画家用绘画捕捉林肯遇刺时刻 A rare painting showing the moments after U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been cleaned, repaired and restored. The oil painting is nam

VOA标准英语2010年-Jonah Hex: Comic Book Gunslinger Comes

Jonah Hex. Are these the boys you wanted? You surely have done us quite a favor. A transaction is all it was. I'll collect my hundred dollar bounty on them and be on my way. From Superman and Spider Man to Josie and the Pussycats, Hollywood has a lon

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Only The Brave,' The True Story Of Fated Wildland Firefighters

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The fires in Northern California have reminded many Americans of the courage, the heroism of the men and women who fight fires in forests and wilderness. A film called Only The Brave is based on the true story of the 19 Granite Mou

2007年VOA标准英语-Gonzales to Make Crucial Appearance Before Sena

By Jim Malone Washington 13 April 2007 U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is scheduled to testify before Congress on April 17 about his involvement in last year's firing of eight U.S. attorneys. Gonzales' testimony is seen as crucial to keeping h

2006年VOA标准英语-Donations Kick Off Jazz Appreciation Month

By Doug Levine Washington 16 April 2006 Jazz Appreciation Month got underway with the unveiling of donated items from the families of two jazz legends and a famous jazz photographer to the Smithsonian

2006年VOA标准英语-Democrats Applaud Decision to Replace Rumsfeld

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 08 November 2006 A day after Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in key midterm elections, they came a step closer to doing so in the Senate, with television networks projecting a Democratic victo

Chen Ruolin wins women's 10m platform gold at london Olympic Games

LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ruolin collected a high 422.30 points for the title of women's 10m platform diving at London Olympic Games on Thursday. It is the 200th gold medal China won from all the summer Olympic Games it participated in. Brittan

英语PK台 第286期:从ABC开始扔掉字幕看《老友记》(67)

地点：莫妮卡与钱德勒的婚礼现场 人物：莫妮卡，钱德勒，菲比，瑞秋 事件：婚礼仪式结束后，摄像师为大家拍照留念，菲比为了掩护瑞秋，谎称自己怀孕了。 Monica: What are you talking about? P