Placebo Effect Update

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 19, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. When scientists want to test the effectiveness of a new drug, they usually divide

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Topics: Elections in the U.S., to prove someone wrong, effect vs. affect, to wait on someone vs. to wait for someone, big vs. large, Im fine vs. Im good vs. Im well Words: primary election to take office legislative midterm elections term of office t

Belief in Cause and Effect

Benjamin Frankin wondered about(at) lightning. He combined his curiosity with imagination and carried out his well-known experiment to show that lightning and an electric spark are the same thing. Cur

Birthplace effect “出生地效应”

今年7月，14岁的美国华裔少年刘继打破老虎伍兹的纪录，成为美国青少年高尔夫锦标赛史上最年轻的冠军，同时刷新老虎伍兹保持了19年的纪录。刘继出生在纽约州一个只有11万人口的小城市史

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Topics: Obesity, greeting people in the United States, terrific, finally vs. eventually Words: to gain weight to hit (a certain age) overweight oversized obesity appetite to go on a diet a firm handshake cheek to hug to slap someone on the back to no

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Topics: In the News: The Nobel Effect, dangerous bicycle helmets; to talk someone out of something vs. to have it out with someone; Ill wait for you vs. Ill be waiting for you; mixture Words: Nobel Prize to stick around bragging rights to be buffeted

英语听力文摘 English Digest 463、最大的磁体

查看译文 tips: 怎样阅读才是有质量的阅读了？ 中英对照请点击【中英对照】查看译文请点击 【查看译文】进行核对。 The Biggest Magnet 最大的磁体 A: Whats the biggest magnet ever? B: Well, that's a great

英语小达人 188 The Effect of Advertisement

The Effect of Advertisement 广告的效果 Some businessmen were talking about advertising on TV excitedly. As none of them had ever done it before, every one had his point of view. At this moment, Mr. Grey came by. He was a car dealer and he had on

每日一词【753】side effect：副作用

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

学个词Learn a Word 第753期 side effect

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

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Topics: Ask an American: childhood obesity; besides vs. furthermore vs. moreover; wink-wink; thrill Words: to be doing veggie grass-fed organic salad bar to line up to segue processed food refined high fructose corn syrup whole food with an eye in th

英语听力文摘 English Digest 367、用“耳朵”治口吃

Stutter ing Ear 用耳朵治口吃 Remember that kid in your grade school class who stutter ed ? Well, he was in good companya whopping three million people in the United States alone are affected by this problem. 还记得小学时班上那个说话结

英语听力文摘 English Digest 77、饮食多样性与肥胖

Studies suggest that when we eat a variety of foods, we are less likely to get bored. But therefore we are more likely to eat more. That might contribute to the current obesity problem in Americapeople like the taste of different foods and keep eatin

英语听力文摘 English Digest 78、睡前酒到底好不好？

Alcohol can cause you to awake frequently in the night, reduce the amount of deep sleep you get, and cause you to wake up earlier than usual in the morning. The overall effect is that you end up feeling tired the next day. And thus you might be tempt

Pope leaves Vatican, resignation takes effect

VATICAN CITY, Feb.28 (Xinhua) -- The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came into effect at 8 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Thursday, who had left the Vatican by helicopter for the papal vacation retreat in south Rome earlier in the afternoon. The pope h

Efforts to ease medical costs take effect

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Medicine prices at public clinics have been notably reduced thanks to a policy that promotes basic medicine, an office of the State Council said Thursday. Current price levels of basic medicine used by government-funded t

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Topics: Famous Songs: Kumbaya; Crater Lake National Park; free time versus spare time; at the end versus in the end; booking versus reservation Words: spiritual to pass down campfire calming effect to sway crater volcano lodge rim trail indigenous pi

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Topics: Ask an American: underage drinking; to chalk (something) up to; fluke; quite; aint; domino effect and chain reaction Words: access consistency rebellious binge drinking DUI DWI assault date rape to model sexually transmitted disease unintende

英语听力文摘 English Digest 203、痛苦的注射

Painful Injections 相信大家都有过去医院打针的经历吧？不论你是因为生病还是去注射疫苗。小孩子尤其害怕打针，一看到针就会使出吃奶的劲哭闹。这下着急的还有护士跟孩子的父母，想尽办法