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

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

第38期: cap, stocking, cross, hole, fragile

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 cap [ kAp ] It's better to put the cap

英语儿歌274首 第72期:Hot Cross Buns

歌词如下: Hot cross buns, One a penny buns. One a penny,two penny, Hot cross buns, Fresh, sweet buns, Come and buy my buns. One a penny,two penny, Fresh, sweet buns. Nice, light buns, Buy my currant buns.

Cross Canadian Ragweed Blends Country

Mary Morningstar Cross Canadian Ragweed formed in 1994, and spent the next eight years building a regional fan base in the southwestern U.S. The Oklahoma-based band released four albums on its own lab

VOA标准英语2008年-Red Cross Warns of Further Misery for Burma's C

By Ron Corben Bangkok 15 May 2008 The International Red Cross says heavy rains will bring new misery to survivors of the cyclone in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta region. Ron Corben has this report from Bangkok. Officials with International Federation of Re

2007年VOA标准英语-Ethiopia Orders Red Cross to Leave Ogaden Regio

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 25 July 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is still trying to confirm media reports that the Ethiopian government has issued an order for the Red Cross to leave the restive Ogaden region in eastern Ethiopi

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

鹅妈妈童谣 51 Hot Cross Buns

Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One ha' penny, two ha' penny, Hot cross buns! If you have no daughters, Give them to your sons One ha' penny, Two ha' penny, Hot Cross Buns!

2007年VOA标准英语-Red Cross Helps Victims of Fighting in North Ki

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 August 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is launching an emergency operation this week for thousands of people who have fled renewed fighting between government and rebel forces in North Kivu in the E

VOA标准英语10月-d Cross: Millions of Iraqis at Risk From Polluted

The International Committee of the Red Cross warns millions of Iraqis are at risk of disease from polluted water and inadequate health care. It says the situation of inadequate health care, water and sanitation services is particularly bad in the Ir

VOA常速英语2007年-Red Cross Distributes Aid to Thousands Displace

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 29 December 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross has begun distributing essential items to more than 500 displaced families who have taken refuge in South Kivu in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Cong

音乐咖啡厅:Cross Every River 流走的河流

歌手介绍: Maria Arredondo，1985年七月六日降生于挪威的文内斯拉（Vennesla）小镇。和很多出色的歌手一样，Maria从很小的时候便显露了过人的音乐天赋。她的母亲说她是从会走路的那天起，就会唱歌了。她从10岁起就开始参加地区的各种歌唱比赛，成绩颇佳。她用了两年时

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

VOA标准英语10月-Red Cross: Life in Mogadishu Remains Precarious

The International Committee of the Red Cross says the situation in Mogadishu, the Somali capital has calmed somewhat since the intensification of fighting last week. Nevertheless, it says dangers persist and lack of security is causing difficulties

英语歌曲:Cross Every River

Cross Every River As I sit here all quiet 当我坐在这里，四周一片寂静 Wonder why were apart 我们就这样分开了 And the noise from the city 城市的喧嚣 Cuts a hole thru the dark 将黑暗切出一个缺口 As the nighttime is fal

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

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