你每天需要喝8杯水吗？

Do you need eight glasses of water everyday? Tring to do the right thing by drinking eight full glasses of water everyday may do little more than making a person run to the bathroom, a researcher said. Newspaper articles, health and beauty magazines

VOA标准英语2008年-Congressional Panel Examines Press Freedom in A

By Bill Rodgers Washington D.C. 24 January 2008 Human rights and press monitoring groups consider the Middle East and North Africa as regions having the worst record for press freedom in the world. Outright censorship, restrictive laws and intimidati

NPR 2010-10-23

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama's campaign swing through the West Coast takes him to California, where he is speaking at a fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer and touting her commitment to helping the middle class. Th

心灵鸡汤:“对这只来说有意义”

Along the coast of the vast Atlantic ocean there lived an old man. Each day when the tide went out he would make his way along the beach for miles. Another man who lived not far away would occasionally watch as he vanished into the distance and later

NPR 2010-04-06

The White House is strongly condemning todays attack by extremists on the US Consulate in Pakistan. Suicide bombers and gunmen tried to breach the perimeter of the heavily fortified compound. Sound of explosions and weapons fire sent people scramblin

TED演讲:人如果不喝水会怎么样(1)

Water is virtually everywhere, from soil moisture and ice caps, to the cells inside our own bodies. 水几乎无所不在，从土壤水分及冰帽，到人体内的细胞。 Depending on factors like location, fat index, age, and sex, the average h

VOA常速英语2008年-The US Calls for Respect for Press Freedom in C

By William Eagle Washington,DC 04 March 2008 The United States Ambassador to Cameroon, Janet Garvey, has reiterated US support for freedom of the press and peaceful political reforms in the country. Her remarks come in the wake of a government crackd

VOA慢速英语 200707030045

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about health problems linked to extreme heat. We also tell about what to do to prevent and treat these problems. (MU

TED演讲:见证现代奴役的照片(3)

Many have been tricked by false promises of a good education, a better job, 他们当中很多人都是被虚假承诺所骗轻信所谓好的教育机会、好的工作机会， only to find that they're forced to work without pay under the threat o

VOA常速英语2007-Journalists Say Press Freedoms Lacking in Ethiop

By Cathy Majtenyi Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 29 October 2007 The Committee to Protect Journalists says Ethiopia is the worst country in the world for press freedom. The international press watchdog group says that Ethiopian journalists routinely face cens

How to Drink More Water (and Why You Should)

How to Drink More Water (and Why You Should) Water is the driving force of all nature - Leonardo da Vinci Do you want a really simple way to improve your health and productivity? Heres a free and easy way to stay healthy and get more done which doesn

节气词汇：夏至英语怎么说？

【节气词汇】 Summer Solstice 夏至 Summer Solstice comes on June 21 to June 22 each year when the sun altitude arrive the highest in north. This day has the longest day time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the sunshine in many citie

2007年VOA标准英语-Kenya's President Considers Law Limiting Press

By Caroline Sawyer Nairobi 07 August 2007 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is reviewing a controversial amendment to the country's media law that, if approved, could send reporters to jail for refusing to reveal their sources. Caroline Sawyer has details

Former Clinton press secretary joins Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Facebook has hired Joe Lockhart, who was former U.S. President Bill Clinton's press secretary during the last two years of his second term, as the social network company's vice president of global communications, U.

喝水不够对身体造成的不良后果

Besides the fact that you'd literally die without it, there are many, MANY imperative reasons to drink water frequently, every single day. It starts out pretty mild - you might feel thirsty and have a dry mouth. But the long-term effects of not drink

这就尴尬了! 研究表明 跑马拉松会伤肾!

Marathons can be bad for your health, scientists have warned after a study found 80 percent of competitors suffer kidney injury because of dehydration. 科学家警告称，马拉松可能会对人体产生危害。他们的研究发现，由于缺水，

英语美文：对这只来说有意义

Along the coast of the vast Atlantic ocean there lived an old man. Each day when the tide went out he would make his way along the beach for miles. Another man who lived not far away would occasionally watch as he vanished into the distance and later

夏至健康小贴士

Summer Solstice 夏至 Summer Solstice comes on June 21 to June 22 each year when the sun altitude arrive the highest in north. This day has the longest day time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the sunshine in many cities in south China ma

白宫哀悼马尔克斯

WASHINGTON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Thursday mourned the death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia's Nobel- winning writer famed for his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. With the passing of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the world has lo

对这只来说有意义

Along the coast of the vast Atlantic ocean there lived an old man. Each day when the tide went out he would make his way along the beach for miles. Another man who lived not far away would occasionally watch as he vanished into the distance and later