VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Experts Urge More Effo

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Health experts are calling for action to expand cancer care and control in the developing world. A paper published by the medical journal Lancet says cancer was once thought of mostly as a problem in the

过去六年中你完成了哪些事？

Six (and a half) years ago, I wrote my first blog post. 六年（六年半）前，我写下了我的第一篇博文。 ?Six Years is a Long Road Too many people want overnight success. I continue to see those who try quick schemes and they burn out

科学美国人60秒 SSS Self-Driving Cars Probably Won't Boost Commuter Productivity

Advocates for self-driving cars love to tout the benefits the cars would bring, such as fewer accidents and less congestion. Another alleged value of being a passenger rather than a driver is more productivityyou could work rather than concentrate on

英语游戏:Farm Road

[全屏观看] 点击右键- 另存为 可保存这个Flash影片 Description: Link the whole farming community together to increase productivity!

VOA慢速英语2014 在南非,小商店为生存而战

AS IT IS 2014-06-09 In South Africa, Small Shops Fight for Survival 在南非,小商店为生存而战 Informal business sectors make up a large part of South Africas economy. These stores and services are important for job creation in a country with

你的祖国的竞争力如何?

AS IT IS 2015-10-05 How Competitive Is Your Country? 你的祖国的竞争力如何? The Swiss-based World Economic Forum released its latest Global Competitiveness Report this week. The report rated Switzerland as the worlds most competitive country

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Development Agency Says Poverty Not Declinin

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 July 2006 A new report says the economies of the world's 50 poorest countries grew by nearly six percent in 2004, the highest rate in two decades. But the report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development says this posit

Why the 9 to 5 Office Worker Will Become a Thing of the Past

Why the 9 to 5 Office Worker Will Become a Thing of the Past The Natural Productivity Cycle In your personal life, when attending to business or working on side projects, how often do you spend 8 consecutive hours in front of a computer? It doesnt ma

TED演讲:下一次工业革命就在眼前(1)

Guys, we have an issue. Growth is fading away, and it's a big deal. 各位，我们遇到问题了。经济增长逐渐放缓，这可是个大问题。 Our global economy stops growing. And it's not new. 全球经济停止增长。这已经不是什么

TED演讲:下一次工业革命就在眼前(5)

Last year in the US, they helped Amazon prepare and ship all the products required for Cyber Monday, 去年在美国，机器人帮助亚马逊发货，以应对网络星期一带来的 the annual peak of online retail. 年度线上零售消费高峰。

第325期:静静到底是怎么解决你的烦恼的

人们聚会的场面越大，就越容易变得枯燥乏味。 只有当一个人独处的时候，他才可以完全成为自己。 谁要是不热爱独处，那他也就是不热爱自由， 因为只有当一个人独处的时候，他才是自由

英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-11-06

To finance. And as the Federal Government contemplates further assistance for the car industry, a new report out today is calling for an end to industry subsidies. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia says there needs to be an urgent o

How to make more productive

In recent years many countries of the world have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive. Some experts claim the answer is to make jobs more varied. There is evidence to suggest that while variety certainly makes the

我们每天到底工作了几个小时

You arrive late to work. (Just a few minutes) 你上班的时候就已经迟到了（也许只是几分钟...） You then get your coffee. And then socialize with others about their weekend. 然后再泡杯咖啡。还要和同事交流一下周末的情

如何制定一周工作计划

What's the best way to get something done at work? Do it on a Tuesday. More than half of executives polled by Robert Half International said employees hit their peak performance on Tuesdays. 想把某项工作做到最好?那就在周二做吧。根据

Determine Never to Be Idle: A Simple Productivity Strategy

Determine Never to Be Idle: A Simple Productivity Strategy Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing.-----Thomas Jefferson

Personal Productivity in the 21st Century

Personal Productivity in the 21st Century What does it mean to be productive? The gurus have given us a few ideas it means to get things done, to be highly effective, to know who it was, exactly, who moved your cheese. What things, effective at what,

经济学人:三天周末!谢天谢地 终于星期四了(2)

The 26m employed Britons earn on average ￡90 ($112) a day. 两千六百万名在职的英国人每天平均能挣90镑（112美元）。 Covering the shortfall would cost around ￡120bn a year, equivalent to the budget of the National Health Servi

How Not to Impose Productivity Systems On Others

How Not to Impose Productivity Systems On Others My baby sister visited me this weekend and brought along a stack of homework that I thought was unbelievable: shes a junior in high school and her task list had something for every class and projects i

Are You Lifehacking Too Much?

Are You Lifehacking Too Much? Nick Cernis of Put Things Off recently declared that productivity is dead. He said that our obsession with productivity is getting in the way of our lives. Nick started out by saying that the productivity industry is out