Lunch Time Manicure

In New York City, no self-respecting woman would be caught dead without perfectly 1) manicured hands. The reason, hundreds of drop in nail bars all designed to have you 2) buffed, 3) polished now and

SSS 2011-12-20

material scientists admire spider silk for being lightweight and strong.now another arthropod product is getting into the act insect cuticle,the tough flexible material is inside insect skeleton.researchers at harvard * institute for biological inspi

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VOA慢速英语--肯尼亚女孩开发应用程序

Kenyan Girls Develop App to End FGM Five Kenyan schoolgirls have developed an app to help women and girls end female genital mutilation (FGM). The girls will soon take part in the yearly international Technovation competition in California. Technovat

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1. What we read influences our thinking. 我们所阅读的书本会影响我们的思想。 2. Nothing but death can part the couple. 除了死之外，什么也拆不散这一对。 3. Now she looks

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NB: This is not a word for word transcript Stephen: Hello, I'm Stephen. Rob: And I'm Rob. Stephen: And this is 6 Minute English! This week were talking about citizen journalism. Rob: Citizen journalism thats when people who arent trained journalists

SSS 2010-06-07

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Counterfeiters and money minters constantly try to outsmart each other. But money could become much harder to forgethanks to butterfly wings. Butterfl

托福语法攻略:名词词组与动名词

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英语口语流行话题 第6期:减肥新时尚03-2

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美甲新创意：立体泡泡美甲

When you think you've seen everything that could possibly be done with nail art, manicure devotees prove you wrong. Step forward the new trend blowing up on Instagram for 'bubble' nails, where acrylic is piled up on top of the nail and thinned out to

牛油果成为美丽新宠的四大理由

That's right kids, after argan oil and coconut oil have taken the beauty industry by storm, avocado oil is about to become the It ingredient of the moment. And while you can expect to see it pop up in more and more products, the concept of using it o

在家也能轻松美甲 无需费事找美甲店

Secret #1: Cuticle oil is a lifesaver. 秘诀1：指缘护理油是救命稻草。 When your nails look sad and you dont have time for a full manicure, cuticle oil can moisturize dry skin. Olive oil or coconut oil will also work perfectly. 指甲不好

宇航员为太空行走做准备

CAPE CANAVERAL Two American astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Monday to stow a failed coolant pump and extend the outpost's Canadian railway. Wearing protective spacesuits in a deadly vacuum(真空) environment, Stephen

经济学人: 热带疾病 (1)

Malaria killed 435,000 people last year, most of them in Africa. 去年435,000人死于疟疾，其中大部分在非洲。 The parasite that causes the illness is carried by females of some, but not all, species of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.

美军空袭击毙基地组织高层

A longtime al-Qaida operative was killed in a U.S. airstrike in early July while traveling near Sarmada, Syria, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Muhsin al-Fadhli was traveling in a vehicle when he was hit July 8. Sarmada is in Idlib province in the norther

互动图表看出你的寿命及潜在死因

They say Jan. 18 or Blue Monday is the most depressing day of the year, but they're wrong. The most depressing day of the year is today, because you're about to find out how and when you're most likely to die. 人们总说蓝色星期一，即1月18号

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