英语听力文摘 English Digest 4、Need Less Sleep

Don: Some people seem to need significantly less sleep than others. Yael: Tell me about it. I have a friend who swears that she sleeps only five hours a night. If she's telling the truth, then she must be bionic. She seems to have plenty of energy, a

英语听力文摘 English Digest 6、Women See More Color

In this Moment of Science Yael and Don discuss how women can see more color. Yael: Not only are eight percent of men colorblind, but even compared to men who can distinguish between reds and greens, many women may live a more colorful existence. That

TED演讲:你在电影里听到的都是假的(8)

So now we've spoken about on-screen sounds. But occasionally, the source of a sound cannot be seen. 那么，我们已经谈到了屏幕上的声音。但有时候，声源是看不到的。 That's what we call offscreen sounds, or acousmatic. 我们称

英语听力文摘 English Digest 565、什么是儿童早衰症？

What Is Progeria? Progeria was first described in the nineteenth century. The mysterious disease is often thought of as premature aging. Children with progeria are normal for their first year of life, but then develop medical problems normally seen i

英语听力文摘 English Digest 525、对付艾滋有新招 ！

Glow In The Dark Cats, Monkeys, And HIV Have you heard the one about the jellyfish, the monkey, and the glow in the dark cat? Actually, its no joke: scientists are experimenting with ways to combat HIV and AIDS by injecting cats with genes taken from

英语听力文摘 English Digest 540、穴居人怎样抵抗疾病？

How Neanderthals Fought Disease Every year people are encouraged to get their annual flu shots. Signs are posted at drug stores and clinics. Get your shots here. Modern preventive medicine has saved millions of lives. But you may be surprised to hear

2006年VOA标准英语-Election of Female Leader Highlights Liberal, C

VOA News 23 June 2006 Watch Bishop Report Katharine Jefferts Schori At a national meeting in Ohio earlier this week (June 18), the Episcopal Church, the U.S. arm of the worldwide Anglican Communion, elected its first female presiding bishop. The cho

2006年VOA标准英语-Anglican Church of Nigeria Installs Bishop From

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 August 2006 Reverend Martyn Minns, a conservative Episcopal rector from the U.S. state of Virginia has been consecrated the first bishop of a new group for conservative Anglicans established by the Church of Nigeria. The

TED演讲：温和的成功哲学(5)

You know, in the Middle Ages, in England, when you met a very poor person, that person would be described as an unfortunate 你知道，在中世纪的英国，当你遇见一个非常穷苦的人，你会认为他不走运， literally, somebody who

TED演讲：温和的成功哲学(4)

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, 今日你变得像比尔盖茨一样，有钱又出名的机会， as it was unlikely in the 17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aris

英语听力文摘 English Digest 486、眼睛发光的蝴蝶

a butterfly with glowing eyes Believe it or not, Monteiro and her team insert ed a new gene into the butterflys genetic sequenceone taken from a jellyfish . No, I know you're fooling. Actually I'm not. This gene codes for a green florescent protein t

英语听力文摘 English Digest 32、谁进化得更好

About six or seven million years ago chimpanzees and humans evolved from a common primate ancestor. Chimps went on to become the relatively small-brained, forest dwelling creatures we know and love. Humans went on to evolve large brains, spread throu

英语听力文摘 English Digest 428、泥土的芬芳

The Smell of Dirt A lot of people love that fresh-dirt smell. The surprising thing, though, is that it isnt coming from the dirt itself. Microbiologist s have traced the pleasant odor to an organic chemical called geosmin. No way! But how does geosmi

美联储主席本•伯南克给毕业生的10条建议

Fed Chair Ben Bernanke has given his 2nd commencement speech of the season. 美联储主席本?伯南克给了他本季的第二次毕业典礼演讲。 The first was to the graduates of Simon's Rock, an offbeat school in Western Mass. 第一场是对西

New head of China Democratic League elected

BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Baowen was on Thursday elected chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League (CDL), a non-Communist political party with about 230,000 members. The party concluded its 11th National Congress on th

英语听力文摘 English Digest 343、人人都会读心术？

Mind Reading 读心术 Sometimes we get letters here asking whether psychic s are for real. Well, despite the t.v. shows, there isnt any scientific evidence that psychic powers, such as mind-reading, actually exist. That doesnt prove they dont existj

英语听力文摘 English Digest 347、做个乐观主义者

It Pays to Be an Optimist 做个乐观主义者 Research shows that whether a person is an optimist or a pessimist is related to their quality of life, including their physical health. The subjects involved first took personality tests in the 1960s a

英语听力文摘 English Digest 205、喜欢毒素的树

Toxin-loving Trees 树木能调节气候,保持生态平衡，树木通过光合作用，吸进二氧化碳,吐出氧气,使空气清洁，新鲜。一亩树林放出的氧气够65人呼吸一辈子。树还能防风固沙，涵养水土,吸收各种粉

英语听力文摘 English Digest 207、克隆为什么不是副本

Why Clones Arent Copies 克隆是英文clone或cloning的音译，而英文clone则起源于希腊文Klone，原意是指以幼苗或嫩枝插条，以无性繁殖或营养繁殖的方式培育植物，如扦插和嫁接。在大陆译为无性繁殖在

英语听力文摘 English Digest 393、单亲蜜蜂王国

Fatherless Honeybee s How male honeybee s can be without fathers? The reason lies in whats called a haploidiploid system of sex determination. Approximate ly one-fifth of the animal kingdom, including ants and wasp s , use this system. What it boils