Earth and Sky:Acid Rain 酸雨

Acid Rain 酸雨 Damage from acid rain is widespread - not just in eastern North America, but throughout Europe, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. Is the rain that's falling on your umbrella acidic? A listener's question -- on today's Earth and Sky. J

文档公开 苹果自动驾驶系统曝光!

Apple has been granted a permit to test self-driving cars by the California Department of Motor Vehicles but the company has never said anything about its plan. 苹果公司已经获得了加利福尼亚州车辆管理局允许其进行自动驾驶汽车

The New Age of Nuclear Power

The New Age of Nuclear Power By Spencer Reiss / Originally published in Wired . Get ready for the mass-produce, meltdown -proof future of nuclear energy 1 A team of Chinese scientists advising the Bei

BEP 174 – Meetings: Considering a Proposal (Part 2)

This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series about an internal meeting to consider a proposal. As we saw in the last episode, this type of meeting can be similar to a negotiation. People with different opinions sit around the table an

知性英语－Acid rain 酸雨

How does acid deposition affect human health? We eat food, drink water, and breathe air that has come in contact with acid deposition. Canadian and U.S. studies indicate that there is a link between t

TED演讲:为什么头盔不能预防脑震荡?(8)

So how can we slow the head down? 那我们该如何减缓头部的向下移动？ A gigantic helmet. So with more space, you have more time, and this is a bit of a joke, but some of you may have seen this. 可以佩戴巨型头盔。空间变大，缓

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Common batteries are electrochemical cells. And they may get better thanks to living cells: the multicellular organism called brown algae. Lithium ion

未来家庭和办公室的样子

Microsoft has unveiled its vision of what the home and office of the future will look like - and there are giant screens everywhere. 微软展示了未来家庭和办公室的愿景，四处都是大屏幕。 The computer giant produced the concept v

AS IT IS 2016-02-13 Work Soothes Pain of Acid Attacks In India

AS IT IS 2016-02-13 Work Soothes Pain of Acid Attacks In India A caf in India is hiring women who once stayed in hiding after being attacked with acid. One woman, Dolly Kumari, says she stayed inside for two years after a man threw acid on her. He wa

VOA常速英语2007年-Acid Attacks Are a Growing Form of Revenge in U

By Birungi Machrine Kampala 26 November 2007 Attacks using acid are becoming more frequent in Uganda. Up to 2003, there were only 145 recorded attacks, but over the last three years, there have already been 87. Survivors often suffer from severe emot

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This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series about an internal meeting to consider a proposal. 这是2节商务英语播客的第2节，将要学习到在内部会议中考虑提议。 As we saw in the last episode, this type of meeti

TED演讲：学校扼杀创造力(12)

What I think it comes to is this: Al Gore spoke the other night about ecology and the revolution that was triggered by Rachel Carson. 现在，我想说的是：AL Gore曾在这里做过一次演讲，内容是关于生态学以及Rachel Carson引发的

美国军队将参加约旦多国军事演习

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. troops will take part in a multinational military exercise in Jordan next week in a bid to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to security and stability in the region, the Pentagon said Monday. About 6,000 U.S. troops,

中英双语新闻——130 If zombies invade...

Zombie apocalypses. Robot revolutions. These may seem like impossibilities, but many people prepare for these events on a daily basis. 僵尸启示录，机器人革命。这些听起来像是天方夜谭，但很多人日复一日地为这些事变时

别人家的马路：巴黎自行车将被允许闯红灯

Cyclists in Paris are to be allowed to ride through some red lights in a bid by the mayors office to get more people on their bikes. 在巴黎骑自行车的人将被允许闯一些红灯，市长办公室此举是为了鼓励更多的人骑自行车。

经济学人:货币的半衰期 (2)

To make the numbers easier to grasp, they have provided an alternative way to express them. 为了让大家更好理解这些数据，他们提供了另一种表述方式。 They calculate how long it would take for prices to double, if inflation per

女性单独外出的十大注意事项

1. Awareness 有自我保护意识 True self-defence begins long before any actual physical contact: awareness of yourself, your surroundings, and your potential attacker's likely strategies. 在遭受任何攻击前，就要早早地有真正的自卫

俄罗斯确认恐怖袭击导致空难

The head of Russia's Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov revealed that the plane crash was the result of a terrorist attack, and that explosives were used to orchestrate it. According to our experts, a homemade explosive device equivalent to

TED演讲 4D打印机的诞生(5)

So I know you're probably thinking, okay, that's cool, 我知道大家现在大概会想，好吧，看着挺酷的， but how do we use any of this stuff for the built environment? 但是我们怎么把它应用到生产环境里？ So I've started

《荒野求生》之跟着贝尔去冒险第292期:残酷的敌人

I think heat's gonna be a big issue for everyone working on this face today. 高温是困扰这我们的最大问题 You know, it's gonna be hot,hot as you like on there. 会非常炎热 在那里会非常炎热 You know, any issues, feeling weird,yo