考研英语词汇 list13

[00:04.00]flight [00:06.22]n.飞翔，飞行；航班；航程；楼梯的一段 [2]逃跑，溃退 [00:08.44]fling float flock [00:11.62]vt.(用力地)扔,抛,丢 v./n.漂浮,浮动 n.(禽,畜等的)群;大量v.群集,成群 [00:14.81]flood floor [0

因特网的安全屏障

Anchor: The Internet now. We use it for practically everything, but when it was designed and began growing into what it is now, one little detail was left out to the architecture, virtually no built-i

NPR 2010-09-17

One in seven Americans lives in poverty. The rate is the highest it's been since 1995. NPR's Tamara Keith brings us the findings of a new Census Bureau report that reveals the recession spared virtually no one. The reason more Americans are living in

第四册第18篇：百万富翁的悲哀

18. Sorrows of the Millionaire 百万富翁的悲哀 by George Bernard Shaw The millionaire class, a small but growing one into which any of us may be flung tomorrow by the accidents of commerce, is perhaps the most neglected in the community. As far

【听英文对话做选择】二手车

1. How old is the minivan the woman is looking at? A. three years old B. five years old C. seven years old 2. What is the vehicle's mileage? A. 55,000 miles B. 65,000 miles C. 75,000 miles 3. What is the problem with the minivan's door? A. It has sev

学英语 03 Losing Baggage

My baggage is gone. I went the lost and find. The clerk asked me to show the baggage claim tag and air ticket. I filled out a form and the clerk told me I can make the claim for compensation with the document, if I didnt get my baggage back in three

美国乡村音乐:上帝很美丽Hello

Hello I've had you on my mind For hours there's no doubt And there's no use wasting time And hello How could I ever feel this way With so much left to say And so much on my mind I know there's no use for Trying harder I got to Gage and barter to get

CNN 2010-05-03

Okay, here's your next homework assignment: Take $20,000 and invest it in the stock market. Would you know how to make some dividends? What if you were asked to do the same thing when you were just 6 years old?!? It's not hypothetical. It's actually

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why Brain Scientists Are Still Obsessed With The Curious Case Of Phineas Gage

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now the story of a man with an injury that changed our understanding of the brain. The man was Phineas Gage, and he died 157 years ago today. Gage became famous for surviving an accident that drove an iron rod through h

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Raise Confident, Independent Kids, Some Parents Are Trying To 'Let Grow'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There was an age growing up when my mom let me go anywhere on the block by myself so long as I did not cross the street. A bit later, I could ride my bike about as far as I could go. Surely, many kids still grow up that way, but

中英双语新闻——Facing the invasion of the superbugs

A killer bug spreading across the globe like wildfire sounds like something out of a bad sci- fi film. But while this is still the stuff of fantasy, microbiologists are concerned about the news of an enzyme with the potential to convert all bacteria

经典双语笑话 第2期:黑人英语

Unit2 Black English 第二节 黑人英语 The black couple already had eight children, 一对黑人夫妇已有八个小孩， and Lula May was pregnant with her ninth. 而鲁拉梅又怀了第九个小孩, Finally she convinced her husband to get a

经济学人:房价飙涨 泡沫为谁而破(中)

The results of this two-tier system have been meagre so far. The frenzy in the biggest cities stems from the central banks steady loosening of monetary policy over the past 18 months. Although warranted from an economic perspective, it was inevitable

十大奇葩面试问题，你要怎么回答？

You've researched the company, updated your CV and even stalked the CEO on Facebook - and then they go and ask you a question about traffic lights. 你对这家公司做了了解研究，写好简历，还在脸书上关注这家公司的CEO然后，他

英国公司将介入伊朗能源行业

TEHRAN, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- British Petroleum's (BP) head of Middle East operations, Michael Townshend, said Monday that BP is willing to return to Iran and resume its activities in oil and gas exploration, in addition to production projects. BP is eq

Malawi ‘Recovery’ Budget Too Little Too Late

世博会正式开园，园内有不少独立展馆。顾名思义，独立展馆即单独设管的意思。比如说古巴，以往都是与其他拉美国家合用一个展馆，而在此次的上海世博会上，首次设立独立的展馆。那么

How to Establish New Habits the No-Sweat Way

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. - Samuel Johnson Editors note: This is a guest post from Mary Jaksch of Goodlife Zen. Have you ever had problems establishing a new habit? Maybe I should a

How to Develop Running As a Lifestyle

How to Develop Running As a Lifestyle One of the greatest physical and mental challenges on the planet is to complete a Marathon. While the thought of running a little over 42 km is daunting, for most healthy people this is an achievable goal. The fi

维珍银河公司的太空之旅

The rollout of the gleaming craft marks Virgin Galactic's return to the race to become the world's first major private space tourism company. The new passenger spacecraft is expected to take thrill-seekers, researchers and commercial customers on sho

TED演讲:游戏奖励大脑的7种方式(4)

The first one is very simple: experience bars measuring progress 首先看一个简单的：用经验值条量度进程 something that's been talked about brilliantly by people like Jesse Schell earlier this year. 它曾经被人精彩地讨论过，比