常春藤生活英语【49】Murphy's Law　莫非定律

Candy signed up for a cooking class because she wanted to improve her cooking skills. After she browsed through the list, she chose a baking class. Candy had often thought that becoming a pastry chef would be fun. However, she had always been too hes

散文:Zeritsky's Law

It is often said that cats have nine lives, that they are lucky enough to escape from danger again and again. Here is a science fiction tale about how one such lucky escape by a cat led to a discovery that was able to change the course of people's l

2006年VOA标准英语-Debate Over Chernobyl's True Toll Continue

By Lisa McAdams Kiev, Ukraine 20 April 2006 VOA Correspondent Lisa McAdams at the prohibiton zone near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant A recent United Nations report about the world's worst nuclear

VOA标准英语2010年-Indonesia's Anti-Pornography Law Raise

A man browses at pictures of Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa posted on a local Web site at a public Internet service in Jakarta (Sep 2009 file photo) The recent arrest of six people in Indonesia over a nightclub show is raising concerns among minority

Japan's Nuclear Crisis Stokes Fears of Radiation Exposure

Japan raised the severity of the Fukushima nuclear crisis from four to five on a seven-point scale of international nuclear events. Fears of radiation exposure has caused a run on salt products all across the region, including in China, where shopper

美国国家公共电台 NPR How California's 'Paid Family Leave' Law Buys Time For New Parents

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英语单词大师：'Murphy's Law'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the story of one of life's little truths. RS: It's a law we all live under, and it goes this way: If anything can go wrong, it will. It's known as Murphy's Law. AA: Murphy was E

Revised Elderly People's Welfare Law Goes into Effect

A revised version of the elderly people's welfare law is now in effect in China. As CRI's Su Yi reports, it forces the families of elderly people to regularly visit and care for them. The revised Law for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of

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The solar system is a hostile place. Earth is under attack from deadly cosmic radiation. Life here is only possible, because it's protected by the magnetosphere, an invisible force field that cocoons the planet. But new evidence reveals that this vit

英语听力：自然百科 地球力场 Earth's Force Field—19

As the reversal approaches, the decay of our magnetic field will continue and cosmic radiation will get increasingly close to the Earth's surface. As the reversal approaches, the decay of our magnetic field will continue and cosmic radiation will get

英语听力：自然百科 地球力场 Earth's Force Field—3

In polar regions where the magnetic field is / weakest, auroras glow in the sky. These dazzling displays of colored lights form when solar particles slam into gases in our atmosphere causing them to glow. The stronger the solar wind, the more dramati

英语听力：自然百科 地球力场 Earth's Force Field—11

Blockson's computer model reveals that at the South Atlantic Anomaly, the magnetic field isn't just weaker than anywhere else on the planet. It's actually reversed polarity. There is a patch on the core in the South Atlantic where things are not poin

Public feedback invited on disabled law's implementation

BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature has invited the public to give feedback on the enforcement of the Law on Protection of the Disabled, in a bid to check the law's implementation. Till June 30, the public can log on www.npc.gov.cn, t

2015年CRI China's Revised Criminal Law Takes Effect

Under the new amendments, those convicted of abusing a child or an elderly person can face up to 3-years in prison, a move many here in China are applauding. Laws are supposed to protect the disadvantaged. Everyone will get old, and most people can h

The View From Japan's Nuclear 'Hot Zone'

Modern Geiger counters don't click. As is the case with so many other devices, they have gone digital. At least that is true for the high-tech Japanese Geiger counters here. But they still measure radiation（放射） exposure in the quaint-sounding

Draft copyright law enrages China's music industry

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese music writers are enraged over a draft amendment to the copyright law as they believe it would diminish their professional rights if passed. However, legal experts suggest the writers misunderstand the draft and

2016年CRI China's First Anti-domestic Violence Law Takes Effect

Figures from China Law Society show about one-third of Chinese families have dealt with some form of domestic violence. More than 90-percent of the reported cases involve the abuse of women, children and the elderly. One-in-four Chinese women have su

2016年CRI China's new child law boosts online baby products

Nie Hui, a 37-year-old mother living in Beijing, started going online to buy children's products eight years ago. Now she gets everything online, from daily necessities like food, to toys and clothes. The first time was when I saw a skirt on a United

CCTV9英语新闻：Draft of China's 1st charity law being discussed

To establish a more standard and transparent environment around charity donations in China and encourage involvement, the draft of the country's first charity law will be discussed during the Two Sessions. The country's first Charity Law-- a heated t

CCTV9英语新闻：Japan's new security law violates constitution

It took more than a year for the drafting, reviewing, and the final pass of the new security-related legislation in Japan. Many scholars and members of the public cast doubts on the motives of the legislation, and the legal basis of it. One Japanese