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经济学人05: 清白先生 Mr Clean

Mr Clean 清白先生 Ian King wants to transform the way the world's third-biggest defence company does business 伊安金想转变世界第三大军工公司的经营之道 ON JUNE 27th last year, just six weeks after Mike Turner, the chief executi

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Study Details Benefi

And it's time again for StoryCorps, we've been hearing from this oral history project as it crisscrosses the country. In New York city, it's gathering interviews with families and friends who lost loved ones at the World Trade Center. StoryCorps w

2006年VOA标准英语-Bird Flu Spreads Anxiety in West Africa

By Franz Wild in Abidjan Abidjan 29 March 2006 Bird flu has been identified in three West African countries. But widespread anxiety over the threat of the contagious disease has spread farther. Komi A

VOA标准英语2011--Japanese Doctors Treat the Ill, Hope for

The Japanese military worked furiously on Thursday to cool dangerouly overheated fuel rods at the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, stepping up their efforts to avert a nuclear disaster. Efforts are also underway to restore electricity

TED演讲：试验 排除错误和万能神力(12)

And you sometimes need to be shocked out of that. 而有的时候我们需要把这种感觉抖掉。 Now I'm not going to pretend that this is easy. It isn't easy. It's incredibly painful. 现在我不想假装这是件容易的事情。这并不容易

最快速度堆雪人打破记录

Residents of a Japanese town have broken the world speed record for building snowmen. Citizens at the Iiyama Snow Festival in Nagano made 1,585 of the snowy fellows in one hour to set the new mark. Around 630 people took part in the record attempt. T

前日本首相反对安保法案

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama has joined a demonstration in Tokyo, protesting a series of security bills currently being pushed through parliament by the current Japanese government. Murayama has taken time to address the crowd of

Kyoto Gion Festival（日本京都祗园祭）

-The ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto （京都） is taken back in time during the Gion festival （祗园祭） by Yasaka shrine (八阪神社, gion was the old name of this shrine.) Gion festival is one of the biggest festivals in Japan. This Japan

2007年VOA标准英语-Muslim Punk Rock Joins American Cultural Scene

By Katie Photiadis Washington 03 September 2007 A new American subculture is emerging - Muslim punk rock. Islam is not often associated with punk rock, but like young people across many cultures, Muslim youth are expressing themselves through punk mu

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Officials in a remote Russian city have drawn up a list of practical tips for locals on how to survive(逃生) encounters with bears, after growing numbers have wandered（漫步,徘徊） into the streets in search of food. The officials in the city

日本推出地震预警服务 手机可预报地震

In what has become a too-familiar experience in Tokyo, a crowded subway train screeches to a sudden halt. From around the car, mobile phones start to ring. The sound is an emergency earthquake warning from an iPhone app that lets subscribers know whe

俄教你如何应对“熊出没”

Officials in a remote Russian city have drawn up a list of practical tips for locals on how to survive encounters with bears, after growing numbers have wandered into the streets in search of food. The officials in the city of Syktyvkar in the northe

英闻天下——198 Chinese, Japanese Communities Pledge Friendship

Communities from China and Japan have pledged to make further contributions to boost the friendship between the two countries. The pledge came after a meeting between Tang Jiaxuan, head of the China-Japan Friendship Association and Tomiichi Murayama,

英闻天下——204 Chinese, Japanese Communities Pledge Friendship

Groups representing both Chinese and Japanese interests have been meeting in more frequency over the past few weeks in an attempt to try to ease tensions between the two countries. The latest meeting has been between Tang Jiaxuan, head of the China-J