A Century of Memories (1920-1929)

A Century of Memories (1920-1929) At the 1) dawn of the 1920's, America was clearly entering a new era, an era defined by a vast and complicated urban culture that would dominate the rest of the 20th

SSS 2008-12-24

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. In America theres a feeling of Christmas. But thats not the only winter holiday going on. Jews are lighting Hanukkah candles, Muslims recently feasted

VOA慢速英语 2008 0528a

Health Report - Brain Cancer Like Kennedy's Is Difficult to Treat Senator Ted Kennedy, 76 years old, has a glioma in an area where the best way to fight it may be with radiation and chemicals. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 May 2008 This is the V

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365个英语简短小故事-363. Feds Threaten WWII Vet

Theyre going to kick me out of my own home, said Karl Berger, 86 years old. Karl is a widower with no living children. When Karls wife died a couple of years ago, he told the Social Security Administration to stop sending monthly checks to his wife.

中英对照：简单肝脏解剖学知识

Anatomy of the Liver he anterior surface of the liver is triangular in shape, made of two lobes. The right lobe is the larger of the two, measuring 6 to 7 inches in length. The left lobe is 3 inches in length. Ligaments connect the upper surface of t

SSS 2009-03-31

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? How do you do a brain scan on a gorilla. Yeah, yeah, very carefully, right. He sleeps anywhere he wants to, too. But seriously, trying to do an MRI on a gorilla presen

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14The Lord said to Moses, 2These are the regulations for the diseased person at the time of his ceremonial cleansing, when he is brought to the priest: 3The priest is to go outside the camp and examine him. If the person has been healed of his infec

The Thief and His Mother

A schoolboy stole a book from one of his school-fellows，and brought it home to his mother．Instead of chastising him，she rather encouraged him in the deed．As time went by the boy，now grown up into a man，began to steal things of greater val

SSS 2008-07-09

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Doctors prescribe Ritalin to hyperactive kids to calm them down and increase their attention span. And college kids have taken to using Ritalin to concentrate

天籁音乐:Train-Hey, Soul Sister

Train乐队目前出过五张专辑，《Save Me San Francisco》无疑是最为成功的一张。专辑中这首《hey，soul sister》在billboard上面绵延了若干个月，歌迷们都不记得他在榜单上到底火了多久。 Hey, Soul Sist

Deuteronomy 申命记15

15At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. 2This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel the loan he has made to his fellow Israelite. He shall not require payment from his fellow Israelite or brother, because the Lord 's t

拉尔夫.里士满 第二次生命的启示

Just ten years ago, I sat across the desk from a doctor with a stethoscope. Yes, he said, there is a lesion in the left, upper lobe. You have a moderately advanced case I listened, stunned, as he continued, Youll have to give up work at once and go t

Dolphins' Self-Recognition

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Learning how to knit might not be at the top of your fall to-do list, but it should be. Not just for your grandmother anymore, knitting has a wide variety of benefits beyond having something comfy to wear/snuggle/give away at the end of the process. 学

影视歌曲：Train-Hey Soul Sister

Train在2009年回归乐坛并发行了他们的最新专辑《 Save Me, San Francisco》。其中的《Hey, Soul Sister》以轻松的伴奏，活泼的旋律成了乐队有史以来最受欢迎的单曲，在Billboard榜单上也曾名列前三，还

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How You Spend Your 20s Will Define You 20几岁的人生轨迹会决定你的一生 Many 20-somethings believe they have all time in the world and how they spend their 20s doesn't matter. But they matter most. The foundation you build in your 20s wil

职场新人最需要知道的经验教训

很多20几岁的年轻人觉得自己在这个世界上还有大把时间，怎么度过自己的20几岁无关紧要。但事实是，20几岁的人生轨迹非常重要。你在20几岁奠定下的人生基础将会决定你的一生。所以，认真

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Let's just look at something like, you know, 我们不妨看一个具体的问题 solving problems with making airlines safer. 比如如何让飞行变得更加安全 Yeah, I'm a million-mile flyer. 没错，我自己就经常要坐飞机 I do lots a

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