VOA慢速英语20061213a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. We continue the first in a new series of reports from time to time on raising children. Today we discuss some ways to help bed-wetters stay dry all night

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 4

These aren't miniatures, they are life-size. So far, the Chinese have only dug up 10% of the site. And already thousands of warriors and some 10,000 weapons have been discovered. Look closely at the f

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 3

Throughout their long history, the Chinese have been farmers. If you are committed to your land, you stay put and accumulate possessions--land, livestock and homes that you fill with furniture and goo

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 1

It's a thousand times longer than any monument ever built. Started before the Birth of Christ, it was still being built when Columbus sailed to America and millions died in its making. What unspeakabl

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 5

In the heart of a harsh winter, Meng Jiangnu(孟姜女) decided to visit her husband who had been sent to work on the construction of the wall. Bringing warm clothes for her beloved husband, she went

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 6

It is a staggering 2,700 miles longer than the first Great Wall of the Emperor Qin. There is no wood, water or stone in the desert. But the Han managed to build a wall that has resisted 2,000 years of

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 7

And many never returned home, ending up in graveyards like this one. Large tombs for generals, small ones for the soldiers, and all of them died defending the Great Wall. But the soldiers' misery did

3.3 Wetting pants 尿湿裤子

Wetting Pants A nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there is apuddle between his feet and front of his pants is wet. He thinkshis heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly image howthis has happened .Its never happened bef

The Great Wall 万里长城 - 11

With the Mongols expelled, the new rulers, the Ming emperors, were determined that an invasion would never happen again. And so in 1368, when Europe was being decimated by the Black Plague(黑死病, 鼠

英语歌曲:迈克尔.杰克逊-Off the wall

迈克尔.杰克逊：Off the wall When the world is on your shoulder 当你需要肩负起世界的时候 Gott straighten up your act and boogie down 你就应当挺直身板随声起舞 If you can't hang whth the feeling 如果你还是找不到感觉

美国习惯用语: Lesson 209 - WALL-TO-WALL / WALLFLOWER

在这次节目里我们要给大家介绍两个都是以wall这个字为主的习惯用语。Wall这个字是什么意思呢？Wall就是一堵墙的墙。有不少习惯用语都跟wall这个字有关

尼日利亚村民称石油公司未能清理泄漏

AS IT IS 2015-11-07 Nigerians Say Oil Company Left Spills Behind 尼日利亚村民称石油公司未能清理泄漏 Villagers in the Niger River Delta area of Nigeria say they live in unclean conditions because oil companies have not cleaned up spil

美国习惯用语:533 up the wall

我们上次讲了几个由up这个词开头的习惯用语。今天再学几个。 Up这个词可以解释为往上，例如在这个习惯用语里： up the wall。 Wall当然是墙壁，up the wall字面意思是上墙。上墙可不是件轻而易

VOA慢速英语20061206a

HEALTH REPORT - Dealing With Children's Bed-WettingBy Caty Weaver Broadcast: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Sleeping child Many parents wish children were

英语歌曲:Plan B - Writing's On The Wall

Plan B - Writing's On The Wall Plan B是一向有坏男孩之称的英国创作歌手兼演员Ben Drew的艺名。去年四月份他令人惊艳的单曲She Said成功打进英国单曲榜前十。这首Writing's On The Wall与She Said出自同张专辑

告诉你两种全球认可的测量"聪明"的方法

There's no simple answer to what constitutes 'smart'. These days, we're inclined to think you can't go by intelligence quotient (IQ) results alone, because while these tests are great for measuring separate mental faculties, an IQ number doesn't seem

小孩为什么会夜间尿床?

【英文原文】 Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy Never a happy topic, bed wetting is a very distressing problem for five to seven million American kids. If we can

哪国孩子最聪明？中国上海登榜首

There's no simple answer to what constitutes 'smart'. These days, we're inclined to think you can't go by intelligence quotient (IQ) results alone, because while these tests are great for measuring separate mental faculties, an IQ number doesn't seem

英语听力文摘 English Digest 328、为尿床平反

Bedtime Blues 尿床的困扰 Never a happy topic, bed wetting is a very distressing problem for five to seven million American kids. If we cant explain why some people like to pick on these kids, can we at least shed some light on what causes bed we

【英语时差8,16】幼童尿床（上）

Never a happy topic, bed wetting is a very distressing problem for five to seven million American kids. If we cant explain why some people like to pick on these kids, can we at least shed some light on what causes bed wetting? At one time, people pun