Flying:Dream and Reality

(Movie Toy Story: To infinity and beyond!) Oh, to be free as a bird. It’s been the 1) stuff of fantasy, and of reality. Sort of. 2) A self-contained flying man. This jet pack from the 1960s had bare

健康生活:长生不老不是梦

Hong Kong was the staging point for a conference described as Asia's first transhumanism event, in late 2011. 2011年底，香港举办了据说是亚洲第一个超人类主义（transhumanism）活动。 (Note: don't bother to check the English-Chi

2018年CRI Environmental impact of sunken Iranian oil tanker minimal: experts

Chinese authorities are suggesting the environmental impact from the sinking of an Iranian oil tanker off China's east coast this week is likely to be minimal, despite the massive blaze which engulfed the Sanchi for over a week before it went down. T

CNN 2010-11-13

It started on very peacefully this ..It had very fast atmosphere. Thousands of students ..About 40,000 students came out the big demonstate a decade. A group of students smashed into the building where the conservative party had ported. That's the bi

SSS 2009-01-12

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Thousands of medieval European books survive to this day. Authors and scribes carefully handwrote the works on parchments made of animal skins. But the

SSS 2010-09-03

Diseases can spread quickly. Someone with a cold infects a few casual contacts, who in turn infect others. Ideas can also spread that way, along so-called random networks. But Damon Centola at MIT says that ideas and beliefs spread faster and more ef

2006年VOA标准英语-Palestinians in Iraq Report Death Threats

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 March 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says it is concerned about the situation of Palestinians in Baghdad. It says over 100 Palestinian families reportedly had received written

VOA标准英语2009-Ogaden Rebels say 626 Ethiopian Troops Kille

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 16 November 2009 A rebel group in Ethiopia's restive Ogaden region says it has killed 626 government troops in heavy fighting near the border with neighboring Somalia. The government has dismissed the claim as 'a comple

英语听力：自然百科 印尼森林境况危殆

Indonesias Papuan forests are under threat according to the environmental activist group Greenpeace. The group has called on the Indonesian government to institute a moratorium on deforestation and industrial logging activities in the country. Most o

VOA标准英语2008年-US Group Targets Neglected Tropical Diseases

Earlier this year, President Bush said the United States would spend $350 million over five years to fight seven of the world's most common parasitic and bacterial diseases affecting hundreds of millions of people in tropical regions of the world. A

美科学家合成出迄今最简单生命形式

US scientists have stripped life back to its bare essentials creating a synthetic microbe with the absolute minimum genetic information needed to grow and reproduce. 美国科学家将生命的多余部分剔除，只留下最基本的要素，由此创

你敢走吗？世界最长最高玻璃桥亮相中国

Acrophobiacs beware Chinas newest bridge isnt for the faint of heart. 恐高症人群注意了中国新造的这座桥可不适合胆小的人。 Stretching 380m across a section of Zhangjiajies Grand Canyon, the new pedestrian bridge will have a com

飞翔的梦想与现实

Oh, to be free like a bird. It's been the stuff of fantacy, and of reality. Sort of .A self-contained flying man. This jet pack from 1960s had barely enough fuel to fly 30 seconds. So the dream languished for decades. Everyone agreed it was completel

Dutch Prince in coma shows "minimal consciousness"

THE HAGUE, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Dutch Prince Friso, who has been in a coma since February this year, has shown occasional signs of minimal consciousness, the Netherlands Government Information Service RVD reported on Monday. The RVD emphasized that th

新词：什么是“免费素食主义”？

免费素食主义指的是回收利用被当做废物丢弃的食品和物品的行为。免费素食主义者们尽自己的努力，以一种生活方式的形式进行环境抗议活动。他们的目的是限制对环境的影响，将对传统经

英语新词：什么是“免费素食主义”？

免费素食主义指的是回收利用被当做废物丢弃的食品和物品的行为。免费素食主义者们尽自己的努力，以一种生活方式的形式进行环境抗议活动。他们的目的是限制对环境的影响，将对传统经

Hollywood gearing up for academy awards

BEIJING, Feb.24 (Xinhuanet) -- The 84th annual academy awards are set to be handed out at the Kodak theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night. Nine movies are up for best film but silent movie The Artist has cemented itself as firm favorite after cleani

办公室久坐危害多

You may hit the gym at lunchtime or go for a run when you get home. But such efforts will have minimal effect if you spend the rest of your time doing what you are probably doing now - sitting down. 你或许在午休时会去健身房，或许下班后

成功面试的十大准备（双语）

1. Call Company Receptionists 打个电话给前台 Before you screw up your day and the person is who would talk to you, better check the companys profile. Make enough research about the position that you are applying for. It is always important tha

TED演讲：肢体语言塑造你自己(7)

So we know that in primate hierarchies, if an alpha needs to take over, 灵长动物的社群阶级里，如果一个强势雄性想要夺权， if an individual needs to take over an alpha role sort of suddenly, 如果一个雄性突然想要争取首