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

CNN 2010-02-25

A year to the day after President Obama signed the massive stimulus bill into law, the administration is talking it up, but where's all that money actually gone? Josh Levs, can you actually breakdown every single cent for us? JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPON

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

NDRC Has No Appetite for New Stimulus Package

China's top economic planner says it has no appetite to create any new stimulus packages to shore up the economy. CRI's Ding Lulu explains. The National Development and Reform Commission is playing down the idea of new stimulus. It is meant to cool s

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 2009-12-10

Hi, Im Carl Azuz, you've landed on CNN student news. During a speech yesterday, President Obama offered some ideas on how to create new jobs and help out the countrys economy. Offering tax breaks to small businesses, expanding some of the governments

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 2008-10-13

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. We all know people who are completely unflappable, able to remain calm in the face of total calamity. Dont you just hate those people? Well, a new study

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

VOA常速英语2008年-Bush: Stimulus Plan Will Help US Economy

By Scott Stearns White House 26 March 2008 President Bush says he is confident tax incentives and tax rebates will make the U.S. economy stronger than ever before. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the president and Congress agreed

VOA标准英语2010年-White House Highlights Stimulus Job Cr

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the groundbreaking of a road project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Friday, June 18, 2010, in Columbus, Ohio. U.S. President Barack Obama visited Columbus, Ohio Friday to mark the grou

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

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

VOA标准英语2010年-Australian Economic Stimulus Also Help

Nearly a year after the global financial crisis peaked, an economic stimulus program that Australia says was key in easing its recession, is getting attention and praise. The program is aimed at energy efficiency and has even had an impact on jobs in

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