VOA常速英语2018--美国为大选做准备的同时，Facebook也在努力处理错误信息

These Facebook posts may look legitimate but they were part of a disinformation campaign coordinated by Iranians and recently uncovered by the company.As the U.S. prepares for its midterm elections, the social network giant is working to reduce misin

VOA慢速英语2018--Misinformation or Disinformation

The website Dictionary.com has chosen the term misinformation as its word of the year. The announcement comes less than two weeks after Oxford Dictionaries chose toxic as its word of the year. Many people mix up the meaning of misinformation with the

Placebo Effect Update

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 19, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. When scientists want to test the effectiveness of a new drug, they usually divide

Belief in Cause and Effect

Benjamin Frankin wondered about(at) lightning. He combined his curiosity with imagination and carried out his well-known experiment to show that lightning and an electric spark are the same thing. Cur

Birthplace effect “出生地效应”

今年7月，14岁的美国华裔少年刘继打破老虎伍兹的纪录，成为美国青少年高尔夫锦标赛史上最年轻的冠军，同时刷新老虎伍兹保持了19年的纪录。刘继出生在纽约州一个只有11万人口的小城市史

VOA标准英语2014--Pakistan Battling Not Only Polio, but Misinformation

Pakistan Battling Not Only Polio, but Misinformation SHABQADAR, PAKISTAN Pakistan is losing ground in the battle against polio, with the country suffering its worst outbreaks in more than a decade. Efforts to erase polio are hampered by suspicions th

考研英语长难句讲解 第233期

11. To those who are unaware that animal research was needed to produce these treatments, as well as new treatments and vaccines, animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst. 【分析】多重复合句。句子主干是animal research

美国国家公共电台 NPR Facebook, Google Spread Misinformation About Las Vegas Shooting. What Went Wrong?

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In the hours after the massacre in Las Vegas, fake news about it started showing up on Google and Facebook. A man was falsely accused of being the shooter. His name bubbled up on a Facebook safety check site and at the top of Goo

英语小达人 188 The Effect of Advertisement

The Effect of Advertisement 广告的效果 Some businessmen were talking about advertising on TV excitedly. As none of them had ever done it before, every one had his point of view. At this moment, Mr. Grey came by. He was a car dealer and he had on

Placebo Effect Study

60 测试新药安慰剂的疗效 DATE=6-21-01 TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT - Placebo Effect Study BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach (Start at 59

每日一词【619】ripple effect：连锁反应

今天我们要学的词是ripple effect。 Ripple effect, 连锁反应。 The shutdown of the local mine had ripple effects on the entire community, 当地这家煤矿的关门，在整个社区引起了连锁反应。 美国汽车业界人士警告说

每日一词【753】side effect：副作用

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

零基础学英语：affect & effect词汇辨析

Affect and effect are different in meaning, though frequently confused. Affect is chiefly used as a verb and its main meaning is to influence or make a difference to, as in the following example sentences: Affect一般用作动词，其含义为：影响

学个词Learn a Word 第753期 side effect

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

中考英语热点作文：温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

Pope leaves Vatican, resignation takes effect

VATICAN CITY, Feb.28 (Xinhua) -- The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came into effect at 8 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Thursday, who had left the Vatican by helicopter for the papal vacation retreat in south Rome earlier in the afternoon. The pope h

Efforts to ease medical costs take effect

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Medicine prices at public clinics have been notably reduced thanks to a policy that promotes basic medicine, an office of the State Council said Thursday. Current price levels of basic medicine used by government-funded t

英文摇滚歌曲：The Offspring - Forever and a Day

Look at me while I look at you Seeing eye to eye we can never do You try to me tell what is right I may not know a lot but I know one thing If you've got the answer Then I don't want to know If you've got the answer Just keep it your own Oh oh oh oh

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2809 misinformation

今天我们要学的词是 misinformation. Misinformation 名词，错误信息。Facebook has given advice to its British users on how to identify misinformation online ahead of general elections next month. 英国下个月大选前夕，脸书向英