Keeping the Pressure on North Korea

A campaign of maximum pressure is essential to resolving the North Korean nuclear threat through diplomatic means, said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula. Our nations,

CNN 2010-09-18

But when you were appointed chief executive three years ago, you were quoted as saying you were going to focus, I think the term was, laser-like on safety. On your watch as chief executive, in that three years, we have now perhaps the biggest ever oi

SSS 2011-08-24

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Rivers today have high muddy banks, sandbars and bends. But they didnt always look that way because it wasnt until the evolution of tree-like plants, some 330 mi

60秒科学:利用录音发现青蛙的数量可能被高估了

Frog census volunteers misinterpreted recorded frog sounds in the field, leading researchers to suspect that frog populations may be even lower than thought. Declining frog populations are considered an indicator of environmental damage. But new rese

SSS 2009-07-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? During the last ice age our problem was too little carbon. Unlike today where too much carbon is causing global warming. Past glacial ages occurred partly because

SSS 2010-08-05

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute Declining frog populations are considered an indicator of environmental damage. But new research finds that frogs might be doing even worse than we thou

NPR 2009-08-07

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court. NPR's Audie Cornish reports. Minnesota Senator Al Franken read the tallies at the end of the confirmation vote. On this vote, the yeas are 68 and the nays are 31. Th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Dakota Pipeline Protesters, Nearby Residents Brace For 2017

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Protesters in North Dakota successfully blocked construction of a pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation this past year, but it is unclear what happens when Donald Trump takes office. Here's Inside Energy's Amy Sisk. A

Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to hospital again

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed again to the hospital in Los Angeles to reattach a feeding tube to her stomach Sunday, her publicist said. The 94-year-old actress was taken from her home to UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical

TED演讲：医生们会犯错误(6)

And I was shocked and shaken to the core. 我震惊不已， 吓得不得了。 And I went through this roller coaster, because after they stabilized her, she went to the intensive care unit, and I hoped against hope that she would recover. 之后我的

每日一词【1190】indicator：指示，信号

今天我们要学的词是indicator。 Indicator, 指示，信号。20国集团财长在巴黎开会并达成协议。 The agreement lays out a list of indicators that can be used to monitor the progress made by member countries in reducing imbalanc

拉丁美洲仍是最不平等，最不安全的地区

拉丁美洲仍是最不平等，最不安全的地区 UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Latin America remained the most unequal and most insecure region in the world, said a UN report released Tuesday, calling for efforts to reduce insecurity thro

Obama: Lawmakers Need to Do Right Thing on Debt

President Barack Obama says congressional leaders from both political parties need to do the right thing and work with him to achieve the largest possible compromise to cut deficit spending and raise the national debt limit. Mr. Obama used a news con

China's Q1 GDP growth hits 3-year low

BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- China's economy expanded 8.1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, slowing from 8.9 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Friday. The figure, which marked t

英语视频：为什么健康的生活方式几乎把我害死

A.J.雅各布斯用了整整一年的时间，遵循他听到的每一条健康建议--从用玻璃杯来抹防晒霜到戴着自行车头盔购物。在TEDMED的演讲台上，雅各布斯与大家分享了他在这个过程中发现的许多让人意

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

IMF says US economic recovery still policy driven

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Thanks to a massive（巨大的） and sustained（持久的） policy response, the U.S. economy has continued to recover from the worst recession（衰退,不景气） since the Great Depression, but the recovery rem

人民币对美元连续大涨

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency strengthened 175 basis points on Tuesday, closing at 6.32 to the U.S. dollar. The yuan has stabilized somewhat after a sharp depreciation in August, but remains down 1.8 percent compared to the start of

Obama: Euro Debt Deal Is 'Progress'

President Barack Obama says there is no doubt that the European Unions agreement to slash Greeces debt and enlarge a bailout fund is progress. The president says strong execution of the plan is essential. After meeting Thursday with the Czech Republi

自我检测：新托福阅读练习题

托福阅读高分的关键是在于多看多练，同学们在日常练习中应该重视托福阅读材料的分析。新东方网为大家整理提供托福阅读练习，供各位考生复习参考。 Although only 1 person in 20 in the Colonial