BEP 64 ADV –Questioning Techniques (Part 1)

Questions are an important part of almost every conversation. So being able to ask good questions is critical to communication. How can we make our questioning more effective and efficient? In this two-part Business English Podcast series well be loo

Designing a Quake-Resistant Building Starts at the Soil

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Builders in developing countries are often not required to build strong buildings. So, when a disaster strikes, the damage is often widespread. 发展中

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SSS 2010-03-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Buildings consume about a third of the energy and two-thirds of the electricity in the U.S. Roofs are a good place to try to cut those figures. Because

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60秒科学:冬暖夏凉的屋顶

Lowering the Ceiling on Roof Energy Losses Buildings consume about a third of the energy and two-thirds of the electricity in the U.S. Roofs are a good place to try to cut those figures. Because traditional black asphalt roofs heat up in summer and s

VOA常速英语2008年-Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Poses Threat to P

By Ruth Reader Washington, DC 13 February 2008 There is growing concern around the world over illnesses caused by new antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or so-called superbugs, and the decreasing effectiveness of antibiotics to treat infections. Earlier

万花筒 2012-02-07&02-10 手机再也不怕水！？

A cellphone rests in its watery-grave,a distressing sight for cellphone users everywhere. But this one, isn't dead. Hello, this Alexan,thanks for calling ,welcome, how may I help you?Liquipel is a start-up company based in Santa Ana, California. It's

VOA标准英语2008年-US Oil Companies Finding More Oil in Old Fields

The price of oil has dropped around 20 percent in recent weeks, but remains more than double what it was just a couple of years ago. The high price has given oil companies the incentive to revisit old fields long ago abandoned as unprofitable. As VO

原汁原味商务英语播客 第48课:问问题的技巧(上)

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科学美国人60秒 SSS Cool Coating Chills in Sunlight

You've probably seen pictures of Greek villages, where every house is painted bright white. The paint reflects the intense sunlight of the Mediterranean. And it works pretty well to keep the houses from heating up in the sun. But it doesn't actively

英语听力：自然百科 虫虫兄弟—15

The flower morph larva in the muesli get busy, spinning a web. In the process coating with cereal and sticky tendrils. Not very appetising. And seen under the scanning electro-microscope, the blue cheese Maria bought at the market looks even less app

方便面也能吃出营养来

Everyone who has eaten instant noodles before knows how it looks like. It is very easy to cook it instantly by putting the noodles into the boiling water and add in those MSG packets, together with your other ingredients like eggs or vegetables. Howe

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谷歌申报无人汽车新专利 撞人时把人粘在车上

Google has patented a sticky coating for driverless cars that could reduce damage done to pedestrians in the event of a collision. People struck by the vehicle would become glued to its bonnet, rather than being thrown off and further injured. 谷歌已

Saudis Set to Boost Oil Production

Saudi Arabia is signaling that it is going to boost its supply of oil on its own after failing to convince other oil producers to jointly agree to more production. Several news agencies reported Saturday that the Saudis could increase their oil produ

英语听力：自然百科 金星和水星旅行指南 Venus and Mercury-17

You never guess the dangers on the ground from orbit, except maybe for this, massive, double-barreled storms hovering above the poles. Of this, what we called dipole features trailing around, we don't know what, really what they are, but the whole fe

Oil rises on tighter supply outlook

NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff

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英语听力文摘 English Digest 158、油炸糖果，你吃过吗？

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