VOA慢速英语20061227a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New York City wants to fight fat. The Board of Health has passed a ban on trans fats in all restaurants. Kentucky Fried Chicken sells a fried chicken fre

VOA慢速英语 2008 1031a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Early estimates show that the United States economy shrank by three-tenths of one percent from July through September. Economists had predicted a five-tenths drop. But Thursday's report from the Comm

TED演讲:忧郁简史(1)

Sadness is part of the human experience, 悲伤是人类必经的感受， but for centuries there has been vast disagreement over exactly what it is and what, if anything, to do about it. 但几个世纪以来，人们既没有判断出它到底是什

英语灵异故事-They Never Leave 02 他们永远都不会离开 02

[00:16.57]They Never Leave [00:22.64]他们永远都不会离开 [00:38.50]Two years later that man killed himself [00:42.38]and my husband bought the house [00:44.54](against my wishes of course). [00:46.45]We had only partially moved in [00:49.45]when my so

VOA慢速英语--肯尼亚女孩开发应用程序

Kenyan Girls Develop App to End FGM Five Kenyan schoolgirls have developed an app to help women and girls end female genital mutilation (FGM). The girls will soon take part in the yearly international Technovation competition in California. Technovat

日本将推出一款可以自动叠衣的机器人

Hate doing laundry? Shin Sakane has a solution. 不喜欢洗衣服？Shin Sakane会为你提供一个解决方案。 The Japanese inventor received 6 billion yen ($53 million) from partners, including Panasonic Corp., last month to advance the Laundr

比利时夫妇决定同时安乐死

An elderly husband and wife have announced their plans to die in the world's first 'couple' euthanasia - despite neither of them being terminally ill. 日前，比利时一对老夫妇宣布将一起进行安乐死，虽然两人都尚未病入膏肓。

VOA标准英语2010年-Female Condoms Unpopular Among Liberia

Some AIDS workers in Liberia say the way to stem the country's HIV rate is to urge women to wear female condoms. But others argue the female condom is impractical, and broader HIV/AIDS education is needed. As a health worker at an HIV/AIDS clinic in

TED演讲:什么是脂肪(2)

Now, even though both of these molecules are made up of exactly the same building blocks, 尽管这两种分子由一模一样的东西组成， they are two completely different substances, and they behave completely differently inside of us. 但它们

囧研究：无意义词汇 影响消费习惯？

Scientists have discovered that some made-up words such as subvick, bollyze and quingel are far more amusing than others. This is because people find nonsense words with uncommon letter combinations more unexpected and humorous than those words with

In U.S., Cricket Stages a Comeback

At first glance, the grass playing field at Mountain View Alternative High School in Centreville, Virginia, looks like any playing field at any high school in the country. But for a Sunday in August when most schools are usually still, there was a lo

尼泊尔震后重建计划

KATHMANDU, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Death toll of Nepal's April 25 earthquake has risen to 7,365 with the injury number standing at 14,366. The Nepalese authorities have started working out the scheme for the reconstruction. The country's National Planning

U.S. FDA approves first cord blood product

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved HEMACORD, the first licensed hematopoietic progenitor cells-cord cell therapy. HEMACORD is indicated for use in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation pro

Why Don't Snorers Wake Themselves Up?

Why Don't Snorers Wake Themselves Up? Anyone who's ever slept in the same room as a loud snorer knows how infuriating it is to have to suffer through all that noise while the offending party remains blissfully oblivious and asleep. Loud snorers can w

北京故宫养心殿启动百年来首次大修

One of the buildings at Beijing's Palace Museum, or Forbidden City, most closely associated with imperial life is to undergo a major renovation based on traditional construction techniques, the museum announced on Friday. 北京故宫博物院周五宣

Mudslides strand over 400 vehicles in Xinjiang

URUMQI, July 21 (Xinhua) -- More than 400 vehicles are stranded following rain-triggered mudslides that cut off multiple sections of a major road in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, border police said Saturday. Several stretches of

雅思范文—如何看待媒体

雅思范文如何看待媒体 题目：Do the negative effects of some international media such as TV and magazine for example overweigh the positive effects? 范文：International media such as TV network and magazine always gives people in an inf

英语美文：日出前的一小时

An Hour before Sunrise 日出前的一小时 An hour before sunrise in the city there is all air of cold, solitary desolation about the noiseless streets, which we are accustomed to see thronged at other times by a busy, eager crowd, and over the qui

睡眠如此重要，你为何不珍惜呢？！

Why Is Sleep So Important? 为何睡眠如此重要？ If you have sleep deficit it impacts everything you do think and act. Unfortunately a major amount of people have a large sleep deficit. 睡眠不足会影响你的一切思考和行为。不幸的

The origin of coffee

The brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show, explore where and when coffee originated. Desert fruitEvery cup of coffee you drink owes its existence to a fruit that grew wild in the Yemeni desert. The Sufi mystics of Yemen were the first to roast and brew