SSS 2008-02-25

Transcript This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Cynthia Graber.This will just take a minute. Physicists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory have been able to send information ahead of particle beams racing at nearly the speed of li

Improve Your Focus with the Pomodoro Technique

If you are like many language students, you might have a problem with procrastination. Perhaps you are slow to do homework or study for a test. Maybe you do not like to study or you become distracted while studying. Whatever the case may be, learning

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Peer Support (Part 1) Anna really wanted to do something significant for her school before she went to college. But she couldn't think of anything meaningful that would influence the lives of her schoolmates. One day, Anna saw a girl sitting by the s

22. Job Technique

Vacationing on the island of Oahu, we were waiting in our tour bus for some stragglers to show up. A man, obviously not with our group, approached the bus and was about to board. How would our driver

每日一词【771】approval rating：支持率

今天我们要学的词是approval rating。 Approval rating是支持率的意思。Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's approval rating fell to 20%, 日本执政党自民党的民众支持率滑落到20%。 A new survey shows that President Ob

VOA慢速英语2014 Child Welfare in India Improves as Mothers Participate in Peer Support Groups 印度小孩受益于母亲参与同侪支持团体

Child Welfare in India Improves as Mothers Participate in Peer Support Groups 印度小孩受益于母亲参与同侪支持团体 New research in India shows that children eat better when their mothers have more power, more education and are able to

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scientists Aim To Pull Peer Review Out Of The 17th Century

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The technology that drives science forward accelerates all the time, but science communication - not so much. The basic process still holds many vestiges from its early days - the 17th century, that is. NPR's Richard Harris reports

VOA标准英语2008年-New Technique Revolutionizes Surgery

By Carol Pearson Washington 08 January 2008 New technology makes surgery safer, shortens recovery time and leaves no scars. Both physicians and patients are pleased with the results. VOA's Carol Pearson has more. Maria Viruet recently had her gallbla

Job Technique

Vacationing on the island of Oahu, we were waiting in our tour bus for some stragglers to show up. A man, obviously not with our group, approached the bus and was about to board. How would our driver handle the situation, we wondered. Straight-faced,

Moody's downgrades Greece to lowest rating

LONDON/NEW YORK, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The rating agency Moody's on Friday cut the sovereign credit rating of Greece to the lowest level, saying the country's default risk was high. Moody's downgraded Greece long term sovereign credit rating from Ca to

S&P Downgrades French Credit Rating

Standard Poor's Friday downgraded the credit ratings of nine European countries caught up in the eurozone crisis. This includes France, which has Europe's second-largest economy. SP's downgrade of France's credit rating has been expected for weeks. F

Credit Rating Agency Upgrades Nigeria's Outlook

Credit rating agency Standard and Poors has revised Nigeria's economic outlook from stable to positive. In a statement, the rating agency says the Nigerian government, under President Goodluck Jonathan, has undertaken several important reform initiat

Rating Agency Downgrades US Credit Outlook

Standard and Poor's Ratings Services announced Monday that the United States continues to have a AAA [Triple-A] credit rating, but the rating agency lowered its long-term credit outlook for the U.S. government. SP cited U.S. budget deficits and gover

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Two rating agencies, Standard and Poors (S P) and Fitch downgraded New Zealands credit rating from AA+ to AA. This is the first downgrade in 13 years. A credit rating gives some idea of whether the economy is stable and whether the government can pay

S&P Downgrades US Credit Rating for First Time

The credit rating agency Standard Poor's has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time ever from the country's elite AAA status to AA-plus, with a negative outlook. In a statement late Friday, SP said it made the move because the deficit-r

Italy Faces Credit Rating Cut

A major financial services company says that Italy faces a significant chance of having its credit rating cut soon, but that it has no plans to downgrade France's top credit standing. Fitch Ratings said Tuesday it is confident that the 17-nation Euro

学个词Learn a Word 第522期 peer pressure

今天我们要学的词是peer pressure。 Peer, 是同伴，同龄人；peer pressure, 就是来自同伴的压力。 Teenagers tend to give in to peer pressure, 青少年很容易受同龄人的影响。 Peer pressure plays a part in youth drinkin

S&P Cuts Italy's Credit Rating

Standard Poors has cut Italy's credit rating, citing weak economic growth and political uncertainty. The credit rating agency cut Italy's rating one notch Monday - from A+ to A. SP said the country's shaky coalition government and differences in parl

US Faces Possible Credit Rating Downgrade

U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress are engaged in an intense rush to settle on a plan to raise the countrys borrowing limit beyond the current total of more than $14 trillion. It is an effort aimed at averting a possible default on the countrys

每天三分钟学英语 第368期:英文"技术"到底是technique,skill还是technology?

知识点讲解： 1、中文意思一样 insist persist 2、两个词长得像 special specialty 3、长得像+中文意思一样 technique technology ① Technique 方法、技巧 Hes a great basketball player. He has flawless technique. 他是位很