SSS 2011-12-29

nobody likes getting shots, but what if you could make the needles so tiny that they broke skin painlessly. engineers from top university have created such micro needles, made from major protein in silk, fibrolin. the work is in the journal of advanc

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VOA慢速英语--Which Is Better for Your Career: Specializing or Generalizing?

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. When trying to make a successful career, which is better: being a generalist or a specialist? In other words, should you generalize and know a little about a lot of things? Or should you

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文身会让你失去工作么?

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VOA慢速英语--用利默里克来定义每一个英语单词

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【有声英语文学名著】麦田里的守望者（24）

24 MR. AND MRS. ANTOLINI had this very swanky apartment over on Sutton Place, with two steps that you go down to get in the living room, and a bar and all. I'd been there quite a few times, because after I left Elkton Hills Mr. Antolini came up to ou

【有声英语文学名著】麦田里的守望者（23）

23 I MADE IT very snappy on the phone because I was afraid my parents would barge in on me right in the middle of it. They didn't, though. Mr. Antolini was very nice. He said I could come right over if I wanted to. I think I probably woke he and his

巴西要求弹劾罗塞夫总统

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The Ass，the Ox and the Birds

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奥运会临近但巴西总统面临参议院弹劾

As Olympics Near, Brazil's President Faces Senate Trial 奥运会临近但巴西总统面临参议院弹劾 From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. Brazil is preparing to host the Olympic Games in August, but the South American nation may not

VOA慢速英语--画家用绘画捕捉林肯遇刺时刻

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中英双语新闻

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经济学人25:埃克-巴蒂斯塔 巴蒂斯塔的出击

Business. 商业。 Eike Batista. 埃克-巴蒂斯塔。 Batista battered. 巴蒂斯塔的出击。 The dwindling fortune of a Brazilian magnate. 一位巴西商业巨头的财产缩水。 INVESTORS have lost their appetite for Brazil in recent month

音乐咖啡厅:Blame It-Jamie Foxx你是我的幸福吗

Blame It 是Jamie Foxx个人第三张录音室大碟《Intuition》的第二支单曲，这是Jamie Foxx自2006年以来的第一首打入Hot 100排行榜Top 10的单曲，在2006年，他与南方说唱歌手卢达克里斯(Ludacris)合作的单曲《Unpredictable》在Hot 100单曲榜中最高曾排在第八位。 歌词 Ar

Chen Ruolin wins women's 10m platform gold at london Olympic Games

LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ruolin collected a high 422.30 points for the title of women's 10m platform diving at London Olympic Games on Thursday. It is the 200th gold medal China won from all the summer Olympic Games it participated in. Brittan

里约奥运会还能开得起来吗

With just a few weeks left until the start of the 2016 Olympics, Brazil is still suffering from serious economic problems. The acting governor of Rio de Janeiro warned that the games could be a failure if his state doesn't get its finances in order. 距

CCTV9英语新闻：Jiangsu now second after controversial win

To the fall out from last night's encounter. Teixera's sending off led to confrontations between the 2 teams on the sidelines after the Suning back room staff accused the Beijing's Ralf of simulation. The Blue and White will appeal the decision to th

经济学人287:雪佛龙与巴西的石油工业

THE flow of oil from cracks in the seabed off the coast of Rio de Janeiro has long since slowed to a mere trickle. Not so the retribution against Chevron, an American oil company that was drilling in the Frade oilfield on November 7th when a sudden r