Space News

Broadcast: Jan 29, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a space rock that

万花筒2008-02-23:北京回应美国打卫星事件

Beijing is asking Washington to provide more information about the destruction of a U.S. satellite. CNN's John Vause reports Officials in Beijing have been choosing their words carefully, playing up their concern about any harm the satellite shoot-d

美文赏析:活出精彩，活出生命的质量！

While there may be reasons in life to focus on just survival, to fully live, you must thrive! 尽管生活中有理由只关注生存，但如果要潇洒走一回，你必须活出精彩。 Here Are 5 Things to Do Every Day to Ensure You Thrive. 以下

英语课程计划-National Video Games Day

Playing video games is one of the worlds biggest hobbies. It only seems right, therefore, that there is a special day to celebrate it. National Video Games Day is the one day of the year you can go crazy playing your favourite games. Its OK to tell p

Preparing for a Walk in Space

Broadcast: June 4, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Ray Freeman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about how astronauts prepa

纯正地道美语 第138期(外教讲解):玩国际象棋

Daddy: Bobby! Come here, look what I got you! Bobby: What is that? Daddy: A chess board! Daddy is going to teach you how to play! Bobby: Cool! Daddy: Ok, each player gets 16 pieces. You can be the white ones and Ill play with the black pieces. Now in

VOA常速英语2007-US Space Shuttle Docks at International Space St

By Alex Villarreal Washington 25 October 2007 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station, marking the next phase in a complex mission to expand the international orbiter. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washingt

Space junks threaten future mission

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The amount of space junks floating in Earth's orbit has reached a critical level, warned scientists. The future space missions may become too dangerous to fly for a risk of colliding with space junks, said a report rel

Mourinho wants concentration against Levante

MADRID, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said this Saturday that he wanted his players to show a better level of concentration when they visit Levante on Sunday evening. Although Madrid have won their last two games, against Getaf

Russian space forces reconnect with lost satellite

MOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Forces has re-established contact with a military satellite, Geo-IK-2, which went missing in February, local media reported Friday. According to a spokesman from the Defense Ministry(国防部) , Interfa

Working in Project Space

Working in Project Space One of the givens in David Allens Getting Things Done is that you cant do a project. Instead, Allen recommends you break projects down into immediate next actions, discrete doable chunks that can be cranked through with a min

英文歌曲：Ellie Goulding二专改版首单《Burn》 面向阳光 绽放青春

绵羊Ellie Goulding二专改版首单《Burn》。面向阳光绽放青春，燃烧生命点亮人生，让世界充满爱和希望，去创造更加美好的未来。 歌词： We, we don't have to worry about nothing Cause we got the fire, and we'

Space Shuttle Discovery Prepares for its Final

The U.S. space shuttle（航天飞机） Discovery has completed its work at the International Space Station on its 39th and final mission, and is preparing for Wednesday's scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle success

US Space Program Goes Commercial

This Friday, the U.S. space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to lift off on its last voyage（航行） to the orbiting International Space Station. And on June 28, barring any last minute complications, Alantis will become the last space shuttle ever t

Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS

MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14. Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Anton Sh

China sets up management body for orbiting space lab

BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- China has established an operation committee for management of the country's first space lab module, Tiangong-1, during its two-year orbit of earth. The committee will deal with operations planning, technical appraisal an

China accomplishes first space docking

BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country's first space docking procedure early Thursday, silently coupling in space more than 343 km above Earth's surface. Nearly two days after it was launched, the unmanned spacecr

China sends its first female to space

JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- She is a wife. She belongs to China's one-child generation. On Saturday, 33-year-old Liu Yang becomes the country's first woman entering space. The home-grown Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, atop an upgraded Long March-2F carrier

英语游戏:泡泡糖超人

[全屏观看] 点击右键- 另存为 可保存这个Flash影片 作品简介 ： 大家还记得以前有一个大大泡泡糖的广告吗，里面的红色超人的手可以伸得很长很长。这次的泡泡糖超人可以利用糖果当子弹，将

TED演讲:用玩具创造世界(6)

So here's our little solar system, as we pull away from our melted planet here. 我们把视线从融化了的行星里拉远，来到我们的小小太阳系。 We actually have a couple of other planets in this solar system. 原来在这个太阳系里