美国学生世界地理教材 第12期:世界是圆的 我围着它绕了一圈(4)

But the world kept getting cooler and cooler until at last the steam turned to water and fell on the worldrain, rain, rain, 但是世界还在持续冷却，直到最后水蒸气变成了水落到地球上那就是雨，雨不停地下， until there

Placebo Effect Update

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 19, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. When scientists want to test the effectiveness of a new drug, they usually divide

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-01-09

This is Scientific Americans 60 - Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. After a long bath, your fingers and toes come out all wrinkly. You may have wondered why your skin would go and do such a thing. Now a study shows that

英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第285期:第十七章 游戏(10)

It's Edward, Dad. 是爱德华，爸爸。 Is he? 他是吗？ Sort of, I guess. 我猜，某种程度上，是的。 You said last night that you weren't interested in any of the boys in town. 你昨晚还说着你对镇上的男孩都没有兴趣。

英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第255期:第十五章 卡伦一家(4)

The kitchen was bright, happy, seeming to absorb my mood. 厨房显得既明朗又欢快，似乎被我的情绪感染到了。 What's for breakfast? I asked pleasantly. 早餐吃什么？我快活地问道。 That threw him for a minute. 这个问题让

英伦广角 深吻传递千万细菌

A passionate kiss shares much more than intimacy. A single 10-second smooch can transfer tens of millions of bacteria from one partner to the other. Thats the finding from a study in the journal Microbiome. [Remco Kort et al, Shaping the oral microbi

VOA慢速英语--Words and Their Stories - 'When Life Gives You Lemons ...'

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. There are several kinds of citrus fruit. The most common are limes, oranges, grapefruit, tangerines and lemons. Out of all of them, it is the lemon that has found its way into a number of

Birthplace effect “出生地效应”

今年7月，14岁的美国华裔少年刘继打破老虎伍兹的纪录，成为美国青少年高尔夫锦标赛史上最年轻的冠军，同时刷新老虎伍兹保持了19年的纪录。刘继出生在纽约州一个只有11万人口的小城市史

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-16

1. A federal aviation official says the plane that crashed into a house near Buffalo, killing 50 people, was on autopilot when it went down. That's a possible violation of airline policy. Colgan Air recommends pilots fly manually in icy conditions.

英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第196期:第十二章 平衡(8)

I changed the subject. 我改变了话题。 What time will I see you tomorrow? I asked, already depressed by the thought of him leaving now. 我明天几点能见到你？我问道，想到他现在就要离开几乎要让我沮丧起来了。 That

美丽新世界Brave New World 第8章(10)

The moon was behind him; he looked down into the black shadow of the mesa, into the black shadow of death. 他向下看看石塬漆黑的影子，看看死亡漆黑的影子。 He had only to take one step, one little jump. 他只要向前一步，轻轻

五招让你变得更加上镜

Fake a Tummy Tuck 吸小腹 Those who say the camera adds 10 pounds haven't tried this trick: Twist your torso, turning one shoulder toward the camera and the other away from it, says Atlanta body-language expert Patti Wood. It makes you look very sl

每日一词【753】side effect：副作用

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

学个词Learn a Word 第753期 side effect

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

月亮和六便士 第二十五章(4)

My love, it's not you who would shirk a little trouble. 亲爱的，你不是那种怕麻烦不肯伸手帮忙的人。 If he comes here, I shall go, said Mrs. Stroeve violently. 如果他到这里来，我就走，施特略夫太太气冲冲地说。

月亮和六便士 第二十二章(2)

Sometimes he embarrassed his wife, 他的这种态度有时候叫他妻子感到很尴尬。 and the only time I saw her put out of countenance was when he insisted on telling me that he had taken a purge, 我见到她恼羞成怒只有一次。那次施

英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第158期:第十章 审问(6)

The fog had almost dissolved by the end of the second hour, but the day was still dark with low, oppressing clouds. 第二堂课结束的时候，雾已经散得差不多了，但天空依然阴沉沉的，云层低低地压在天边。 I smiled up a

Pope leaves Vatican, resignation takes effect

VATICAN CITY, Feb.28 (Xinhua) -- The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came into effect at 8 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Thursday, who had left the Vatican by helicopter for the papal vacation retreat in south Rome earlier in the afternoon. The pope h

【英语语言学习】抵抗对艾滋病人的歧视

REED VREELAND: I found out I was HIV-positive when I was 7 years old. I was told by my dad. He actually took me out to a really, very scenic location. I remember a picnic bench and a lot of grass around. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The scene stood in sharp