听一分钟英文：Quality-质量

How important is quality to you? Its very important to me. Unfortunately, a lot of the time its also very expensive. But not all of the time. It depends on what you buy. I can buy very good quality clothes very cheaply. They are often the same qualit

走遍美国: Quality Time 黄金时间 ACT I

ACT I Where's Mom? 妈妈呢? She went to a school-board meeting. 她去参加联合校董事会会议了。 I don't know how she does it. 我不知道她怎么办到的。 She sure keeps busy. 她真的

Computer Data and the Business of Mind-Reading

Big data is having an increasing effect on the way we live. Big data can be defined as information that is too big or complex to be contained or processed by any one machine or person. It can include which comments, photographs or stories you like on

China's Datang Int'l Power profit down 22.78 pct in 2011

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Datang International Power, a listed unit of China Datang, a major Chinese power producer, said Sunday its net profit fell 22.78 percent year-on-year to 1.91 billion yuan (303.2 million U.S. dollars) due to rising therma

New Data Adds to Understanding of 'Black Holes'

New Data Adds to Understanding of 'Black Holes' WASHINGTON Scientists continue to learn more about black holes in space, places where the pull of gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. Black holes occur after supergiant stars explode in

TED演讲:医生们可以互相学习(4)

They published the data, 他们发布了这些数据， and it actually transformed clinical practice in the country. 而这一举动改变了整个国家的临床实践。 Everybody saw this makes a lot of sense. 大家都发现这样做很有意义。

TED演讲:医生们可以互相学习(3)

You flip a coin. Fifty percent risk. That's quite a lot. 这和掷硬币的几率一样。 50％的风险，不是一般的高。 If he instead would go to Hamburg, 如果他换而选择去汉堡， and to a clinic called the Martini-Klinik, 去一个叫

英闻天下——42 China to Release Real-Time Air Quality Data

The government will issue real-time air quality monitoring data in 74 cities starting January 1st. The Ministry of Environmental Protection says the data will include PM2.5, a gauge which monitors fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less

外贸英语：品质 Quality(二)

We are responsible to replace the defective ones. 我们保换质量不合格的产品。 It's really something wrong with the quality of this consignment of bicycles. 这批自行车的质量确实有问

外贸英语：品质 Quality(一)

The goods are available in different qualities. 此货有多种不同的质量可供。 Nothing wrong will happen, so long as the quality of your article is good. 只要商品质量可靠，就不会发

iPhone, Android smartphones collect users' data

SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Apple and Google collect smartphone(智能手机) users' location information as part of their race to build massive databases, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday after analyzing data and documents. Accordi

世界卫生组织：全球92%人口呼吸着污染空气

Nine out of ten people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday. 世界卫生组织昨天表示，每十个人就有九个呼吸着不良空气。 In a staggering report, calling for dramatic action

China needs time, room to improve air quality

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Disputes regarding the quality of Beijing's air have sparked criticism against the Chinese government for allegedly dismissing its responsibility to provide a better environment. The U.S. embassy in China releases hourly a

CCTV9英语新闻：一人的日历记录北京空气质量

Chinese are becoming more aware of the air pollution and its danger. An ordinary man in Beijing has been charting the change of air quality in the city for the last three years. Every morning, the first thing Zou Yi does is take a photo out of the wi

China lacks quality environment assessment agencies

BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China lacks quality environment assessment agencies, according to a government report issued on Monday. The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) publicized a report after a three-year survey into the country's envir

Largest ever data leak uncovered in Finland

HELSINKI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A data leak was uncovered in Finland Saturday, in which personal details of around 16,000 people were uploaded onto a file-sharing website, according to Finnish media report on Monday. This act of sabotage is the largest

Lawmakers propose banning arbitrary environmental monitoring

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Friday suggested formulating an environmental monitoring law to prohibit disorderly, arbitrary monitoring of the environment. China lacks a special law or regulation on the management of environmental

China, U.S. unveil report on trade data discrepancy

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The commerce authorities of China and the United States on Friday unveiled a report on a statistical discrepancy in merchandise trade, saying the discrepancy's share in bilateral trade is dropping. The report was based on

Dollar gains amid European concerns, upbeat U.S. job data

NEW YORK, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar climbed against major currencies this week as concerns about the European debt crisis again weighed on the euro and upbeat U.S. job data helped restore investors' confidence in the U.S. economy. The dolla

China launches new data relay satellite

XICHANG, Sichuan, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China blasted off a new data relay satellite Tianlian I-02 on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province . The satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket at 11:41 p.