VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Service Organizat

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Almost forty years ago, a community service organization started providing eye care in Gujarat State, in western India. The Rotary Club of Navsari operates an eye hospital and nine area eye centers

VOA标准英语2010年-CT Scan Radiation Draws Concern

Doctors use X-rays to view internal organs, obtain clear images of possible disease and to treat cancer. For years radiation has been used to save lives, but there is growing concern that some patients are getting more than they ask for when they und

2017年CRI Chinese medical team provides free cataract surgery to Myanmar patients

Dr. Gong Yongxiang, head of the Aier ophthalmic expert team, performed a free cataract surgery on a Myanmar patient at the Sitagu Shwe Pyi Hein Clinic in Yangon on May 19th, 2017. [Photo: China Plus/Tu Yun] Some 200 cataract patients in Myanmar will

SSS 2008-10-23

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Animals rely on all sorts of cues to find their next meal. Monkeys and birds are attracted to the colors of ripe fruits and berries. And snakes find thei

英语听书《白鲸记》 第4期

Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert,try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor. Yes,as every one knows,meditation and water are wedded for ever. But here is an artist.He desires to pai

Humans to Mars Official NASA Goal, But What About Radiation?

Human exploration of Mars is now an official goal of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill to increase NASAs budget. The law sets spending at $19.5 billion for the 12-month per

Health Experts Detail Radiation Symptoms

U.S. health experts monitoring Japan's nuclear crisis are seeking to explain health risks from radiation（放射） exposure, while cautioning that radiation levels measured this week at the Fukushima-Daiichi power plant in northern Japan have not y

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Keeping a Lookou

DOUG JOHNSON: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about skin cancer. (MUSIC) DOUG JOHNSON: Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer. It is also

VOA慢速英语2015 一个盲人老师的愿景

A Blind Teacher's Vision 一个盲人老师的愿景 There are an estimated 70,000 blind children in Indonesia, according to a recent study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The researchers found that 60 percent of the children they studied di

微型机器人可做精密眼部手术

A newly-built machine uses extremely small instruments to perform eye operations. The machine is reported to make fewer mistakes than doctors. Robots are already used to perform some relatively simple operations like a hysterectomy, when a doctor rem

1.09 mln cataracts patients cured under subsidies

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- More than 1 million cataracts patients in China have been cured in the past three years with the help of 872 million yuan (138 million U.S. dollars) in subsidies from the central government, according to Health Ministry fi

WHO Warns Against Self-Medication as Antidote to Radiation

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns against the indiscriminate(任意的无差别的) use of potassium iodide as a precaution against nuclear radiation. WHO is issuing this advisory following reports of people in Japan and elsewhere who are usi

俄科学家研制出"不老药"

俄罗斯莫斯科的一位生物能量学教授近日宣布，他已研制出一种能够有效延缓衰老的不老药，并有望于几年内上架销售。这位科学家用40年的时间研制出一种抗氧化剂，能够有效抑制氧分子对人

Japanese Radiation Adviser Quits in Rebuke

A key Japanese adviser on radiation（放射 ） leaks at the country's disabled Fukushima nuclear power facility has quit in protest over the government's handling of the disaster. The adviser, Toshiso Kosako, a radiation safety expert at the Univer

你对鸡蛋的了解有多少?

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- There are three little-known effects about eggs, except its rich nutrition that is necessary for people. First, eating eggs can brighten your eyes. Those who eat eggs every day have little risk for cataract according to

food from Japan to be tested for radiation

NEW DELHI, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government has ordered food originating from（发源于） Japan to be tested for radiation in the wake of explosions at a Japanese nuclear plant following a devastating earthquake-tsunami last Friday, repo

VOA标准英语2010年-Body Scanners, Touted as Effective Too

Public opinion polls suggest most Americans favor full body scanners as a way to protect against terror attacks on commercial airliners. The benefits of scanners are being debated in a number of countries. Some groups have raised privacy issues. But

对眼睛有益的10种食物

You need to take proper care of your eyes to maintain good eyesight. There are few fundamental rules that have to be done for good eye care. As you know very well that exposure to sun is very bad for the eyes. Similarly, if you use computer for long

U.S. finds low levels of radiation in milk

WASHINGTON, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A trace amount of radioactive(辐射性的) iodine（碘） has been found in a sample of milk from the west state of Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sai

Simple “Cat”? 猫言猫语

（1) CAT 例句： CAT has transported the pet dogs from London to Tokyo. 误译： 宠猫公司已把这些爱犬从伦敦运往东京。 原意： 民用航空运输公司已将这些爱犬从伦敦运往东京。 说明： 本例的 CAT 是 Civil