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

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

职场真的需要天天加班吗

职场就是这般的不讲道理，你以为你的加班会被领导认可，但没准儿领导还以为你在利用公司的资源做私活Nowadays things aren't going smooth. College graduates are having a hard time finding jobs as there are too f

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

关于虚拟语气

A.非真实条件句 (if引导); That is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily. B. 建议、命令类从句(should); he always insisted that it should be written out in full. C. Wish等特殊词汇引导的从句

Potboiler: 粗制滥造的作品

Potboiler: 粗制滥造的作品 对作家而言，最痛苦的事莫过于读者认为他的文章是potboiler（为混饭吃而粗制滥造的文学作品），更通俗一点，某本小说被认为写得很烂。文章烂怎么会和boiler（锅炉

包装上常见的警示标志

小心搬运 Handle with car 此面朝上 This side up 请勿抛掷 Don't throw down 易腐物品 Perishable goods 请勿平放 Not to be laid flat 请勿用钩 No hooks 保持冷藏 Keep cool, Keep in cool place 避免日光直射 Keep out of the di

神探夏洛克第二季第三集_4

神探夏洛克第二季第三集_4 聪明? 好吧 探秘记者 Smart? OK, investigative journalist. 好 看着我 告诉我你看到了什么 Good. Well, look at me and tell me what you see. 要是你真有本事 你不需要采访 If you're that sk

Mo Yan's new book to debut amid craze

Mo Yan's new book to debut amid craze BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Nobel Laureate Mo Yan's new book, a collection of three plays, will hit the market next week. The book Our Jing Ke will be published by the New World Press, according to Chen Liming,

选择一个节能的供暖系统

The more you know about the various heating systems that are available on the market today, the better able you will be to choose the best one for your home. Obviously, your main goal (besides being comfortable), is to have a heating and air conditio

经济学人350:太阳能 花朵的能量

Science and technology 科学技术 Solar energy 太阳能 Flower power 花朵的能量 In matters of clever design, nature has often got there first 若论巧夺天工，自然常常更胜一筹 A virtuous spiral 上面的螺纹看似简单，实际有

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

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

巴黎拟用地铁人体热量供暖

法国巴黎最大的公共住房项目近日宣布将利用地铁中乘客身体释放出来的热量为市中心的一个公共住房项目供暖。据悉，该项目是基于地热技术研发的，地铁和供暖建筑物通过一个楼梯连接。

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

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

Personal Productivity in the 21st Century

Personal Productivity in the 21st Century What does it mean to be productive? The gurus have given us a few ideas it means to get things done, to be highly effective, to know who it was, exactly, who moved your cheese. What things, effective at what,

英国石油公司工作服万圣节热销

An oil-splattered BP（英国石油公司） engineer's boiler suit has become one of the most successful Halloween costumes in the United States. More than 10,000 of the outfits have been sold in the approach to this year's October 31 holiday, which

听播客学英语 111 Folly

Today we meet the English word folly, and we visit a strange old building and an art exhibition. Lets start with the word folly. I guess you know what foolish means. If someone is foolish, he or she does stupid or unwise things. We can call such a pe