新派英语第四册UNIT7

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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

Belief in Cause and Effect

Benjamin Frankin wondered about(at) lightning. He combined his curiosity with imagination and carried out his well-known experiment to show that lightning and an electric spark are the same thing. Cur

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No Charge Our little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper，and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron，she read it，and this is what it said：

简单慢速英语阅读：Ring! Ring!

Neal's front yard was full of leaves. He went outside and raked the leaves. His cell phone rang. He answered it. Then he continued raking. He raked the leaves into three plastic bags. The recycling truck came by an hour later. The driver threw the ba

The Mother’s Love -- Story

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it and this is what it said: For cutting the gr

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

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1. What does the boy want to do at the beginning of the conversation? A. go play outside B. watch TV C. play video games 2. What is one thing the boy is NOT assigned to do around the house? A. clean the garage B. vacuum the floors C. wash the walls 3

【英语2级听力】叶子落了-Leaves Falling

Summer ends. Autumn begins. Autumn is perfect. It is not too hot like summer. It is not too cold like winter. She wakes up. She looks out her window. The leaves are falling. Some leaves are orange. Some leaves are brown. She sees her dad raking the l

英语小达人 188 The Effect of Advertisement

The Effect of Advertisement 广告的效果 Some businessmen were talking about advertising on TV excitedly. As none of them had ever done it before, every one had his point of view. At this moment, Mr. Grey came by. He was a car dealer and he had on

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325期 Rake in

今天我们要学的词是rake in。 Rake in, 是大笔捞钱的意思。He raked in three million dollars from the stock market, 他去年从股市赚了三百万美元。 最新调查报告显示，The casual games market is raking in $2.25 billio

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

TED演讲:我难忘的一次中国行(7)

You see the education performance, PISA, which is the international ranking of educational performance 你可以看一看教育方面的表现，国际学生评估项目（PISA）是国际教育成果排行榜， looks at all of the countries around

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

Efforts to ease medical costs take effect

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Medicine prices at public clinics have been notably reduced thanks to a policy that promotes basic medicine, an office of the State Council said Thursday. Current price levels of basic medicine used by government-funded t

英语美文：母爱A Mother’s Love

A Mothers Love 母亲的爱 A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is wh

每日一词【325】rake in：大笔捞钱

今天我们要学的词是rake in。 Rake in, 是大笔捞钱的意思。He raked in three million dollars from the stock market, 他去年从股市赚了三百万美元。 最新调查报告显示，The casual games market is raking in $2.25 billio

【初学者英语听力】05

a. The family is sitting on a blanket b. The father is raking the leaves c. It's a rainy day d. The family is having a picnic