Words That Are Their Own Opposites

Words That Are Their Own Opposites And now, Words and Their Stories, a VOA Learning English program about American expressions. When you are learning a language, context is everything. Here, context means the words around another word or phrase that

美国国家公共电台 NPR Adult ADHD Can't Be Diagnosed With A Simple Screening Test, Doctors Warn

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The World Health Organization has endorsed a six-question screening test for ADHD in adults. Now, this is catching a lot of people's attention because, with symptoms like distractedness and disorganization, it can be pretty tempti

Rare but Deadly

Rare but Deadly By Susan Brink /2005, U.S. News World Report . All rights reserved with permission. Distributed by Tribune Media Services International. Simple, cheap blood tests could save thousands

CNN 2010-11-17

Airline passengers have learned to live with a lot of security rules over the years. Empty your pockets, remove your belt, take off your shoes, one cork size plastic bag, no more than three ounces of liquid per container, you get the picture. But, fu

美国加强对马里旅客的筛查

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government announced Sunday it will add Mali to the list of Ebola-affected countries for which enhanced screening and monitoring measures will be taken. Effective Monday, Nov. 17, people arriving in the United

VOA标准英语2011--Study Supports Breast Cancer Screening Every Two Years

Study Supports Breast Cancer Screening Every Two Years A new study finds that women who have a mammogram every other year are less likely to get a suspicious result requiring additional testing as compared to women who have the breast cancer screenin

VOA标准英语2011--Experts Recommend Screening Newborns for

Experts Recommend Screening Newborns for Heart Defects One of the scariest things a new parent can hear is, your baby has a birth defect. But some of the most dangerous birth defects are are invisible ones, such as deformities in the baby's tiny hear

美国国家公共电台 NPR Lawmakers Weigh Pros And Cons Of Mandatory Screening For Postpartum Depression

NOEL KING, HOST: Lawmakers in California are about to start debating a bill that would make doctors screen pregnant women and new mothers for mental health problems. Many doctors do not like this idea. From member station KQED in San Francisco, April

美国国家公共电台 NPR Federal Task Force Softens Opposition To Routine Prostate Cancer Screening

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There's big news today about one of the most common forms of cancer. An influential federal task force now says patients and doctors should discuss screenings for prostate cancer. NPR health correspondent Rob Stein has more. ROB

英语俚语天天说 第109期:down to the wire直到最后一刻;最后关头

【俚语】 down to the wire 直到最后一刻；直到最后关头 这一习惯用语来自号称皇家运动的赛马: down to the wire。这里的wire指赛马跑道终点拉的终点线。它在几乎不相上下的竞赛中有助于判断究竟谁

Scottish bowel screening trial succeeds

BEIJING, Nov. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Routine bowel screening can cut deaths from bowel cancer by 27 percent, a latest Scottish study finds. The result was presented at the National Cancer Research Institute's (NCRI) conference in Liverpool. Funded by the S

2006年VOA标准英语-Study: Screening of Young Athletes Can Reduce R

By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 05 October 2006 watch Athletes Heart Risk One of the leading causes of death among young athletes on the playing field or court is a heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. But the results of a 25-year stu

学个词Learn a Word 第586期 Down to the wire

今天我们要学的词是down to the wire。 Down to the wire, 是直到最后一刻的意思。美国总统大选已经进入倒数计时，星期二一大早，全美各地的投票站就要开门了。 Presidential candidates McCain and Obama ar

美国习惯用语:463 down to the wire...

今天我们还要学几个美国总统大选中常用的习惯用语。我们曾经说过，英语词汇很多都来自体育运动。今天要学的第一个习惯用语就来自号称皇家运动的赛马: down to the wire。这里的wire指赛马跑

每日一词【586】down to the wire：直到最后一刻

今天我们要学的词是down to the wire。 Down to the wire, 是直到最后一刻的意思。美国总统大选已经进入倒数计时，星期二一大早，全美各地的投票站就要开门了。 Presidential candidates McCain and Obama ar

可疑信件发送到白宫

ISTANBUL There have been more clashes in Turkey's capital, Ankara, between anti-government protesters and security forces, as civil unrest in the country continues. The prime minister condemned the protesters and called for calm. Protests are also co

男性究竟该不该做前列腺癌筛查

Fewer men are being screened for prostate cancer, and fewer early-stage cases are being detected, according to two studies published Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association. 11月17日发表在《美国医学协会杂志》(Journal

英语听力—环球英语 1244 Dancing on a Wire

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Adam Navis. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 It is August 7, 1974. A man stands

US Health Panel Recommends Routine HIV Testing

An independent panel of U.S. health experts is recommending that all Americans between the ages of 15 and 65 be routinely screened for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The HIV test would not be mandatory. But experts hope more widespread testing migh

英语听力文摘 English Digest 224、电线上的小鸟 Bird on a Wire

Bird on a Wire 当我们行走在马路上时，经常可以看到成群的麻雀或乌鸦停落在几万伏的高压电线上，它们不仅不会触电，而且一个个显得悠闲自得。可是，你也知道，如果有人不小心碰到高压线