新概念英语第四册*Lesson 10 Silicon valley

Lesson 10 Silicon valley 硅谷 First listen and then answer the following question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 What does the computer industry thrive on apart from anarchy? Technology trends may push Silicon Valley back to the future. Ca

AS IT IS 2015-09-01 Los Angeles' Silicon Beach Becoming Like Silicon Valley

AS IT IS 2015-09-01 Los Angeles' Silicon Beach Becoming Like Silicon Valley America's high technology industry is centered in northern California. The area, known as Silicon Valley, is a short drive from San Francisco Bay. Silicon Valley is home to G

VOA标准英语2012--California's Silicon Beach Is Growing Hub for Tech Start-Ups

California's Silicon Beach Is Growing Hub for Tech Start-Ups On the west side of Los Angeles, people from around the world come for the beach, year-round sunshine and warm weather. This also is where Gregg Spiridellis and his brother operate the onli

2017年CRI Silicon Valley executives and investors confident in China's innovation drive

A citizen uses her cellphone to scan the QR code on a mobike in Beijing. [Photo: China Daily] Issues connected to innovation are being actively discussed by lawmakers at the annual political sessions here in Beijing, with observers suggesting the Chi

60秒科学:Water Blankets Forming Planets

Water Blankets Forming Planets A study in the journal Science finds much more molecular water in regions where planets are forming around young stars. The mechanism to keep the water from being destroyed by UV radiation appears to involve some of the

Alien Neighbors 寻访外星人 12

How likely that technology will destroy those who invented it? The Drake Equation doesn’t exactly narrow the field. Depending on the variables, the number of intelligent civilizations could be zero

US Astronomers Find 'Smaller' Planets Around Distant Suns

By David McAlary U.S. astronomers have made a finding they say increases the chance that distant stars may harbor planetary systems like our own. They have discovered two planets the size of Neptune e

2006年VOA标准英语-Solar System Could Gain New Planets Under Defin

By David McAlary Was 16 August 2006 Artist's rendition of solar system There may soon be three new planets in our solar system. The expansion would be the result of a proposed new definition of what a planet is. The change is controversial, but if a

Can You Start a Technology Company Outside of Silicon Valley?

You might think the only place to set up a technology company in the United States is California. After all, Northern California has Silicon Valley, which is home to companies like Apple and Google. One expert on new business agrees Silicon Valley is

Immigrants Find Success in Silicon Valley

Some of the most successful technology business owners in Silicon Valley are immigrants. Silicon Valley is an area of northern California that is home to major technology companies like Apple, Google and Facebook. For some immigrants, just living in

VOA标准英语2010年-Russian President to Visit Silicon Val

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev uses a touch screen during a video-link at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow, 07 Jun 2010 US Defense Department Backs Quick Ratification of New START Treaty with Russia Russian President Dmitri Medvedev

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Views Of Tech Turn Negative, Remorse Comes To Silicon Valley

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Facebook says that starting today it will begin sending a message to roughly 87 million people. These are people whose information may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica - the political data firm - without any consent. Dis

美国国家公共电台 NPR Astronomers Find 7 Earth-Size Planets Around A Nearby Star

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today, scientists announced a big discovery around a star in the constellation Aquarius - seven planets about the size of Earth. And as NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports, they're most likely rocky planets that could be cozy enou

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: There is a trade war underway between the U.S. and China, and it is a big concern to the global economy. But there's another deeper rift brewing between Washington and Beijing. And that stems from China's effort to unseat t

纯正英语一分钟-planets

How did all the planets get there? How is it only our planet has life? Will we ever travel to other planets? These are questions I often think about. I think our planet is the best. It looks so beautiful from space with its mixture of blue and green.

听一分钟英文：Planets-星球

How did all the planets get there? How is it only our planet has life? Will we ever travel to other planets? These are questions I often think about. I think our planet is the best. It looks so beautiful from space with its mixture of blue and green.

2006年VOA标准英语-Astronomers Find Signs Planets Might Form

By David McAlary Washington 05 April 2006 New evidence from an orbiting U.S. telescope indicates that planets might rise up out of a dead star's ashes. This is the first time scientists have detected

Kenya Plans 'Silicon Savannah' to Build on Tech Growth

It is hard to escape the images of Konza City in Kenya. Advertisements promoting the future high-tech hub, or technopolis, appear daily in the country's newspapers and show regularly on the state television network. The ambitious plan is the work of

Researchers find "lonely planets"

BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists have discovered a Jupiter-sized exoplanet that is completely unbound from a host star, according the scientific journal Nature published Thursday. The research was conducted by astrophysicists from Osaka Univ

VOA标准英语2010年-Five New Planets Discovered by NASA's

Artist's conception of the Kepler spacecraft, launched in 2008 to identify planets orbiting distant stars Related Links Kepler The planets we found are all hotter than molten lava. ... Looking at them might be like looking at a blast furnace. Scienti