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环球趣闻 A new Rand Institute study suggests obese Americans spent more for their health care than smokers do. Obesity adds almost $400 a year and smoking just 230. 兰德机构一项新的调查表

经济学人:空气污染来袭 如何保护我们的肺(上)

Science and technology: Air-pollution: Breathtaking 科学与技术：空气污染：屏气吞声 Air-quality indices make pollution seem less bad than it is. 空气质量指数粉饰了空气污染情况。 Smoking a whole packet of cigarettes in a

英语沙龙:美国教授对欲赴美留学者的忠告

An American Professors Advice to Chinese Students 美国教授对欲赴美留学者的忠告 Try a little to stretch yourself and integrate into1 the greater society around you. Its definitely a challenge. It can be difficult and unpleasant. But it c

VOA慢速英语2016 亚洲儿童面临饥饿和肥胖两重天

AS IT IS 2016-03-31 Asian Children Face Hunger and Obesity 亚洲儿童面临饥饿和肥胖两重天 Asian children are becoming increasingly under-nourished or obese, a new report says. 有报告显示：亚洲儿童营养过剩现象增加 The Uni

【一起听英语】母亲的伟大

世界各地，在哪里身为母亲最令人感到幸福，而在哪里身为母亲又是最受罪的呢？同样是母亲，就因为地域，待遇也是明显的不同。 Jen: Hello and welcome to another edition of 6 minute English. My name is J

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第67期:第五章 琼恩 (4)

Jon found it hard to look away from him. This is what a king should look like, he thought to himself as the man passed. 琼恩发觉自己几乎无法将视线自他身上抽离。这才是王者应有的风范，詹姆走过面前时，他如此暗想

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第51期:第四章 艾德 (1)

4．EDDARD 第四章艾德 The visitors poured through the castle gates in a river of gold and silver and polished steel, 来访的队伍如同一条由金、银和钢铁交融而成的璀璨河流，浩浩荡荡涌进城堡大门。 three hundred st

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第119期:第九章 提利昂(5)

Ah, Tyrion said. He gave Sandor Clegane a perfunctory nod and walked away as briskly as his stunted legs would carry him, whistling. 啊哈。提利昂道，他半敷衍地朝桑铎克里冈点头答谢，然后提起那双畸形的腿，尽全力快步

2016年中国网民数量达7.31亿 相当于欧洲人口总量

China has 731 million Internet users as of December 2016, roughly the size of Europe's population, according to a report released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). 据中国互联网络信息中心发布的一份报告显示，截

The worst place to be a mother

Jen: Hello and welcome to another edition of 6 minute English. My name is Jennifer. Neil: And I'm Neil. Jen: And today we are going to talk about research that looks at conditions for mothers in different countries. Neil: I've heard that in Brazil th

VOA标准英语2012--G20 Called on to Tackle Critical Issues

G20 Called on to Tackle Critical Issues Humanitarian groups are calling on G20 leaders to take decisive action on economic growth, climate change and hunger when they meet in Los Cabos, Mexico next week. Europes economic crisis is expected to top the

VOA标准英语2012--Securing Rights for Women Farmers

Securing Rights for Women Farmers Despite the large role women play in agriculture in the developing world, experts say they continue to face discrimination, gender inequality and a lack of access to credit. A global partnership is campaigning to sec

美丽新世界Brave New World 第3章(10)

Has any of you been compelled to live through a long time-interval between the consciousness of a desire and its fufilment? 你们有谁产生了欲望却无法满足，只好忍了很久吗？ Well, began one of the boys, and hesitated. 唔。一个孩

美丽新世界Brave New World 第10章(1)

THE HANDS of all the four thousand electric clocks in all the Bloomsbury Centre's four thousand rooms marked twenty-seven minutes past two. 布鲁姆斯贝里中心，四千个房间里的四千座电钟的指针都指着两点二十七分。 This hi

请多关注贫困儿童范小勤 而不要消费"小马云"

Fan Xiaoqin, a young boy who rose to sudden Internet fame thanks to his striking resemblance to billionaire Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has received so many visitors at his home since going viral that his family's daily life h

香港位居全球生活成本最昂贵城市榜单第一名

Hong Kong is the world's most expensive city for expats, leapfrogging Angolan capital Luanda in the annual chart compiled by consultancy firm Mercer. 根据咨询公司美世的年度图表显示，对外籍人士而言，香港超越了安哥拉首都

最强自恋美少年 天天被自己帅醒

图片1 Seventeen-year-old Kurt Coleman has garnered an enormous following online by posting selfies and boasting about his good looks. The teenager, from Gold Coast City, Queensland, has become a web sensation with more than 172,000 followers on Fac

美国语文第五册 第220期:斯格威尔的手段(2)

Pale and haggard faces, lank and bony figures, children with the countenances of old men, 孩子们脸色苍白憔悴，带着老人般苍老神情，纤细羸弱的身材， deformities with irons upon their limbs, boys of stunted growth, 脚上带着

英语美文：Why We Fall Out of Love?

Very often, we find that two people who come together out of love grow apart as the years go by. Why does this happen? 我们身边经常会看到这样的一对：他们因为爱情走到了一起，却在多年后分开了。为什么会发生这样的

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第975期:第四十六章 提利昂(11)

Bronn rose, cat-quick and cat-graceful, turning his sword in his hand. 波隆霍地起身，动作如灵猫一般迅捷优雅，手心转着剑。 You'll have me beside you in the battle, dwarf. 侏儒，打仗时我会在你身边。 Tyrion nodded.