每天一课英语口语 UNIT 073-085

[00:00.00] [00:00.00]73 Color and Life [00:04.52]Color can not only reflect one's personality but also influence one's mood. [00:12.43]What color do you like? Do you like yellow, orange or red? [00:18.94]If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader,

VOA标准英语--Tidal Energy Taking Hold In England

WASHINGTON A massive renewable energy project could change the seascape of the Welsh city of Swansea in coming years. The plan is to encase the city's lagoon in a horseshoe-shaped causeway that will serve as a giant tidal generator. The four-year pro

2007年VOA标准英语-Magnetic Resonance Imaging Urged for Women at H

By Melinda Smith Washington 30 March 2007 Since the mid-20th century the World Health Organization reports there has been an increase in the rate of breast cancer among women in developed countries. For decades, doctors have urged their patients to d

科学美国人60秒 SSS Big Earthquakes May Be More Likely During New and Full Moons

Every two weeks, on the full and new moons, the sun, moon and Earth fall along a nearly straight line. The combination of gravitational forces in this arrangement creates large swings in the tides. But the celestial alignment affects more than the oc

【英语时差8,16】致命的波浪

You've heard about them, and maybe seen them in movies as they [dict]smash[/dict] apart ocean liners, or wash whole cities into the sea. What causes[dict] tidal [/dict]waves, and how are they different from the ordinary waves that wash against our co

英语商业新闻-说唱歌手Jay Z 重建了一个音乐订阅网站，以此提供一种新的流媒体服务

Rapper Jay Z has restarted a music subscription site to provide a new kind of streaming service. Jay Z has bought and re-launched the service called Tidal, which was initially launched last October. Many of the music industry's major stars have also

DC's National Arboretum a Quieter Place to Enjoy Cherry Blossoms

Each year at the start of spring, more than 1 million people travel to Washington, D.C., for one major reason: the cherry blossoms. Most of the travelers visit an area known as the Tidal Basin. During peak bloom, the Tidal Basin is bursting with colo

英语分类词汇：海啸

tsunami海啸 natural disaster自然灾害 tidal waves潮汐波，浪潮 epicenter震中 temblor地震 aftershock余震 magnitude震级 tragedy灾难 wreckage残骸 death toll死亡人数 survivors幸存者 victims受灾者 tsunami warning system海啸

Jet Lag and the Brain

54 时差对大脑的影响 DATE=6-6-01 TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT- Jet Lag and the Brain BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach (Start at 59

SSS 2008-05-12

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Olive oil producers generally guess the best time to harvest their olives by checking the fruits color. The olive has to hit that perfect spot where they

SSS 2009-10-20

Searching the Internet can be a totally exhausting experience, as you bounce from one site to another to another, sometimes until you cant remember what you were looking for in the first place. But according to scientists at U.C.L.A., all that virtua

华盛顿樱花再度盛开

Washington's Cherry Blossoms Signal the Start of Spring 华盛顿樱花再度盛开 EDITOR'S NOTE: This year, the U.S. National Park Service turns 100. Americans 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, formed the National Park Service in 1916 to protect the

经济学人: 回收:塑料公路 (2)

If all goes well, the inventors hope to develop the idea and make the sections entirely from recycled plastic. 如果一切顺利，那么投资者希望开发此想法并完全利用回收垃圾制造这些节段。 Paths, car parks and railway plat

Gambling and the Brain

58 对赌博时大脑活动情况的研究 DATE=6-14-01 TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT ?Gambling and the Brain BYLINE=George Grow (Start at 0'11

为何不愉快的事情难以忘怀

A new study has shown that we tend to remember the bad times better than the good. The study, from Boston College psychologist, Elizabeth Kensinger and colleagues, has suggested that we retain and bear in mind events that carry negative emotional bur

Why smells from childhood mean so much

Why smells from childhood mean so much Why does the hint of certain smells instantly transport you back to childhood? It may be because the first smell you associate with an object is given privileged status in the brain Yaara Yeshurun and colleagues

极简手机 未来新潮流

Joe Hollier, a 25-year-old former skater turned technology entrepreneur, describes the moment of transcendental calm when he gave up his smartphone. Mr Hollier had started going light, leaving behind his high tech pocket companion and disconnecting f

英文乡村歌曲：Matt Duke - Tidal Waves

So here's a note that I left by the fireplace and ash from all the notes that I've burned not long ago. It's great how severing all these ties can make things right At least less wrong than they ever were before. The days I'd sit and sieve by the win

经济学人:欧盟预算 布鲁塞尔的贪食者

The European Union budget 欧盟预算 The gourmands of Brussels 布鲁塞尔的贪食者 The EU may be spending less, but the cost of running it is rising 欧盟也许会削减开支，但是运营成本在增加 THE European Union is on the verge o

新西兰英语 494 Godwits arrive

Once again the migratory birds, the Godwits are arriving in New Zealand from Alaska. They arrive in groups, usually the second or third week in September. Because of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral, Christchurch cannot ring the Cathedral bells