跟希哥学英语 第12期:Skin syndrome

Hot laptops lead to toasted skin syndrome 使用笔记本电脑导致烘烤皮肤综合征

Hong Kong's Top Health Official Resigns Over SARS Criticism

By Heda Bayron Hong Kong's top health executive has resigned after strong criticism for his handling of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome last year that killed nearly 300 people. Healt

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Father To His Son: 'I Know What It's Like' Living With Tourette's Syndrome

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's time now for StoryCorps. And today, we hear from Josh Hanagarne. Josh has an extreme form of Tourette's syndrome, where his tics - his involuntary movements and sounds - have been so severe, they have pu

VOA双语新闻：3、风力发电成野生动物杀手

风力发电成野生动物杀手 Wind power is key to efforts to produce clean, limitless energy and to slow global warming. It's one of the world's fastest-growing energy industries. But there is mounting evidence that expanding wind farms are taki

2018年CRI China's second largest freshwater lake sees increasing migratory birds

Located in Hunan Province, Dongting Lake, the second largest freshwater lake in China, has witnessed an increasing number of migratory birds in recent winters. Local authorities have attributed the phenomenon to remarkable improvements in the lake's

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-Dad's Admiration

Time now for StoryCorps. This oral history project is traveling the country, collecting interviews between friends and families. Today we hear from a daughter and her father. --My name is David Warm, I'm 51 years old. --My name is Mary Warm, and I'm

2007年VOA标准英语-Study Shows Restless Leg Syndrome Traced to Gen

By Melinda Smith Washington 23 July 2007 It has been estimated that ten percent of people worldwide suffer from Restless Leg Syndrome . RLS is a neurological disorder that makes it difficult to sit or lie still for long periods of time. The disorder

HEALTH REPORT - Post Polio Syndrome

HEALTH REPORT - Post Polio Syndrome By Karen Leggett Broadcast: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Polio is a disease of the muscles and the nervous system. It is

‘Trumbo’ Tells the Story of Blacklisted Screenwriter

Trumbo Tells the Story of Blacklisted Screenwriter In 1950, the United States Congress tried to end the career of Dalton Trumbo, the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood. Now, that story is being told in the new movie, Trumbo. In 1947, Dalton Trumb

2006年VOA标准英语-S. Africa's Mbeki Visits Italy to Strength

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 21 March 2006 South African President Thabo Mbeki began a three-day state visit to Italy aimed at strengthening relations in order to speed economic growth. His first meeti

VOA标准英语2012--Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats

Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats Estimates by the Department of Energy indicate that in the United States alone, there will be more than 100,000 wind turbines by 2030. John Anderson is policy director at the American Wind Energy Associ

VOA标准英语2013--Syria's Disabled Refugees Lead a Hard Life in Jordan

Syria's Disabled Refugees Lead a Hard Life in Jordan Every refugee has a story. For Osama, a 17-year-old from southern Syria, his began when his family tried to flee his government-besieged town. He related how in the early dawn hours, tanks stormed

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scientists Glued Fake Caterpillars On Plants Worldwide. Here's What Happened

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Sometimes good research can get done with a tool so simple a child could do it. For instance, scientists around the world recently set out thousands of fake caterpillars made from clay. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce explains why. NE

New prospect of reversing Alzheimer's disease raised

BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists in Canada have raised a prospect of reversing Alzheimer's disease by deep brain stimulation, according to media reports Monday. The technique here is known as deep brain stimulation -- applying electricity d

【英文短篇小说】The Trousseau

I HAVE seen a great many houses in my time, little and big, new and old, built of stone and of wood, but of one house I have kept a very vivid memory. It was, properly speaking, rather a cottage than a house a tiny cottage of one story, with three wi

你可能从未听闻的全球环境危机

From Cambodia to California industrial-scale sand mining is causing wildlife to die local trade to wither and bridges to collapse. And booming urbanisation means the demand for this increasingly valuable resource is unlikely to let up 从柬埔寨到加

200 migratory birds stay in snowy N China

TIANJIN, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- More than 200 rare migrating birds have taken up residence at a wetland in north China's Tianjin Municipality despite heavy snow, a rare occurrence for this time of year, according to a local volunteer. The oriental white

Bird flu no threat to Australia: medical chief

CANBERRA, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Australia's new chief medical officer, Professor Chris Baggoley, on Wednesday said Australian should not be worried about reports that a mutant strain of the deadly bird flu virus is spreading across Asia and beyond. On

Spring’s Here--Finally

The waterfall behind our house at the lower end of Lake Edenwold is a thundering cascade of spring runoff from the melting snows of winter. It's been a three-week drum roll leading up to today, when the cymbal will crash and the earth will arrive at

2016年CRI Walk with ＂Snails＂ on China's First Intellectually Disabled Day

Though it rained fairly heavily on Saturday, all of the so-called gold snails didn't seem to mind as they took part in the Snail Walk through the Olympic Forest Park in northern Beijing. One of the obvious questions people have is why organizers woul