VOA常速英语2014--美国海军实验室成功将海水转变成燃料

US Navy Lab Turns Seawater Into Fuel 美国海军实验室成功将海水转变成燃料 For centuries, alchemists have tried to turn lead into gold. That transmutation has long been proven impossible, but another similar dream - turning water into f

VOA慢速英语2014 美国欲测试福岛辐射值

AS IT IS 2014-08-02 Americans Test Seawater for Fukushima Radiation 美国欲测试福岛辐射值 It has been more than three years since the nuclear accident at the Fukushima power station in Japan. Millions of liters of radioactive cooling water f

SSS 2009-08-21

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch may be disappearing, and not in a good way. New research presented at the biannual meeting of the American Chemical Society reveals that polystyrene actually can break down in seawater. Polystyrene is probably better k

未来水环境让现有鱼类很难生存(有声)

Fish raised in the more acidic seawater that would result from higher carbon dioxide levels forget to flee predators. More carbon dioxide emissions lead to more CO2 dissolving in the oceans, which turns the water acidic. Those sour seas slow the grow

Iran insists on full nuclear rights within NPT: nuclear negotiator

TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Saturday that the Islamic republic insists on its full nuclear rights within the framework of Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Making the remarks at an annual confe

SSS 2010-07-08

More carbon dioxide emissions lead to more CO2 dissolving in the oceans, which turns the water acidic. Those sour seas slow the growth of corals. And it turns out acidic seawater also makes clownfish and damselfish suicidally bold and reckless, accor

海水淡化：中国水源危机的一线希望

More government support, including subsidies and a favorable pricing mechanism, is needed for the country to use desalinated seawater to quench its thirst, a top industry expert said。 The lack of an effective pricing mechanism for desalinated water

VOA标准英语2010年-Former US Nuclear Weapons Plant Underg

The Fernald wilderness preserve today, 21 years after the nuclear weapons plant closed for good. The Fernald Preserve in Ohio is home to deer, turkeys, muskrat and many other creatures, including 200 species of birds. However, not too long ago, the s

VOA标准英语2010年-Israel Calls for Significant Sanctions

Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak is calling for significant sanctions against Iran, saying it is clear the country wants to be a nuclear weapons power. Barak made the comments during a visit to Washington. Israel sees Iran as an existential threa

VOA标准英语2009年-Iranian, Russian Technicians Test Bushehr Nucle

Iranian and Russian officials began a test run of Iran's first nuclear plant on Wednesday, after repeated delays in making the plant operational. An Iranian official says the test run was done with computers and uranium was not used. The pilot opera

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Appeal To A Modern Palate, Native Chef Gives Tradition A Little Twist

AILSA CHANG, HOST: When I think of my favorite foods, I can tick off my favorite Chinese dishes, Mexican dishes, Italian dishes. But if you asked me what Native American dish I enjoy most, I'd be stumped. There's a growing number of Native chefs who

英闻天下——455 Over-exploitation of Groundwater

Over-use of groundwater may cause landslides. However, in costal areas it also brings seawater intrusion. Let's take a look at the problem with our reporter Zhang Wan. In a village in the costal area of Dalian, Liaoning Province, many villagers compl

2007年VOA标准英语-Russia, Australia Sign Uranium Deal

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Sydney 07 September 2007 Russia has signed a deal to import Australian uranium for Russia's nuclear energy program. The two countries were quick to assure the world that the material would be used only for peacetime nuclear pu

IAEA Demands Iran Stop Uranium Enrichment

By Marlene Smith After a week of delicate negotiations, the International Atomic Energy Agency's ruling body has adopted a resolution calling for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment activities. The

2007年VOA标准英语-Australia Lifts Ban on Uranium Sales to India

By Phil Mercer Sydney 15 August 2007 Australia has ended its ban on uranium sales to India. The country has so far refused to sell the nuclear fuel to countries that have not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but Foreign Minister Alexander

VOA常速英语2008年-Iran Announces Installation of More Centrifuges

By Aya Batrawy Cairo 08 April 2008 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahamadinejad announced on Tuesday that Iran is installing 6,000 new centrifuges at an uranium enrichment plant. The announcement drew sharp criticism from the United States and is expected t

VOA双语新闻 --- 伊朗扩大浓缩铀项目招致美国抨击

United States and is expected to deepen the political rift between Iran and the West. 伊朗总统艾哈迈迪内贾德星期二宣布，伊朗正在一个浓缩铀工厂安装六千个新的离心机。这项宣布招致美国的猛烈批评，估计这

《荒野求生》之跟着贝尔去冒险第178期:绝好的救生食品

Packed with proteins and minerals,oysters are the perfect survival food, 牡蛎富含蛋白质和矿物质 是绝好的救生食品 and there's an almost endless supply. 而且几乎取之不尽 It'd be nicer sharing it with the love of your life and

英文短篇故事（纽约）384 Where Did the Oceans Go?

A huge meteorite crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Babies who were sound asleep in Asia heard the impact. The meteorite went through the ocean bottom. It created a hole deep in the Earth. All the seawater from the Atlantic started rushing into the hol

万物简史 第385期:浩瀚的海洋(4)

Water is so vital to us that it is easy to overlook that all but the smallest fraction of the water on Earth is poisonous to us, 水对我们太重要了，因此我们不容易注意到，地球上绝大部分的水对我们来说都是有毒的，