VOA常速英语2007年-Bhutto Murder Hits Hard in New York City's 'Lit

By Adam Phillips New York 30 December 2007 News of the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Bhenazir Bhutto at a political rally in Rawalpindi on Thursday was a seismic event in that politically volatile nation. But Bhutto's murder also reve

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-Utterly Humbled by Mystery

I believe in figuring out my own way to do things. I believe in the power of numbers. I believe in barbecue. Well, I believe in friendliness. I believe in mankind. This I Believe. For our series This I Believe we hear today from Richard Rohr. He was

China’s Humble Maestro Tutors Piano Prodigies

China’s Humble Maestro Tutors Piano Prodigies By Tim Johnson / 2005, Knight Ridder Newspapers. Distributed by Tribune Media Services International. 1 J ust over the border from Hong Kong, the shriek

SSS 2009-03-23

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? Most of us follow the beat of our own drummer. But it turns out that members of our social networks are great predictors of how well respond to future events. In a s

科学美国人60秒 SSS A Humble Fish with a Colorful Edge

Hundreds of millions of years ago a humble fish swam in the lakes and rivers of the supercontinent Gondwana. Eventually Gondwana broke apart, becoming the continents we know today. And the descendants of that fish, now called cichlids, continue to sw

实境旅游英语 第33期:在加油站

Chapter 9 At the Gas Station 第九章 在加油站 Part 1 Vocabulary 第一部分 词汇 1.gas station/petrol station 1.加油站 2.gas gauge 2.油表 3.run out of gas 3.没油了 4.regular 4.普通汽油 5.unleaded 5.无铅汽油 6.premium 6.高级汽

SSS 2009-07-09

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The results are in, and, Americans pretty much like science. Eighty-four percent of those polled think that sciences effect on society is mostly positive. Thats the resu

掉进水里也能浮在水面的手机

More than 82 millions phones are damaged each year after being dropped down the toilet, into swimming pools or lost at the beach. 每年都有超过8200万部手机因为掉进厕所、泳池或在海滩上丢失而损坏。 A number of waterproof ha

无压工作的时间管理术

Managing your time not only allows you to be more productive but also frees up precious minutes for you to spend however you'd like. To make 2013 your most organized, adopt these four helpful habits. 管理时间不止让你更有效率，也能腾出宝

吐鲁番的英文介绍

Turpan is located in a depression with the area of more than 1000 square kilometers of the eastern part of Xinjiang and some 80 meters below the sea level. And nearby the Moon Lake, or Eding Lake in local language, the lowest water surface is 154 met

本·拉登私人信件曝光

WASHINGTONDo you wish to execute a suicide mission? What objectives would you like to accomplish on your jihad path? Who should we contact in case you become a martyr? Do any of your family or friends work with the government? If so, would he/she be

美国国家公共电台 NPR Media Companies Struggle To Gauge TV Ratings In Age Of Netflix

Media Companies Struggle To Gauge TV Ratings In Age Of Netflix play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:09repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash p

IN THE NEWS - A Simple, Humble Worker: Pope Benedict XVI

IN THE NEWS - A Simple, Humble Worker: Pope Benedict XVI By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, April 23, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. Pope Benedict XVI This Sunday,

英语听力：探索发现 2014-04-09 Sex for Sale -10

She really never forgot where she came from, and she did a lot to improve the lives of women who are traditionally forgotten by people in power. Theodora is integral in turning Constantinople into a beacon of art, of ideas. They built over 25 churche

Li Na humble and focused after progressing in Madrid

MADRID, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China's top tennis player Li Na was focused on the job in hand after defeating Angelique Kerber in the last 16 of the Madrid Open tournament on Wednesday. Li's win over the player who had beaten her in Indian Wells earlier i

五大理由让女性出轨

As far as stereotypes go, a wandering eye and the urge to jump into bed with multiple partners seems to be built into a man's DNA, but when it comes to cheating, the sexes are created more equally than we think. （Cough, Kristen Stewart, cough。）

VOA标准英语2010年-Antipsychotic Drugs Prescribed For Chi

Seroquel is used to treat mental disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism. They are suspected of causing rapid weight gain, even in the first week of taking the drugs. Researchers have found that some antipsychotic drugs frequentl

英语美文：父爱从未缺席

Every morning at approximately 8:48 a.m., I pass itthe brick building that I visited many times as a child and that once seemed so grand, now a miniature playhouse in my mind. 每天早晨，大约8点48分的时候，我都会路过那栋砖砌的建筑

我国今年7月份CPI同比上涨1.8%

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 1.8 percent year on year in July, down from June's 1.9 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics announced last Tuesday. 国家统计局上周二公布的数据显示，今年7月份，

幸福可以度量么

How do you gauge a country's well-being? The usual approach is to look at economic indicators like GDP or employment figures, or social ones like literacy levels or crime rates. But in Britain politicians are seeking a much more basic measure of the