超级简单英语阅读:Meet Halfway

He stopped at the motel. It was late at night. It was almost midnight. He asked the motel clerk, Do you have a vacant room? She said she had a vacant room. He asked how much it was. She said it was $100 for the night. But the night is half over, he s

SSS 2011-04-20

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Are your car bumpers riddled with scars from encounters with tight parking spaces? Did the furniture movers scratch your floor? Wouldn't it be great if t

SSS 2010-03-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Buildings consume about a third of the energy and two-thirds of the electricity in the U.S. Roofs are a good place to try to cut those figures. Because

SSS 2010-01-19

Most of us blink without thinking. But people whove sustained strokes or combat injuries can lose their ability to blink. Which is important for lubricating and cleaning the eye. Surgery is an optiona small piece of muscle transplanted from the leg c

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Lowering the Ceiling on Roof Energy Losses Buildings consume about a third of the energy and two-thirds of the electricity in the U.S. Roofs are a good place to try to cut those figures. Because traditional black asphalt roofs heat up in summer and s

SSS 2008-09-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?. [Spray sound.] Killing bugs? No. [Spray sound.] Deodorizing the bathroom? No. [Spray sound.] Checking for explosives, yes. Because chemists at the University of Califor

SSS 2011-02-07

Patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery need implants of new, healthy blood vessels. So do those who receive repeated hemodialysis due to kidney failure. The best option is to use the patient's own veins or arteries, but thousands of patients don

SSS 2011-04-06

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Solar cells convert sunlight to electricity. But they don't take advantage of all that solar heat, thereby missing out on the majority of the solar ene

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VOA标准英语2011--Half a Million Syrians Protest in Hama

Half a Million Syrians Protest in Hama Nearly half a million anti-government protesters filled the streets of the volatile Syrian city of Hama Friday. Two senior foreign envoys visited in a show of solidarity. Rights activists say Syrian security for

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学个词Learn a Word 第1184期 Halfway

今天我们要学的词是halfway。 Halfway, 一半的地方。 The project has reached its halfway point, 这个项目已经做到了一半。 The show is halfway through, 演出已经进行了一半。 We are more than halfway through winter, 冬天

2006年VOA标准英语-US Launches Initiatives on Behalf of Human Righ

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 15 December 2006 watch Human Rights report Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has announced initiatives to protect human rights activists worldwide against government repression. As VOA's Peter Fedynsky reports, t

美国乡村音乐:You're My Better Half——Keith Urban

ar door slams, it's been a long day at work I'm out on the freeway and I'm wondering if it's all worth The price that I pay, sometimes it doesn't seem fair I pull into the drive and you're standing there And you look at me And give me that come-here