Placebo Effect Update

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 19, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. When scientists want to test the effectiveness of a new drug, they usually divide

蒋健棠英语实用句子22:His health condition is bound to effect

His health condition is bound to effect his work. 他的病况一定会影响他的工作。 be bound to指一定，必定，免不了。又如： His laziness is bound to result in his failure. 他的懒惰注定导致他的失败。

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Belief in Cause and Effect

Benjamin Frankin wondered about(at) lightning. He combined his curiosity with imagination and carried out his well-known experiment to show that lightning and an electric spark are the same thing. Cur

Birthplace effect “出生地效应”

今年7月，14岁的美国华裔少年刘继打破老虎伍兹的纪录，成为美国青少年高尔夫锦标赛史上最年轻的冠军，同时刷新老虎伍兹保持了19年的纪录。刘继出生在纽约州一个只有11万人口的小城市史

学个词Learn a Word 第1345期 absorb

今天我们要学的词是absorb。Absorb, 吸收，吸纳。最新调查显示，美国明年的保险费用可能要上涨5.4%。 Due to the current economic condition, most companies say it's too much for them to absorb, 鉴于目前经济形势的

英语小达人 188 The Effect of Advertisement

The Effect of Advertisement 广告的效果 Some businessmen were talking about advertising on TV excitedly. As none of them had ever done it before, every one had his point of view. At this moment, Mr. Grey came by. He was a car dealer and he had on

Placebo Effect Study

60 测试新药安慰剂的疗效 DATE=6-21-01 TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT - Placebo Effect Study BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach (Start at 59

每日一词【619】ripple effect：连锁反应

今天我们要学的词是ripple effect。 Ripple effect, 连锁反应。 The shutdown of the local mine had ripple effects on the entire community, 当地这家煤矿的关门，在整个社区引起了连锁反应。 美国汽车业界人士警告说

CCTV9英语新闻：联合国欢迎也门停火5天

The United Nation's newly-appointed envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has arrived in Sanaa. The visit comes shortly after a humanitarian ceasefire took effect in the crisis-hit country. We have come to prepare for the humanitarian ceasefire t

CCTV9英语新闻：电力恢复到76%的家庭，道路重新开放

Power has been restored to nearly eighty percent of households in the epicenter of the quake. The quake cut off electricity in ten townships in Ludian County. By noon Tuesday, the Yunnan provincial electricity company have brought three 35-kilovolt t

每日一词【753】side effect：副作用

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

零基础学英语：affect & effect词汇辨析

Affect and effect are different in meaning, though frequently confused. Affect is chiefly used as a verb and its main meaning is to influence or make a difference to, as in the following example sentences: Affect一般用作动词，其含义为：影响

学个词Learn a Word 第753期 side effect

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

中考英语热点作文：温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

Pope leaves Vatican, resignation takes effect

VATICAN CITY, Feb.28 (Xinhua) -- The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came into effect at 8 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Thursday, who had left the Vatican by helicopter for the papal vacation retreat in south Rome earlier in the afternoon. The pope h

Efforts to ease medical costs take effect

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Medicine prices at public clinics have been notably reduced thanks to a policy that promotes basic medicine, an office of the State Council said Thursday. Current price levels of basic medicine used by government-funded t

第223期:抓住事物的关键才能让你事半功倍

今天分享的是麦克乔瑟夫的名言 重点词汇 matter vi.要紧，重要; 化脓; 有重大影响; 有重要性; let go v.放手; 松手; 放开，释放，发射; 撒;? Hold on to the people and things that really matter. Let most of the ot

CCTV9英语新闻：NPC, CPPCC continue to convene

For some insights, we are joined in the studio by our current affairs commentator Victor Gao. Welcome to our program. Q1. The NPC enacted 5 laws and made revisions to 37 over the past year. But making the law is just the beginning. What is key to enh