太阳科普 第4期

It's easy to appreciate the power of the sun 在这样炎热的夏日，站在德州湾海边 on a nice hot summer's day like here on the Texas Gulf Coast. 不难体会太阳的威力 And you can feel the power of the sun on your skin, 皮肤能清楚感

英语博客：A Commercial for Crunch Pak.

My sister-in-law called me the other day and asked me if two of my children would be interested in taking part in a commercial. I think so, I replied. I thought that it would be an exciting, new experience for them. One girl and one boy were needed.

2006年VOA标准英语-Blast at Moscow Market Appears to Be Commercial

By Bill Gasperini Moscow 21 August Rescuers carry the body of man killed by a blast, which hit a two-story trading arcade at a market in the northeastern part of Moscow, Monday, August 21, 2006 At least eight people were killed and dozens more injur

洪都拉斯新总统宣誓就职

洪都拉斯新总统宣誓就职 TEGUCIGALPA, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Juan Orlando Hernandez, of Honduras' conservative National Party (PN), was sworn in Monday as the country's president amid tight security at a ceremony in the capital Tegucigalpa. At

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Commercial Real Estate

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The American housing collapse was a major cause of the recession. The housing market is showing new life after three years of falling prices and too much supply. But now there are worries that banks

2007年VOA标准英语-Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Headlines Tour Promoting

By Larry London Washington, D.C. 16 February 2007 watch RJA report Their name means nothing at all, but is instantly memorable. Their sound mixes heavy metal guitar with danceable beats of pop punk, and is instantly recognizable. Florida rockers Red

VOA标准英语2010年-Invasive Asian Carp Harm Commercial Fi

Commerical fisherman Chad Isaak and a partner haul in a boatload of invasive Asian Carp, Jul 2010 The multi-billion-dollar commercial fishing industry in the Great Lakes region of the United States employs more than 800,000 people, but is threatened

2007年VOA标准英语-Boeing Orders Up on Commercial and Fuel Efficie

By Mil Arcega Washington 09 April 2007 Watch Boeing Fuel Efficient Jets Boeing 787, Fuel Efficient Jets After years of lagging behind European rival Airbus, Boeing says 2007 is shaping up to be a very good year. The Chicago based airplane manufacture

万物简史 第130期:基本物质(2)

The commercial potential for the stuffwhich soon became known as phosphorus, from Greek and Latin roots meaning light bearingwas not lost on eager businesspeople, but the difficulties of manufacture made it too costly to exploit. An ounce of phosphor

VOA常速英语2008年-US Presidential Candidates Use Commercial Marke

By Jeffrey Young Washington 22 February 2008 Voters in the United States are presented with a number of so-called purchase decisions in the course of the presidential election process. In this segment of How America Elects, VOA's Jeffrey Young looks

学个词Learn a Word 第650期 Commercial

今天我们要学的词是commercial。 Commercial, 作为名词，是商业广告的意思。2月1号星期天是美式足球超级杯。美国人看超级杯，不光是看比赛，更多的人是看广告。 Almost everyone can recall some Super

自拍杆原来是老古董？

The selfie stick didn't always look like this. The original patent was filed all the way back in 1984, before cell phones were ubiquitous. Before the word selfie was even coined, let alone in the dictionary. The first selfie stick was neither as eleg

加拿大研究人员开发雷达“隐身衣”

加拿大研究人员开发雷达隐身衣 TORONTO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) --- Witches and magic may not exist, but Harry Potter's invisibility cloak certainly does. A pair of researchers in the Canadian city of Toronto have developed their very own cloaki

Bad loans at Chinese commercial banks fall in 2010

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China develops therapeutic apparatus for Parkinson's disease

HARBIN, March 2 (Xinhua) -- A therapeutic(治疗的) apparatus to treat Parkinson's disease has been developed in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, according to the provincial science and technology department. It is a worldwide breakthrough i

Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis deepens

ABIDJAN, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Cote d'Ivoire's political crisis deepens with the appointment of two prime ministers by the two presidential candidates declared the winner of the Nov. 28 run-off respectively by the electoral commission and the Constituti

Chinese commercial banks go "intelligent"

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua)-- When a customer fumbled with a touch-and-go machine at a bank in downtown Beijing, a smiling receptionist jokingly asked him if he was a spy. You must be an employee from another bank trying to study our intelligent banking

Commercial Insurance for Taxies Needed

In the event of an accident, taxi drivers face possible bankruptcy since many are not protected by commercial insurance, and would be required to pay not only compensation to the accident victim, but also a penalty from the traffic administration. [P

经济学人: 热带疾病 (2)

Properly analysed, Fraunhofer lines provide information about the exact chemical make-up of whatever is reflecting the light. 经过恰当分析，夫琅和费谱线可以提供关于任何反光物体的化学组成的确切信息。 Their patterns

US Space Program Goes Commercial

This Friday, the U.S. space shuttle Endeavor is scheduled to lift off on its last voyage（航行） to the orbiting International Space Station. And on June 28, barring any last minute complications, Alantis will become the last space shuttle ever t