Earth and Sky:Electric Fish 发电鱼

Electric Fish 发电鱼 One way that Harold Zakon and his team find fish to study is to put electrical detectors into the bottom of murky streams in Venezuela. This works because certain fish emit pulses of electricity. Discover electric fish -- on tod

万花筒 2008-06-04&-06-05

Amid all the tradition and history of Katmandu, a profound change is in the air. In fact, it might literally clear the air, reducing the choking pollution which has blighted this congested valley. The streets of the capital are gradually being taken

美国国家公共电台 NPR VA Hospitals Still Struggling With Adding Staff Despite Billions From Choice Act

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: An effort to help American veterans get medical care faster is not working. NPR and some of its member stations have investigated a multi-billion dollar U.S. government program for veterans. It is supposed to add more doctors, nu

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chinese Electric Carmaker Aims To Become A Global Brand

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And I'm Steve Inskeep in Beijing amid thousands of people in this city's Tiananmen Square. The Red Wall at the front of the Forbidden City is just behind me here. President Trump comes to this city this week. He's going to meet C

Electric Bike Ban in New York Hurts Food Delivery Workers

A ban on electric bicycles in New York City is hurting delivery workers who depend on them to earn a living. Many of the workers are immigrants. Electric bicycles, or e-bikes, have foot-powered pedals like other bicycles. But they also have electric-

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What's billed as the biggest rollout of electric vehicle infrastructure in the world is about to begin in the United States. Urban planners are deciding where to locate more than 11,000 charging stations in 11 major cities. They want those stations u

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You're in the market for a new car. You want something environmentally responsible, but you don't want to give up fun. Now you don't have to. But it comes at a cost. Rebecca Ward | Washington DC 24 March 2010 Hot. Hot and green. That's because the Te

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Diesel Scandal, VW Turns To New Leadership And Electric Cars

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: I think we've had this headline before. Volkswagen is trying to move on from its diesel scandal - again. VW admitted two years ago to installing devices in its diesel vehicles that falsely improved their emissions tests. Now it's

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Liz Waid. Voice 2 And I'm Adam Navis. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 This is the sound of a music instr

2015年CRI Electric Cars Make Headline Again

Official figures from the Ministry of Transportation show emissions from car exhaust account for 31 percent of the country's total air pollution. In an effort to bring that figure down, the central government has been supporting a series of subsidies

2018年CRI Electric cars unveiled at Beijing Motor Show

Automakers are rolling out their new electric vehicles at the 2018 Beijing Motor Show, the motor industry's biggest sales event this year. Carmakers expect new growth in China's market despite the looming threat of a trade war between China and the U

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暂无音频 the President just spoke at the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona, California. The Center provides a broad range of electric transportation services, focusing on solutions for automakers, battery manufacturers, government a

Electric motor made in single molecule

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists from Tufts University of the U.S. have created the world's smallest electrical motor in a single molecule. The finding was published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology on Monday. In the research, scientist

Google's YouTube to boost staff by 30 percent in 2011

NEW YORK, Mar 10 (Reuters) - YouTube, the popular video site owned by Google Inc, said on Thursday it is adding 200 jobs, boosting its staff by more than 30 percent in its biggest hiring year. In a blog posting, the company also said more than 35 hou

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学个词Learn a Word 第1411期　half-staff

今天我们要学的词是half-staff。Half-staff, 意思是降半旗。 As a matter of protocol, U.N. offices around the globe lowered their flags to half-staff to mark the funeral of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, 不久前维吉尼亚理工

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The Ombudsman, Beverley Wakeham, told a Parliamentary committee that her office has too much work and too few staff. She needs another $1m to employ extra staff and for general administration. The job of the Ombudsman office is to deal with complaint

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According to statistics, more than 27-thousand electric vehicles have been sold in the 25 cities around China that are conducting electric vehicle trials. Among the vehicles, 23-thousand are serving the public service sector, but only four-thousand f

美国国家公共电台 NPR As More Electric Cars Arrive, What's The Future For Gas-Powered Engines?

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Democrats' proposed Green New Deal calls for America to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. transportation, an ambitious goal that would require - among many other things - phasing out cars that run on gasoline. That m