Stephen Hawking on Black Holes

By their very definition,black holes are 1) objects which are not supposed to 2) emit anything .It therefore seemed that the area of the 3) event horizon of a black hole could not be regarded as its 4

新西兰英语 426 Minimum Wage increase

Today, the minimum wage has increased by 25c from $12.75 to $13 an hour. For young people who are still being trained for the job, their pay has increased by 20c from $10.20 to $10.40. At $13 an hour, this comes to $520 for a 40-hour week. The median

1)OPEC Consents to Oil Production Increase

Broadcast: Jan 12, 2003 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has agreed to increase production to 24.5 million barrels per day to cover a shortfall of oil from Venezuela, where a six week

新西兰英语 706 Politicians get pay increase

Our MPs and judges all got a 1.9% pay increase at the end of this year. It was also back-dated to July 1st. This means the pay increase should have started July 1st so they get that extra increase in one big payment. For most back-bench MPs that one-

白领美丽英文诵典365 -042 Increase Business Profits—

How do you increase business profits? Answer the following questions carefully, and youll have a good start. 1. Can you increase the average sale? A restaurant with 25% profit margins might make 50% on additional sales to existing customers (less lab

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Travis--colder~~ i'm in love with everything with every face i've ever seen and every place i've ever been has left its mark upon my worries i color in the world i see i pick apart the melody 'cause maybe there's a symphony caught inside but there's

2006年VOA标准英语-Russia Pledges to Increase Gas Supply to E

By Bill Gasperini Moscow 02 January 2006 watch Gas Dispute report Russia's energy company Gazprom says it will increase the amount of natural gas it sends to its European customers through Ukraine. Th

VOA标准英语2008年-Bush Says Saudi Oil Increase is Not Enough

By Scott Stearns Sharm El-Sheikh 17 May 2008 U.S. President George Bush says Saudi Arabia's move to increase oil production to make up for declining output elsewhere does not solve the problem of high gasoline prices for Americans. VOA White House Co

TED演讲:为什么油水不能混合(1)

Why does salt dissolve in water but oil doesn't? 为什么盐可溶于水而油却不行呢？ Well, in a word,chemistry. But that's not very satisfied, isn't it? 总的来说，是化学作用。但这并不令人满意，对吧？ Well, the reason

HEALTH REPORT - Study Finds Autism Increase in California

HEALTH REPORT – November 6, 2002: Study Finds Autism Increase in California By Jeri Watson This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Autism is a mysterious and complex brain disorder that begin

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In 1875, when a young German in Kiel named Max Planck was deciding whether to devote his life to mathematics or to physics, he was urged most heartily not to choose physics because the breakthroughs had all been made there. The coming century, he was

AGRICULTURE REPORT - U.S. Seeks to Increase Ocean Fish Farmi

AGRICULTURE REPORT - U.S. Seeks to Increase Ocean Fish Farming By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Most fish farming invol

China to increase income control in monopolized sectors

BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- China will increase its control over high earnings in monopolized sectors next year amid efforts to address income disparities, Minister of Finance Xie Xuren said Thursday. The government will improve its control policies

VOA常速英语2007年-UNHCR: Increase in Asylum Seekers to Poland

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 December 2007 The United Nations refugee agency says there has been a steep increase in the number of people seeking asylum in Poland since July. The agency says many of the new arrivals are from Russia's troubled regions of

Working too much may increase risk of depression

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The odds of a major depressive episode are more than double for those working 11 or more hours a day compared to those working seven to eight hours a day, according to a report published Wednesday in the online journal

China to increase supervision over health food producers

BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- China will launch a campaign to check health food producers over food safety concerns, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) said Wednesday on its website. The SFDA said in the statement that the campaign, which wi

China vows to increase sports facilities

BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- China has vowed to increase the nation's expanse of public sporting areas to 1.5 square meters per head of population by 2015, according to a five-year plan released on Monday. Under the plan drafted by the National Devel

新西兰英语 344 GST increase

On October 1st, GST will increase from 12.5% to 15%. This is a 2.2% increase. At the same time, we will have tax cuts on our pay. Benefits will also increase a little to help with the higher GST. Listen to May 20th 2010 for more about tax cuts and th

VOA常速英语2008年-India Plans to Increase Use of Bio-Fuel

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 10 April 2008 Next month, India will unveil a national policy to increase the use of bio-fuel. But, as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there is growing concern that increased demand for bio-fuel is contributing to

CCTV9英语新闻：Car accidents by Chinese tourists overseas increase

A big increase in the number of Chinese tourists driving on New Zealand roads has prompted authorities to launch a series of high-profile road safety campaigns to warn about the dangers of driving in foreign countries. As CCTV New Zealand corresponde