VOA常速英语2014--贸易、投资与增长将成为美非高峰论坛重要议题

Trade, Investment, Growth Are Key Issues at US-Africa Summit 贸易、投资与增长将成为美非高峰论坛重要议题 WASHINGTON Business leaders from African nations are visiting key U.S. energy and transportation facilities, seeking ideas an

听基础单词,练听力第21期:他们只"focus"自己的利益

【今日基础词】Focus 【Transcript】 A: Did you know that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize? B: Yes. The Nobel Committee must be crazy; they really made a wrong decision. A: Why? B: You know no presidents can be a real pacifist; they can only fo

专业术语—皮肤科词汇中英对照(17)

GRE填空真题：植物类

小编在此与大家分享GRE句子填空的相关内容，希望对各位备考2015年的新GRE填空有所帮助。 超值点题班，只要100元！详情请戳新东方GRE点题班 1.业余植物学家以前被专业踢现在被植物学踢题es

万花筒 2010-03-22&03-23 见过六块腹肌的鱼吗？

Its taken ten years of experiments. But researches at the University of Rhode Island have finally perfected a fish with 6-pack abs, and muscular shoulders. Professor Terry Bradley said his fish have 15% to 20% more muscle mass than normal trout. Bulk

SSS 2009-09-16

Now, heres something you dont see every day: scientists cure color-blind monkeys. According to a report published online in the journal Nature, researchers have used gene therapy to allow color-blind squirrel monkeys to look at their fruit in a whole

SSS 2011-02-14

Imagine Van Gogh's paintings of yellow sunflowers. Now imagine the flowers brown. Eh, not so good. Sadly, we may someday see what that would look like. Because the bright yellow paints on the canvas are slowly turning muddy. Now, an international tea

SSS 2012-05-01

This is Scientific Americans 60 Second Science, I am Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute? Its more bad news for vampires, but good news for the fight against food-borne illness: a compound in garlic is extremely effective at fighting Campylobacter, bacteri

散文汉译英佳作赏析：史铁生《秋天的怀念》

秋天的怀念 Fond Memories of Autumn 史铁生 By Shi Tiesheng 双腿瘫痪后，我的脾气变得暴怒无常。望着望着天上北归的雁阵，我会突然把面前的玻璃砸碎；听着听着李谷一甜美的歌声，我会猛地把手边

2007年VOA标准英语-Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Allegedly Lost in

By Sean Maroney Washington, D.C. 21 March 2007 watch Iraq Fraud report The U.S.-led war in Iraq, now entering its fifth year, has cost hundreds of billions of dollars -- spending that both supports the American military effort and attempts to rebuil

VOA标准英语2012--Math May Determine Best HIV Drug Combinations

Math May Determine Best HIV Drug Combinations Treating people infected with the AIDS virus involves using a combination of antiretroviral drugs. But some combinations work better than others. Now, a mathematical formula has been developed that may ev

VOA双语新闻：1、贸易、投资与增长将成为美非高峰论坛重要议题

贸易、投资与增长将成为美非高峰论坛重要议题 Business leaders from African nations are visiting key U.S. energy and transportation facilities, seeking ideas and contacts to solve problems that slow economic development. It is an ef

60秒科学:Resuscitating Lungs for Transplant

Resuscitating Lungs for Transplant A study in the journal Science Translational Medicine details a new procedure for making damaged, donated lungs functional, potentially doubling the number of lungs available for transplant. Cynthia Graber reports E

研究显示 高量维生素D可能增加女性乳腺癌存活率

Women with high vitamin D levels in their blood following a breast cancer diagnosis are more likely to survive the disease, a new study said last Thursday. 据上周四公布的一项最新研究显示，患乳腺癌的女性如果血液中维生素D的

每天两餐西红柿 永葆肌肤年轻

At this rate, scientists will have to come up with a better description for the tomato than mere 'superfood'. While it has long been credited with cutting cholesterol and preventing some cancers, the fruit now appears to have two more healthgiving be

防止打鼾的方法

Short-Term Solutions 短期的 Want to decrease your chances of snoring tonight ? Then implement some or all of these strategies every night. 想要降低今晚打呼的几率？然后每天晚上完成这些策略的部分或全部。 1. Use a humid

One in five Americans has hearing loss: study

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins University researchers and published Monday in the A

TED演讲 如果我有一个女儿…(3)

All right, so I want you to take a moment, and I want you to think of three things that you know to be true. 好吧，我想让大家花点时间,想出三件你们认为是真的事情。 They can be about whatever you want-- technology, entertainme

【英语时差8,16】防臭袜子-下

There are several kinds of odor preventing and odor destroying treatments for textiles. For the most part, they work by killing or inhibiting the bacteria and fungi that cause odors. For example, these socks contain Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, or

经济学人280:侵略性物种 棘手问题

Science and technology 科学技术 Invasive species 侵略性物种 Thorny questions 棘手问题 The ecological effects of buckthorn in North America 北美鼠李属植物的生态影响 CONSERVATIONISTS, being by definition conservative, usually v