Don't They Feel Ashamed of Themselves?

Lesson 25 Don't They Feel Ashamed of Themselves? Text A We were at the terminus and as a bus had just left, there were only the two of us.

Cardiovascular Disease and Women

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: October 8, 2003 This is Faith Lapidus with the VOA Special English Health Report. The World Health Organization says that each year almost seventeen-million people die of

VOA慢速英语2013 AS IT IS - Women peacekeepers in the Middle East

AS IT IS - Women peacekeepers in the Middle East From VOA Learning English, welcome back to AS IT IS. Im Mario Ritter. Women are half the worlds population. But they can face barriers to economic independence and security. Today we hear about a progr

CNN 2011-03-11

After three weeks of fighting between people who support and oppose Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, other world leaders are calling the situation in Libya a civil war. Rebels have taken control of several cities. The Libyan army has fought to regain s

善意的谎言A white lie

A middle-aged couple went to the gallery. 一对中年夫妻来到画廊。 The wife who was nearsighted, stood in front of a mirror at the entrance, which she thought that it was a picture, and she saw a womans image and cried out, Dear me, how coul

2007年VOA标准英语-Role of Women in Middle East Media Grows

By Mona Ghuneim New York 25 April 2007 Women in Islamic nations are increasingly being heard, seen and listened to, thanks in part to leading female voices determined to make a difference, despite challenges ranging from motherhood to threats on thei

英语口语教程（Oral Workshop）--中级 Lesson 25

Lesson 25 Don't They Feel Ashamed of Themselves? Text A We were at the terminus and as a bus had just left, there were only the two of us. We're sure to get good seats, I thought to myself confidently. But soon there was a crowd and nobody seemed to

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Suicide Rates Are Rising Faster Among Women Than Men

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The number of people dying by suicide in the United States is growing. Most of those deaths are men. But as NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee reports, a new study out today shows that rates among women are quickly climbing. RHITU CHATTERJEE,

有“性趣”的英语（1）

Doctor: Casual sex harmful to students Casual sex among middle school students may be contributing to growing sterility problems among young women in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Prov

套路还是老的好：人家再也不要网络相亲了

Despite its popularity, not everyone's experience with online dating is positive. Plenty of women are opting out of the efficiency of the inline dating world, instead choosing to find a date the old-fashioned way. 虽然网上相亲很火，但并非所

人到中年最郁闷

People happiest at start and end of lives, but slump in middle Happiness is U-shaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a slump when we are middle-aged, British and US researchers say. Economists from the University of Warw

街头采访：如果你的孩子是基佬你会怎么做？

From unconditional support to unhappiness and even a death threat, men and women from 11 different countries have revealed how they would react if they discovered their offspring was gay. 从无条件支持到不高兴甚至以死威胁，11名来自不

Moderate drink keeps disease away

BEIJING, Sept. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- Middle-aged white women drinking alcohol moderately are more likely to stay healthy than nondrinkers, according to a new study from Harvard. The study has followed about 14,000 mostly white women since 1976. As a resul

A Woman Who Fell

It was rush hour and I was dashing to a train in New York City's Grand Central Terminal - As I neared the gate, a plump, middle-aged woman sprinted up from behind, lost her footing on the smooth marble floor and slid onto her back. Her momentum carri

成功并不只垂青女汉子

Back in the Eighties, women who wanted to succeed in business were expected to power dress and act like a devil dog. Thirty years on it seems the reverse might be true. 在上世纪八十年代，想在商业上取得成功的女性给人们留下的印

睡眠不足的女性容易发胖

A study conducted on more than 68,000 middle-aged US women suggests that females who don't get enough sleep may end up adding some extra pounds over years. Researchers followed 68,183 middle-aged women for 16 years and found that those who slept 5 ho

亲爱的，我们一起去跑步

Marriage is sort of like a life preserver or a seat belt, University of Chicago sociologist Linda Waite, Ph.D., author of The Case for Marriage, told The New York Times. We can put it in exactly the same category as eating a good diet, getting exerci

VOA标准英语2009年-Hijab, Niqab, Hair: Egyptian Women Choose

By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 07 October 2009 An Egyptian woman, right, wears a niqab a veil which shows only the eyes, as she walks with another, wearing the hijab, or headscarf, left, in downtown Cairo, Egypt (file) Egypt has long valued its ro

经济学人286:男性自杀 趋势令人堪忧

Male suicide 男性自杀 A worrying trend 趋势令人堪忧 Official suicide statistics released on February 19th contain disturbing news: suicide rates rose by 4% between 2012 and 2013, and the rise was due mainly to one group: men over 30. Rates

经济学人:全球自杀率下降的背后(1)

Leaders 社论 Suicide 自杀 Staying alive 活着 Why suicide is falling around the world, and how to bring the numbers down further still 为何世界各地自杀率都有下降？如何进一步降低自杀率？ You know, says a trader in Margin