Space News

Broadcast: Jan 29, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a space rock that

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In a world with few job openings, many have resorted to new ways of finding work, such as using social networking sites (SNS).， 在全球就业低迷的当下，很多人另辟蹊径，利用社交网络来找求职。 According to the latest job-h

Preparing for a Walk in Space

Broadcast: June 4, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Ray Freeman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about how astronauts prepa

英语话剧剧本

In front of the Von Trapps' house, Maria wonders at its grandeur. She knocks at the door. A man appears.) Maria: Hello, here I am! I'm from the convent. I'm the new governess, Captain. Franz: And I'm your butler, Fraulein. M: Oh, well, how do you do?

VOA慢速英语2011--Is NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope a

Technology Report - Is NASAs James Webb Space Telescope a Time Machine? This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. If you could build a time machine, what would it look like? Maybe, it should look like a telescope. American scientists are bui

VOA标准英语2008年-Turkey Bans Smoking in Many Public Places

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 19 May 2008 New regulations against smoking in many public places went into effect in Turkey on Monday. The new rules ban smoking in educational, health, commercial, social, cultural, sports and all entertainment facilities.

美国习惯用语:451 bird brain; strictly for the birds...

今天我们来学几个由bird这个词发展而来的习惯用语。你一定知道bird就是鸟。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: bird-brain。 Brain是头脑。鸟儿有个小小的脑袋，所以里面的脑子也必然是小小的。要是

Health authorities reiterate ban on surrogate motherhood

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- An official from the Ministry of Health (MOH) stressed on Tuesday that surrogate motherhood remains banned in China. While responding to questions on surrogate motherhood from the public and press, the official said, The

陨落星辰第一季 第110期:发现新的人形生物

What do you think it's for? 那东西是干嘛用的 It's hard to say. 很难说 That flat space on top kind of reminds me of an aircraft carrier. 顶上的水平区域让我想到了航空母舰 Whatever it is, it's not impenetrable. 管它呢，又不

VOA常速英语2007-US Space Shuttle Docks at International Space St

By Alex Villarreal Washington 25 October 2007 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station, marking the next phase in a complex mission to expand the international orbiter. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washingt

调查称女人31岁最美丽

According to the Telegraph, women reach the peak of their beauty at the age of 31, a new study has claimed。 Women in their late 20s and early 30s are considered more attractive than fresh-faced eighteen and nineteen year olds, researchers found. Th

一般信用情报

一般信用情报 根据加尔各答的银行通知, 该公司是由C. E. 史密斯先生在1947年创立的, 其主要业务为药品、水泥、纸张及乳制品等货物的进口与购买。 Calcutta bankers advise that the company was originall

波音公司计划研发“太空出租车”

Boeing has announced that it is to launch its CST-100 space taxi, from the Orbiter Processing Facility used by the Space Shuttle at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The company's CST-100 spacecraft can carry up to seven passengers to destinati

Working in Project Space

Working in Project Space One of the givens in David Allens Getting Things Done is that you cant do a project. Instead, Allen recommends you break projects down into immediate next actions, discrete doable chunks that can be cranked through with a min

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Like all of us, he's been stymied, thwarted and undermined. Yet, not only has he lived to tell the talehe's also found smart strategies to getting ahead. Pitfall #1: You Aren't Channeling Your Inner Italian Think like Robert Duvall in The Godfather,

China mulls BBQ ban in major cities

BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The pressures of severe air pollution have prompted China's environmental watchdog to consider pushing forward a legal ban on barbecues in densely populated urban areas. Barbecues should be strictly controlled in cities t

VOA常速英语2008年-Turkey's Parliament Eases Ban on Islamic Head S

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 2-345315 09 February 2008 Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party has succeeded in changing the country's constitution to ease a ban on Islamic head scarves worn in universities. But the move is proving controve

Russian Space Agency names next crew to ISS

MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14. Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Anton Sh

China accomplishes first space docking

BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country's first space docking procedure early Thursday, silently coupling in space more than 343 km above Earth's surface. Nearly two days after it was launched, the unmanned spacecr

China sends its first female to space

JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- She is a wife. She belongs to China's one-child generation. On Saturday, 33-year-old Liu Yang becomes the country's first woman entering space. The home-grown Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, atop an upgraded Long March-2F carrier