2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

失业保险是指国家通过立法强制实行的，由社会集中建立基金，对因失业而暂时中断生活来源的劳动者提供物质帮助的制度。它是社会保障体系的重要组成部分，是社会保险的主要项目之一。The unemployment insurance syste

2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

EarthSkySimon Bishop: There are between two and three billion people in the world who don’t have access to basic energy services, such as electricity or efficient, clean fuels for cooking their food.

2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

IRA FLATOW, host:Up now: Flora Lichtman. Hi.FLORA LICHTMAN: Hi, Ira.FLATOW: Our digital media editor. She's here with our crazy dance number today.LICHTMAN: Yeah.FLATOW: Dancing - not "Dancing with t

2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The United States is marking nine years since the 9-11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The anniversary comes amid controversy over plans for an Islamic center near Ground Zero and a thre

2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

There are two parts of the fee. It's $14 which is a nominal fee that covers two years of travel to the United States. $4 recovers the cost of administrating a program and then there is a $10 fee to c

2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Israeli settlers hold a funeral in the occupied West Bank for two men and two women, one pregnant,who are shot dead on the highway. The killings occurred on the eve of direct talks in Washington betwe

2010-09-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Even to Iraqis, harden from seeing so much death and destruction in their country over the years. News of Wednesday's nationwide mayhem is deeply troubling. Over sixty people were killed and hundreds

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

常言道“每逢佳节倍思亲”，尤其是这个象征家人团圆的中秋节，使得那些依旧在爱情上孤军奋战的人们更加向往家。这不，一些婚介网站巧妙地利用这次机会为单身男女牵线搭桥，效果不错哦！200 single men and women are

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Human blood cells – taken at doctors’ offices or hospitals – can now be reprogrammed into a state like embryonic stem cells, according to researchers.研究人员表示，他们能把从诊所或医院里获得的人类血

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

在ABC新闻部裁剪四分之一的雇员后，其总裁威斯汀提出了辞呈，宣布其13年的新闻工作走向尾声。究竟大家对此持何种态度？一起来听听大家对此的反应吧。MELISSA BLOCK, host:And I'm Melissa Block.ABC News President

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Thai prime minister says anti-government groups could resort to violence before the anniversary of the country's 2006 coup. But the rights groups question whether the threat is sufficient for the

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

After waiting more than two weeks, an election decision emerged Tuesday. Incumbent Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her Labour Party will remain in power. "Labour is prepared to deliver a s

2010-09-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Bookshops and DVD stores are closing up. No surprise, because who would pay more at the store when you can get it cheaper online? A bunch of Caltech undergrads, that's who.Researchers found that the

2010-09-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

为人父母的你们，是不是在担心孩子过于肥胖呢？除了饮食及运动的方面的原因外，还有什么原因会导致此状况的发生呢？想了解的话，一起来听听本期节目中华盛顿州立大学研家们怎么说？LYNN NEARY, host:Researchers hav

2010-09-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Last year, H1N1, or swine flu, spread quickly through Mexico, the U.S. and then throughout the world. The virus killed more than 16,000 people and sickened many more. But a new study suggests that H1N

2010-09-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Hunger in the United States is nothing compared to hunger in some parts of the world. Nevertheless, 10 million American households report that they do not always know where they will find their next

2010-09-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

While Gareth Williams' family try to come to terms with his death, they're also trying to make sense of what they see as a smear campaign. Their son’s body was found on Monday stuffed into a bag an

2010-09-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The first time you visit your boyfriend’s place, he no doubt tidies up, to give you the illusion that he doesn’t live like an animal. Well, animals, too, can use optical illusions to woo a mate. Tak

2010-09-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

很多女生都喜欢吃冰淇淋，但又怕摄入过多的热量和脂肪，怎样才能在享受美食同时也不必担心身材走样呢？如果你想了解，那么本期的节目你一定不可以错过。STEVE INSKEEP, host:Just down the street from our studios

2010-09-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Where exactly is the media going?Well, basically it's going toward English language news, and it's going abroad. Um, you are seeing Xinhua, who plans to start a 24-hour English channel. They are the

2010-09-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

This is a city in Lock town from seven tonight to seven in the morning. I was dropped off at a court and outsidethe city earlier this evening. Police officers told me that I needed to walk straight do

2010-09-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Some consumers buy organically grown foods because they believe the products are healthier, tastier and better for the environment. But is this assessment true?To find out, a group of U.S.-based scien

2010-09-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have developed a way to perform an eye test in three minutes – using a cell phone. The team presented the idea at a July 2010 computer-graphics conference in Los Angel

2010-09-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

近几年，中国自然灾难频频发生。2009年由宋晓军等人合著了一本名为《中国不高兴》的书籍，引起世界各界的强烈反响。NPR的前评论家和幸福专家Eric Weiner对此给予了中国5点建议，想了解具体建议的细则吗？那就一起来听

2010-09-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is no guarantee the U.S.-mediated talks that resumed with the Palestinians last week will succeed.The words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta