2010-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

吸烟的习俗从哥仑布发现新大陆之后开始，其历史至今不过几百年，可是在世界各国，吸烟的人数和吸烟的数量却在以难以置信的速度增加，远远超过了喝酒的人数。Feminine China is puffing-and puffing hard-as the age

2010-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

来自某个调查公司的最新研究表明：现今，同行业未婚育年轻女性的平均收入比男性的收入要高出许多，这项研究是否可信呢？我们一起来听听本期节目怎么说？MELISSA BLOCK, host:This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR

2010-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

在见惯了国人学习英语的热潮后，我们不防来看看外国友人是如何学习中文的，在职本期节目中，我们将要介绍一本名为《Dream In Chinese》的书籍，它的作者是来自哈佛的语言学者Deborah Fallows 。在书中她将向我们讲述

2010-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has launched the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years.Both sides agreed to a second round of talks to be held in the

2010-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

President Barack Obama says Israelis and Palestinians must seize the opportunity for achieving a lasting peace presented by the resumption of direct negotiations. Mr. Obama sat down with Israeli Prim

2010-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

本期的节目练习的意义不大，这位日本先生的英语实在是让人纠结。一个日本人在俄罗斯说英语，有些佩服他接受采访的勇气了。大家对这位高管的谈话不必过于在意，估计俺们这辈子再也听不到如此高深的英语了。We're her

2010-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

We all know that elephants aren’t really scared of mice. But a new study shows that they’re really not crazy about something even smaller: ants. In fact, elephants dislike ants so much that they avo

2010-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

8月16日，“成都全球招募熊猫守护使”活动在世博会成都案例启动，国内外媒体纷纷对这一全球性公益活动展开报道。短短几天内，成都大熊猫的魅力再度席卷全球。所谓“熊猫守护使”，包括熊猫养护员、熊猫科学家、熊猫医

2010-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

现如今网络有着各式各样的媒介平台，有着大家所熟悉的BBS，Blog，微博。那MeMe又是什么呢？作为网络达人的你了解吗？让我们跟随NPR一起来一次扫盲吧！ ROBERT SIEGEL, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR

2010-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Most American cities have traffic congestion, and gasoline is expensive. People would drive less if the centers of cities were more developed, according to a 2010 analysis led by urban planner Reid Ew

2010-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

At the start of new Middle East peace talks, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Tuesday's deadly shooting near the West Bank town of Hebron. Both lea

2010-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

At a colorful ceremony in one of Saddam Hussein's old palaces outside Baghdad, the U.S. military formally ended its combat role in Iraq and passed command of the remaining 50,000 American troops to a

2010-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Everything was gray. Just like when you saw after 9/11 where, you know, the streets were all gray. It was, you couldn't find any greenery, nobody, no one coming down the street, it was very eerie, ve

2010-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Human rights groups have appealed to Saudi authorities not to deliberately sever the spinal cord of a man who allegedly paralyzed someone else in a fight. Amnesty International has said that would vio

2010-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

作为邻邦，中印之间应该不乏经济和文化的交流，然而很多中国人对印度文化的印象是印度交通拥挤，牛车是主要的交通工具；而很多印度人对中国文化的印象是中国女性从小就裹脚。这样的文化印象严重滞后，让双方啼笑皆非

2010-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Health care workers are using cell phones to improve the health of pregnant women and babies in small villages in Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and seven other African countries. EarthSky spoke with Dr. Pa

2010-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in Iraq for talks with the country's top leaders. He is due to preside over a formal change-of-command ceremony Wednesday to mark the start of "Operation New Dawn."T

2010-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. officials say Hurricane Earl is expected to bring severe weather and possible flooding to some parts of the eastern U.S. coast this week.Weather officials said Hurricane Earl was moving northward

2010-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

According to a new poll by the think tank Compass, 68% people believe the government should be introducing a lending rate cap on things such as credit cards, store cards and even the, what they call,

2010-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

This I Believe.Wherever democratic liberties and human values have been in danger,there Roger Baldwin, National Chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union has gone to work and fight for the belief

2010-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

We humans love excuses to gather for a rousing evening of community—featuring lots of food. Now researchers have evidence for the earliest known group feasting.At a 12,000-year-old burial site in nor

2010-08-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Dr. Anton Plotkin shows off technology he says could help quadriplegic stay mobile. The wheelchair is controlled by Anton’s nostrils and lungs. As he breathes in and out, his motorized chair moves in

2010-08-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Anderson Cooper, AC 360, CNN Weeknights, 10 ET.I wanna breakdown exactly, what this is?It's a type of bacteria. It's common in the environment, and can be on different types of food. This strain spe

2010-08-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Engineers are always plugging away to get better energy efficiency out of our products -- like cars that guzzle less gas or light bulbs that burn brighter on fewer watts. But even if we replaced all t

2010-08-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

2010年8月7日夜22点左右，甘肃甘南藏族自治州舟曲县发生特大泥石流。目前已致1364人遇难401人失踪；舟曲5公里长、500米宽区域被夷为平地。经过大家的努力，舟曲的孩子们终于按时重返校园了。Primary and middle scho