2010-07-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

For many people trying to shed a few kilograms, it's hard enough to lose the weight, but many experts say it's even harder to keep the weight off. Now, a new study indicates that the Internet can he

2010-07-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The booming population growth of the past century has slowed, but improving health conditions and stubbornly high birth rates in many developing countries continue to swell the world's population by

2010-07-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

For the first time since the publication on line on Sunday of tens of thousands of classified reports about the war in Afghanistan, US president Barack Obama is weighing in on the leak of the secret m

2010-07-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Some people pay big bucks for a designer handbag or a luxury car—and the distinctive logo that goes along with them. Now scientists have learned that other people pay even more to leave the logo behi

2010-07-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

“父母皆祸害”，这是一个拥有近7000名成员网络讨论小组的惊悚名字，“祸害”，80后子女形容50后父母。这里一个时代与另一个时代对峙，代沟是一种传染每一代人的病毒。50后与80后，这两代人分别出生、成长、思想定型

2010-07-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Humans are social animals, and most of us treasure our relationships with family and friends. An emerging line of research suggests that relationships can keep us healthier. And a new study finds thos

2010-07-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Vehicles that can be both driven and flown have long been a fantasy in the realm of science fiction. But advances in technology have paved the way for just such a vehicle to enter the realm of fact.

2010-07-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

US agricultural organizations, state farm bureaus and the US Chamber of Commerce have joined forces in support of a bill that would ease the current US embargo against Cuba, allowing food to be export

2010-07-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

What’s in a neck? Well, it’s a good place to hang a pendant or a tie. Or to rest your head. Now scientists say that by separating our heads from our bodies, the neck gave our brains a leg up in evol

2010-07-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Sam Ohu Gon: If you look in the Hawaiian Islands – below 2,000 feet – by and large you’re going to have a very hard time finding native plants and animals. You are listening to Sam Ohu Gon in Hawai

2010-07-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Researchers in the Philippines will soon use mobile phones to help farmers use just the right amount of fertilizer, maximizing their harvests, saving them money and protecting the environment.It's a

2010-07-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos has called for unconditional, direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The Spanish official also reassured Israel over EU sanctions i

2010-07-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

When you hit the beach this summer, what kind of book will you bring? Old-fashioned paperback or high-tech e-reader? Well, some say they prefer not to hop on the e-train.There is something I like abou

2010-07-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

When the bodies were removed from these tunnels, the early investigation work was already underway. There are many questions to answer.Ultimately though, how did Germany's Love Parade end so many liv

2010-07-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Are ocean currents likely to carry oil from the BP spill out of the Gulf of Mexico and into the Atlantic? In early June, 2010 many news organizations reported that the answer was yes. They based their

2010-07-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The international oil giant BP has announced record losses for the past quarter and confirmed Tuesday it is replacing its chief executive, Tony Hayward. BP's woes stem from the disastrous oil spill

2010-07-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

WikiLeaks is a website that posts formerly secret documents online in what its members say is the pursuit of transparency and accountability. Its release of more than 75,000 U.S. Army and Marine Corp

2010-07-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

People who live in some of the world's most economically important cities are spending more and more of their work day getting to and from work.IBM, which has developed new technology for predicting

2010-07-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

He faces life in prison, but remains defiant. In a New York court room, Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to the failed car bombing of Times Square and threatened further attacks. He faces 10 charges in a

2010-07-28 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Have you ever bought a new electronic device, or tried a new activity, and then dropped it because you were sure you couldn’t possibly master it? Well, don’t give up so quickly.Researchers performed

2010-07-27 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The USS George Washington is the largest and most prominent of the 200 naval vessels participating in a four-day exercise off Korea's east coast. After departing its home port of Yokosuka, near Tokyo

2010-07-27 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Public health officials in San Francisco, and leaders from its large Asian community, are mounting an aggressive campaign to eradicate hepatitis B from the city. They say demographics are largely resp

2010-07-27 所属栏目:英语听力材料

You’d think an animal that hops would know how to land. But for a kind of frog, that’s not the case. Imagine trying to catch a frog. You reach and they jump, only to land gracefully on their feet a

2010-07-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

World renowned water expert Peter Gleick has a new book – released in May 2010 – outlining the scientific evidence that bottled water use in the U.S. has become unsustainable. The book is called Bot

2010-07-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

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