2012-01-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

From the moment Spaniards - or Vikings, some would say - first dropped anchor and encountered the natives whom the Spanish called “Indians” because they thought they had arrived in India - the land

2012-01-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Earthquakes are among the most devastating and frequent natural disasters on the planet - and also among the least understood.Scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, abo

2012-01-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

There are more than 300 research scientists working in scores of specialties at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades New York, but few have made as varied and lasting a

2012-01-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

At Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a short drive north of New York City, more than 300 scientists and researchers are delving into the geophysical mysteries of our planet from

2012-01-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

After Haiti’s earthquake two years ago, cholera swept the country. And within a month, the same strain had spread to the Dominican Republic and the U.S., and then to Venezuela, Mexico, Spain, and Can

2012-01-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Iran’s recent threat to close the Strait of Hormuz led to a defiant U.S. response. It raised concerns of a military clash in the Persian Gulf and also raised oil prices. Some analysts do not expect

2012-01-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

With the U.S. ethanol industry consuming about a quarter of the nation’s maize crop, many have blamed biofuels for rising food prices in recent years. The new year brought the end to a $6-billion sub

2012-01-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The American Cancer Society says in its annual report that fewer Americans are dying of cancer, but doctors are seeing more patients with cancers linked to obesity, including pancreatic and kidney can

2012-01-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Ever since golf was introduced to the general public in China in 1984, the game has become increasingly popular among the country's rapidly growing population of wealthy people. The booming golfing i

2012-01-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Auto dealers in Shanghai say that the high-end US built cars which they are currently selling have been reserved and will not be affected by the newly issued anti-dumping and anti-subsidy policies. As

2012-01-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In contrast to what the plan was last year, with inflation the main focus, economic indicators are now leading many policy-advisers to suggest the first quarter of this year should be focused on stimu

2012-01-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

I thought that was out of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie.Sometimes, the truth really is stranger than fiction. How else would you explain the day thousands of blackbirds fell from the sky in Beebe. Forth w

2012-01-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A Swedish mystery novel that became an international best-seller was made into a movie in Scandinavia two years ago and now Hollywood takes its turn. Alan Silverman has this look at American director

2012-01-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. cancer deaths continue to drop, according to the American Cancer Society. The new report shows a slow reduction in death rates from the most deadly kinds of cancers.Over the past five years, the

2012-01-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The exam is a multi-subject qualification test for the masters' programs in colleges and universities. A few days ahead of the test, hundreds of so-called online service organizations are claiming to

2012-01-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Recently in Shanghai, branches of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and other lenders, including the Postal Savings Bank of China and the Bank of Communications, say the new first time home buye

2012-01-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The African continent contains about 30 percent of the world’s global rainforests, second only to the Amazon. Scientists and conservationists met at Oxford University to discuss changes the forests a

2012-01-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Alpha hydroxy acids and glycolic acid have been popular for years, but now they're making a name for themselves as body treatments.Therapists at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills claim the glyc

2012-01-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In the United States, the birthplace of jazz, Shimon the robot musician started the year grooving to the beat, playing the marimbas in a jam session.Shimon has been programmed with a funky mix of styl

2012-01-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Since the real-name system has been launched, a number of passengers have been complaining about the instability of the ministry's newly-launched online ticketing system, which has at times failed to

2012-01-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

China's new trial 3-D channel initially have just four-and-a-half hours of new content every day. The new channel will upgrade from trial to formal operations around the time of the Chinese New Year

2012-01-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In Shanghai's Yangpu district, roughly 15,000 children between the ages of three and six from more than 100 kindergartens have received free eye exams this year. The results indicate that more than 1

2012-01-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

January 1st is just days away. Now giving a sole chance to start a new. In that spirit, here's look back at memorable sights and sounds of the year that was. Our hearts are broken by their sudden pas

2012-01-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Sit, stay, down, no, don't eat that, drop it. Dogs. We pet them, we love them, we talk to them. But are they listening?Of course they are. And recent research found that dogs are paying attention not

2012-01-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Sixty-eight year old Wu Jie lives in the northeastern city of Qiqihar. He suffers from diabetes and coronary heart disease. The elderly man says the government's ongoing medical reforms have greatly