2011-09-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The U.S. Gulf Coast is getting a major soaking this weekend from Tropical Storm Lee. The storm is expected to dump as much as 50 centimeters of rain in parts of the southern states of Louisiana, Missi

2011-09-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Since the economic recession in 2008, some U.S. companies that historically depend on the domestic market started looking elsewhere for business. In Southern California, organizations that help busine

2011-09-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new study out of Canada could potentially save millions of lives. Research shows that, by eating certain foods, people can significantly reduce their cholesterol and improve their chances of avoidin

2011-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

互联网已经成为人们生活中不可或缺的东西了，经过几十年的发展，互联网已经催生了五花八门的职业， 如用户体验员。很多人也通过互联网赚取了收益。The User Experience is a very important consideration for many

2011-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Is it possible to be in two places at once? It certainly is if you’re in the southwest city of Texarkana, which straddles the border between Texas and Arkansas.In almost every regard, Texarkana is o

2011-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new study finds that reducing carbon-rich soot emissions could be the fastest and most economical way to slow climate change and protect human health.Those dust-like particles released in the exhaus

2011-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Spain's Labor Ministry says the number of people filing claims for unemployment benefits rose in August, bringing the total to 4.13 million. European governments, like many around the world, are str

2011-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

This was a sight they thought they would never see: Green square, in the center of Tripoli, in the hands of the rebels. Everything connected to Colonel Gaddafi was torn down, burned or defaced. They h

2011-09-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Hi. I’m running. I’m also telling some of my stem cells what to do right now. Well, I probably am, based on a new study with mice.We have what are called mesenchymal stem cells. This type of stem ce

2011-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The makers of a genetic test claim their test which costs less than 200 U.S. dollars can tell people if their children have athletic potential.Some customers say the test results are helping them stee

2011-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Today is the first day of the fall semester for most primary schools in Beijing. From this semester, pupils in grades three to six will have one hour of calligraphy class every week according to the n

2011-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

现在大家都快开学了，学生们都在为开学做准备，会逛书店买新书，逛文具店备齐新学期的文具。这已经成为了书店和文具店的旺季。For students, there are only a few days left of their summer vacation. Before the

2011-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Leaders of Libya's uprising were in Paris Thursday with delegates from 60 countries and world bodies to discuss a roadmap for Libya's humanitarian, political and economic future, even as ex-leader M

2011-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

For almost 30 years, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center graced the New York skyline. They were 110 stories high and symbolized strength and optimism. The monumental complex in Lower Manhattan w

2011-09-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Pasteurization makes food safe by heating microbes to death. But the high temperatures can destroy some nutrients too. A possible alternative? Ultrahigh pressure. Which may also actually increase conc

2011-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It's usually the stuff of sci-fi movies, but by making his eye into a camera Rob Spence has turned science fiction into fact."I have a prosthetic eye with a camera right in the eye."A team of enginee

2011-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It was a disaster that gripped the nation. China's high speed trains rolling off a bridge like toys. The story spread faster than the high speed trains that crashed.The news was broken by Weibo, Chin

2011-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

DAVID GREENE, host: Now let's meet a young entrepreneur who's facing a different set of challenges. Meredith Perry turned 22 this month. The college grad has started a company around a technology sh

2011-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Zhang Xiruo is an employee working for a financial company based in Beijing. Her monthly salary is five thousand yuan. Before September 1st, she needs to pay 160 yuan per month in personal income tax.

2011-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Turkana region of Kenya is one of the areas hit hardest by drought in the Horn of Africa. A relief organization says while indigenous people are receiving emergency supplies to survive, their trad

2011-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

As slow economic growth and high unemployment continue to stress the United States and other parts of the world, economists say many of the world’s wealthy are continuing to shop at designer stores,

2011-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Libyans began their celebration of Eid al Fitr Wednesday with conflicting feelings about the holiday marking the end of Ramadan.Libyan Wahabi Mohamed Yemeni won't be celebrating this Eid el Fitr holi

2011-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

As more and more detail emerges about the attack that has claimed his life, the family of Horatio Chapple released this picture of the 17-year-old adventurer. In a statement they said: "Horatio was so

2011-09-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Handwashing is the best way to avoid spreading infection, according to the CDC. But doctors, nurses and hospital staff wash up less than half as often as they should. Some hospitals encourage handwash

2011-08-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It was New Year's night.An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lak