2011-08-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MARY LOUISE KELLY, host: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Mary Louise Kelly, in for Renee Montagne.STEVE INSKEEP, host: And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning. Here's a sign of how divided Co

2011-08-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

GUY RAZ, host: Now, for the past decade, U.S. military officers in Iraq and Afghanistan have struggled to protect troops against surprise insurgent（暴动的;叛乱的）attacks. Roadside bombs, suicide att

2011-08-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

August 1, 2011 - STEVE INSKEEP, host: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning, I'm Steve Inskeep. And I don’t think this is a coincidence. Renee Montagne, you come back and suddenly there

2011-08-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is the prequel to "Planet of the Apes," the sci-fi saga which debuted in 1968. Back then, a crew of astronauts crash-lands in the distant future on a planet where inte

2011-08-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Don tropical from Don could bring so much needed rain to south Texas. But let's tell you a little bit about what's going on in Texas. The entire state, 99% of the state is in the level of drought ri

2011-08-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

STEVE INSKEEP, host: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.MARY LOUISE KELLY, host: And I'm Mary Louise Kelly, in for Renee Montagne.Here's the backdrop（背景） to a major news sto

2011-08-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

China's Valentine's Day, the Double Seventh Festival is the most romantic festival among China's traditional celebrations. The festival was the day valued most by girls in the past and remains a fa

2011-08-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

At first, the booming Chinese companies' stocks were regarded as excellent prospects for overseas investors. But now these companies are facing ongoing accusations by third party institutions such as

2011-08-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Japanese economy was hit hard by the huge earthquake in March, with the twin disasters of the tsunami and the ensuing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant impacting severely on economic output. I

2011-08-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

International advocates are using the annual observance of World Breastfeeding Week - which is August 1-7 - to raise awareness of breastfeeding’s health benefits and to provide the societal support

2011-08-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Researchers at Cornell University in New York have developed an artificial spinal disc that may help patients with chronic back pain and other disc problems. The spine is a column of bones alternating

2011-08-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Scientists have developed a new test for prostate cancer that may help patients and their doctors make difficult treatment decisions. But identifying the most aggressive and dangerous prostate cancers

2011-08-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

This is an affluent commuter town, sitting in Fairfax County, one of the wealthest areas of the country. But even here, they are worried. If an America's credit rating is downgraded, interest rates a

2011-08-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The results are eminent. We now know the most stressed-out person in this whole country, someone at risk of shortening their own life. And here is ABC's Linsey Davis to tell us. Who would you guess i

2011-08-06 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Gaddafi's forces are locking down this city. All across Tripoli, checkpoints vetting the flow of people and weapons are in place. Bombarded by NATO and threatened with the rebel assault, the regime s

2011-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MICHELE NORRIS, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris.ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And I'm Robert Siegel.The Happy Meal is headed for a nutrition overhaul. McDonald's has a

2011-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

When Sun Yang won the gold medal in the men's 1500-meter freestyle at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai, he celebrated with boyish delight.The 19-year-old ran to the stands to give his mo

2011-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Statistics published by the Beijing Woman-Children Health Care Hospital reveal that 71 percent of newborn babies were breastfed by their mothers during 2010, while the breastfeeding rate for six month

2011-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Hundreds of Britons have petitioned their government to reintroduce the death penalty in a new government Internet scheme that was launched Thursday. "E-petitions" that get enough signatures may be de

2011-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The head of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in Ethiopia says the country's emergency food stocks are almost completely exhausted, with drought conditions expected to worsen before they improve. Th

2011-08-05 所属栏目:英语听力材料

-Quite rightly, Sony isn’t the only one that we’ve seen that’s been impacted, but did the earthquake and the tsunami (did) take some toll on the company at least? -It certainly affected a lot of co

2011-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

August by Charles Dickens
八月的美丽 查尔斯.狄更斯There is no month in the whole year, in which nature wears a more beautiful appearance than in the month of August. Spring has many beauties,

2011-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

STEVE INSKEEP, host: So maybe this wasn't art to British justices but that Stormtrooper helmet may have fit the bill for this exhibition. "Modern by Design" at the High Museum in Atlanta is elevating

2011-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A comic book super hero whose exploits began in the 1940's is back as one of this year's big action movies. Here's a look at Captain America: The First Avenger.

"General Patton has said that war

2011-08-04 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Many archaeologists believe humans first migrated to North America over the Bering Strait 15,000-to-18,000 years ago. They lived a nomadic lifestyle of hunting and gathering. Then, starting about 2,00