2011-06-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Concerns about the climate-changing effects of carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions in the United States have focused attention not just on big industrial polluters and automobile exhaust, but also on ag

2011-06-03 所属栏目:英语听力材料

-Ah, now, you, you, you said a couple of things, you find up a, a different, perhaps the negative way about growing old. Any, any positive view? There must be positive angles. -Our inner advantages. -

2011-06-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

旅游分为出境旅游以及国内旅游。而出境旅游涵盖的内容就可以细分到各目的地，比如欧洲旅游，澳洲旅游，美洲旅游，中东非洲旅游等。随着人们生活水平的提高，更多的人选择去国外旅游度假。The National Tourism Admin

2011-06-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MICHELE NORRIS, host: So far this year, there have been nearly 1,200 tornadoes in the U.S. That's close to twice the usual number and it comes as something of a surprise to the scientists who study t

2011-06-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

American health advocates have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. food regulatory agency to stop a practice they believe is contributing to the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections worldwide. Many l

2011-06-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Two years ago, a comedy film about three friends on a spree in Las Vegas became a worldwide hit despite - or perhaps because of - its crude humor. Now they're back together and this time the setting

2011-06-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

They start at the very beginning, counting to 10. As they get bigger, they graduate to Chinese etiquette and simple conversation.By the time they get to high school, these South African kids can read

2011-06-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

US President Barack Obama on Thursday laid out a new US strategy toward the Arab world, unveiling new billion-dollar economic aid packages for Egypt and Tunisia and taking a harder line against Syrian

2011-06-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It’s Thursday, May 19th. I’m Wilson Tang and it’s time to get loaded.Yesterday, we reported on a major Android security vulnerability that could have allowed someone to snoop a user's identity ove

2011-06-02 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Meatloaf, mac-and-cheese or a big bowl of mashed potatoes. We all have our comfort foods. Except for people with anorexia. Food makes them extremely uncomfortable. Perhaps because eating causes a chan

2011-06-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

SCOTT SIMON, host: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.
Not every day we get to make contact with the International Space Station.Unidentified Woman: NPR, this is Houston. Please

2011-06-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Filmmaker Terrence Malick is not prolific. His five feature films span four decades. But each is masterful and has met with acclaim. His latest, The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jes

2011-06-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Madagascar's Ministry of Environment is heralding the success of a crackdown on illegal logging, notably in the country's northeast where vast protected areas have been the focus of huge trafficking

2011-06-01 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Bad blood pressure and cholesterol numbers are predictors for future health problems. You won’t definitely have a heart attack, for example, but your risk is higher. Now researchers have developed a

2011-05-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

SCOTT SIMON, host: In Mexico City, the richest man in the world has just opened a new museum to showcase his extensive collection of Mexican and European art. Telecommunications magnate（巨头） Carlos

2011-05-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A top European Central Bank official says Greece could receive a second bailout to avert a possible default on June 29th, when the government's next debt payment comes due. Central Bank board member

2011-05-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

I believe in the power of simple questions.I believe in baseball.I believe in practice and hard work.I believe in watching and listening.I believe in the power of food.I believe hunger can be a good t

2011-05-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

-You enjoy dancing. Eh, I think I’ve seen you at a few other parties where you really liked to tear the roof of this. -Well, understand, understand: Uh, I have a recessive dance gene, quite frank, be

2011-05-31 所属栏目:英语听力材料

And this brings me to what I believe.I believe that life is a spiritual struggle.I believe in being gracious to others.I believe in the power of science fiction.I believe in singing badly.I believe th

2011-05-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MICHELE NORRIS, host: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's resignation yesterday leaves the IMF without a leader at a time when it's facing enormous challenges. The agency has been deeply embroiled in the effor

2011-05-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization - Hanan Ashrawi - says the Arab Spring events of the past few months have had a major impact on the Middle East, including the reconciliation o

2011-05-30 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In a nationwide broadcast over state radio and television, President Ernest Bai Koroma has reversed a 27-day increase in the price of fuel.On May 1, the country changed from an imperial system of meas

2011-05-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

LIANE HANSEN, host: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Liane Hansen.Residents of south Louisiana have had weeks to prepare for flooding from the Mississippi River. Water released by the Corps

2011-05-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

President Barack Obama, in Warsaw Saturday, praised Poland as an example for aspiring democracies in the Middle East and elsewhere. The president also reassured Poles about the U.S. commitment to ens

2011-05-29 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Doctors are turning to bariatric surgery, the kind that shrinks the stomach, to control type 2 diabetes. A number of studies show this type of surgery drastically improves blood sugar levels, but res