2011-04-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Thousands of Japanese took to the streets of Tokyo to protest the country's nuclear-power plants. The rally occured as engineers continue to work on bringing the Fukushima Daiichi plant under control

2011-04-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It's Wednesday April 6th. I'm Nattalie Moris. And it's time to get loaded. Dish Network has announced that it would purchase Blockbuster for 228 million dollars. Blockbuster is of course the movie

2011-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The months-long political debate on this year's U.S. government spending ended late Friday night with President Barack Obama and lawmakers agreeing on $38 billion in cuts. But numerous officials in

2011-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

There has been a flare-up of violence on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. At least 18 Palestinian militants and civilians have been killed since Thursday and several Israelis have been wounded.Is

2011-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

-Well, this is, this is heaven on earth. Tell us what this is, Ben.That's the Kalalau Trail in Kauai, Hawaii. That's not me. But that is…I did hike that Trail recently. It's a 12 miles trail, it’

2011-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

-Give us your most negative impression for the future of Japan and your most optimistic impression for the future of Japan.-The most optimistic one is that the workers put water over the reactor core.

2011-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

-Chris Brown, riding high. Brand new CD out, F.A.M.E it's out today. It already has three no.1 hits, the fourth one climbing the charts and the album is no.1 on iTunes today. It's a far cry from the

2011-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A shutdown of the Federal government could leave hundreds of thousands of government employees without a paycheck. That shutdown could also have a ripple effect, impacting local communities throughou

2011-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

More steps are being taken to improve U.S. food safety. The Agriculture Department unveiled new regulations April 5 that would force meat and poultry companies to delay shipments to consumers until g

2011-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It looks and sounds like a regular golf ball, but this prototype is anything but average. Once we saw that would actually take off and have flight characteristics similar to a regular golf ball, we kn

2011-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

What does this toy monkey have to do with the crisis of the Fukushima nuclear plants? Nothing. But Sven Kilian is still scanning with a Geiger counter. It's 0.13 microsievert. All of his toys and gad

2011-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

When you hear about asteroids close to the Earth, you probably have visions of collisions and extinctions and a postapocalyptic future. Or of brave space cowboys trying to knock them off course. You p

2011-04-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

ROBERT SIEGEL, host: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.(Soundbite of game, "Angry Birds")MELISSA BLOCK, host: Robert, I'm going to be with you in just a second. I'm jus

2011-04-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new study says the world's tropical coastal forests store more planet-warming carbon dioxide than almost any other ecosystem.But rapid loss of these forests - known as mangroves - is releasing subs

2011-04-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Some women with very low body fat - such as athletes and professional dancers - stop menstruating and have an increased risk of bone fracture. Now, there's increasing evidence that hormone treatments

2011-04-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A plan to inject nitrogen into the containment vessel around reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant appears to be working, the plant owner said Thursday. Higher pressure levels have been measu

2011-04-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new vaccine for yellow fever is showing good results in tests as it overcomes one of the biggest problems with the current version.Yellow fever is a deadly disease that occurs in much of South Ameri

2011-04-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

What kind of shows did you watch when you were a kid then? Hum, I like Three’s Company. I like...Oh, Good lord. Oh, knock it off. Thanks. Thank you.A couple of people like it too. That’s all right.

2011-04-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Creatures that live in the dark may lose their sight over evolutionary time. They may even lose their eyes entirely. Now it appears that they also lose sleep. Because a new study shows that cave-dwell

2011-04-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

SCOTT SIMON, host: Teenagers have become as devoted to cell phones as they can be to gum snapping(猛咬口香糖) or Lady Gaga. They text, talk and leap at the bleeble(手机收到短信发出的声音) of any possi

2011-04-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Nearly a year after the Obama administration set a priority of boosting higher education exchanges with Indonesia, the U.S. is repeating its commitment to cultural diplomacy. As part of that outreach,

2011-04-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The emergency landing a Southwest flight in Yuma, Arizona after a gaping hole opened in the fuselage of the Boeing 747 while craft was at cruising altitude. You can imagine the horror the folks flying

2011-04-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Time now for "The Help Desk," where we get answers to your financial questions. With me right now, Donna Rosato. She's a senior editor at "Money." And Lynnette Khalfani-Cox is a writer for walletpop.

2011-04-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

- Now I understand that you are thinking of taking another job.- I have no idea actually.- I did realize your contract is… When? Soon.- Yes, it's up. On the beginning of June, June 4th, I think.- No

2011-04-07 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Solar cells convert sunlight to electricity. But they don’t take advantage of all that solar heat, thereby missing out on the majority of the solar energy reaching the cell. The sun’s heat can be ca