2011-01-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Food shortages are looming in Kenya as last season's lighter-than-normal rains begin to affect harvests in the arid north.As Kenya begins its annual dry season, there are mounting fears of crop failu

2011-01-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

癌症患者接受化疗时常出现腹泻、贫血、体重减轻和免疫功能下降等副作用。为了缓解和应对这些副作用，新西兰一家乳业企业和奥克兰大学联合研制出一款冰淇淋产品，其中的两种活性成分会显著减轻副作用，如体重减轻和肠

2011-01-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

AUDIE CORNISH, host: Dr. Abraham Verghese isn't just a Stanford Medical School physician. In his spare time-believe it or not, he has some-he writes novels. His latest, "Cutting for Stone," was widel

2011-01-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

When violent incidents such as the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others occur, many people wonder what caused the violence. Some leading researchers say mental illness is n

2011-01-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

New clashes between police and demonstrators erupted Wednesday in the Tunisian capital of Tunis, after sporadic disturbances overnight.The new wave of unrest took place just hours after Prime Minister

2011-01-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Remember affirmations? [“Because I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggonit, people like me.”] Well, if Stuart Smalley’s shot-in-the-arm makes you smile, you’re not alone. Because a new stu

2011-01-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MELISSA BLOCK, host: If you find yourself spending a lot of time, maybe too much time checking Facebook, updating your Twitter feed(费用) or watching YouTube videos at work, this next story is for you

2011-01-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

President Barack Obama will go to Tucson, Arizona, Wednesday to speak at a memorial service for those killed in Saturday’s shootings. The president will try to help the nation deal with the rampage,

2011-01-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The International Organization for Migration reports a significant drop in the number of Haitians living in displacement camps. IOM reports for the first time since the catastrophic earthquake struck

2011-01-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

- Happy new year!- Happy new year to you!- Good to see you again. It's been a long time.- Well, ten years?- No. It hadn’t been ten years. But it's been a while. Has it been ten years? - Yes, I thin

2011-01-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

[Sound of dentist drill.] That’s a sound that inspires fear around the world: the dentists’ drill. And fear of that sound itself could play a part in keeping some people from getting their regularly

2011-01-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

跨国公司（Transnational Corporation），又称多国公司（Multi-national Enterprise）、国际公司（International Firm）。跨国公司是垄断资本主义高度发展的产物。中国公司为了摆脱金融危机也进军欧洲了。Poland is

2011-01-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MICHELE NORRIS, host: Not only can you update your Facebook status on your smartphone, you can also manage your bank account. But security experts warn that as more people bank by phone, more criminal

2011-01-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Whether it is losing a loved one or a job, facing foreclosure or serious illness, people need courage to face what life throws in their path on a daily basis. To explore what courage is and how it can

2011-01-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Rock and roll evolved in the United States and gained popularity in the post World War II era. However, a new book by Christopher Knowles proposes that this genre of music is part of the wider human s

2011-01-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Sam Stovall joins me from the trading floor of the Investment, chief investment strategist at S&P Equity Research. Sam, lovely to have you with us, tonight. And I didn't think frankly when we went in

2011-01-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Apollo moon missions ended almost 40 years ago. But for lunar scientists, they're gifts that keep on giving. Researchers studying rocks brought back by astronauts have found that the moon’s scar

2011-01-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

建筑业是专门从事土木工程、房屋建设和设备安装以及工程勘察设计工作的生产部门。中国的建筑业发展迅速，到现在还很火爆。很多人都热衷于买房子。Construction sites like this one in the west of Beijing are popp

2011-01-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MELISSA BLOCK, host: It has spent 33 years traveling nearly 11 billion miles from the sun at a rate of about 38,000 miles per hour, sending back spectacular images of the planets and their moons. And

2011-01-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A U.S. Congresswoman is in critical condition and six people are dead after a gunman opened fire in an Arizona parking lot where Representative Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with constituents. The d

2011-01-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

This I Believe. For Christians, this is the season of advent, a period of preparation before Christmas. It’s a time of prayer andfasting and an opportunity to reach out to others with good works and

2011-01-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. President Barack Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to outline the benefits of a tax cut package he signed into law in December.President Obama says the tax cut compromise

2011-01-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Why is China making this move?Well, I guess if your neighbor’s house is on fire, I mean it's probably in your best interest to try to put it out.But that doesn't seem to be shared by many other gov

2011-01-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MELISSA BLOCK, host: Later this week, the focus of the tech industry will be on Las Vegas. Every January, the industry decamps to Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES（消费类电子展）. It's

2011-01-08 所属栏目:英语听力材料

New research finds a link between vehicle emissions and cognitive function in older people. People who live in polluted cities can see the grit and dirt produced from vehicle engines but some of the