2010-04-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Auto drivers around the world are bound to relate to this experience. You round a bend and see a police car idling on the shoulder. Your immediate reaction is to tap the brakes, glance at the speedome

2010-04-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

While Ghana has one of Africa's lowest HIV infection rates, prejudice and poverty compound the difficulties facing those who have the virus that causes AIDS. One Christian ministry that is helping t

2010-04-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Some diseases are contagious–like colds, flu, and chicken pox. But what about loneliness? Loneliness may not be a disease, at least not in the same way that chicken pox is. But loneliness can be cont

2010-04-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

THE RUNAWAYS (Music Band): (Singing) Can't stay at home, can't stay at school. Old folks say, ya poor little fool. Down the street... LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: The Runaways were an all-girl teenage pu

2010-04-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

EarthSkyToday, EarthSky speaks with water expert Mark Smith, who heads the Water Programme for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature – IUCN – the world’s oldest and largest network

2010-04-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Did you ever wonder what happens when something funny happens? I mean, what is this thing we have in our brains that makes us say “ha-ha” when someone slips on a banana?有没有想过，当搞笑的事情发生在

2010-04-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

An industry association warns Thailand's tourism business faces staggering losses this year because of the confrontation between anti-government protesters and security forces. Many tourists have ca

2010-04-13 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Italian aid group Emergency has denounced the detention of three of its hospital workers in Afghanistan. The organization says it was targeted because the hospital it runs in Lashkar Gah treats T

2010-04-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Sending and reading email has quickly become one of the most popular daily activities around the world, either for business or pleasure. Now, more and more teachers and students are using this form of

2010-04-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Kate Winslet, the English star of the film Titanic, has announced that she has split up from her film director husband Sam Mendes after six years of marriage.曾出演电影泰坦尼克号的英国著名影星凯特温斯

2010-04-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Hong Kong tops the list of cities for most expensive office space. The list is based on rental prices from the second half of 2009. Colliers International just released these rankings. Now to put this

2010-04-12 所属栏目:英语听力材料

This I Believe. Dr. Alexander Forbes is a leading physiologist. Since 1910, when he graduated from Harvard medical school, he has taught there and devoted himself to research on the nerves system. He

2010-04-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

首尔是传统和现代的完美结合，这个购物天堂拥有琳琅满目的传统和时尚物品。口味最正宗的泡菜、最新流行的服饰、韩国传统工艺品以及特色纪念品。还有无处不在的咖啡馆，使城市到处洋溢着小资情调，让路人忍不住停下脚

2010-04-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

EarthSkyToday how scientists can now accurately model how a tsunami will strike a coast – even half a world away. 当海啸还隔着半个地球那么远，科学家就能对海啸袭击海岸的过程建立精确模型。我们今天探讨科

2010-04-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Poles are mourning their president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria who were among those killed in a plane crash in Western Russia. The speaker of parliament has taken over presidential duties in pre

2010-04-11 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Thai security forces have launched a major crackdown against anti-government protesters in a bid to end ongoing demonstrations. At least ten people were killed and more than 500 people have been injur

2010-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

EarthSkyJules Pretty: We want a kind of agriculture that's both productive, produces a lot more. We need it, because there are a billion people hungry today. But, at the same time, we're running out

2010-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

EarthSkyMarvin Odum: You have to think about how the energy mix for the world will change over time. And you have to be realistic about the pace at which it can change. 马文•奥德姆：我们必须考虑

2010-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Life expectancy is rising in much of the world. But doctors are seeing another trend that is disturbing. Some people are choosing lifestyles that contribute to early death. A new U.S. study looks at f

2010-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Greece is facing more troubling news as it tries to get its growing debt under control. Fitch Ratings, one of the world's major credit rating agencies, downgraded Greece's status Friday due to conce

2010-04-10 所属栏目:英语听力材料

As scientists delve deeper beneath the ocean’s surface, they find bizarre creatures that have adapted to harsh and extreme environments. Now comes a new one—the discovery of the first multicellular

2010-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

EarthSkyOne billion people on Earth – that's one person in every five – lack access to safe drinking water, according to the United Nations. EarthSky spoke to Jacqueline Novogratz, whose organizati

2010-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Snoring can be pretty disturbing to people who sleep in the company of snorers, as well as to the snorer himself or herself, though she may not realize it. For instance, some snorers have a condition

2010-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

在加州Hesperia有着世界上第一座也是最大的国际香蕉俱乐部暨香蕉博物馆,该馆不仅收集各种香蕉品种,还包括与香蕉有关的各色展品,总计多达1.7万余件.可如今它却不得不面临被迫移馆的尴尬境地.We read this morning of

2010-04-09 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Research shows that whether a person is an optimist or a pessimist is related to their quality of life, including their physical health. The subjects involved first took personality tests in the 1960’