2010-02-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

GROSS, host: With just a little more than two weeks to go before the Oscars, Adam Shankman is a little stressed out. He's co-producing the Oscar telecast with Bill Mechanic and neither of them has ev

2010-02-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Even as a youngster growing up in New York City in the 1950's, it was clear that Nicholas Negroponte would find a way to combine his love and aptitude for art and mathematics.When he enrolled at the

2010-02-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

U.S. President Barack Obama is turning to the nation's governors for help in meeting his domestic priorities. State leaders came to the White House for closed-door discussions on the economy, health

2010-02-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Lost in the coverage of the so-called climategate email controversy is a key point about the IPCC’s track record of climate change estimates. James McCarthy is on the faculty of the Harvard Medical S

2010-02-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

白酒历史源远流长，在中国人的传承中，白酒有着特殊的地位。一部中华文明史，处处飘溢着浓郁的酒香。酒，一直是庆典、祭祀、表达尊崇、抒发情感的最好载体。A: You are listening to Listeners' Garden. I'm LPC.B

2010-02-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

On this date in 1856, a grassroots anti-establishment, low government political movement convened in Philadelphia to nominate its first presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore, the p

2010-02-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

So this is me getting belted up for the trapeze, just to try out that potential Valentines gift. I have to say I am already exhausted after doing the warm-up, but need, must, I'm gonna go, up there.I

2010-02-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Fault recalls are quite common in the car industry. I think part of the problem is the scale of the problem we’ve been seeing , over 4million cars recall because of accelerator problems. Go back to S

2010-02-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The peaceful countries of Scandinavia are producing quantities of murder and mayhem these days in the form of best-selling mystery novels. Perhaps it's those long, dark winters. Leading the invasion

2010-02-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Dutch coalition government has collapsed amid a political row over whether to extend the country's military mission in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende was due to submit his gover

2010-02-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A key Sunni political bloc declared Saturday that it would not take part in Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election. Saleh al-Mutlak, who was banned from running by a parliamentary committee, is pullin

2010-02-21 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Fireworks marked the beginning of the Vancouver Olympics on Friday with a large display that could be seen across the city. They were launched as the Olympic show went on with grief and a closing glit

2010-02-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new way of making solar cells promises a cheaper way to generate electricity from the sun and new ways to integrate solar power into other products.

Solar cells, or photovoltaics, are widely mad

2010-02-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is reiterating a previous claim that Islam is "opposed to nuclear weapons," insisting that Tehran is not trying to build them. Iran's ambassador to the I

2010-02-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Well, with the world's economy still feeling the effects of the economic downturn, all is not well in the eurozone. Greece, Spain and Portugal are all struggling to pay their debts, posing the bigges

2010-02-20 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Well, about a hundred million of us are gonna watch the Super Bowl tomorrow and according to Nelson, the majority of us, 51% are more interested in the ads than the game. So it’s no wonder why advert

2010-02-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

今年是虎年，常见的吉祥话是“龙腾虎跃”，舞龙在这个春节越发显得必不可少了。龙在中国可谓力量、吉祥、智慧、长寿的象征，可是舞龙的历史渊源和具体安排大家又知道多少呢？今天我们透过铜梁舞龙来了解一下吧！"The

2010-02-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

过去几年发达国家的报社激烈竞争时，有这么一个发达国家的同行们却作壁上观。目前日本报业是全球最强的：读卖新闻早报销量1千万份，晚报销量360万份。日本报业乐于同政商保持非常紧密的关系，所以日本新闻是透露，而

2010-02-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Hollywood is gearing up for the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars. The event March 7 is the highlight of the year for the American movie industry. Nominees who attended a recent luncheon say

2010-02-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

-So if you come out from a medical perspective, if you come up with things to say like: Mom, how does that new prescription affect your driving, or what did your doctor new prescription for glasses or

2010-02-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Our new series: Mum and Dad, We Need To Talk. It is the dreaded conversation started for adults children who find themselves in a difficult position as caregivers of our parents as they get older. Wel

2010-02-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

In downtown Vancouver, one of the biggest attractions is not an Olympic venue - it's a department store. The Hudson's Bay company store is the only official Vancouver Olympic store, and fans are wi

2010-02-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Russia is delaying delivery of its S-300 air-defense system to Iran and is also calling for Tehran to adhere to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) guidelines for enrichment of nuclear fuel. Th

2010-02-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

we're talking a lot about unemployment these days, and here's one striking figure: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer than 20 percent of the disabled people in the country have work

2010-02-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Johannes Lehmann is a soil scientist at Cornell University. He’s also an expert on biochar. That’s what’s created when biomass – things like leftover crops, manure, and yard waste – are heated an