2010-07-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Researchers in Hong Kong have discovered a new way to stop influenza viruses from replicating. Doctors hope it will keep them one step ahead of mutating viruses that kill thousands every year.

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2010-07-26 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Turkey's bid to enter the European Union remains uncertain despite the start of key meetings with EU officials in Istanbul earlier this month. But, Turkey's uncertain future as a bona fide European

2010-07-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

在世博会城市最佳实践区毕尔巴鄂城市馆，一幅长七米多的巨型布面丙烯画首先映入眼帘，这里有着青山绿水，蓝色港湾，风景如画。你一定想不到，这是曾经是一座污水横流、废气满天的“灰色”工业城市。20世纪80年代，由

2010-07-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Honeybees in the U.S. are still dying at an alarming rate. The story came to light four years ago, and it’s still true, according to Dr. Jeff Pettis, head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Bee

2010-07-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MICHELE NORRIS, host:This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Michele Norris.ROBERT SIEGEL, host:And I'm Robert Siegel.As a loud and controversial debate rages in Europe over wearing the Mus

2010-07-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Australian researchers say they have developed a laser tracking system that will stop chunks of space debris colliding with spacecraft and satellites in the Earth's orbit. The team at Electro Optic

2010-07-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to legalize gay marriage and allow gay couples to adopt children. Activists gathered outside Argentina's presidential building ahead of a signi

2010-07-25 所属栏目:英语听力材料

I guess it's just human nature that when someone or some organization gets really successful, there's just a group of people that want to tear it down. I see it happening with Google. I see all thes

2010-07-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

随着女性越来越多地跻身职场中、高层，女人管理女人、男人的情况渐渐多了起来。不可否认，女人身上不可避免地有一些缺点，如敏感、多疑、嫉妒等等，使身为女下属或男下属的职场白领，不得不对自己格外多加几个“提醒

2010-07-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

We got this question about wind power, “How do you keep getting energy when the wind doesn’t blow?” The answer might be to connect a chain of offshore wind farms. That’s according to Willett Kempt

2010-07-24 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.MICHELE NORRIS, host:And I'm Michele Norris.A slick summer action movie opens this weekend about a sexy CIA spook w

2010-07-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Iran is reacting to the increasing pain of economic sanctions. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is urging greater efficiency and motivation, and Iran's vice president is threatening to stop doin

2010-07-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Russia's worst drought in 130 years became a political issue Friday as the Kremlin held an emergency meeting to combat the impacts of a month long heat wave that is shriveling crops, forcing up food

2010-07-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A group of British Muslims has launched a campaign to improve the image of Islam in Britain. The campaign was conceived after an opinion poll found that most Britons associate the religion with extr

2010-07-24 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The Farnborough International Airshow, held every two years in Britain, is a key event where new planes are displayed and flown and where orders are placed. This year there are indications that commer

2010-07-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

据不完全统计，目前全球有超过40亿人口使用中草药来治病，而一直以来人们认为中国是传统的中草药大国。事实上，澳大利亚本土人也在世代用中草药来治病健身，比如治疗疟疾的特效药奎宁就来源于一些传统的草药金鸡纳。

2010-07-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

(Soundbite of music)SILIBIL 'N BRAINS (Rap Duo): (Rapping) (Unintelligible).GUY RAZ, host: Here's a story about another Scotsman influenced by American culture. For two years, Gavin Bain posed as an

2010-07-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Fort Wayne, Indiana, deals with cultural obstacles every day.

The Midwestern city of 250,000 is not only home to the largest Burmese community in America, the U.S. State Department also uses it ex

2010-07-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Mention Hollywood, and most people think of glamour: beautiful women with smooth, flawless skin and perfectly aligned white teeth, men with trim athletic bodies.But much of that look is artificial: br

2010-07-23 所属栏目:英语听力材料

We do begin in the Gulf and what is likely the final testing of that well cap. If engineers like the tests results today, the well could remain permanently capped. Matt Gutman is in Buras, Louisiana,

2010-07-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MARY LOUISE KELLY, host: This is MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Mary Louise Kelly.RENEE MONTAGNE, host: And I'm Renee Montagne.In Your Health today: milk and honey. We look at why

2010-07-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It’s June, and that means World Oceans Day 2010.现在是六月，这意味着2010年世界海洋日已经来了。Carl Safina: We are blessed with a magnificent and miraculous world ocean on this planet. But we are also

2010-07-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Each year, scientists work to develop a unique influenza vaccine to protect people against the strain expected in the coming flu season. Mutations in the virus mean that last year's vaccine probably

2010-07-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new study of HIV-infected people in Haiti indicates that starting treatment early could save many patients who might otherwise die of AIDS. And starting anti-AIDS medicines earlier might also save m

2010-07-22 所属栏目:英语听力材料

We are looking at issues involving minimum wage. And what we've learned is that in this time of austerity, nothing is sacred including a minimum wage. One of the ways Greece is trying to make up its