2010-06-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It's mainly women,children and the elderly who are fleeing. Uzbeks are lining the border in their hundreds, desperate to leave the deadliest ethnic violence Kyrgyzstan has seen in two decades.-We hav

2010-06-19 所属栏目:英语听力材料

You know saving the rainforest is good for biodiversity. But it may also be a boon to human health. That's because less clear-cutting may mean less malaria, according to a paper out this week in the

2010-06-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

MELISSA BLOCK, host: You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.People with autism often have a hard time finding and keeping jobs, so more and more schools are trying to make it easier.

2010-06-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Scientists study the Earth and natural disasters through the science of seismology – how seismic waves move through the Earth – and seismometers are their most important tool. Geophysicist Mark Zumb

2010-06-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Kyrgyzstan has slipped into a precarious peace. The violence that killed nearly 200 people in the southern region has abated, but an observer with Human Rights Watch calls the situation extremely ten

2010-06-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A new study has failed to find any conclusive evidence that lifestyle changes can prevent cognitive decline in older adults. But researchers say there are still good reasons to make positive changes

2010-06-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

A low-cost, easy-to-use drug could save tens of thousands of lives each year, according to a new study. The medicine promotes blood clotting and has been shown prevent many accident victims from bleed

2010-06-18 所属栏目:英语听力材料

(Announcer’s call of “GOAL!”)That’s a shout World Cup enthusiasts don’t hear too frequently. Soccer’s known for low-scoring games, which makes it difficult to find an objective means of measurin

2010-06-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

本届世界杯期间，国际足联将与索尼公司全方位合作进行3D转播。按照国际足联的计划，将在南非世界杯5个比赛场地共计25场比赛中采用索尼的专业3D摄像机拍摄并实现3D转播，这5个球场分别是足球城、埃利斯公园、德班、开

2010-06-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Chris Murray: The number of maternal deaths is actually going down, where previously we have thought it would be constant for the last 30 years.克里斯•默里：孕产妇死亡人数正在下降，我们原本以为这

2010-06-17 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. MELISSA BLOCK, host: And I'm Melissa Block. Every week, it seems we hear at least one story about how book publ

2010-06-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Engineering student Thomas McGilvray is wearing the latest in men's underwear. The briefs are comfortable, durable and he thinks, stylish. But unlike most underpants, these briefs could one day save

2010-06-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Tanning Vietnam style. Leather destined for Timberland shoes or the interior of a luxury Mazda car produced at this new plant just outside Ho Chi Minh City. For German owner Tom Schneider, a 16-year v

2010-06-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Iran has warned it won't give in to international pressure after the UN Security Council imposed its toughest sanctions over its nuclear program. The US and western allies held the vote as an unmista

2010-06-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

This I believe. Helen Hayes is the First Lady of the American theatre. She and playwright Charles MacArthur recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Here's Mrs. Hayes to bring us her creed

2010-06-17 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Which of these guys would you guess is stronger? Him? [Arnold Schwarzenegger saying “One of us is in deep trouble.”]. Or him? [Pee Wee Herman saying, “I’m having a party, and you’re invited!”] I

2010-06-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

When astronaut Alan Shepard took his first swing at a golf ball on the moon, he hit more dirt than ball. The dust he kicked up reinforced the idea that the moon is one big sand trap. But looks can be

2010-06-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

An EarthSky Facebook friend asked us, “Why don’t cell phone conversations on my phone get mixed up with my neighbor’s?” To find out, we asked Andrea Goldsmith, author of the book Wireless Communic

2010-06-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Football fans and those who play the sport are watching their favorite teams and players compete in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The month-long tournament has come to define the sport in m

2010-06-16 所属栏目:英语听力材料

President Barack Obama will address the American people from the Oval Office at 0000 GMT. The president's speech will focus mostly on the government's response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf

2010-06-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Miriam Goldstein: People like to say the ocean is downhill from everywhere. Everything ends up in the ocean eventually, if it, you know, doesn’t wash up or go someplace else. So people in Iowa who ar

2010-06-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

The environmental and economic disasters caused by the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be fueling efforts in the U.S. Congress to finish work on a stalled energy and climate change bill

2010-06-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Telemedicine has been used for years to deliver medical care to remote locations by audio or video links. Now, Canadian researchers are exploring the possibility of using that same technology to provi

2010-06-15 所属栏目:英语听力材料

It’s probably happened to you: a friend says, “I know this place like the back of my hand,” and then proceeds to get you hopelessly lost. Well, it could be that they really did know it like the bac

2010-06-14 所属栏目:英语听力材料

Marika Holland: If you lose sea ice it leads to more warming, which leads to more sea ice loss, which leads to more warming. So there’s this vicious cycle that sets up when you start losing sea ice c