听一分钟英文：Racism-种族歧视

Racism should be decreasing around the world, but it isnt. I think its getting worse. It really is one of the worst things in the world. Its totally illogical and disgusting. How can you hate someone because of the colour of their skin. I know many h

听一分钟英文：Rain-雨

Rain, rain go away. Come back another day. This is a nursery rhyme we used to sing in England when we were small. We wanted it to stop raining so we could play. There was nothing more depressing than looking at the rain outside the window when we rea

听一分钟英文：Ramadan-斋月

Ramadan is the most important season for all Muslims around the world. I was surprised to find out it lasted a whole month. I was also surprised when I found out that Ramadan is at a different time each year. It usually starts 11 days earlier than th

听一分钟英文：Rap Music-嘻哈音乐

Rap music has taken over the world. I think thats amazing. I was really into all kinds of music when rap first started. I thought it was interesting but never liked it enough to buy any rap. Several decades later, it is a major music genre. The big m

听一分钟英文：Reading-阅读

Reading is one of the greatest pleasures in life. I would be lost if I didnt have a good book to read. I cant remember any time in my life when I wasnt reading something. I guess you could call me a bookworm. Ive always got my head buried in a book.

听一分钟英文：Reality TV-真人秀

I dont get the point of reality TV. First of all, it isnt real, so I dont know why they call it reality TV. How can it be real when there are TV cameras everywhere? People dont act in the same way when there are cameras around. I think its the very w

听一分钟英文：Recycling-重复利用

When I was young, we never used the word recycling. It wasnt important. People would think you were crazy for recycling things. Today, things are different. We now know we have a problem. We use too much stuff and throw everything away. Lots of the s

听一分钟英文：Red-红色

Red is my favourite colour. I dont know why. I have loved the colour red since I was a small child. I even painted my bedroom walls red. My mother wasnt too happy. Now Im older I still love red. I always buy a red car. But I never buy red clothes. Th

听一分钟英文：Radio-收音机

Its amazing how radio is still with us. Everyone thought that television would kill radio. It didnt. Then music videos and MTV came along. That didnt really affect radio either. It seems radio is becoming more and more popular these days. You can tun

听一分钟英文：Search Engine-搜索引擎

Everybody uses search engines. The most popular one in the world is Google. Im not sure if its the best search engine but everyone knows it. Google always works for me. I never use any other search engine. I dont really see any need for anything else

听一分钟英文：School-学校

Most kids say they dont like school. They say their subjects are boring or theres too much homework. In fact, school is one of the best times of a persons life. Think about it. The hours are short usually just six hours a day. You have the opportunit

听一分钟英文：Science-科学

Science is one of the most important subjects we study at school. I loved it. I thought it was so interesting. Time in my science lessons went very quickly because I was always working on things and doing experiments. I liked all of the sciences, phy

听一分钟英文：Science Fiction-科幻小说

Science fiction is one of my favourite genres of books and movies. I like the kind of science fiction that shows what the future might look like on Earth. Science fiction movies like Star Wars are OK but they are full of strange creatures and things

听一分钟英文：Security-安全性

We have to think about security more and more today. It seems the world is becoming a more dangerous place. Most of the people I know are worried about home security. They have alarms on their house and some of my friends have a web cam filming their

听一分钟英文：Senility-衰老

Senility is a problem I worry about every now and then. I dont mind getting old. I even dont mind if old age means I cant be so active. The thing I worry about is losing my mind. I dont want to become senile. If Im senile, I wont be me any more. I wo

听一分钟英文：Five Senses-五种感官

We only have five senses. I wonder why. It doesn't seem a lot. We have the senses of smell, touch, taste, sight and hearing. Many people say they have a sixth sense. That's when you can sense things are happening that other people can't. Perhaps you

听一分钟英文：Salad-沙拉

Salad is important. I reckon most of us dont eat enough salad. We prefer other things. Im a bit lazy when it comes to salad. I cant be bothered to make one. If Im at the salad bar of a restaurant, I will make the effort. Ill pile as much stuff on my

听一分钟英文：Sand-沙

Sand is very useful. You can do so many things with it. You can make sand castles, bury yourself in it and sink your toes in it. Perhaps the biggest use of sand is in building. Most of todays buildings would not be there without sand. I wonder where

听一分钟英文：Safety-安全

Safety is something we should all think more carefully about. The world around us can be a pretty dangerous place. Even our homes are full of danger. Think about all the electric wiring, gas pipes, chemicals in the building materials, etc. All kinds

听一分钟英文：Stock Market-股市

The stock market is a hot topic these days. Since the credit crisis began in September 2009, people have been watching stock prices very carefully. A lot of people have lost a lot of money because share values have fallen. The stock market is a stran