【英语语言学习】这些视频是真实的吗？

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: More and more news organizations are finding and sourcing content through social media. Whether it's evidence of chemical attacks in Syria, the Boston bombing, or the fake-out video of an eagle snatching a baby, the problem for o

【英语语言学习】音乐与人类大脑

From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Christopher Cruise. Today we tell about experiments at a major university in the United States. Northwestern University researchers are studying how music affects the human brain. Jim Tedder

【英语语言学习】不以死亡终结的生命

I think it's safe to say that all humans will be intimate with death at least once in their lives. But what if that intimacy began long before you faced your own transition from life into death? What would life be like if the dead literally lived alo

【英语语言学习】生活在可以进行面部识别的年代

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A new study looks at privacy in a world where computers can increasingly recognize faces in a crowd or online. Alessandro Acquisti at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl

【英语语言学习】网恋

So my name is Amy Webb, and a few years ago I found myself at the end of yet another fantastic relationship that came burning down in a spectacular fashion. And I thought, you know, what's wrong with me? I don't understand why this keeps happening. S

【英语语言学习】网上教育课程我们能够学到什么

Like many of you, I'm one of the lucky people. I was born to a family where education was pervasive. I'm a third-generation PhD, a daughter of two academics. In my childhood, I played around in my father's university lab. So it was taken for granted

【英语语言学习】皮肤癌

This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about skin cancer. Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer. It is also the most deadly. America's National Cancer Institut

【英语语言学习】我不知道

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: You know, we live in a culture that prizes self-confidence. We are encouraged to believe in ourselves and act like we belong, even when we don't have the slightest idea what's going on. Probably nobody else knows what they're doi

【英语语言学习】进入计算机科学时代

WADE GOODWYN, HOST: About an hour south of Silicon Valley is a place known as the Salad Bowl of the World. In the largely Hispanic Salinas Valley, young adults are more likely to imagine a future in agriculture than high tech. but now a new program i

【英语语言学习】不再需要老师的课堂

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A newly opened computer school in Paris has been overwhelmed by about 60,000 applicants. The school is called 42. It was founded by a telecom magnate who says the French education system is failing young people. And his aim is to r

【英语语言学习】摩托车也可以当救护车？

This is an ambucycle. This is the fastest way to reach any medical emergency. It has everything an ambulance has except for a bed. You see the defibrillator. You see the equipment. We all saw the tragedy that happened in Boston. When I was looking at

【英语语言学习】拯救热带雨林

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some other news. Ecuador has abandoned what seemed like a creative way to preserve the environment. The government proposed not to drill for oil in some untouched parts of the Amazon rainforest, but in exchange for its restraint

【英语语言学习】为什么东西方学习方法不同？

On a holiday Monday, it's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. Today in Your Health, how different cultures think about the struggle with schoolwork. Psychologists have taken an interest in what they call intellectual struggle because th

【英语语言学习】化工武器

If you're just joining us, this is WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden. The chemical weapons attack in Syria on August the 21st was the first time in a quarter century that such weapons had been used against civilians dur

【英语语言学习】比尔克林顿在耶鲁大学的演讲

Thank you very much, Caitlin, Bobby, ladies and gentlemen. I wasn't sure I was coming to fashion week. President Levin, Vice President Lorimer, if I had -- you know, all I got was this little class napkin. I feel if it were a little bigger, I'd turn

【英语语言学习】卖火柴的小女孩

Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening-- the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home she had slipper

【英语语言学习】全球超级富豪的崛起

So here's the most important economic fact of our time. We are living in an age of surging income inequality, particularly between those at the very top and everyone else. This shift is the most striking in the U.S. and in the U.K., but it's a global

【英语语言学习】世界上最聪明的孩子是怎样培养出来的

JACKI LYDEN, HOST: It's often said that great teachers should be paid more than great athletes. Well, in South Korea, one rock star teacher acting as a free agent makes $4 million. But do highly paid teachers really make kids smarter? Author Amanda R

【英语语言学习】我们变得富有的同时是否变得更加小气

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. And I'm Robert Siegel. Most of us like to think of ourselves as generous people. We volunteer, donate our time and open our wallets for charity, but perhaps we aren't as big-hearted as w

【英语语言学习】你需要小憩一下

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We spend one-third of our lives sleeping. That's more time than we spend doing anything else, but we still don't know very much about sleep. So today, we're trying to answer some pretty basic yet complicated questions: Why do we