2005年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-The Value of Family Meals Together

With two-income households, soccer practice and glee club rehearsals, getting Mom and Dad and Heather and Zeke to sit down for dinner together isn't as easy as it was back in the days of Leave it to Beaver. But as Weekend Edition food essayist Bonny

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Studies Find High Mercury Levels in the W

Studies that will be released today show that fish, birds and mammals in New England have significant amounts of mercury in their bodies. The studies find the toxic metal in some unexpected habitats and they suggest that power plants in the Midwest a

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Chinese in U.S. Divided by Taiwan

And now a story from Los Angeles, where a radio station is putting itself in the middle of the debate over China and Taiwan. Reporter Rob Schmitz of member station KPCC sent this report. Kay Chao says Taiwanese and Chinese Americans in Los Angeles wo

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-The Romance of Train Travel Never Fades

descends an hour earlier tonight. And tomorrow children in costumes will prowl about.Thanksgiving can't be far behind. You've probably already made your travel arrangements, the mere mention of a train trip sends commentator Ruth Levy Guyer into a re

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Being a Single Black Father

This year there will be more than a million divorce filings in the United States. One of them has commentator Leon Wynter's name on it. I am now playing at age 51 the strangest role yet in my long strange trip: suburban single father, non-custodial ,

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-In Arm Wrestling, Teen Beats Robots Hands

It was woman against machine at an arm-wrestling competition yesterday in San Diego. And as soon as we say, go, go ahead. In one corner, 17-year-old Panna Felsen, a high school studentand amateur robot builder, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 120 pounds, an

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台十一月-Traditions of Saving and Consuming in Ch

Anchor: From its massive trade surplus with United States to its funding of America's ballooning deficit, China's economy has become increasingly intertwined with her own. And this wouldn't be possible without the extraordinary thrift of ordinary Chi

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台六月-Scrushy Declared Not Guilty of Fraud

This is All Things Considered from NPR news, I'm Robert Siegel and I'm Michele Norris. In Alabama, jurors've found Richard Scrushy not guilty of all charges. Scrushy is the founder and fired CEO of HealthSouth, the medical services company. And he wa

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-NYSE to Merge with Archipelago Trading Fi

Members of the New York stock exchange met today to learn more about the organization's proposed merger with the electronic trading company Archipelago. The merger, announced late yesterday, would turn the exchange into a for-profit company, as NPR'

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Very Short Fiction: 'Bars'

Here is a very small piece of fiction from Ruth Forman. It's titled Bars on Windows. The window covered with rusted black iron bars looked like jail, he thought, though he'd never been to jail. He wondered when exactly the bars were added. They didn'

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Breaking Into City Life in Modern China

Today we are going to wrap up our series A Nation of Individuals. All week weve been examining the rise of individualism in China. We've heard about an Internet entrepreneur, an AIDS activist, a village leader and an evangelical Christian. In this fi

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台八月-Science Explores Meditation's Effect on t

This is Morning Edition from NPR news.I am Steven Skip and I am Renee Montagne .Time now for our consumer health segment. Lots of people turn to physical exercise to get their bodies in shape. The concept of reshaping the mind is more elusive. Some

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Bloggers Look for Profits as Medium Matur

On Mondays we focus on the business of techonology and today we'll hear about an effort to make money with blogs. Millions of people publish internet weblogs or blogs but among the few people who do it for profit is Jason McCabe Calacanis. A year and

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-China Profiles: Jack Ma, Internet CEO

From NPR news, this is All Things Considered. I'm Michelle Noris. and I am Robert Seagull. China has been in the news a lot lately. Its economy is booming. Its military is modernizing. But some of the country's most important changes are taking plac

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Continental, American Report Profits

Two airlines Continental and American are reporting something pretty rare in the airline industry lately--- profits. American Airlines, the nation's largest carrier announced yesterday that it had net earnings of 58 million dollars in its most recen

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-A Daily Ritual: 'Prayers Like Shoes'

Now, Poet Ruth Forman lets us into part of her daily spiritual practice with her poem, I Wear Prayers Like Shoes. Now, Poet Ruth Forman lets us into part of her daily spiritual practice with her poem, I Wear Prayers Like Shoes. I wear prayers like sh

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-One March Madness Drawback: The Fans

In case you haven't been paying attention to sports, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament begins in earnest tomorrow. College students, proud alumni and plain old fans will all be glued to television sets, rooting for their favorites. Commentator Lau

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-British TV Crosses over the Pond

NBC tonight launches a new series-The Office. It's the American version of a British comedy series. The original has a small but dedicated group of fans in the United States. Remaking British series for American audiences is not new, but as NPR's Kim

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Google's Continued Expansion, Success

On Mondays, our business report focuses on technology. Google has transformed itself from the little search engine that could into a major information hub, email service, software developer and more. It's already the place where most people go to fin

2006年VOA标准英语-59 Journalists Killed in 2005 Honored

By Margaret Besheer Arlington, Virginia 03 May 2006 Man looks at memorial A total of 59 journalists who lost their lives last year in the pursuit of news have been honored by the Freedom Forum in Arli