【英语语言学习】悲观的思考方式是可以传染的

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning, I'm David Greene. And I'm Renee Montagne. In Your Health today: The connection between depression and dementia. GREENE: But first, freshmen are heading to college this fall and about now they might

【英语语言学习】美国父亲的变化

Welcome to This Is America from VOA Learning English. I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. And I'm Bob Doughty. This week on our program, we look at modern changes in the American father. Moms Are Great. But What About Dads? Father's Day was observed this year on S

【英语语言学习】沙特阿拉伯对埃及的影响

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: With protests continuing in Egypt, public acceptance of the new military government's rule may rest on its ability to kick-start an economic recovery. Egypt's sputtering economy has brought electricity shortages, long lines of peop

【英语语言学习】弗吉尼亚大学毕业典礼演讲

Good morning. I am Stephen Colbert and I want to thank the class of 2013 for inviting me here today. Thank you very much, its an honor. This is way more than I expected. This is incredibly generous, I would have done it for free; its incredibly gener

【英语语言学习】肥胖是否还有其他对健康的影响

I'll never forget that day back in the spring of 2006. I was a surgical resident at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, taking emergency call. I got paged by the E.R. around 2 in the morning to come and see a woman with a diabetic ulcer on her foot. I can st

【英语语言学习】孩子们吃的食物

Sadly, in the next 18 minutes when I do our chat, four Americans that are alive will be dead from the food that they eat. My name's Jamie Oliver. I'm 34 years old. I'm from Essex in England and for the last seven years I've worked fairly tirelessly t

【英语语言学习】中国养老制度

Welcome again to the daily magazine show As It Is. For VOA Learning English, Im Mario Ritter. In this program, we hear about Chinas slowing economy and what that means for some of its neighbors. But first, we told you in one of our earlier programs a

【英语语言学习】四位美国人物

So my grandfather told me when I was a little girl, If you say a word often enough, it becomes you. And having grown up in a segregated city, Baltimore, Maryland, I sort of use that idea to go around America with a tape recorder -- thank God for tech

【英语语言学习】皇帝的新衣

Many years ago, there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes, that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for t

【英语语言学习】信息与食物

I love my food. And I love information. My children usually tell me that one of those passions is a little more apparent than the other. (Laughter) But what I want to do in the next eight minutes or so is to take you through how those passions develo

【英语语言学习】关于药物

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: With a bit of science, you can turn an illegal high into a legal one. This transformation comes at the molecular level. Some drugs can be altered to make them above board, making them essentially copies of banned drugs. So, how a

【英语语言学习】太空中失明后使我懂得的

What's the scariest thing you've ever done? Or another way to say it is, what's the most dangerous thing that you've ever done? And why did you do it? I know what the most dangerous thing is that I've ever done because NASA does the math. You look ba

【英语语言学习】收入差距多大为大

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Last month, President Obama called income inequality and economic mobility, quote, the defining challenge of our time. Since, as we just heard, President Obama is sure to discuss income inequality this coming week, we wanted to t

【英语语言学习】慢性疾病

From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Christopher Cruise. And Im Faith Lapidus. Today we tell about a World Health Organization report on spinal cord injuries. Then, we tell how American scientists have used stem cells to create

【英语语言学习】明令禁止

Hello! Im June Simms in Washington. Thanks for joining us again for another As It Is! At this time of the year, people all around the world are looking back at the past 12 months. What was good about the year? What was not so good? And what should I

【英语语言学习】怎样预防老年痴呆症

I'd like to talk about my dad. My dad has Alzheimer's disease. He started showing the symptoms about 12 years ago, and he was officially diagnosed in 2005. Now he's really pretty sick. He needs help eating, he needs help getting dressed, he doesn't r

【英语语言学习】否认科学

Let's pretend right here we have a machine. A big machine, a cool, TED-ish machine, and it's a time machine. And everyone in this room has to get into it. And you can go backwards, you can go forwards; you cannot stay where you are. And I wonder what

【英语语言学习】缅怀曼德拉

From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. Im June Simms in Washington. And Im Mario Ritter. Today on the show we talk about the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. The former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner died on Thursday at the

【英语语言学习】我们吃的东西到底出了什么问题

I write about food. I write about cooking. I take it quite seriously, but I'm here to talk about something that's become very important to me in the last year or two. It is about food, but it's not about cooking, per se. I'm going to start with this

【英语语言学习】家庭对话

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer. I hope that most of the people listening to us today have been with their families and friends during this holiday season. We've all had nice dinners and nice talks, but maybe there is one