【英语语言学习】当陌生人给你一笔巨款后

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Imagine there's something you've been trying to do for decades and then a total stranger steps in and makes it possible. That happened recently to a San Francisco nonprofit group. From member station KQED, Amy Standen has the story

【英语语言学习】罗密欧与朱丽叶

On RN Summer this is Great Lovers, and part four of the story romance in the western world. I'm Amanda Smith. Today its a love story from the Renaissance that's become the greatest teenage love story of them all, or as William Shakespeare called it,

【英语语言学习】计算机系统加密技术

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Long before the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, law enforcement officials argued that terrorists use technology like encrypted communication tools to evade detection. FBI Director James Comey has made the case that encryp

【英语语言学习】我们需要黑客

In 2008, Burhan Hassan, age 17, boarded a flight from Minneapolis to the Horn of Africa. And while Burhan was the youngest recruit, he was not alone. Al-Shabaab managed to recruit over two dozen young men in their late teens and early 20s with a heav

【英语语言学习】人们选择的交通方式

Hello Antony Funnell here, and welcome to Future Tense. Like many people I know, I catch the bus to work. And this is my stop, one sec... Thank-you! Okay, come this way while I talk. Travelling on the bus is pretty straightforward. But getting from t

【英语语言学习】我很早就辍学了

Thank you. I never really expected to find myself giving advice to people graduating from an establishment of higher education. I never graduated from any such establishment. I never even started at one. I escaped from school as soon as I could, when

【英语语言学习】每个人心中的利他主义

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When someone does something utterly selfless, you might think, oh, they're just a generous kind of soul. But new research suggests altruism may be hardwired in the brain. Reporter Michelle Trudeau has more. MICHELLE TRUDEAU, BYLI

【英语语言学习】对音乐的热爱

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Some of the most distinctive music in pop history has been written and performed by Yusuf Islam, back to a time in the 1970s when he went by a different name. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, PEACE TRAIN) CAT STEVENS: (Singing) Oh, I've been sm

【英语语言学习】飞龙

Robyn Williams: Australia has some of the finest living dinosaurs in the world. Yes, I mean birds. Our birds were among the first purveyors of birdsong in ancient history, so the science suggested earlier this year, despite what David Attenborough ha

【英语语言学习】获得快乐的秘诀是什么

So, people want a lot of things out of life, but I think, more than anything else, they want happiness. Aristotle called happiness the chief good, the end towards which all other things aim. According to this view, the reason we want a big house or a

【英语语言学习】身体接触

On RN, this is The Body Sphere, with Amanda Smith. When it's welcome, it's lovely. When it's not welcome, it's horrible. There's no doubt that these days we're very touchy about touch, especially around children, and for very good reason. But are tab

【英语语言学习】发生在阿根廷的谋杀迷案

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In Argentina the case of a dead prosecutor has riveted the country and caused a political crisis. Alberto Nisman was found in his apartment with a bullet to the head just over a month ago. That was after he accused Argentina's pres

【英语语言学习】奥巴马的演讲词

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you! Thank you so much. (Applause.) It is good to be back in Las Vegas! (Applause.) And it is good to be among so many good friends. Let me start off by thanking everybody at Del Sol High School for hosting

【英语语言学习】宝宝们如何学习

From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im June Simms. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we examine recent findings about how intelligence develops in babies. We look at when and how babies learn, and the importance

【英语语言学习】讨论大麻的问题

From VOA Learning English, This is AS IT IS. Welcome back! Im Caty Weaver. Growing marijuana and marijuana use are illegal in the United States under federal law. However, eighteen states and the nations capital, Washington, DC, permit the use of mar

【英语语言学习】自己选择的人生

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fix windmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores. We also watched soap operas every afternoon, especially Days of our Lives. My grandparents belonged to a Caravan

【英语语言学习】烟草公司依旧如此

This is the VOA Special English HEALTH REPORT. This month, the Australian High Court ruled in support of a law that bars tobacco companies from putting their logos or colors on cigarette packages. The European Union is considering a similar ban. But

【英语语言学习】运动场上的兴奋剂

read by Frank McCourt. THERE was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke. Night after night I had passed the house (it was vacation time) and studied the lighted square of window: and night after night I had found it lighted in the same wa

【英语语言学习】像我们祖先一样饮食好吗

From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. And Im June Simms. Today we tell about evidence that early humans were meat-eaters much earlier than scientists have thought. We also tell about an anci

【英语语言学习】短篇故事

ANNOUNCER: Now, the VOA Special English program AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story today is called Feathertop. It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Shep ONeal with the story. (MUSIC) STORYTELLER: The long cold winter was gone at last. At f