【英语语言学习】我到底怎么了

Has anyone here ever done a plank before? And when I say plank, I dont mean where you get on the ground, lie down on random things, and take pictures for Instagram. I mean that awful exercise they probably made you do in gym class. My name is Gabi Ur

【英语语言学习】父亲与女儿

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now, on this Father's Day, we bring you a story about a father and his daughter and a whole continent between them. Longtime NPR contributor Jon Kalish lives in New York City. For years, he struggled to maintain a relationship wi

【英语语言学习】说与听

Antony Funnell: We're a noisy lot, we human beings. Visually as well as in an auditory sense. When we're not spruiking and selling, we're posting and commenting, elbowing for attention and easily distracted by the tangle around us. We like to tell ot

【英语语言学习】情绪的语言

Antony Funnell: It's often difficult to date the beginning of things. Hello, Antony Funnell here, welcome to Future Tense. Today's show is about the astonishing growth in popularity of Emoji, those little weird faces and symbols people increasingly u

【英语语言学习】天气变化

Robyn Williams: And so to WOMADelaide and the comedy of climate change. My name is Robyn Williams, and in 1971 I did my last Monty Python, and it was a raid on the Tate Gallery to put bras and knickers on all the rude statues. And one of the most del

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Act One. Takes One To Know One Ira Glass Act One, Takes One to Know One. So after 11 months of stalling, Ben finally headed out to get himself the good guy discount wearing a microphone hidden underneath his shirt. I went with him. Ben Calhoun First

【英语语言学习】你相信鬼魂的存在吗

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. In her new work of nonfiction called American Ghost, writer Hannah Nordhaus investigates a haunting as well as the lost world of 19th-century European Jews who emigrated to the American Southwest. Book critic Mau

【英语语言学习】埃博拉病毒对抗日记

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to a very personal story from the front lines of the ongoing fight against Ebola in one of the countries hardest hit - Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization reports that the Ebola epidemic in that country may be levelin

【英语语言学习】为什么女性容易受到骚扰

'm Rachel Martin, and this is For The Record. When you live part of your life online through social media, you have to be prepared for everything that comes your way. The more visible someone is, the more likely a target of harassment. And on Twitter

【英语语言学习】被诱拐两次之后

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Lynsey Addario, had been a photojournalist working in war zones for 10 years when she was kidnapped in Libya in 2011 while covering the fighting between Muammar Qaddafi's troops and rebel forces. She was

【英语语言学习】教授哥斯拉

A small college outside of Little Rock, Arkansas, called Hendrix College, is about to get a new president. His name is William Tsutsui. He's a Harvard- and Princeton-educated economist. But he's most known for his expertise in Godzilla. Yes, Godzilla

【英语语言学习】谈谈电视

I want to say that really and truly, after these incredible speeches and ideas that are being spread, I am in the awkward position of being here to talk to you today about television. So most everyone watches TV. We like it. We like some parts of it.

【英语语言学习】音乐可以帮助减轻痛苦

Hospitals employ many therapeutic methods. In addition to medication, there are interventions like massage therapy and hypnosis. Music therapy is also growing in popularity. Sandra Siedliecki is a Senior Scientist at the Nursing Institute of Clevelan

【英语语言学习】我们为什么会笑？

ACKI LYDEN, HOST: OK. So here's a joke. A man sitting on the veranda with his wife one night when out of the blue he says: I love you. His wife says: Was that you or was that the beer talking? The man says: That was me talking to the beer. Maybe you

【英语语言学习】男人之间没有争吵

I've been in Afghanistan for 21 years. I work for the Red Cross and I'm a physical therapist. My job is to make arms and legs -- well it's not completely true. We do more than that. We provide the patients, the Afghan disabled, first with the physica

【英语语言学习】妇女的勇气

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Operas are often centered on tragic heroines who die or take their own lives at the end of the story. But Thumbprint, a new chamber opera, takes that formula and turns it around. This opera is based on the true story of a young, il

【英语语言学习】追求公正

ELI ROSENBAUM: The time pressures grow every year. Sometimes I say it's sort of like when we started, we were told, OK, run a four-minute mile and we did it. And then a few years later, they say, OK, you've got to run that mile but you've only got ab

【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】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】信息共享

It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. And I'm Melissa Block. This week, we're exploring the many ways you share personal information with the digital universe, whether you know it or not. When you search online, when you shop,