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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When Donald Trump landed in Scotland just hours after the United Kingdom's historic vote, he was quick to draw parallels between that country's decision to leave the European Union and his own presidential campaign. (SOUNDBITE OF A

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Martin Pistorius is now 30, and we spoke via Skype, using a computer with speech software. He recalls emerging from his coma, only to realise he was locked in. Martin Pistorius: My awareness was something that happened gradually, so it wasn't like on

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MARTIN: And this is For the Record. It's a holiday weekend. A lot of us are spending it with family. When everyone gets together, it can be a good chance to have a conversation you have been putting off, like talking with your aging relatives about w

【英语语言学习】你会笑的

Hello, it's All in the Mind on RN, Lynne Malcolm with you. Today, as part of the ABC's Mental As campaign, we begin with a few laughs. Stand-up comedian: With all the great street drugs out there, I would have to be an idiot to choose antidepressants

【英语语言学习】当我对我所恐惧的事情说“yes”后

So a while ago, I tried an experiment. For one year, I would say yes to all the things that scared me. Anything that made me nervous, took me out of my comfort zone, I forced myself to say yes to. Did I want to speak in public? No, but yes. Did I wan

【英语语言学习】狗狗的进化史

Robyn Williams: And this is The Science Show on RN where weve long tracked the evolution of dogs. Now clearly going far further back than we thought, so we can imagine now a bunch of feral people, all very roughroaming around the woods, coming across

【英语语言学习】飞机失事事故

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's been a year since a Malaysian jetliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. Western governments believe that flight MH17 was hit by a Russian surface-to-air missile, but there is still no offici

【英语语言学习】怎样变成充满希望的人

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. The most you can do is live inside that hope, running down its hallways, touching the walls on both sides. Let me begin that way: with an invocation of your own best hopes, th

【英语语言学习】蔬菜们的生物钟

This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow. You open the door of your fridge and the light goes on, right? What if the light in your fridge could stay on and be programmed to help your veggies taste better or be more nutritious? Why? Well, it turns out t

【英语语言学习】开着的窗户

The Open Window MY aunt will be down presently, Mr. Nuttel, said a very self-possessed young lady of fifteen; in the meantime you must try and put up with me. Framton Nuttel endeavoured to say the correct something which should duly flatter the niece

【英语语言学习】波士顿最臭名昭著的恶棍

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Whitey Bulger, the Boston criminal that inspired Jack Nicholson's character in the Martin Scorsese film The Departed, was captured in 2011 after 16 years on the run as one of the FBI's most want

【英语语言学习】将减肥进行到底

This is Science in the News in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we will talk about diet and weight loss. Exercise is important if you want to get in good shape. But experts say exercise alone is not enough if your

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学习英语成功之道 在语言领域的研究指出，如果你想成为一名成功的英语学习者，你可以做的事情有很多。对语言和文化的好奇心，日常的学习，以及在一个说英语的环境中的任何一个可能的

【英语语言学习】家庭暴力

This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Celeste Headlee. Michel Martin is away. Let's go behind closed doors. It's the part of the program where we talk about issues people often only discuss in private. Today, we want to talk about domestic violence

【英语语言学习】谎言的未来

Let me tell you, it has been a fantastic month for deception. And I'm not even talking about the American presidential race. (Laughter) We have a high-profile journalist caught for plagiarism, a young superstar writer whose book involves so many made

【英语语言学习】学会与狼和平共处

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Efforts to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list across most of the lower 48 states hit a hurdle yesterday. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service panel said the scientific research is insufficient to make a decision. The

【英语语言学习】突尼斯这样做对吗？

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This is also a landmark date in Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began. Three years ago today, Tunisia's long-time ruler stepped down in the face of a popular uprising. His departure sparked both celebration and uncertainty. A nati

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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. Several Afghan officials have been suspended following an attack on the popular restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan which left 21 people dead. It was the deadliest violence against foreign civili

【英语语言学习】担忧未来

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A Virginia state senator named Creigh Deeds was brutally assaulted by his son last week. The attack put the elder Deeds into the hospital and it left his son, Austin, dead after shooting himself. Just a day before, a judge issued

【英语语言学习】一次危险的旅程

MICHEL MARTIN: Every year, tens of thousands of Central Americans from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador make a perilous overland journey to the United States. They travel north through Mexico to the U.S. border, riding on top of rusty cargo trains