【英语语言学习】狗狗是我们最好的朋友

Robyn Williams: One of humanity's first innovations was an alliance with dogs, 40,000 years ago at least. Just look at the article on wolves in this week's New Scientist magazine. One great advantage of wolves and dogs is they are smart, as Stanley C

【英语语言学习】数字0的曲折历史

ERIC WESTERVELT, HOST: Think of all the numbers you've encountered today - the clock in your smartphone, maybe the date on your calendar, the numbers on that highway sign. And those are just the ones you can see. It's easy to take numbers for granted

【英语语言学习】跨种族收养

We've been feeling reflective here at WEEKEND EDITION. And over the past few weeks we've been listening back to some of our favorite interviews from the past year. This week's pick comes from our editor Jordana Hochman and producer Chris Benderev. Th

【英语语言学习】北京的地下室

ARUN RATH, HOST: More than 21 million people live in Beijing, so even the tiniest apartments can cost a fortune. But there is an underground market. Literally, people are living underground. Below the city's bustling streets, bomb shelters and storag

【英语语言学习】带着渺小的希望活下去

This is For the Record. The year was 1975. Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese as American troops and civilians were forced to evacuate the country. Ronald Reagan entered the presidential race against Gerald Ford. A show called Saturday Night Live de

【英语语言学习】黑手党

From VOA Learning English, welcome to This is America! Im Christopher Cruise. The American city of Las Vegas, Nevada, is known around the world. Las Vegas is famous for excitement, entertainment and casinos -- businesses where lots of money can be wo

【英语语言学习】为什么我们要禁毒

What has the War on Drugs done to the world? Look at the murder and mayhem in Mexico, Central America, so many other parts of the planet, the global black market estimated at 300 billion dollars a year, prisons packed in the United States and elsewhe

【英语语言学习】治疗老年痴呆症

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. November is Alzheimers Awareness Month in the United States. Alzheimers is a frightening disease. It is frightening not only for those who suffer from memory loss, but also for their loved ones. B

【英语语言学习】科幻小说

Antony Funnell: Science fiction stands on the bridge between fantasy and reality. Hello, Antony Funnell here, and welcome to Future Tense. Unlike pure fantasy, science fiction explores what might be possible. And, that's what makes it so intriguing.

【英语语言学习】系统漏洞

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Millions of computers and networks are at risk after a security flaw, which is being called Shellshock, was found last week. Now this is not a virus. It's a bug - a mistake in code. And it turns out, it's actually been around

【英语语言学习】久坐伤身

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. If you are sitting down listening to this Health Report, stand up. Move your legs. Touch your toes, if you can. Do anything but sit. If you cut down on the time you spend sitting, you might live l

【英语语言学习】你恐惧什么

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week we asked listeners and social media followers to tell us about unusual things that may scare them. Not international terrorism or certifiable phobias, but real fears we carry around that some people may not understand. Ma

【英语语言学习】咆哮

I know a man who soars above the city every night. In his dreams, he twirls and swirls with his toes kissing the Earth. Everything has motion, he claims, even a body as paralyzed as his own. This man is my father. Three years ago, when I found out th

【英语语言学习】睡眠与健康

Sleep. It's something we spend about a third of our lives doing, but do any of us really understand what it's all about? Two thousand years ago, Galen, one of the most prominent medical researchers of the ancient world, proposed that while we're awak

【英语语言学习】虚拟现实游戏

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Lots of people play video games to escape the real world, but a new type of virtual reality experience does just the opposite. It takes you to the streets of Syria and other conflicts zones gripped by very real violence. But as r

【英语语言学习】对即将踏入社会的毕业生说的话

In which the author answers the question that Freud asked, but never could figure out: What do women want? For good measure, he also reveals what men really want. We love you, are proud of you, expect good things from you, and wish you well. This is

【英语语言学习】玩游戏可以拯救世界

I'm Jane McGonigal. I'm a game designer. I've been making games online now for 10 years, and my goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games. Now, I have a plan for th

【英语语言学习】奥巴马演讲

SHE sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne. She was tired. Few people passed. The man out of the last house passed on his way home;

【英语语言学习】科技发展的未来

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan, in Washington. Technology's already changed our lives in ways we couldn't have imagined just a few years ago, and now seems ready to reinvent our future. As we continue our series of conversations looking a

【英语语言学习】网上授课所得的最大受益

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Jennifer Ludden. Don't email the professor, never friend the teacher on Facebook, those are just some of the rules A.J. Jacobs was surprised to learn when he joined millions of other students worldwide who've registere