Placebo Effect Update

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 19, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. When scientists want to test the effectiveness of a new drug, they usually divide

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Benjamin Frankin wondered about(at) lightning. He combined his curiosity with imagination and carried out his well-known experiment to show that lightning and an electric spark are the same thing. Cur

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今年7月，14岁的美国华裔少年刘继打破老虎伍兹的纪录，成为美国青少年高尔夫锦标赛史上最年轻的冠军，同时刷新老虎伍兹保持了19年的纪录。刘继出生在纽约州一个只有11万人口的小城市史

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Round like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending on beginning On an ever-spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain Or a carnival balloon Like a carousel thats turning Running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands

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the way we were barbra streisand Memories light the corners of my mind Misty water color memories Of the way we were Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind Smiles we gave to one another Fore the way we were Can't it be that it was all so sim

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芭芭拉史翠珊，是美国史上最成功并且最有声望的艺术家之一，她是美国娱乐界一个活着的传奇，拥有无数空前的，令后人也难以企及的纪录。她是美国最全面的女艺术家，无论是音乐、电影

VOA慢速英语 2008 1201b

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., is a major cultural center in America. For the past thirty year

美国国家公共电台 NPR On Barbra Streisand's Latest, The Walls Do Talk — To The President

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Barbra Streisand has two Oscars, eight Emmys and millions of album sales. She could probably read and record the stops along the route of the D train through the Bronx and get a million downloads. But she's done something different

英语小达人 188 The Effect of Advertisement

The Effect of Advertisement 广告的效果 Some businessmen were talking about advertising on TV excitedly. As none of them had ever done it before, every one had his point of view. At this moment, Mr. Grey came by. He was a car dealer and he had on

每日一词【753】side effect：副作用

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

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Affect and effect are different in meaning, though frequently confused. Affect is chiefly used as a verb and its main meaning is to influence or make a difference to, as in the following example sentences: Affect一般用作动词，其含义为：影响

好听的英文歌曲：woman in love - Barbara Streisand

Life is a moment in space, when the dream is gone it's a lonelier place. I kiss the morning goodbye, but down inside you know we never know why. The road is narrow and long when eyes meet eyes and the feeling is strong. I turn away from the wall. I s

学个词Learn a Word 第753期 side effect

今天我们要学的词是side effect。 Side effect, 副作用。一项最近民调显示，Most Americans want health reform but fear its potential side effects, 大多数美国人都希望看到医疗改革，但是又担心改革可能带来的副

中考英语热点作文：温室效应 The Greenhouse Effect

As the development of the society, people want to conquer the environment, they use the high technology to change the environment, when people are satisfied with what they did to the nature, the nature is starting to teach human being a lesson. In th

打工姐妹花第一季 第186期:春假的美好时光(2)

Wow, this place is amazing. It's, like, the cover of gay gay gay magazine. 这地方也太赞了吧。不给《超基基基杂志》当封面，真是可惜了啊 Max, you have to stop reducing them to that gay stereotype. 麦克斯，别再把人家贬

Pope leaves Vatican, resignation takes effect

VATICAN CITY, Feb.28 (Xinhua) -- The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came into effect at 8 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Thursday, who had left the Vatican by helicopter for the papal vacation retreat in south Rome earlier in the afternoon. The pope h

Efforts to ease medical costs take effect

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Medicine prices at public clinics have been notably reduced thanks to a policy that promotes basic medicine, an office of the State Council said Thursday. Current price levels of basic medicine used by government-funded t