The Cat’s Diary

My 1) captors continue to 2) taunt me with bizarre little 3) dangling objects. They dine 4) lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope

VOA标准英语 Lawmakers Urge More Action to Prevent Flu-Infected T

Members of the U.S. Congress - particularly those representing states along the border with Mexico and Canada - are calling on the Obama administration to do more to prevent travelers infected with swine flu from entering the United States. They mad

NPR 2010-01-04

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. The United States and Britain have shut down their embassies in Yemen in light of what President Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan called alive and active threat of Al-Qaeda attacks

SSS 2009-11-27

It really is rocket scienceresearchers are using huge x-ray scanners from NASA to understand how sonar might be affecting the hearing of large ocean mammals. These scanners are usually used to inspect the space shuttles solid fuel rockets. Navy sonar

最In导购口语 第115期:扫描仪

导购口语: Scanners come in quite a variety of shapes and sizes in our store. 我们店的扫描仪形状和大小多种多样。 Your satisfaction is guaranteed, or we refund your money. 我们保证用户满意，否则我们可以退款。 An o

CNN 2012-05-12

Nice job on that iReport, Madison (ph).We're glad to see all of you tuning in to this midweek edition of CNN Student News.My name is Carl Azuz.Let's get started. First up,investigators are studying an explosive device that they say could have ended u

鹅妈妈童谣 31 Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat

PUSSY-CAT AND QUEEN Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, Where have you been? Ive been to London To look at the Queen. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, What did you there? I frightened a little mouse Under the chair.

2007年VOA标准英语-New Airport Technology Raises Issue of Security

By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 03 January 2007 watch Screening report Ever since the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, the need for airport security has led to a steady increase in the use and improvement of technology. One new

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bill Of The Month: A Tale Of 2 CT Scanners — One Richer, One Poorer

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Today, we have a tale of two medical bills - same patient, same test, but one test cost 33 times more than the other. It's our bill of the month, part of a series with Kaiser Health News in which we examine real-world medical bil

VOA标准英语2010年-Airport Body Scanners Called Safe If P

Compared to the dose level of a medical chest x-ray, a backscatter scan is thousands of times lower. Since the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner, airports are looking for ways to tighten security. One method being adopted by some and

VOA标准英语2010年-New Body Scanners at Work In British A

Body scanners are viewed by many as an invasive technology, which amounts to a virtual strip search. They reveal graphic images of passengers' bodies, including medical details like evidence of mastectomy and colostomy bags. Britons call it a breach

VOA标准英语2010年-Europe Debates Airport Security

European aviation officials are meeting in Brussels to discuss airport security measures and British authorities are doing the same as governments try to decide the best way to protect planes and air passengers in the wake of a failed bombing attempt

VOA标准英语2010年-Body Scanners, Touted as Effective Too

Public opinion polls suggest most Americans favor full body scanners as a way to protect against terror attacks on commercial airliners. The benefits of scanners are being debated in a number of countries. Some groups have raised privacy issues. But

Dead Cat

Jim let his dog out to relieve himself late one night. He watched some TV, and then remembered to let the dog back in. When he opened the door, he was shocked at what he saw! In his dog's mouth was his neighbor's cat, dead! Bad dog! BAD DOG! said the

The Cat and the Cock

A cat caught a cock，and took counsel with himeself how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him．He accused him of being a nuisance to men，by crowing in the night time，and not permitting them to sleep．The cock defended himself by say

The Cook and the Cat

A certain cook，rather more educated than his fellows，went from his kitchen one day to a neighbouring tavernhe was of a serious turn of mind，and on that day he celebrated the anniversary of a friend's death－leaving a cat at home，to guard his

Dick and His Cat

Dick and His Cat I Once there was a boy called Dick. He was very poor: his father and mother were dead and he had no friends to help him. One day he heard some men speaking: one man said, I shall go to London, for London is a very big city, and its s

The Old Cat

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth an

The Cat and the Bell thecatandthebell

There were many mice in a house. The man of the house got a cat. The cat killed many of the mice. Then the oldest mouse said, All mice must come to my hole tonight, and we will think what we can do about this cat.' All the mice came. Many mice spoke,

VOA标准英语2010年-African Countries Step Up Airport Secu

Several countries in Africa say they are increasing security at their airports following the Christmas Day bombing attempt on a US airliner by a Nigerian man. Other countries say they have no plans for upgrades, but are monitoring the situation. Scot