小紫带你轻松学美剧 第10期

《绝望主妇》原句： How are we gonna scrape together fifteen grand for this endowment? 单词词组讲解 Are gonna=are going to Scrape sth together or scrape sth up: 勉强凑集 Endowment：捐赠 Grand: 1000美元 发音讲解（单词，连

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

Belief in Cause and Effect

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

For Poor Students, Getting into College Is Harder Than It Seems

Many people believe a college education can help any hard working person. But not everyone is able to attend a college or university. One common barrier is money. The College Board collects information about colleges and universities across the Unite

Birthplace effect “出生地效应”

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

VOA慢速英语 2008 0117a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An endowment is money from donations and investments. Colleges use endowment money for student aid and campus improvements, and for financial security. But college costs in the United States have bee

你的大学学费比的舍友贵?

Do You Pay Full Tuition As Your Roommate Pays Less? 你的大学学费比的舍友贵? From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The problem Congressional Research Services reports that over the past 25 years, college fees rose almost

第438期:自由意志的力量

人类总是在不断寻求我是谁？我从哪来？我要去哪？这三个问题。早在1989年，出版的《高效能人士的七个习惯》这本书，从四个维度分析了一个人的天赋，分别是自我意识，良知和想象力还有

美语听力 English Café 432

Topics: Presidential Libraries; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; people versus peoples; officer versus official; to continue versus to carry on Words: term to donate to preserve estate endowment artifact legend ghost to descend prank saddle victim people

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

2006年VOA标准英语-California Center Works for Americans With

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 07 April 2006 More than 40 million Americans have no health insurance or access to inexpensive, high-quality medical care. A West Coast charity called the California End

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

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

专业术语-财务英语词汇E5

encumbrance 产权负担 end investor 最终投资者 endaka [Japanese]

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

美语听力 English Cafe 322

Topics: No-Tuition Colleges; the Sacco-Vanzetti Trial; crazy versus mad versus psycho versus mentally ill; using ed words as adjectives; lo and behold Words: tuition a handful of on campus ranch endowment philanthropy class trial anarchist to convict

美语听力 English Cafe 313

Topics: Salem Witch Trials; National Endowment for the Arts; in fact versus as a matter of fact; even versus even though; to look at Words: witch supernatural trial fit to afflict outcast to hang mass hysteria endowment grant subjective to abolish in