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

万物简史 第477期:生命在前进(19)

The Burgess creatures, they believed, weren't as strange and various as they appeared at first sight. 他们认为，布尔吉斯动物群并不像初看起来那么古怪，那么多种多样。 They were often no stranger than trilobites, Fortey sa

蒋健棠英语实用句子22:His health condition is bound to effect

His health condition is bound to effect his work. 他的病况一定会影响他的工作。 be bound to指一定，必定，免不了。又如： His laziness is bound to result in his failure. 他的懒惰注定导致他的失败。

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

听歌学英语：Lake Effect Kid-Fall Out Boy

Sometimes when I'm in heaven 有些时日感觉身在天堂 I get forgetful of the Earth, woah 世间繁尘琐事早已遗忘 Until I hear you bickering like boys and birds 直到我听到你的声音如鸟儿啼鸣似孩童嬉戏 The heat is on, 阳光

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

英语听力文摘 English Digest 442、别样的择偶观

Wolf Spider Mating Choices Well, you know what they say. A woman will marry the man who reminds her of her father, and a man will marry a woman who reminds him of his mother. Well were hardly the only animals to choose mates based on our early social

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

Placebo Effect Study

60 测试新药安慰剂的疗效 DATE=6-21-01 TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT - Placebo Effect Study BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach (Start at 59

每日一词【619】ripple effect：连锁反应

今天我们要学的词是ripple effect。 Ripple effect, 连锁反应。 The shutdown of the local mine had ripple effects on the entire community, 当地这家煤矿的关门，在整个社区引起了连锁反应。 美国汽车业界人士警告说

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

零基础学英语：affect & effect词汇辨析

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

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

留美老师带你每日说英文 第942期:如何应对怯场

Since stage fright is natural and inevitable, focus on what you can control. Practice a lot, starting long before in an environment similar to the real performance. Practicing any task increases your familiarity and reduces anxiety, so when it's time

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Ya?l: My cousin is always falling for these obnoxious, awful men who are just like her father. You'd think she'd learn not to make the same mistake her mother made. Don: Well, you know what they say. A woman will marry the man who reminds her of her

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

篮球英文堂 第172期:父亲 童年 避难所 科比纪录片"缪斯"连载节选5(2)

I would sit under the basket (for) the entire game, I would have one of those big like sweeper, like court sweeper things 我会整场都坐在篮球架下面，拿着大拖把 Something happened to my court like who slip some sweat I got really maki