SSS 2011-12-29

nobody likes getting shots, but what if you could make the needles so tiny that they broke skin painlessly. engineers from top university have created such micro needles, made from major protein in silk, fibrolin. the work is in the journal of advanc

01_Dad Sure Could Play that Mandolin

My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string instrument players in our town. He could not read music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it. When he was yo

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. When trying to make a successful career, which is better: being a generalist or a specialist? In other words, should you generalize and know a little about a lot of things? Or should you

Separated 1)Guatamalan Twins Go Home

Broadcast: Jan 14, 2003 Twins girls who were born joined at the head have gone home to Guatemala, five months after surgery to separate them. The 2) prognosis for both is good. Wearing 3） tiaras ove

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Scientists Discover New Animal 科学家发现新的物种 From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. Im June Simms. And Im Bob Doughty. Today we tell about a new animal species native to South America. We tell how agricultural chemical

文身会让你失去工作么?

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VOA慢速英语--用利默里克来定义每一个英语单词

Man Hopes to Define Every English Word with a Limerick There are many different methods for studying languages and learning new words. One man has come up with his own unusual way to define the meanings of words - through rhyming. He uses words that

2007年NPR美国国家公共电台三月-Speak, Pancakes: The Language of Love

Time again for StoryCorps, this oral history project collects interviews between everyday people talking about their lives. Today, a husband and a wife remember how they met. He was from Slovakia, she was from Wisconsin. A job brought them together.

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The Frick Collection (5th Avenue and E.70th Street) Many art lovers would rather visit this small art gallery than any other in New York. Henry Clay Frick, a rich New Yorker, died in 1919, leaving his house, furniture and art collection to the Ameri

【有声英语文学名著】麦田里的守望者（24）

24 MR. AND MRS. ANTOLINI had this very swanky apartment over on Sutton Place, with two steps that you go down to get in the living room, and a bar and all. I'd been there quite a few times, because after I left Elkton Hills Mr. Antolini came up to ou

英语访谈对话 82 Healthy Diet

Hello, this is Tara, and I just gonna talk about what I wanna do in the future. At the moment I've finished my degree so, I'm just, you know, trying to save some money to pay off my debts, but I really want to be a nutritionist, so I'm saving some mo

Kelly Clarkson & Justin Guarini 对唱情歌:Timeless

Baby come close, let me tell you this 靠近我 让我告诉你 In a whisper my heart says you know it too 我心中的低语你也知道 Maybe we both share a secret wish 也许这是我们共同的秘密 And you're feeling my love reaching out to y

2006年VOA标准英语-US Military Adding New Construction at Gua

By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 February 2006 Camp Six under construction at Guantanamo Bay A report issued by the UN's Human Rights Commission on Thursday called for the closing of the U.S. military detenti

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2006年VOA标准英语-Guantanamo Detainees Single Out Female Gua

By Al Pessin Guantanamo 01 February 2006 At the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba nearly 500 detainees, most of them captured during the Afghanistan war, await release or trial. M

voa标准英语2008-US Charges 5 Blackwater Guards With Manslaughter

The U.S. Justice Department has charged five American security contractors with killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians and wounding 20 others. The five men worked for the U.S. security company Blackwater Worldwide and are charged with manslaughter, atte

VOA常速英语2007-Blackwater Chairman Defends His Guards Against A

By Sean Maroney Washington 14 October 2007 The chairman of the American security company Blackwater USA is defending his company's guards, who are under investigation over a September shooting incident in which 17 Iraqis were killed. VOA's Sean Maron

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VOICE ONE: Many people who try to lose weight know that no diet is perfect.But two new studies show that a diet low in carbohydrates can cause faster weight loss than a diet low in fats. This was true at least in the short term. Researchers published

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Todd: So, Alex, you're in university. Alex: Yeah Todd: So, um what kind of foods do you eat? Alex: Well, since I go to college, I don't have a lot of money, so usually I go with the very inexpensive ramen, you know, breads, eggs. My favorite thing th

Chen Ruolin wins women's 10m platform gold at london Olympic Games

LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chen Ruolin collected a high 422.30 points for the title of women's 10m platform diving at London Olympic Games on Thursday. It is the 200th gold medal China won from all the summer Olympic Games it participated in. Brittan