VOA常速英语2018--变形材料面世或将方便日常生活

An assistant at the morphing matter lab drops a few pieces of flat dry pasta into a pot of boiling water. In a few minutes, these rigid flat strips will turn into soft spiral shapes called fusilli that can hold a lot of tasty sauce. Packaging dry pas

2006年VOA标准英语-Fagen Goes Front and Center with "Morph th

By Doug Levine Washington 30 April 2006 Donald Fagen likes to take his time. It took his group Steely Dan more than 20 years to tour, and it took the singer and keyboardist even longer to tour as a so

VOA标准英语2010年-Odierno: Iran Funding Extremists in Ir

U.S. commander for Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, speaks at a press conference at the U.S. embassy in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq (File Photo) The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq says Iran is fueling instability in neighboring Iraq by funding and train

超级简单英语阅读:Dead Bodies

The big room is air-conditioned. But it smells. Dead bodies are in metal drawers. The bodies have no clothes. The bodies are naked. A white sheet covers each dead body. The drawers slide in. The drawers slide out. A doctor works in the big room with

英语语法：73 Modifying Phrases

Grammar Girl here. Today, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga helps us understand modifiers that come at the beginning of a sentence. Bonnie says, As a guest-writer, I plan to talk about two kinds of troublesome modifiers that begin a sentence. Like many of y

英语语法：193 Modifying Absolutes

Grammar Girl here. I'm so glad to be back. Today's topic is wordiness. I've heard from a lot of you who have pet peeves about different wordy phrases, and it's a lot of fun to hear what gets under people's skin and why. Here's one example from Lara i

VOA常速英语2008年-Inflation Hits Cambodia

By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 18 April 2008 As in other developing countries from Egypt to Haiti, soaring inflation has recently emerged as a threat to Cambodia's hard won social stability. While wages have remained low, the price of rice and other staple

SSS 2008-11-04

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Its true that if you eat a lot of whats fondly dubbed the stinking rose, others might notice a faint whiff of eau de garlic in your sweat. But even the

Pescara's worst performance, says Bergodi

MILAN, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Pescara head coach Cristiano Bergodi said his side displayed our worst performance in my time here following their 2-0 loss to Inter Milan in the Italian league on Saturday. The Delfini, who had won three of the previous fo

VOA标准英语2010年-Human Traffickers Target Young Cambodi

Women and children are commonly believed to be the main targets of human traffickers. But in Cambodia, scores of men have recounted stories of modern-day slavery on board Thai and Malaysian fishing boats. Manfred Hornung, a legal adviser with the Cam

VOA标准英语2009年-Odierno: US to Withdraw 4,000 More Troops

By Al Pessin Washington 30 September 2009 The commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq says he is accelerating the drawdown of American troops, with 4,000 more coming out ahead of schedule by the end of October. General Ray Odierno spoke to th

2007年VOA标准英语-Bodies of Kidnapped Kenyan Police Found at Soma

By Katy Migiro Nairobi 14 June 2007 The bodies of two Kenyan policemen who disappeared while patrolling the Kenya-Somali border Sunday have been found. For VOA, Katy Migiro reports, the officers are suspected to have been killed by Somali Islamists.

ESL Podcast 527 – Describing Men’s Bodies

Justin: What are you ogling at? Katrina: Im watching those guys working across the street. Justin: Those construction workers ? Katrina: Yeah, those prime examples of manhood . Theres not a flabby gut in the bunch . Justin: Im pretty sure they wouldn

《时代》周刊盘点2016年最炫的科技发明

Every year, TIME selects the best inventions that are making the world better, smarter andin some casesa little more fun. Here's which ones made this year's unranked list. 每年《时代》周刊都会选出让世界变得更美好、更智能或者更

2015年CRI Updated China ODI Data Shows More Impressive Growth

According to the report, China's foreign direct investment reached 123 billion U.S. dollars in 2014, a 14 percent annual increase. Zhang Xiangchen, the International Trade Deputy Representative from the Ministry of Commerce, says the numbers also ind

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-03-13

And the powerful lobby group Manufacture Australia has chosen controversial former underwear Queen Sue Morphett as its new chairwoman. And she resigned last year as the Chief Executive of Pacific Brands where she axed 1,800 jobs and moved production