Topics: Famous Americans-James Fenimore Cooper; The Farmer's Almanac; in favor of versus in (one's) favor; feat of strength, raw human strength, and to be forced against table's edge; to multitask Words: frontier pioneer to be expelled from prank to

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(28) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

The National Safety Council estimates that 28 percent of all highway accidents and deaths are caused by drivers paying poor attention to the road because theyre holding cell phones to their heads. But a study of 200 volunteers finds that one out of e

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

Modern humans are masters of multitasking. We eat while driving, watch TV while studying, and of course talk on our cell phones while doing, well, everything. How do we do it? A study in the July 16th issue of Neuron suggests that though we can train

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(七)月

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The National Safety Council estimates that 28 percent of all highway accidents and deaths are caused by drivers paying poor attention to the road because theyre holding

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(四)月

BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhuanet) -- The elderly have a difficult time with multi-tasking as a study suggests that older brains behave differently when it comes to switching between two tasks, according to media reports on Tuesday. Researchers used funct

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Multitasking Follies In todays plugged in, online, information-saturated world, its good to be a skilled multi-tasker, right? Unless youre able to tweet, chat, and update your Facebook status all at the same time, youre sure to fall behind the curve.

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16