有声阅读【1】How to Be a Successful Language Learn… 2007-9-24 21:06:46 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]How to Be a Successful Language Learner?怎样才能学好一种语言？ Learning a language is easy. Even a child can do it! Most adults who are learning a second language would disagree with this statement. For them, learning a language is a very difficult task. They need hundreds of hours of study and practice, and even this will no guarantee success for every adult language learner. Language learning is different from other kinds of learning. Some people who are very intellige…… 有声阅读【2】Language 语言 2007-9-24 21:06:42 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Language 语言When we want to tell other people what we think, we can do it not only with the help of words, but also in many other ways.An Englishman who could not speak Italian was once traveling in Italy. One day he entered a restaurant and sat down at a table. When the waiter come, the Englishman opened his mouth, put his fingers in it, took them out again and moved his lips. In this way he meant to say, Bring me something to eat. The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea…… 有声阅读【3】Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes 万税，万… 2007-9-24 21:06:30 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes万税，万税，万万税 Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes. Americans do not have a corner on the death market, but many people feel that the United States leads the world with the worst taxes.Taxes consist of the money which people pay to support their government. There are generally three levels of government in the United States: federal, state, and city; therefore, there are three types…… 有声阅读【4】Advertising 登广告 2007-9-24 21:06:26 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Advertising登广告Advertising is only part of the total sales effort ,but it is the part that attracts the most attention. This is natural enough because advertising is designed for just that purpose. In newspapers, in mail, on radio and television, we constantly see and hear the messages for hundreds of different products and services. For the most part, they are the kinds of things that we can be persuaded to buy - food and drinks, cars and television sets, furniture and cl…… 有声阅读【5】The Atlantic Ocean 大西洋 2007-9-24 21:06:22 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]The Atlantic Ocean大西洋The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separate the Old World from the New. For centuries it kept the Americas from being discovered by the people of Europe.It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000 km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) wide. This narrowest place is between the bulge of south America and the bulge of Africa.Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it…… 有声阅读【6】The Moon 月球 2007-9-24 21:06:15 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]The Moon月球We find that the moon is about 239,000 miles (384,551 km) away from the earth, and, to within a few thousand miles, its distance always remains the same. Yet a very little observation shows that the moon is not standing till. Its distance from the earth remains the same, but its direction continually changes. We find that it is traveling in a circle - or very nearly a circle - round the earth, going completely round once a month, or, more exactly, once very 27 1…… 有声阅读【7】Improving your Memory 增强记忆力的方法 2007-9-24 21:06:11 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Improving your Memory增强记忆力的方法Psychological research has focused on a number of basic principles that help memory: meaningfulness, organization, association, and visualization. It is useful to know how these principles work.Meaningfulness affects memory at all levels. Information that does not make any sense to you is difficult to remember. There are several ways in which we can make material more meaningful. Many people, for instance, learn a rhyme to help them remember. …… 有声阅读【8】Short-term Memory 短时记忆 2007-9-24 21:06:07 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Short-term Memory短时记忆There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. Information in long-term memory can be recalled at a later time when it is needed. The information may be kept for days or weeks. Sometimes information in the long-term memory is hard to remember. Students taking exams often have this experience. In contrast, information in short-term memory is kept for only a few seconds, usually by repeating the information over and over. For example, you look…… 有声阅读【9】Fallacies about Food 关于饮食的几种错… 2007-9-24 21:06:00 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Fallacies about Food关于饮食的几种错误观点Many primitive peoples believed that by eating an animal they could get some of the good qualities of that animal for themselves. They thought, for example, that eating deer would make them run as fast as the deer. Some savage tribes believed that eating enemies that had shown bravery in battle would make them brave. Man-eating may have started because people were eager to become as strong and brave as their enemies.Among civilized people it…… 有声阅读【10】Do animals Think? 动物也会思考吗？ 2007-9-24 21:05:47 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Do animals Think?动物也会思考吗？The question has often been asked, Do animals think? I believe that some of them think a great deal. Many of them are like children in their sports. We notice this to be true very often with dogs and cats; but it is true with other animals as well.Some birds are very lively in their sports; and the same is true with some insects. The ants, hardworking as they are, have their times for play. They run races; they wrestle; and sometimes they have moc…… 有声阅读【11】Diamonds 钻石 2007-9-24 21:05:41 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Diamonds钻石Diamonds are rare, beautiful, and also quite useful. They are the hardest substance found in nature. That means a diamond can cut any other surface. And only another diamond can make a slight cut in a diamond.Diamonds are made from carbon. Carbon is found in all living things, both plant and animal. Much of the carbon in the earth comes from things that once lived.Scientists know that the combination of extreme heat and pressure changes carbon into diamonds. Suc…… 有声阅读【12】American stores 美国各种类型的商店 2007-9-24 21:05:33 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]American stores美国各种类型的商店In the United States you will find yourself being urged from every page of every newspaper and on practically every television station to buy all kinds of goods that you are actually quite happy without.Not only is there a wide range of prices for goods in America, there is also a wide range in the quality of goods offered for sale. Unlike some countries, Americans generally pay the price of a product without question, instead of trying to get a lo…… 有声阅读【13】How Dictionaries Are Made 各类词书都… 2007-9-24 21:05:29 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]How Dictionaries Are Made各类词书都是怎样编成的 It is widely believed that every word has a correct meaning, that we learn these meanings mainly from teachers and grammarians, and that dictionaries and grammars are the supreme authority in matters of meaning and usage. Few people ask by what authority the writers of dictionaries and grammars say what the say. I once got into a dispute with an English woman over the pronunciation of a word and offered to look it up in the dictiona…… 有声阅读【14】Reading Provides Necessary Survival … 2007-9-24 21:05:25 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Reading Provides Necessary Survival Skills博览群书能给你提供种种必要的生存技能With the coming of the television age and the increasing emphasis on pictures and sound in all quarters of our society, many people would have us believe that we are moving rapidly away from reading as a necessary life skill. But this is not the case at all.Good reading is a more important life skill than ever before and the printed word continues to be the cornerstone of both higher education and better position…… 有声阅读【15】Insurance 美国的保险业务 2007-9-24 21:05:21 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Insurance美国的保险业务An insurance agent called me this morning. This particular agent wanted to discuss my automobile coverage, but the next agent to call might be interested in my life insurance program, my health insurance, or fire protection for my home and furniture. The American consumer often feels constantly disturbed by insurance agents. Many agents selling many different policies call us by phone and sometimes even come to our doors. These insurance agents are always …… 有声阅读【16】What Is Money and What Are Its Funct… 2007-9-24 21:05:14 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]What Is Money and What Are Its Functions?Money is something youve been familiar with throughout your life. In fact, you may already consider yourself an expert on the subject. You regularly use money to measure the value of things you own. You also have some of it in your pocket and in bank accounts. It might surprise you to learn that theres a great deal of disagreement among economists about what money is and how to measure it. Money serves a number of functions, and an…… 有声阅读【17】Why We Walk in Circles 为什么我们会走… 2007-9-24 21:05:07 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Why We Walk in CirclesPin the Tail on the Donkey is always fun when youre watching rather than pinning. It is somewhat surprising to see how the blindfolded performers act. Instead of going straight, they always wander off to one side or the other. The greater the distance to the donkey, the farther they go astray. Have you ever wondered why they are unable to walk straight ahead?It is a well-known fact that a person will move in a circle when he cannot use his eyes to co…… 有声阅读【18】How TV violence Affects Kids 2007-9-24 21:05:01 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]How TV violence Affects KidsFor more than a quarter of a century, evidence has been increasing that childrens exposure to violence on television has long-lasting effects on their behavior. Between 1982 and 1986, the amount of television time allocated each week to violent programs increased significantly. And the number of violent acts on television in the past years has increased from about 19 to 27 per hour. Given the amount of time that children watch television, it ha…… 有声阅读【19】Why Dont Girls Think Like Boys? 2007-9-24 21:04:54 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Why Dont Girls Think Like Boys? Do you believe that only boys do well in science? Does it seem to you that girls have better vocabularies than boys? In your opinion, are boys better at building things? If your answer to each of those questions is Yes, you are right, according to an article in Current Science. There are exceptions, but here are the facts.On the average, males score higher on tests that measure mathematical reasoning, mechanical ability, and problem-solving…… 有声阅读【20】Heart Disease: Treat or Prevent? 2007-9-24 21:04:50 　·[ 新窗口浏览 MediaPlayer 文件 ]Heart Disease: Treat or Prevent?One of the greatest killers in the Western world is heart disease. The death rate from the disease has been increasing at an alarming speed for the past thirty years. Today in Britain, for example, about four hundred people a day die of heart disease. Western health-care systems are spending huge sums of money on the surgical treatment of the disease.This emphasis on treatment is clearly associated with the technological advances that have ……