备用电机或能挽救飞行员的生命 More than 550 people are killed each year,on average,in accidents involving small,mostly single-engine airplanes,according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. 美国运输部的调查显示每年有超过...
非洲艾滋病妇女仍面临歧视 New research shows that more than 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, African women living with the HIV still face much stigma and discrimination. The study says its affecting efforts to prevent mother-to-child t...
游泳选手即将在特奥会上大展身手 She practices twice a week and has meets on Saturdays to get ready for the games. 她每周训练2次,而且在星期六出席会议为即将到来的比赛做好准备。 Betsy Cory has won a gold medal...
科学家研究地球磁场 WASHINGTON Most of us hardly ever think about the Earth's magnetic field. We might be aware that it helps guide birds as they migrate and ensures that our compasses point north, but not realize that it is one of the crucia...
纽约垃圾何去何从? New York's population is almost 8.5 million people. 纽约人口近850万人。 And every day,every resident literally leaves behind a pile a garbage. 而每一天,每一位居民都会扔下一堆垃圾。 Where does much o...
Le Pen Vows Strong Return Despite Far Right's Failure in French Election LONDON Frances far right National Front Party has failed to make gains in regional elections, despite coming out on top in the first round of voting. Tactical voting by National...
马航事故仍影响乌克兰危机 LONDON A year after 298 people died when Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine allegedly shot down a Malaysian passenger jet on July 17, 2014, the tragic incident still hangs over the ongoing conflict. The...
伊朗核协议未必能新商机创造机会 Suzanne DiMaggio Iran is a potential market of 80 million highly educated, sophisticated consumers ready for U.S. products and services. 苏亚尼达马乔表示伊朗是一个有着8000万名受过高等教...
促进医疗创新实现全球健康目标 This September will mark the end of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals and the beginning of the Sustainable Development Goals. One of the proposed 17 goals calls for ensuring healthy lives and promoting w...
努力结束针对儿童暴力 Two rights groups said violence affects about one billion children every year and its consequences cost economies seven trillion dollars annually. The NGOs said while violence against women and girls has gained more att...
路易斯安那修复墨西哥湾水域 GRANDE ISLE, LOUISIANA Five years ago, technicians capped a well in the Gulf of Mexico that had been spilling oil for 87 days, polluting beaches, estuaries and fishing zones along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coastl...
税收制度帮助刺激低收入国家发展 Low-income countries are being called on to generate their own financial resources for development. 低收入国家被要求发展用于本国建设的财政资源, One of the ways they can do that is t...
不法交易造成穿山甲濒临灭绝 Have you ever heard of a pangolin? 你听说过穿山甲吗? A lot of people haven't. 相信很多人都不知道。 It's also known as a scaly anteater. 它也被称为穿山甲(scaly anteater)。 Conservation...
汤博家乡庆祝冥王星探索 STREATOR, ILLINOIS Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, born in rural Illinois in 1906, discovered what became the ninth planet in our solar system Pluto. Today, NASAs New Horizons spacecraft is providing the clearest images o...
希腊危机战略担忧的影响 The leaders avoided the unprecedented removal of a country from the common euro currency, and possibly from the European Union-a result experts say would have had broader implications. 领导人们避免了专家称会...