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NEWSPlus Radio【专题】速来报名！10月邀你去美国！“中美大学生对话”（From University to the World）是中国国际广播电台英语中心品牌活动，迄今为止已经举办四届。金秋十月，我们将首度在美国纽约举办“2016中美大学生对话”。届时，中国国际广播电台《圆桌议事》（RoundTable）的主持人赫扬将带领获邀的中国大学生到美国与来自美国纽约大学的小伙伴们一起展望中美两国的未来，就相关话题直接对话，活动过程将通过网络平台第一时间呈现给全世界网友！现在，我们诚邀三位中国大学生赴美参加本次对话活动，并承担中国大学生赴美参加本次活动的全部费用。只要你是在校中国大学生并年满18岁，英语够棒，头脑够灵活，反应够快，对你的祖国够了解，就有机会跟我们一起去纽约！报名方式：报名选手请录制一段3分钟以内的短视频。- 视频主题：3分钟讲好中国故事。- 内容要求：参赛选手必须亲自出镜，用英文向海外观众讲述一个关于中国的故事。- 拍摄方式：横屏拍摄；拍摄时，固定住拍摄器材，防止画面抖动；- 视频格式：mov或mp4；- 视频长度：1-3分钟；- 视频大小：不超过500M。登录以下网页下载报名表格：http://english.cri.cn/other/20160802_from_university_to_the_world/将填好的报名表和视频发送至：crinewsplus@qq.com报名截止时间：8月14日（以收到邮件时间为准）。除了去美国的机会外，还有其他丰厚奖励，欢迎登录我们的官网了解详情。赶紧行动吧！咨询热线：新浪官方微博@英语环球广播微信公众号：英语环球 NEWSPlus
2016-08-0801 min
NEWSPlus Radio【演讲】成为消防员教会了我什么？（有文稿）更多内容请关注我们的微信号：英语环球 NEWSPlusBack in New York, I am the head of development for a non-profit called Robin Hood. When I'm not fighting poverty, I'm fighting fires as the assistant captain of a volunteer fire company. Now in our town, where the volunteers supplement a highly skilled career staff, you have to get to the fire scene pretty early to get in on any action.I remember my first fire. I was the second volunteer on the scene, so there was a pretty good chance I was going to get in. But still it was a real footrace against the other volunteers to get...
2015-08-1303 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】兰州自来水异味事件 罪魁祸首在青海每天关注微信NewsPlus第二条，有慢英学~ 英语大神也可以关注我们的全英微信公众号cri_english噢~~A hydropower plant in Qinghai Province, northwest China, has been fined for releasing dirty floodwater and contaminating the tap water of a city in a neighboring province.The power plant was fined 100,000 yuan, roughly 16,000 U.S. dollars, and its executive was detained for ten days for obstructing the investigation.In early March, complaints were lodged about the strange odor and taste of tap water in Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province.Environment departments found that floodwater released into the Huangshui River by the power plant contained mud, sand and other deposits.Eight officials from Qinghai and Gansu we...
2015-07-1601 min
NEWSPlus Radio【演讲】献给女孩：我们生来骄傲！（有文稿）全部文稿放不下，请关注我们7.13日的微信头条：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusHello class of 2015.Congratulations! And thank you for that wonderful welcome. And thank you President Bottomly for that wonderful introduction.I have admired Wellesley—its mission, its story, its successes—for a long time and I thank you very much for inviting me.You are ridiculously lucky to be graduating from this bastion of excellence and on these beautiful acres.And if the goddesses and gods of the universe do the right thing, then you will also very soon be the proud alumnae of the college that produced America’s first female president! Go Hillary!I’m truly, tr...
2015-07-1320 min
NEWSPlus Radio【报道】20万年薪给熊猫当保姆，你干吗？（有文稿）更多内容请关注今天的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusLiu Yi, a 42-year-old panda keeper, has been taking care of pandas for 12 years. She is now responsible for Tai Shan, the star panda that was born in the U.S. and returned to China in 2010.When Tai Shan arrived at the Dujiangyan base of CCRCGP last year, it was not in the best condition to mate. Liu was initially quite worried, because Tai Shan ate little and did not trust her for the first few days."Tai Shan had a hard time adjusting to the new environment in Dujiangyan. It ate less than before and was a picky eater. So...
2015-07-0805 min
NEWSPlus Radio【报道】北京今年多大了？（有文稿）更多内容请关注今天的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusDo you know how old Beijing is?"Er, I watched it from TV. But I can’t remember…""Since 18th Century?""Three hundred years?"Today&`&s Beijing is busy and bustling with 30 million residents. But it seems few of them are aware that the origin of this dazzling civilization was located in a small town in southwest Beijing. And it can be traced back to more than 3,000 years ago.75-year-old Tian Jingdong is an archeologist. Graduating from Peking University&`&s history department, he spent half of his life in a small town called "Glaze River" or "Liu...
2015-07-0604 min
NEWSPlus Radio【报道】乔巴爱吃西瓜，农民伯伯怎么办？（有文稿）更多内容请关注今天的微信：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusLi Pengfei, a senior researcher at Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve in Hubei province, has been busy dealing with a messy situation, as several milu recently ran into a local watermelon field and damaged parts of the farmland."Local farmers grow watermelons in the milu's living area, and milu love eating watermelons. They often use their hoofs to open watermelons and eat them all."Li says even though local farmers did not suffer great losses this time, the fight between man and deer has never stopped.To better understand the conflict, a brief history lesson is needed.
2015-06-2903 min
NEWSPlus Radio【报道】如果学校开了门课，专讲乔巴...(有文稿)更多内容，请关注今天的微信：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusFor students in Tian'ezhou Primary School, singing "Milu, Coming Home" is a happy way to start the day. The song was inspired by a baby milu named Jiaojiao.Cai Jiaqi, head of the Publicity and Education Department under Tian'ezhou Milu National Nature Reserve, introduces the story."We found an abandoned baby milu that had been washed away by a flood. We named it Jiaojiao because it was found in a place called Jiao Zi Yuan. We raised it and sent it back to the wild when it was two and a half years old. Based on the story, Hubei TV Statio...
2015-06-2904 min
NEWSPlus Radio【演讲】马云在纽约：第三次世界大战那些事儿（中英文稿）全部文稿放不进来，请大家自己跑去看我们今天的微信头条：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlus非常荣幸，从来没想到会有这多人来听我的演讲。I’m so honored. I never expect there are so many people coming here to listen to my talk.我站在这里的时候，感觉自己如此重要，如此责任重大。谢谢你们！And when I sitting there I feel so important. Thank you, thank you very much.正式开始演讲之前，我想请问一下在座有多少人在使用阿里巴巴的服务？好的，不是非常多。那么，你们当中有多少人从来没有去过中国？好的。Before my talk I would like to ask how many people here have used Alibaba services. Good, not many. [Laughs]. And how many of you here have never been to China? Never been, never been to China. Good, thank you very much.20年前，我第一次踏上美国，美国之旅的第一站是西雅图。来到美国之前，我从课本、老师、学校和父母那里了解美国，我以为自己已经非常了解美国。但是，当我踏上这片土地的时候，我才发现我完全错了，美国这个社会和我从课本学到的根本不一样。在西雅图，我平生第一次认识了互联网。Well, 20 years ago I came to America. My first trip to America, to Seattle. Before that I learned so much about America, from my books, from my teachers, from my school, and my parents. And I think I know enough about America. But when I came to America I thought totally wrong. America is not what I learned from the books. And in Seattle I found the Internet.回到中国之后，我告诉朋友们，我打算开一家互联网公司。我邀请了24位好友，讨论了两个小时。到了最后，还是没有人理解我想要做的东西，我们进行了投票，23人选择反对。我的朋友们劝我说：“忘了它吧！根本就不存在这么一个叫做互联网的东西，千万不要去尝试。”只有一个人对我说：“马云，我相信你，虽然我不知道你想要做什么，如果你想做，就大胆去做吧，因为你还年轻。”那年，我30岁。And then I came back and tell my friends that I’m going t...
2015-06-1117 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】运动风险要规避，但体育课不能少（有文稿）请关注今天的微信第二条 查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusThe Ministry of Education has taken steps to ensure students' safety during PE, or physical education classes, stressing that reducing the time spent on sports is not an option.A recent regulation on campus sports injuries requires elementary and middle schools to follow national quality standards when selecting sports equipment. While every school should have its own emergency procedures to follow, education authorities must guide and supervise such safety routines, which are a key factor in school evaluation. Schools must arrange physical checks and keep health profiles on students. Sports activities should be reduced for those who are deemed unfit for...
2015-06-1101 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】微信诈骗盯上古董发烧友 （有文稿）请关注今天的微信第二条 查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusFour people have been arrested in East China's Jiangxi province for alleged fraud conducted via the mobile messaging app WeChat.Local police said the suspects first joined WeChat groups for antique aficionados. Then the ringleader, surnamed Chen, advertised items for sale and asked friends to pose as buyers and leave positive comments. When contacted by potential buyers, Chen asked them to send money to his bank account. However, when he received the money, Chen blocked the buyers' WeChat accounts without shipping the items and disappeared. Police began investigating the scam ring in February. alleged adj. 涉嫌的但凡涉及到犯罪嫌疑人，...
2015-06-1000 min
NEWSPlus Radio【演讲】简方达：我的第三幕人生（有文稿）完整中英文文稿在今天的微信头条里：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusThere have been many revolutions over the last century, but perhaps none as significant as the longevity revolution. We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did. Think about that. That's an entire second adult lifetime that's been added to our lifespan. And yet, for the most part, our culture has not come to terms with what this means. We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the metaphor, the old metaphor. You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude. (Laughter) Age as pathology.But many people today -- philosophers, artists, do...
2015-06-0911 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】网络安全宣传周，关系你我切身利益 （有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusChina held its second Cyber Security Week last week, part of the country's effort to raise awareness amid growing Internet users and rising cyber-attacks.The event intends to help the public better understand Internet security risks and enhance their ability to protect themselves.This year's event aims to cultivate cyber security awareness among teenagers in particular.Organizers said cyber security is not just about national security and national development, but also concerns the immediate interests of every Internet user.The remarks are in line with a recently released white paper on China's military strategy, which said cyb...
2015-06-0901 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】复旦再陷抄袭门 （有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusFudan University in Shanghai is to investigate allegations of plagiarism over a promotional video, saying it will be held accountable based on the result.The four-minute video entitled "To My Light" was produced by the university to mark its 110th anniversary. Featuring science fiction elements and personal accounts, it was released on the university&`&s website and on other social media platforms on the Internet.The video was later accused by Internet users of plagiarizing a publicity video titled "Explorer", a product of the University of Tokyo last year."To My Light" was then replaced with another video, but parts of...
2015-06-0801 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】上海自贸区推进口艺术品贸易便利化（有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusImportation of fine arts will be made easier in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone.According to a statement from the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Shanghai, importers in the Free Trade Zone will no longer need the compulsory certificate to import works listed in the catalogue.China is the world&`&s second largest art market with a trading volume of more than 6 billion U.S. dollars last year. Many imported art works have found themselves stranded at customs for having no certificate.The certificate is a compulsory safety mark for many items imported, sold or used in China.
2015-06-0501 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】“道德银行”的呼唤（有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusA morality bank in a northeastern Chinese city has seen residents flocking to open accounts that enable them to exchange good deeds for free services. Citizens in Yanji in Jilin province can accumulate credits with the morality bank through kind acts. Tasks include collecting waste plastic bags off the streets, which can earn 10 points, handing in a lost wallet, 50 points, and donating blood, 200 points.Top credit-earning deeds include helping out others in a dangerous situation, with 300 to 500 points, and donating stem cells, with 1,000 points. Credits can be traded for rewards such as a free haircut which costs 150 points, home cleaning, 500 points...
2015-06-0401 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】Arrest只有逮捕这一个意思吗？（有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusVertebrates in China face a higher risk of extinction than the world&`&s average level. The Ministry of Environmental Protection made the evaluation, based on the situation of the 4,300 species of vertebrates known in China.Experts say the situation is grave, with almost 20 percent of vertebrate species and 10 percent of the plant species in China on the verge of extinction.At a gathering marking the International Biodiversity Day, China’s minister of environmental protection said biodiversity in China has deteriorated in recent years and it is a difficult task to arrest the process.A new guideline for eco-friendly development was issue...
2015-06-0301 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】高精尖医疗数据中心落户北大医学部（有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusA national medical data center has been set up in Peking University to contribute to health and medical care through state-of-the-art analysis.The center was co-founded by the National Health and Family Planning Commission and Peking University to build a health information system that will improve health services and administration.Peking University has gathered 48 million pieces of clinical data from more than 400 hospitals across the country. Experts on clinical medicine, information and computer science will work together to process and manage the data to improve the efficiency of medical care. state-of-the-art adj. 使用最先进技术的，顶尖水准的例句：If you think this is high-tech, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Just go to one of the labs...
2015-06-0201 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】癫痫司机引严重车祸 无期徒刑裁是非过错（有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusA Chinese driver with epilepsy has been sentenced to life in prison for concealing his illness and causing a fatal accident that killed four people.The 45-year-old driver, surnamed Zuo, suffered an epileptic seizure when driving a car in downtown area in Yichang City in central China&`&s Hubei Province on May 1 last year. Without any premonition, the car suddenly veered to the opposite lane and ran into pedestrians under a bridge. The accident claimed four lives and injured eight others.According to Chinese law, those with epilepsy, vertigo, hysteria, mental disorder and Alzheimer&`&s are banned from getting a driver&`&s license. Those wh...
2015-06-0101 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（美音版）2015-05-26完整文稿请关注我们周日的微信头条：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing. Here is the news.Senior Chinese leader Yu Zhengsheng has called for support of economic and social development in ethnic minority areas.He made the remarks in a seminar with ministerial-level officials in charge of ethnic work. Yu is a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee, and Chairman of the National Committee of China's top advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.Yu said supporting the development in ethnic minority areas is a basic guideline of the central authority...
2015-05-2925 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（英音版）2015-05-25完整文稿请关注我们星期六的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.China is increasing its assistance for people with disabilities taking the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, which falls in June each year.Examination departments across the country should offer reasonable accommodations to test takers who have disabilities on the basis of their specific needs.The new regulations have been released by the Ministry of Education and the China Disabled Persons' Federation. It aims to ensure that people with disabilities can have convenient and equal access to the exams.The regulations stipula...
2015-05-2925 min
2015-05-2920 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】汤姆猫，快来我们新疆看看！（有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条，查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusRats are ravaging 380,000 hectares of grasslands in northwest China&`&s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.The plagued meadows are located in Ili prefecture, where the rodents have been destroying the grass.The disaster was caused by a persistent drought in the Ili River valley last year, the worst in the past 50 years, as rats are more adaptable to dry weather.In a worst-hit county, 1,100 rat burrows have been found in every one hectare of grassland.Local people are working to eliminate rats, with rodenticide. They are also relying on eagles to help hunt the rats.ravage vt. 毁坏，蹂躏这个词的程度比damage深，跟ruin、destroy差...
2015-05-2901 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】北京地铁将建乞讨者信息库（有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusThe traffic department in Beijing is working to set up a database on professional beggars on the city’s subways, to make it easier for future law enforcement.Little progress has been made in the past few weeks since a campaign was launched to crack down on illegal begging on Beijing&`&s subways.There have been a number of reports on China&`&s "professional beggars", those who own iPhone 6 cellphones and beg for a living.The number of professional beggars in Beijing is on the rise. They beg for cash in railway stations, subways and other public places, blocking foot traffic and affec...
2015-05-2802 min
NEWSPlus Radio【演讲】女王又演讲了，快来跟读（有文稿）请关注今天的微信头条，查看全部文稿内容：搜索英语环球NEWSPlusMy Lords and members of the House of Commons.My government will legislate in the interests of everyone in our country. It will adopt a one nation approach, helping working people get on, supporting aspiration, giving new opportunities to the most disadvantaged and bringing different parts of our country together.My government will continue with its long-term plan to provide economic stability and security at every stage of life. They will continue the work of bringing the public finances under control and reducing the deficit, so Britain lives within its means. Measures will be introduced to raise the productive potential of t...
2015-05-2808 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】北京地铁违禁目录更新（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusBeijing’s transportation authorities have issued a new list of items that subway passengers are banned from carrying onto the network. For the first time, the list rules out several everyday household items, including containers of 2 liters or more of white spirit, perfume, hair gel and more than five cigarette lighters per person.Viruses or bacteria being used for research are also banned from entry onto the system. Folding bicycles are not on the list, but passengers cannot clear them through the security check. The authorities explained that large or bulky items are banned because they are an inconvenience to other passengers.
2015-05-2701 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】网络信息“任我行”，该叫停时就叫停（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina&`&s Internet watchdog has shut down 128 illegal match-making websites and ordered 20 others to correct their practices. The event is part of a campaign launched in February targeting fraud and pornography on match-making sites.The campaign targets fraud rings, prostitution and fraudulent practices by service providers. The Cyberspace Administration of China said the websites were shut down for a variety of reasons, namely lacking registration records, intentionally leaking user information, spreading pornography and containing vulgar content. Some of them have allowed registered users to publish pornographic stories.The administration urged match-making websites to enforce real-name registration to ensure the authenticity of use...
2015-05-2602 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】为残疾人参加高考提供便利（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina is increasing its assistance for people with disabilities taking the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, which falls in June each year.Examination departments across the country should offer reasonable accommodations to test takers who have disabilities on the basis of their specific needs.The new regulations have been released by the Ministry of Education and the China Disabled Persons' Federation. It aims to ensure that people with disabilities can have convenient and equal access to the exams.The regulations stipulate that starting this year, test takers with disabilities can enter examination halls ahead of time; and the halls will have special...
2015-05-2501 min
NEWSPlus Radio【悼念纳什】他人笑我太疯癫 我笑他人看不穿（有文稿）更多内容请关注今天的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusMathematical master John Nash, the man whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 Oscar-winning movie "A Beautiful Mind," has been killed, along with his wife, in a car crash in the US state of New Jersey.Police say 86-year-old Nash and 82-year-old Alicia were killed in a crash on the New Jersey turnpike on Saturday while taking a cab home from the airport.Known as brilliant and eccentric, Nash worked with Princeton University for many years, most recently serving as a senior research mathematician.He won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1994 for his work in game...
2015-05-2502 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（美音版）2015-05-19完整文稿请关注星期天的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing. Here is the news.Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for accelerated development of vocational education. To mark the Vocational Education Week last week, Li said developing modern vocational education is an effort to exert China's abundant talent advantage, and encourage people to start businesses and make innovations.He said the Vocational Education Week is aimed to create a consensus among the public that it is honorable to work, still better to have a specialty skill and greater to be able to innovate.The Premier sai...
2015-05-2225 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（英音版）2015-05-18完整消息请关注我们星期六的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.All couples in China might be allowed to have a second child in the next few years with the relaxation of the family planning policy.Currently, most couples in urban areas may have a second child if at least one of the two has no siblings, and couples in rural areas can have a second child if the first one is a girl. Most scholars in China agree with further relaxation the family planning policy so that all couples can have two children. The...
2015-05-2225 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】抗击艾滋，全球有责（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina's state news agency, Xinhua, and the United Nations' anti-AIDS organization have agreed to boost cooperation on the global fight against AIDS.Xinhua President Cai Mingzhao said Xinhua possesses enormous media resources and stands ready to play an active role in the United Nations' causes including the fight against HIV and AIDS. Cai made the remarks in a meeting with officials of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS.He said by expanding its presence on global social networks like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube and other means, Xinhua is reaching an ever larger audience worldwide.He added tha...
2015-05-2201 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】药品应由谁来定价？（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina will lift price controls on most medicines starting from June 1. That's according to the country's economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission.In an online notice to promote medicine price reforms, the commission says medicine prices will be decided by the market.Only narcotics and some listed psychotropic drugs will continue to be controlled by the government, with ceiling retail prices.Medicine price researchers at China Medical University say the reform will turn the government into a defender of orderly medicine market competition and help keep prices reasonable.The notice stipulates that public health de...
2015-05-1901 min
NEWSPlus Radio【读诗】抖森：She Walks in Beauty（有文稿）更多抖森请关注今天的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusShe walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies,And all that's best of dark and brightMeets in her aspect and her eyes;Thus mellow'd to that tender lightWhich Heaven to gaudy day denies.One shade the more, one ray the less,Had half impair'd the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tressOr softly lightens o'er her face,Where thoughts serenely sweet expressHow pure, how dear their dwelling-place.And on that cheek and o'er that browSo soft, so calm, yet elo...
2015-05-1901 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】圆明园复原了，是神马样子？（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusThe major part of a full-size replica of the Yuanmingyuan, or the Old Summer Palace, has opened to visitors amid controversy, in east China's Zhejiang Province.On Sunday morning, thousands of visitors crowded the site in Hengdian Township, some 1,000 kilometers from the real Beijing landmark, to see the "brand-new palace".When the project was announced in 2008, it courted huge controversy, with many people accusing it of bastardizing a historical site associated with patriotism. Last month, management of the original Old Summer Palace warned legal action if the replica infringed intellectual property rights.With a total cost of 30 billion yuan, rough...
2015-05-1801 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（美音版）2015-05-12更多内容请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing. Here is the news.A plan that will enable China to evaluate the compulsory education system for the first time has been launched, with experts saying it will assist in policy-making and promote quality education across the country. The plan was drawn up by the State Council's Education Supervision and Guidance Committee, and is designed to test the academic performance and physical and mental health of junior middle school and primary school students. It will also examine factors that affect their performance and health. Officials from the education ministry's s...
2015-05-1625 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（英音版）2015-05-11更多内容请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Shanghai has banned close family members of senior officials from running business.According to a new regulation issued by the party committee of Shanghai, spouses of the city&`&s leading officials are not allowed to run companies or do business, nor can their children or the spouses of their children do business in the city.The ban also applies to senior officials including heads of city departments, district and county governments, courts, the public security bureau and state-owned companies.The officials must hand in rep...
2015-05-1625 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】假期出国去哪儿玩？！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusMore Chinese tourists opted to travel to Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries during the three-day May Day holiday that started on May 1. According to the National Tourism Administration, tours to Japan and South Korea surged by 50 percent from last year, thanks to favorable exchange rates and relaxed visa policies.Almost 30 percent of all outbound holidaymakers travelled to Europe, a surge from the previous year, with Italy, France, Germany and Switzerland the favorite destinations.However, Hong Kong, a previously hot destination, suffered a setback this year with average hotel room tariffs down 20 percent during the past three days.China has been...
2015-05-1501 min
NEWSPlus Radio【寻亲记】横跨半个世界，62岁印度老人终于找到自己的中国姐姐关于故事的更多信息，请关注我们的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusWhen 62-year-old Jennifer An and her husband Balaji from the South Indian city of Chennai arrived in Beijing last Friday, armed with a few old letters from Jennifer's Chinese father, they never imagined they would succeed in locating Jennifer's long-lost Chinese half-sister.Jennifer's Chinese father An Chi Pong had always carried a black-and-white photo of his only daughter An Luoxi from his first marriage in Shanghai. But he never made it back to China, after his mercantile ship was stranded in the Indian port of Mumbai in the early 40's.After 33 years since her father's death, Jennifer An says she decided t...
2015-05-1403 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】藏族姑娘见义勇为，火车营救被绑妇女（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusA 21-year-old Tibetan girl who helped rescue a kidnapped woman on a train has won praise from the public for her brave act.On April 18, Cering Yumco, a sophomore at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, was sleeping on a train when a woman woke her up. The train was going from Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, to Beijing.The woman told her in a low voice that she was being abducted by the man at her side. The woman did not report to police for fears of putting her children in danger. She asked Yumco for help.The suspected tra...
2015-05-1401 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】北京同仁堂紧跟“走出去”战略（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlus1. Beijing Tongrentang, a renowned traditional Chinese medicine maker, earned 240 million yuan, roughly 40 million U.S. dollars, in net profits in the first quarter of this year, up 13 percent from the previous year.The company filed its quarterly report with the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Its sales revenue surpassed 3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4 percent. Earnings per share hit almost 0.2 yuan.By the last trading day before the May Day public holiday, its combined valuation hit 44 billion yuan.Founded in 1669, the traditional Chinese medicine maker has opened 110 overseas branches and has more than 600 employees.China is making plans to help traditional Chin
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NEWSPlus Radio【美音】宇航服用3D制作，想想也是挺酷的！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlus1. Chinese researchers have used 3D printing technology to make a safer space suit for astronauts while spacewalking.A research center under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation used a 3D printer to create the vent pipes and the flanges connecting the pipes used on extravehicular space suit.The vent pipe and the flange as a whole can improve the reliability and safety of the space suit, and suits can be made more efficiently. Researchers will use the technique to make more parts.China plans to launch its second orbiting space lab, Tiangong-2, next year, and aims to put a permanent manned space...
2015-05-1202 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】又到世博会，中国馆的主题亮了！（有文稿）更多内容请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English.The China pavilion has opened to the public at the world expo, with a duration of six months in Milan, Italy.It's China's first self-built overseas Expo pavilion and also the second largest foreign one after Germany's at Expo Milano 2015.Themed "Land of Hope, Food for Life", the pavilion will exhibit China's agricultural history, food culture and its future expectations for the world.Outside the rippling-wheat-shaped building of the China Pavilion, Chinese and Italian guests attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony over the weekend. The guests then visited the pavilion, passing th...
2015-05-1101 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】你体内的抗生素从何而来（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今天的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChinese school children are frequently exposed to low doses of antibiotics found in their environment and food.Researchers tested 1,000 school children of 8 to 11 years of age in Shanghai and neighboring provinces for 18 antibiotics. The team from Fudan University says the antibiotics were detected in almost 60 percent of the children surveyed.The study also found antibiotics which have been discontinued in clinical use for years. The study suggested contaminated food and the environment were likely the source of antibiotic exposure, as these non-clinical antibiotics are prevalent in food and the environment.Exposure to antibiotics results in drug resistance and...
2015-05-0801 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】新媒体从业者要注意了，不要侵权哦！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlus China&`&s National Copyright Administration has issued a regulation against news-story copyright infringement. The administration has urged Internet media to acquire authorization and pay before posting reports produced by print media.Under the regulation, any form of republishing of news stories containing the original producers&`& creative work on the Internet is illegal, unless the users obtain the permit from the original copyright holders.Factual news without creative efforts from original producers is not included in the protection against online piracy.The original producer&`&s name and affiliated media organization should be clearly displayed on reposted news. Re-posters should...
2015-05-0502 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】中国河流也该定期体检了（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusThe health of China's rivers is due for a thorough examination, as an action plan for pollution control goes on stream.A State Council plan on water pollution has been released recently, in a bid to reduce pollutants and protect resources through new, strictly quantifiable targets.Over 70 percent of the water in the basins of China's top seven major rivers should be "in good condition" by 2020. The targeted rivers include the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.Over the last few decades, industrialization, urbanization and rapid population growth have taken their toll on China's already rare freshwater resour...
2015-05-0401 min
NEWSPlus Radio【词汇】怎么用英文形容女生打扮光鲜？更多内容请查看今天的微信：英语环球 NEWSPlusDolled upJessica told her sister not to get dolled up for dinner, since they were just eating with their parentsJennifer Lawrence got all dolled up for the Oscar CeremonyGirls get more dolled up to impress other girls than their own boyfriendDefinition: to dress in an elegant or ostentatiously stylish manner:Etymology: Dress up like a dollLet it slideThe company has really let things slide in recent months, because they are now in the redThe referee was being too mean when he gave a red card to the struggli...
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NEWSPlus Radio【美音】贫富差距难缩，教育差距得缩！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusStudents from low-income families in rural areas will be able to apply for places at one of China&`&s top universities, Tsinghua University, under the provisions of a preferential recruitment plan.The university&`&s admissions office says Tsinghua University will recruit five percent of its new undergraduate students from rural areas, or around 160 people, through the plan. The new policy aims to reduce the educational gap between cities and rural areas, and balance the use of China&`&s education resources.Similar plans were launched in 2011 in five other top universities including Nanjing University and Zhejiang University in east China, in a bi...
2015-05-0102 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】中国的“饭碗”牢牢地掌握在自己手中！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina is confident the country's "rice bowl" will be firmly held in its own hands.An industry report says China will remain self-sufficient in producing its main food crops, and food consumption will have guaranteed safety by the end of the next decade.Compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture, the annual Agricultural Outlook Report forecasts demand and trade of major agricultural products in China over the next ten years to provide guidance to markets, and take the initiative to react to changes in international markets.The report says China's agricultural production will keep stable development; supply and demand of...
2015-04-3001 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】水污染治理，全靠你我他！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusWater-starved China is fast forwarding plans to prevent and control water pollution.An ambitious outline released recently set targets to reduce the amount of severely polluted water and groundwater contamination. By the end of 2030, more than 75 percent of the water in the top seven major rivers should be clean, with dark and odorous water in urban areas eliminated.The comprehensive document created a blueprint to alleviate China's worsening water problems.An iron hand is expected to be used on officials when tackling water pollution. According to the new water rules, officials will be disciplined or demoted if they do not meet...
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NEWSPlus Radio【美音】身份证丢了，怎么办？淡定……（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina is to establish an online system to manage lost and stolen identification cards in order to curb the use of fake ID cards to commit crimes.The public security ministry's database will share information with other sectors, including the banking system, train and airplane ticket offices, the telecommunications sector and hotels. After the online system is in operation, relevant departments will be able to discover in a timely manner information regarding the reported loss of ID cards and prevent criminals from using fake IDs to check into hotels, buy train or airplane tickets or open a bank account.In rece...
2015-04-2802 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】全球制造业哪家强？（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今天的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusHow strong is Chinese manufacturing? Visitors could find out for themselves at the Hanover Industrial Fair, the world&`&s biggest industrial show. With more than 1,000 exhibitors, China once again became the biggest exhibiting nation second only to host Germany.With various products, technology and solutions in sectors including drive and control and energy and industrial automation, Chinese exhibitors showed their readiness to compete globally and presented themselves as innovative players in an industry facing tremendous changes.The Chint Group, a leading electric device and equipment manufacturer from eastern China, showcased its smart power distribution system which can be applied in co...
2015-04-2702 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（美音版）2015-04-21全部文稿请关注我们今天的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing. Here is the news.China's central environmental authority has ordered local government to tackle pollution with Baiyangdian Wetland in north China's Hebei Province.The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the provincial government of Hebei jointly invited officials of the municipal government of Baoding for a talk on this issue.The Baoding government was ordered to practice its duty and strengthen management of construction projects around the wetland, which is north China's largest freshwater wetland around 150 kilometers away from Beijing.The wetland is known for scenic views and ecological func...
2015-04-2625 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（英音版）2015-04-20全部文稿请关注我们今天的微信：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.China has launched a nationwide campaign against surrogate pregnancy. The campaign started this month and will run to the end of the year. Surrogate motherhood is banned in China. The campaign will focus on identifying and punishing medical personnel and intermediary agencies that are involved in the surrogate motherhood business. Online, TV, radio and print media that carry surrogacy advertisements will also be checked. The authorities will step up supervision over the sale and circulation of assisted reproductive technology, drugs and medical equipment. Despite t...
2015-04-2525 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】四川再现野生大熊猫（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusExperts have spotted a wild giant panda in a bamboo forest in southwest China's Sichuan Province.During a regular investigation conducted this spring, a team of experts found the fluffy animal wandering in a nature reserve in Qingchuan County.The team later realized that it was a grown wild panda. Despite the presence of humans, the chubby beast appeared to be quite calm as it slowly walked through the bamboo.Giant pandas are one of the world's most endangered species. Around 1,600 live in the wild, mostly in the mountains of Sichuan, while more than 300 live in captivity. Sichuan...
2015-04-2401 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】能背下整本英语字典的超级大脑（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusIn an incredible feat of memory, a college lecturer in northwest China recited every word of an English-Chinese dictionary, which has a total of 220,000 words. Fifty-one-year-old Li Yanzhi teaches business-English in the School of Finance and Economics at Xi'an Jiaotong University. She started to memorize the entire dictionary in 2013, and completed the task in days. Li says her tenacity and perseverance came from a hard life that taught her to always keep going forward despite the difficulties.
2015-04-2301 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】杂交水稻歉收，怎么破？（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusMassive crop failure was reported in rice fields where strains developed by China's "father of hybrid rice" Yuan Longping were cultivated.Significant crop loss caused by rice blast, a deadly disease affecting cultivated rice, hit almost 700 hectares of rice fields last year in Anhui province, a major rice producer in East China. In the worst-hit areas, the yield of rice plummeted from 7,500 kilograms per hectare in average years to 750 kilograms per hectare last year, or even to none. Local farmers blamed misleading advertisements for their loss. On the package of seeds sold to farmers, the ad claims the st...
2015-04-2202 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】地方法院也要双语？怎么回事！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今天的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina's Supreme People's Court has announced that by 2020, all courts in China's ethnic minority areas will be staffed with judges capable of using both Mandarin and local ethnic languages.The Supreme People's Court and the State Ethnic Affairs Commission have jointly issued a circular on improving the education and training of bilingual judges for ethnic minority areas. They have pledged to train at least 1,500 bilingual judges as by 2020.The authorities will work to ensure that every court in such areas has no fewer than four judges with bilingual competence and legal expertise.China has 56 ethnic groups, and citizens of...
2015-04-2101 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】代孕，温暖人间还是撕裂人性！？（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina has launched a nationwide campaign against surrogate pregnancy. The campaign started this month and will run to the end of the year. Surrogate motherhood is banned in China. The campaign will focus on identifying and punishing medical personnel and intermediary agencies that are involved in the surrogate motherhood business. Online, TV, radio and print media that carry surrogacy advertisements will also be checked. The authorities will step up supervision over the sale and circulation of assisted reproductive technology, drugs and medical equipment. Despite the ban in China, the wombs-for-rent business has thrived. Studies show that an estimated on...
2015-04-2001 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（美音版）2015-04-14完整文稿请戳今天的微信：英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing. Here is the news.China has announced detailed standards of occupational pension for government employees as a move to build a multi-level and sustainable pension mechanism. The welfare fund will require a government department to pay 8 percent of its total salary amount and a government employee to contribute 4 percent of one's taxation-based salary. It serves as a supplementary part of the basic pension system and commercial insurance.According to a statement released by the State Council, China's cabinet, the benchmark of payment base is the same with that of the bas...
2015-04-1825 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】欢迎国际家庭来中国收养儿童（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina remains the most popular country for parents in the United States to adopt a child, with 2,000 adoptions last year.A U.S. State Department report shows that adoptions of children from other countries to U.S. families dropped by 9 percent in the last fiscal year which ended in September. It is the lowest level since 1982, down from 7,000 the previous year, and from a high of around 23,000 in 2004.The number of adoptions from China last year totaled 2,000, down more than 10 percent from the previous year and far below the 2005 peak of almost 8,000.China has expanded its domestic adoption pr...
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NEWSPlus Radio【美音】直播熊猫闺房那些事？人家也是羞羞的！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusGlobal audiences might be disappointed after two giant pandas failed to achieve union during the first live broadcast of the process by a Chinese television network in southwest China.In almost an hour, the giant pandas failed to mate, in a romantic date arranged by zookeepers for the live show that took place in a panda center in Ya’an city in Sichuan Province.Panda breeding is a private process and has never been shown to the public before. During the live show, the male panda acted in a hostile manner towards the female.Zookeepers say male pandas are ve...
2015-04-1601 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专访】粮食够不够吃？粮食计划署的人来中国聊聊更详细内容和文稿请关注我们今天的微信推送：搜索英语环球 NEWSPlusIt has been a decade since China received the last batch of food aid from the United Nations World Food Program and began to play an increasingly bigger role in making donations to the world&`&s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.Last year, the Chinese government pledged 6 million U.S. dollars to assist 1.3 million people impacted by the Ebola virus outbreak in most-affected countries in West Africa. That made China one of the leading donors for the WFP operation.So how has China successfully shifted its role from a WFP recipient to a donor? And through what way can China contribute mor...
2015-04-1525 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】爱吃水果蔬菜，一定要感谢学校里的花园！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusSchool gardens can have a positive effect on children's health, as well as the environment.Researchers in Australia discovered that children who are involved with school gardens eat more fruit and vegetables. They are also willing to taste and cook a greater variety of fruit and vegetables and demonstrate improved behavior both at home and in class.The joint research project with U.S. scientists studied 13 school garden programs in Australia and the United States to examine their impact on children's dietary behavior and to identify similar helpful strategies used in the programs.The studies also found that children in...
2015-04-1502 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】中国传统文化传承有妙招（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusA new set of textbooks designed to help high school students learn about traditional Chinese culture is to be published soon.The textbooks are the first national-level works of their kind and have been developed by a working group that promotes traditional culture. The books will be put to use in the upcoming autumn semester this year.The new textbooks feature four classic teachings from ancient China, "Confucian Analects", "Mencius", "Great Learning" and "Tao Te Ching", all for senior high school students.Students will study the full text of "Tao Te Ching", a Taoist classic written by Chinese ph...
2015-04-1401 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】求职压力和工作预期是否成反比？（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今天的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusStudents in China face a fiercely competitive job market but they are not adjusting their expectations.A new survey has found that with a record seven-and-a-half million students graduating from universities and colleges in July, the job market is expected to be fierce. However, the majority of prospective graduates have not slashed their job expectations.The survey has been conducted by Renren.com, a Facebook-like social networking website in China. It found that 40 percent of prospective graduates have a salary expectation of between 8,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan per month. That’s roughly 1,300 to 1,700 U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, 30 percent of the graduat...
2015-04-1302 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（英音版）2015-04-06更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.The International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission remains positive that Beijing is capable of hosting a successful Winter Olympics in 2022 despite concerns about serious air pollution.The evaluation commission has concluded its five-day inspection visit to Beijing with high marks for the city's bid for the Games.At the wrap-up news conference, Alexander Zhukov, Russian IOC member and chairman of the evaluation commission, said the visit has confirmed that Beijing is capable of hosting a successful Winter Olympic Games in 2022.During the evaluation trip, the commission...
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NEWSPlus Radio【英音】洋学生留学偏爱中国，究竟为何？（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSplusAlmost 380,000 overseas students came to study on the Chinese mainland last year, a 6 percent increase over the previous year.The students came from 200 countries and regions around the world. The number of students coming from Oceania and Africa increased dramatically, but those coming from the Americas fell slightly.More than 6,000 students came from Oceania, a 32 percent increase year-on-year, while the number of those from Africa was 42,000, an increase of 25 percent over the previous year. Some students say they came to study in China because they were attracted by the country's political and economic development.30-year-old J...
2015-04-0301 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】广场舞规范化后，会变味道么？（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusDeveloped as a positive form of exercise, Chinese square-dancing is generally groups of older women dancing in open spaces to loud music and strong drum beats. It has sparked heated debates online. Complaints over the noisy music and even pictures of Chinese grannies occupying sites such as New York's Sunset Park and the square in front of the Louvre in Paris have made headlines overseas. To regulate and promote square-dancing, the Ministry of Culture and the General Administration of Sports have collectively introduced a set of square-dancing drills.The 12 drills have been created and designed by a panel of dancer...
2015-04-0202 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】吃了花生，身体棒棒哒！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusEating peanuts may lower your risk of dying of a heart attack.U.S. and Chinese researchers examined the link between nut consumption and mortality among low-income and racially diverse populations. They found that intake of peanuts was associated with fewer deaths, especially from heart disease.While research has previously linked nut consumption with lower mortality, those studies focused mainly on higher-income, white populations. This study was the first to discover that all races, black, white and Asians alike, can potentially increase heart health by eating nuts and peanuts.Researchers say peanuts are not nuts but legumes, but peanuts...
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NEWSPlus Radio【美音】说起电子政务，不得不学这些词！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina is to survey all levels of government websites, clearing up dormant sites and making the existing sites "more pragmatic". The census will continue till December in order to "learn the general situation of e-government".The survey will cover websites at all levels of government, ministries, subordinate departments and institutions across the country. It will determine whether the websites are useful, regularly updated and whether questions raised by the public via the sites have been dealt with appropriately.Results of the survey will be made public when it is completed. China's e-government developed rapidly since the central government website "...
2015-03-3101 min
NEWSPlus Radio【专题】慢速英语（美音版）2015-03-24更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusThis is NEWS Plus Special English. I&`&m Liu Yan in Beijing. Here is the news.American scholar Roy Morrison was confident and predicted as early as ten years ago that China would lead the way toward sustainability.Morrison&`&s fiction-like book entitled "Eco Civilization 2140: A Twenty-Second-Century History and Survivor&`&s Journal", was published in 2005. He wrote in the book "&`&The East is Green&`&, and China leads the way toward sustainability".Two years into his prediction, China declared its drive to build ecological civilization in 2007, and in the following years, China enhanced the effort to transform the economy a...
2015-03-2725 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】当悟空一行人来到澳大利亚（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusAcrobatics, song, puppetry and martial arts have combined to spectacular effect in the Australian version of "Monkey King, Journey to the West". The show will be staged at the Sydney Opera House next month.Created by Kim Carpenter and co-directed by John Bell, one of Australia's most celebrated theatre figures, the ancient Chinese fable has been given an Aussie touch.Carpenter says the Chinese sense of humor in "Journey to the West" relates well to Australians.He says the Australian sense of humor is similar to the Chinese. There is irreverence and that is why this production has been a hit...
2015-03-2701 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】但求山寨放过Apple Watch（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusShortly after the launch of the Apple Watch by the Apple Company, imitation products are on sale in south China's Shenzhen City, a hub for copycat manufacturing.In a shopping mall, smart watches named "U Watch" or "D Watch" boasting similar looks and functions to Apple Watches are on sale. The watches are being sold at around 200 yuan, or roughly 33 US dollars, each. That’s less than one tenth of the price of the cheapest Apple Watch.There is no Apple logo appearing on the products. The Chinese version resembles the American one in appearance, but most have crude workmanship.
2015-03-2502 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】当歌声唤醒国际空间站（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusBritish singer Sarah Brightman, who aspires to sing aboard the International Space Station, is making full preparations for her space journey.The singer is at the Star City's training center in eastern Moscow. She is braving a series of difficulties in order to make her trip to the Space Station a reality.Brightman announced her intention to fly to the International Space Station in October 2012, and has reportedly paid up to 50 million U.S. dollars for the plan.She is expected to fly on Sept. 1 this year. If the 10-day journey comes to fruition, she will become the eighth...
2015-03-2501 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】《叫醒冬天》唤醒奥组委的耳朵（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球NEWSPlusHong Kong kung fu star Jackie Chan has joined in the recording of a song called "Wake up winter". The song is used to promote Beijing's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. The first group of people to hear the song includes the International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission during their visit in Beijing this week.Songwriter Wang Pingjiu says "Wake up winter" is a call to people around the world with an incessant eagerness for the Olympic Spirit and a longing for friendship between people and countries. A large number of well-known musicians from home and abroad h...
2015-03-2401 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】谁说高僧不互相切磋“武功”（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusAn international Buddhist Forum is scheduled to open in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi in October.With the theme "exchange with common aspiration", the World Buddhist Forum is the fourth in a row and is aimed at discussing the positive role of Buddhist thought in solving the problems that affect the lives and development of human beings.Jiang Jianyong, vice chairman of the China Religious Culture Communication Association, hopes the activities at the forum will highlight Buddhism's impact on promoting economic development, social harmony and cultural prosperity.The grand event has played a significant role in the history o...
2015-03-2301 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】让逛博物馆成为一种流行浪潮！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今天的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusA new set of guidelines is unveiled to regulate China's vast museum sector, but experts say more needs to be done.In China, finding a museum has seldom been a problem. But other than the big and established ones, many fail to be taken seriously by visitors because they don't have the resources to manage their collections or haven't been officially registered as museums.Now, change is afoot. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang set the course to make the country's museum sector less chaotic. He has signed China’s first regulation of museums. The law is effective on March 20.The new rul...
2015-03-1901 minNEWSPlus Radio【美音】在老照片中窥视最早移民美国的华人。（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusHistorical photos depicting the life of the earliest Chinese immigrants in the United States are on display at an art center in Houston’s Chinatown.The exhibition is organized by a local Chinese community group. It features the life of the immigrants who worked as coolies, or laborers, and their descendants.The first wave of Chinese Americans came to the United States during the latter half of the 19th century. They were mostly from south China's Guangdong Province. The immigrants helped build the first transcontinental railroad, worked in the southern plantations after the American Civil War, and participated in setting...
2015-03-1901 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】难不成亚历山大大帝曾经去过以色列？（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusRare coins and jewelry from the time of Alexander the Great have been found in a cave in northern Israel.The 2,300-year-old cache includes silver coins of Alexander the Great who conquered the region in the late fourth century BC. In addition, several pieces of silver and bronze jewelry were also found, including decorated earring, bracelets and rings. They were apparently concealed in the cave, inside a cloth pouch.Archeologists in Israel believe this is one of the most important discoveries to come to light in the north of the country in recent years. The caves are known as one of...
2015-03-1801 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】有了YouTube，妈妈再也不用担心我看电视了！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusYouTube has released a mobile app that shows video clips suitable only for young children. The move is aimed to help parents control what their kids are watching on the Internet.The app, "YouTube for Kids", features thousands of children-focused channels that provide both entertainment and education. The content is mostly meant for children two to eight years old. Clips are selected by computer and human review.A wide range of salacious, violent and crude material is available on YouTube, although the site doesn't permit pornographic videos or most other clips containing nudity. It prompted many parents to ask YouTube for a...
2015-03-1701 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】一部红楼，醉了世人！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusBritish newspaper "The Telegraph" has selected 10 of the best Asian novels of all time, with the Chinese classic "The Dream of the Red Chamber" topping the list.The newspaper praised the novel, saying "with a cast of more than 400 characters, this episodic novel written in the vernacular rather than classical Chinese tells of two branches of an aristocratic family with a tragic love story at its humane heart".The book "A Fine Balance" by an Indian-born Canadian writer ranked in second place, followed by "Rashomon" and "One Thousand and One Nights".Among the 10 books, apart from "The Dream of t...
2015-03-1601 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】农民在家种地，√ or ×！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusGrowth in the number of farmers pursuing non-agricultural work has slowed as more people are reluctant to leave their hometowns.As of the end of last year, China had 270 million farmer-turned-laborers who came to cities to seek jobs. Among them, 170 million people have settled in cities.According to the data from the Ministry of Human Resources, the growth in the number of migrant workers slowed by around half a percent last year compared with the previous year.China has the world's largest population of farmers. But their willingness to grow crops has waned as returns from the land are typical...
2015-03-1301 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】跟美国第一夫人走进柬埔寨（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusMichelle Obama, the wife of U.S. President Barack Obama, will pay a visit to Cambodia later this month.The Royal Government of Cambodia says they hope the important visit will strengthen friendly relations between Cambodia and the United States.In a related development, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen attended celebrations of the National Culture Day and urged the public, particularly youths, to actively safeguard, preserve and develop national culture.Hun Sen says the Culture Day is aimed at educating people to better understand the real value of Cambodia’s national culture, which is the source for employment and...
2015-03-1201 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】古墓再现，考古学家有的忙了！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今天的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusA massive tomb complex has been found in a southwest suburb of Beijing.The 70-hectare archeological site consists of 130 tombs built over 1,100 years ago, spanning between the East Han Dynasty in 25 AD and the Liao Dynasty in 1125.Some of these tombs have exquisite murals depicting people and furniture. The artifacts found so far include porcelain and lacquer-ware.Archaeologists say the complex is a rare discovery due to its size, time span and location.The tombs were discovered due to a planned residential complex slated for construction on top of the site. Beijing adopted a municipal cultural...
2015-03-1101 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】探索火星，是时机成熟，还是时候未到！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina has been studying the technical feasibility of exploring Mars and asteroids.Ye Peijian from the Chinese Academy of Space Technology is chief scientist with the country's lunar probe mission. He says China’s space researchers have tackled some of the most difficult technical issues associated with the exploration of Mars.However, he says, the projects are only at the technical preparation stage, which suggests that it will still be some time before an official project starts.The scientist is a vocal advocate for a China Mars mission. He says that if the project was given the green light, the pr...
2015-03-1002 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】网名，霸气侧漏了！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusChina’s official Xinhua News Agency has unveiled its global social media presence, after rebranding its Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts under the unified name "New China".Following a year of testing, Xinhua now shares news around the clock on its social media accounts. Content also includes photographs and videos.The social media drive was launched in response to a wider global trend of media transformation.Xinhua's global social media accounts are managed by a specialized team of around 100 journalists and editors, who were hand-picked from its departments at the organization's headquarters and bureaus across the world.
2015-03-0902 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】论时尚界哪国最强！意呆利啊~（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusItaly's big fashion companies performed better than large-scale industries' average last year.A new study showed that large-scale industry turnover dropped by almost 2 percent compared to an almost 1 and a half percent growth for around 140 of the best performing fashion companies.Ten major firms in the fashion sector achieved a 4.4-percent growth. Prada was placed first with 3.6 billion euros, around 4 billion U.S. dollars, of turnover, followed by Armani with 2.2 billion euros in sales.Moreover, the fashion giants showed they were much more capital-rich compared to large-scale industries.Last year, many firms had more cash equivalents tha...
2015-03-0601 minNEWSPlus Radio【美音】奶粉有“假”，母乳无价！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusA new U.S. study has suggested another breastfeeding benefit, and the study has found that infants who are breastfed have lower arsenic levels than those who are fed with formula.The study measured arsenic in home tap water, urine from six-week-old infants and breast milk from women in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.It found that urinary arsenic concentrations were generally low but 7.5 times higher for infants fed exclusively with formula than infants fed exclusively with breast milk.Researchers say the results highlight that breastfeeding can reduce arsenic exposure even at the relatively low levels of...
2015-03-0402 min
NEWSPlus Radio【英音】一部手机，火了橘子哥（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今天的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusA Chinese man, dubbed "Brother Orange", has become a celebrity in China lately after his selfies made their way to the mobile phone of an American more than 13,000 kilometers away.The American man, Matt Stopera, was browsing through the photo stream on his iPhone, when he found lots of photos he didn't take.He saw menus with Chinese characters, girls with black hair, and a bald man posing by an orange tree, who he referred to jokingly on Twitter as Bro Orange.Stopera lost an iPhone early last year. Someone guessed that the phone might be brought to China and s...
2015-03-0402 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】论中国式过年那些事！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusHow are Chinese holidaymakers spending their Spring Festival holidays?A real-time interactive map has revealed that shopping and foot massages were the top two leisure activities over the Lunar New Year. The map was issued by Dianping.com, a popular Chinese rating website for leisure and dining services. The map showed that hotel stays, cafes and karaoke rounded out the top five forms of holiday activities, followed by spa and outdoor sports.The amount of money spent by holidaymakers varied by region. Dianping.com said that since February 16, three days prior to the Chinese New Year, consumers in Hong Kon...
2015-03-0304 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】出国旅游再也不同担心听不懂了！（有文稿）更多内容请关注我们今日的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusThe Art Institute of Chicago in the United States will launch Mandarin-Chinese audio guides to help tourists navigate the Institute.The inspiration for the guides came from the Institute's desire to become more accessible to both Chinese living in Chicago and Chinese tourists from China.David Thurm, chief operating officer of the Institute, and his team developed Spanish and French audio guides, and they knew they also wanted to develop an audio guide for Chinese visitors.The Art Institute has recently made strides to increase its collection of Chinese artifacts. Last November, the Institute hired Tao Wang, a we...
2015-02-2702 min
NEWSPlus Radio【美音】过节送礼只收钱！（有文稿）更多内容，请关注我们今天的微信，搜索：英语环球 NEWSPlusAustralians find that giving cash instead of buying presents to younger family members is more welcomed on special occasions.In China, giving young family members cash enclosed in a red envelope during the Spring Festival is a time-honored tradition. As the Chinese New Year becomes more popular in Australia, giving cash to younger family members is no longer a unique Chinese custom. Nowadays, a growing number of Australian parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts also give cash to younger family members as a way of showing their love on special occasions such as birthdays and Christmas.May Colbourne, a 72-year...
2015-02-2602 min
NEWSPlus Radio【报道】主人，除了毁灭世界，我还会给你做饭哦~（有文稿）更多内容可以看今天的微信哦~搜索英语环球NEWSPlusWith the ability to cut noodles, stir vegetables and fry eggs, food-serving robots have gone from a figment of our imagination less than a decade ago to running around and making delicious food in some of Beijing's restaurants. At a restaurant called Wilwi, literally translated as "future flavors", which is located in Haidian District, a small crowd of people watch in fascination as three semi-automated robots help prepare all the food. The kitchen is in full view to the public so people can see what the machines are doing. Right now, they are making fried rice.The robots don't actually...
2015-02-2604 min
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2014-02-1701 min
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2014-02-1436 min
NEWSPlus Radio感谢你们 Thanks to You All！ZR: Hello NEWSPlus Listeners, I'm Zhang Ru from China. This is a song called “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, which is a popular soundtrack from the most anticipated animation “Despicable Me 2”.
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Ben: As the Chinese New Year is fast...
2014-01-3003 min