英语听说风暴：口语技巧一学忘不了（科技篇）

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前言

Universe Exploration宇宙新探

News1Scientists Say Universe Is Expanding

科学家称宇宙正在膨胀 /

News2Five New Planets Are Discovered by NASA's KeplerSpacecraft

美国国家航空航天局的开普勒太空船发现五颗新行星 /

News3NASA Issues Safety Report on Columbia Disaster

美国国家航空航天局发布哥伦比亚号灾难的安全性报告 /

News4NASA Delays 2009 Mars Mission Due to Technical Problems

美国国家航空航天局因技术问题推迟了火星任务 /

News5NASA Looks Forward beyond 2008 Successes

美国国家航空航天局期待超越2008年的成就 /

News6 Astronauts Review Spacewalks after Tool Bag Loss

宇航员回顾工具袋丢失情况下的太空行走 /

News7 NASA's Unveils New Lunar Rover

美国国家航空航天局公布了新型月球车 /

News8 Shuttle Astronauts Attach Logistics Module toInternational

Space Station

航天飞机宇航员将后勤舱贴附在国际空间站上 /

News9 Mercury Spacecraft Reveals New Details of MysteriousPlanet

水星号宇宙飞船揭示了神秘星球的一些新细节 /

News10 Scientists Confirm There Is Ice on Mars

科学家证实在火星上存在冰 /

Space Launch空间发射

News11India Launches First Unmanned Mission to Moon

印度首次向月球发射无人飞船 /

News12Mars Lander Phoenix Exceeds Time and Expectations

凤凰号火星登陆器超过预期时间 /

News13 India Launches Multiple Satellites into Space

印度将多个卫星送入太空 /

News14 U.S. Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches with NewLab

美国奋进号航天飞机携新实验室发射 /

News15 South Koreans Are Celebrating the Launch of TheirCountry's First

Space Traveler

韩国庆祝国内首个太空人升空 /

News16 South Korea Postpones First Rocket Launch

韩国推迟发射首枚火箭 /

News17 Australian Company Develops Junk-tracking SpaceLaser

澳大利亚公司开发太空垃圾跟踪激光器 /

News18 Iran Test Fires Second Round of Missiles

伊朗第二轮试射导弹 /

News19 Electric-powered Aircraft Closer to Reality

电动飞机将成现实 /

News20 Shuttle Discovery Launches Mission to SpaceStation

发现号航天飞机飞往太空站 /

Medical Progress医疗进步

News21New Research Uses Male Testicle Cells to Create StemCells

新技术可用男性睾丸细胞生成干细胞 /

News22 Bionic Hand Is Now a Reality

仿生手诞生了 /

News23 Scientists Take Steps toward Universal FluVaccine

科学家开始进行通用流感疫苗的研制 /

News24 Genes Predict Who Will Live to Age 100

基因预测谁将活到100岁 /

News25 Birth Control Pill Sparked ContraceptiveRevolution

避孕药激起避孕革命 /

News26 Study: H1N1 Not More Serious than Seasonal Flu

研究证明H1N1不会比季节性流感严重 /

News27 New AIDS Strategic Plan Unveiled

新的艾滋病战略计划问世 /

News28 When Your Surgeon Is a Robot

当你的外科医生是机器人时 /

News29 Fish Oil Supplements Might Lower Breast CancerRisk

鱼油补品可能降低患乳腺癌风险 /

News30 Report: HIV Prevention Research Enters New Era

报道称：艾滋病毒预防研究进入新纪元 /

Energy Issues能源问题

News31 California Company Unveils Innovative Rooftop SolarPanels

加利福尼亚公司推出创新屋顶太阳能板 /

News32 Bio-fuel Researchers See Bright Future

生物燃料研究人员相信未来是光明的 /

News33 Both Old and New Cutting-edge Technology Used in OilSpill

新老高端技术用于解决石油泄漏 /

News34 China Working Toward Green Energy Solutions

中国朝绿色能源的方向发展 /

News35 Deep Water Plume Persists Months after BP Oil WellBlowout

英国石油油井爆炸数月后深海羽流仍没有消失 /

News36 Polar Explorer Takes Clean Energy Campaign toCopenhagen

极地探险者把清洁能源运动带到哥本哈根 /

News37 Scientists Estimate 4.4 Million Barrels of Oil EscapedBP's Broken Well

据估计约有440万桶油从英国石油公司钻井泄漏 /

News38 California Woman Uses Local Cotton, Wool for HerClothes

加利福尼亚妇女用当地棉花、羊毛自制衣服 /

News39 U.S. Funding Aims to Boost Renewable Energy

美国投入资金推动可再生能源 /

News40 Largest U.S. Solar Energy Plant Comes on Line inFlorida

佛罗里达州将建美国最大的太阳能发电厂 /

Information Express信息高速

News41 Internet Cable Cut Plunges Egypt into DigitalDarkness

网络电缆被切断导致埃及陷入数码黑暗中 /

News42 Intel Pulls Out of One Laptop Per Child Program

英特尔撤出“每个孩子一台笔记本”计划 /

News43 TV, Internet Inspire Americans to Search forAncestors

电视、因特网激发美国人探寻祖先 /

News44 Fish “Cell Phones” Track Marine Life

鱼类“手机”追踪海洋生物 /

News45 Technology Changes Peace Corps Experience

科技改变美国和平部队的经历 /

News46 Robotic Age Draws Closer

机器人时代将要来临 /

News47 Caterpillar Crawl Could Inspire New Robots

毛毛虫的爬行可启发新型机器人的研发 /

News48 Website Helps Dieters Keep Kilos Off

网站帮助减肥者保持体重 /

News49 UAE BlackBerry Ban Is Latest Clash over InformationControl

信息控制新冲突——阿联酋禁止黑莓服务 /

News50 Pentagon Faces Massive Cyber Threats

五角大楼面临大规模网络威胁 /

Flourishing Agriculture欣欣农业

News51 New Initiative to Boost Crop Yield in South Asia

增加南亚农作物产量的新举措 /

News52 Rare Russia Crop Collection at Risk

俄罗斯稀有果树恐被砍 /

News53 Mobile Phones Help Farmers Feed Their Fields

手机帮助农民给土地施肥 /

News54 Wheat Reaches Its Limit

小麦产量达到极限 /

News55 Going on a Bee Hunt That Helps the Planet

帮助地球的“寻蜂行动” /

News56 Historic Fish Market Goes Green

历史著名鱼市走向绿色化经营 /

News57 Scientists Unravel Chocolate's Genetic Code

科学家揭示了巧克力的基因序列 /

News58 Aid Organizations Use Technology in Africa'sDevelopment Work

援助组织在非洲发展任务中使用高科技 /

News59 U.S.: Antibiotic Use in Livestock Harms People

美国：给牲畜用抗生素会危害人类健康 /

News60 Hot Nights in Louisiana

路易斯安那州的炎热之夜 /

Environment Technology环境新知

News61 Green Packaging Replaces Petroleum-based Foam

绿色包装取代汽油制造的泡沫 /

News62 Book Explores Use of Technology to Reverse GlobalWarming

新书探讨利用科技扭转全球变暖 /

News63 Computer Model Helps Minimize WaterPollution

计算机模型有助于将水污染降至最小化 /

News64 Spinning Exercise into Environmental Action

运动转变成环保行动 /

News65 Jakarta Struggles to Provide Clean Water to All

雅加达设法为居民提供洁净水 /

News66 Oil-tainted Waste Raises Health, EnvironmentalConcerns

油污垃圾引发健康与环境担忧 /

News67 Scholar Hopes to Cool City by Covering Roofs withGreenery

学者希望用绿色植物覆盖屋顶来给城市降温 /

News68 Dry Water Makes Waves in Fight against ClimateChange

干水可遏制气候变化 /

News69 Biodegradables Seen as Future for Asia's PlasticsIndustry

可降解材料被看做是亚洲塑料行业的未来 /

News70 Competition Shows Off Super Fuel-efficientAutomobiles

竞赛展出了超节能轿车 /