This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists have discovered more details about how plants use water. Their findings could help to engineer plants that grow better and more effectively in conditions with higher levels of carbon dioxide. ...

水 英语短文 植物

Planning Establish a routine of planning your week and your day. This will allow you to have your most productive week all the time. Start yourday an extra 10 minutes early to do this planning everyday. Write down the top 1-3 important things you must do ...

习惯 工作 双语 英语短文 职场 成效

How Many Ways Can You Say Goodbye to a Job? As talk of a thaw in hiring freezes rises above a whisper, many people are already planning to look for a new position when the job market picks up. Some 60% of workers say intend to leave their jobs when the ec...

礼仪 离职 英语短文 离职礼仪知多少？

"事情本无好坏之分，关键在于你怎么想"--莎士比亚有些事总是被认为是好的，而有些事总是被认为是坏的。有三件事听起来很坏，却能真正帮助你。好好地利用这三件事给我带来了很多帮助。仔细想想，看看它们对你现在的处境是否有帮助。...

双语 帮助 英语短文

A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the water in ten minutes. 飞机刚刚起飞，一位乘客向空姐要一杯水吃药。空姐告诉他等飞机起飞后10分钟就为他送来。 Thirty minutes late...

双语 美文 微笑 英语短文

One day about fifteen years ago I suddenly came face to face with myself and realized there was something quite empty about my life. My friends and associates perhaps didn't see it. By the generally accepted standards, I was successful, I was head of a pr...

生活 英语短文 充实 空虚

近几年有一个词特别流行，叫乐活族（LOHAS, lifestyles of health and sustainability）,他们吃健康的食品与有机蔬菜，练瑜伽健身，听心灵音乐，通过消费和衣食住行的生活实践，希望自己有活力。其实，我们每个人都可以成为一个乐活族.不过我今天要说的却不是他们，而是一个新的群体，quirkyalone,暂...

时尚 英语短文 新生活 乐单族

One of the most important parts of life are the friendships you have. Close friends are like a chosen family: they are the people you choose to have in your life on a long-term basis and you love them as if they were your sister or brother. Friends are on...

朋友 英语短文 完美女人 不可或缺

In our jobs, we may have occasions to communicate with people in other countries or from other cultures.Whether we are buying, selling, consulting, or simply trying to obtain informatoin, we will need to get across ideas to an audience we are not used to ...

英语短文 资源技巧 国际商务

In Tony Buzan's book Use Your Memory he writes that the Greeks understood that there were two underlying principles for perfect memory. You must ASSOCIATE (link) whatever it is you wish to remember with a fixed location in your mind using your IMAGINATION...

英语短文 资源技巧 记忆力