• A lesson for living

    12-11-06 Everything happens for the best, my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment. Mother was right, as I d...

  • Asking for a Raise 要求加薪

    12-03-21 At the radio station where I worked, the manager called me into his office to preview a new sound-effects package we were considering purchasing. He closed the door so we wouldn't bother people in the outer office. After listening to a few routine s...

  • 威尼斯无线电波拥堵问题已被解决

    12-03-05 A group of Italian and Swedish researchers appears to have solved the problem of radio congestion(拥挤) by cleverly twisting radio waves into the shape of fusilli(意大利螺旋面) pasta, allowing a potentially infinite number of channels to be broa...

  • Bad Drivers

    11-11-04 Theres a senior citizen driving on the highway. His wife calls him on his cell phone and in a worried voice says, Herman, be careful! I just heard on the radio that there was a madman driving the wrong way on Route 280! Herman says, I know, Im on Ro...

  • 梵蒂冈电台天线辐射有致癌危险

    10-07-15 There is a coherent and significant connection between radiation from Vatican Radio aerials and childhood cancer, researchers have said. 研究人员称,梵蒂冈电台天线所发出的辐射与儿童癌症之间有明确的重要关联。 From its studios in Vatican City, Vatican...

  • 伊斯兰教徒禁止索马里电台播放音乐

    10-04-14 Most radio stations in Somalia have stopped playing music, on the orders of Islamist Hizbul-Islam insurgents who say that songs are un-Islamic. 索马里大部分广播电台停止播放音乐,该决定由伊斯兰青年党叛乱分子做出,他们称歌曲不符合穆斯林传统。 All but...

  • BBC某广播制片人因拍摄色情录像入狱

    10-03-05 A BBC radio producer who secretly filmed himself having sex with five different women has been jailed for eight months. 一名BBC电台制作人因秘密拍摄其与五名不同的妇女进行性交而被判刑八个月。 The producer secretly filmed himself having sex with five d...

  • 索马里议员遭迫击炮袭击

    09-12-22 At least eight people have died in a day of violence in Somalia which saw mortars fired at MPs meeting for the first time since August. 索马里自8月份以来首次发生使用迫击炮炮轰议员会议事件,此次冲突造成至少8人丧生。 No MPs were killed in the attack b...

  • Radio show back after rape furore 广播节目因强奸案暂播现又恢

    09-08-19 An Australian radio show on which a teenager revealed she had been raped has returned to the airwaves. 一家曾经报道过少女自称被强奸广播节目的澳大利亚广播台恢复广播。 Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O host the breakfast radio show DJs Kyle Sandilands and...

  • Radio show axed over rape furore 广播节目因强奸事件被停播

    09-08-04 An Australian radio show has been pulled off air after a lie detector stunt saw a 14-year-old girl say she had been raped. 一家澳大利亚广播电台停播,此前播出过一个14岁的女孩使用测谎仪声称自己被强奸的节目。 Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O host the break...