The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance

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Looking deeply inside nature, through the magnifying glass of science, designers extract principles, processes and materials that are forming the very basis of design methodology. From synthetic constructs that resemble biological materials, to computational methods that emulate neural processes, nature is driving design.Design is also driving nature. In realms of genetics, regenerative medicine and synthetic biology, designers are growing novel technologies, not foreseen or anticipated by nature.

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I’m thinking of + (doing) “我在想，是否可以…”

‘Thinking’ refers to a process of thought, forming an opinion or judgment. When expressing ‘I am thinking of’ you are letting someone know what you are personally thinking.

‘Thinking’ 指的是正在斟酌和考虑某个想法是否正确或可行，使用它通常是用于向对方建议某事，或谈论某事的可行性。 继续阅读“I’m thinking of + (doing) “我在想，是否可以…””

永远守护着自己的天使 Your guarding Angels

永远守护着自己的天使

In fact, everyone has an angel protecting himself forever.
其实每个人都有一个永远守护着自己的天使。

If this angel feels that your life is full of pain and you always feel excessively sad, She would turn into someone else beside you.
如果这个天使觉得你的生活太过痛苦，你的心情太过悲伤，那么她就化身成你身边的某一个人。

Maybe it’s a friend of you, or your lover, or a net-friend you have never met,or a stranger you just met only once.
也许是你的朋友，也许是你的爱人，也许是你未曾见过的网友，也或许是你仅仅见过一面的陌生人。

These persons quietly appear in your life, accompany you with a happy time and then he could leave silently. And thus your life is full of happy memories. Even the future path is covered with storm or snow, once reminiscing those happy stories he brought to you, you can still be brave.
这些人静静的出现在你的生命里，陪你度过一段快乐的时光，然后他再不动声色的离开。于是你的人生就有了幸福的回忆，即使你以后的道路上布满了风雪，一想起曾经他给你的幸福故事，你就可以依然勇敢。

For those who have left you without any word, actually they’re angels returning to the heaven. For example, your lost friends ,the strangers who ever gave you help, those seperated but used to love you, those artists who used to sing good songs to you, the good writer,and etc.., they are all kind-hearted angels.
所以那些默默离开你的人，其实都是天使回归了天国，比如那些离开的朋友，那些曾经给过你帮助的陌生人，那些曾经爱过但最后分开的人，曾经给你唱过很好听的歌曲的艺人、写过一本好书的作家，他们都是善良的天使。

Perhaps sometimes you would feel sad or lost because of their disappearance, and would seek them everywhere to find out where they’re going, which nation they’ve arrived. But in the end, you’ll be convinced that they stay in a certain nook of this world with a tranquil and gratified life. Finallly, all the feelings of loss or sadness will no longer exist since time has been the greatest therapist.
也许你有段时间会对于他们的消失感到伤心或失落，会四处寻找想知道他们去了哪里，到了什么国度，可是到最后，你都会相信，他们在这个世界的某一个角落，安静而满足的生活着，于是曾经的那些失落和伤心都将不复存在。时间是最伟大的治愈师。

Conservative Youth Group Threatens to Sue UVA-玛雅英语中高级听力训练

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Students at the University of Virginia are off this week for the holidays, but a controversy is brewing(争议正在酝酿中) on campus（“在大学校园内” on campus 是固定搭配）.  A non-profit非营利性 group called Young Americans for Freedom wants to establish a chapter at UVA to promote conservative ideas, but as Sandy Hausman reports, the university has not agreed.

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If you call the Young Americans for Freedom and are put on hold（被暂停）,  you’ll hear a speech given by Ronald Reagan（given by Ronald Reagan 过去分词后置做定语，表示被动，修饰speech（演讲）， 意思是“里根做的演讲” 来源于短语： Give a speech ）.

“Today, political correctness has replaced pro-Marxist ideas as the conventional wisdom on too many campuses,” he says.

Reagan is the darling of American conservatives and a long-time friend to the organization known as YAF.

“President Reagan was our honorary national chairman（荣誉国家主席） for a number of years,” says group spokesman Spencer Brown. “Young America’s Foundation actually stepped in to save his ranch in 1998, and we own it and now preserve it today as a lasting monument to his accomplishments.”

YAF has more than 400 chapters at high schools and colleges around the country.  UVA isn’t commenting, but Brown explains why the university is opposed to YAF.

“The administration there has said that the chapter cannot be recognized as long as it requires members and its leadership to ascribe to the values which are inscribed in the founding document of Young Americans for Freedom.”

Brown says there are students at UVA who want to promote the ideas of limited government, a strong national defense and traditional values, and unless the school changes its policy today, the group has threatened to sue.

UVA spokesman Anthony DeBruyn sent this statement after our story had aired:

The University has carefully reviewed the concerns raised on behalf of students seeking to form a Contracted Independent Organization (CIO) under the name Young Americans for Freedom (YAF).  In November, after consulting with our Student Activities staff, Student Council had requested two changes to the constitution submitted by YAF, consistent with their reading of our non-discrimination policy. When no response was received, the YAF CIO application was temporarily denied pending future resolution of this open issue. The decision by Student Council was not viewpoint based, but rather based upon an error in applying the non-discrimination policy.  The CIO application from YAF was never voted on by the Student Council representative body for final approval or denial.  The University has now requested that Student Council take steps to remedy this as soon as possible.

I’m getting 的用法

When combining the words ‘I am’ and ‘getting’ you are telling someone ‘you’ are gaining possession, being affected by or have plans to seek out and obtain a particular thing.

当我们使用“I’m getting …” 的表达方式的时候，我们在告诉别人我们在“逐渐获得…”,或“受到…影响” 或 “计划寻找或获取…” 继续阅读“I’m getting 的用法”

I was about to + (verb)的表达

When stating ‘I was about to’ you are informing someone that you were going to do something, but another event prevented you from doing it. It is similar to ‘I am about to’ but the difference is that you will not do it any longer. Since you will not do it any longer, it becomes a past event. That is why we use ‘was’ instead of ‘am’
“I was about to” 表示即将我要去做某事的时候，但是这时却发生了另外一件事阻止了我的计划。它的表达类似于“I am about to”，但是区别在于：用了过去式的“I was about to” 表示去做某件事的计划最后没有实施。

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