国家地理-2008-04-14 A Cat Has Nine Lives 猫有九条命

A cat is said to have nine lives because it is more tenacious of life than many animals. People always think that due to the speed, cleverness and flexibility of cats, they can stay alive in most difficult situations when other animals would have be

生活英语对话 Episode 68: Is the cat ill?

本单元是关于那只猫病了吗的对话 Helen: Hey guys, do you think the cat's okay? Alice: The cat? Seems fine to me. Why? Helen: I think we should take her to the vet. She doesn't seem right to me. Alice: She's fine. Helen: No, she's not! You guys never l

鹅妈妈童谣 31 Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat

PUSSY-CAT AND QUEEN Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, Where have you been? Ive been to London To look at the Queen. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, What did you there? I frightened a little mouse Under the chair.

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - Vaccine Shortage Complicat

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. H1N1 flu continues to spread. Currently the virus is most active in the northern half of the world. But experts say it has become the leading influenza virus in all countries. No one really knows how ma

2006年VOA标准英语-Nepali Police Use Tear Gas to Keep Protest

By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu 22 April 2006 Nepalese protesters throng a street as smoke billows from a roadblock made of burning tires, set up by protesters in defiance of a curfew called by the govern

VOA标准英语2009年-Scientists Use DNA to Trace Illegal Elepha

Scientists are using DNA to trace illegal ivory from slaughtered elephants to its countries of origin in an effort to nab poachers. Researchers are trying to combat the multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise at its source. A poached elephant Since

科学美国人60秒 SSS Nobel in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi for Autophagy Discoveries

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for his discoveries of mechanisms of whats known as autophagy. Break the word down and you get auto and phagy: from the Greek for self, auto, and eating, phagein. So, se

原版英语对话1000个:021 English Village

Todd: OK. Hello! Steven: Hello, there! Todd: How are you doing today? Steven: Pretty good. Todd: Could you please introduce yourself. Steven: Yeah. My name is Steven. And I come from the North of England. Todd: Oh, really! Where in the North of Engla

VOA标准英语2008年-Russian Leader Says Georgian Conflict Complicat

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says recent events in South Ossetia have complicated the country's financial markets, but there is no economic crisis. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting

2007年VOA标准英语-Police Killing Sparks Strike in Indian State of

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 March 2007 The Indian state of West Bengal has been hit by an opposition-backed general strike to protest police shooting in which 14 villagers were killed. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the communist-rule

2007年VOA标准英语-Somali Police Intercept Car Filled with Explosi

By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 12 June 2007 Police in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, have intercepted a car loaded with explosives they say was going to be used against the interim government. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu in Mogadishu was given an exclusive

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My name's Ruth and I'm from a small village in England. I live quite near Nottingham and I've lived there for most of my life actually. Nottingham is quite famous for Sherwood forest, where Robin hood was supposed to live and as a child I spent some

VOA常速英语2007年-Paperthin Batteries Offer New Options, Applicat

By Deepak Dobhal Washington 07 November 2007 Scientists in the United States have developed a new kind of battery that looks and feels just like a piece of paper. VOA's Deepak Dobhal reports its inventors say the battery's power and flexibility make

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Adrienne: So, Rob, tell me why you don't like elephants! Rob: Why don't I like elephants? It's a long story. I was traveling in India with a friend of mine and one night we decided to spent the night in a national park, looking at wildlife, and we we

Omega Pharma-Quick Step grabs world team title

Omega Pharma-Quick Step grabs world team title THE HAGUE, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Belgian cycling team Omega Pharma-Quick Step rode to victory in the men's team time trial at the road World Championships in Limburg, the Netherlands on Sunday. The team,

Dead Cat

Jim let his dog out to relieve himself late one night. He watched some TV, and then remembered to let the dog back in. When he opened the door, he was shocked at what he saw! In his dog's mouth was his neighbor's cat, dead! Bad dog! BAD DOG! said the

Dick and His Cat

Dick and His Cat I Once there was a boy called Dick. He was very poor: his father and mother were dead and he had no friends to help him. One day he heard some men speaking: one man said, I shall go to London, for London is a very big city, and its s

The Old Cat

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth an

The Cat and the Bell thecatandthebell

There were many mice in a house. The man of the house got a cat. The cat killed many of the mice. Then the oldest mouse said, All mice must come to my hole tonight, and we will think what we can do about this cat.' All the mice came. Many mice spoke,

Philippine death toll due to "Bopha" climbs to 418

MANILA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Death toll in the Philippines due to Typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo) has continued to rise to 418 based on the latest data released Friday by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). NDRRMC Exe