365个英语简短小故事-339. Honoring G.W. Bush

A group in San Francisco is honoring former President G.W. Bush by proposing to name a new wastewater treatment plant after him. We hope that this will catch on nationwide, said activist Bill Maher. Every state should have a wastewater treatment plan

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-12-17

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60秒科学:多细胞生物不需要氧气

As scientists delve deeper beneath the oceans surface, they find bizarre creatures that have adapted to harsh and extreme environments. Now comes a new onethe discovery of the first multicellular animals that survive and reproduce entirely without ox

VOA慢速英语--科学家在污水中发现大量的贵金属

Scientists Find Large Amounts of Precious Metals in Wastewater In recent months, stories about sewers getting clogged have made international headlines. For example, a so-called fatberg, a mass of grease and diapers, clogged London's sewers. A new st

专业术语—口腔生理学术语E1(英文详解)

Ecological balance - astable balance in the numbers of each species in an ecosystem. In the ecosystem of the mouth this balance is brought about by competition and cooperation between the different or

专业术语—口腔生理学术语A3(英文详解)

Apatites- a family of calcium phosphate salts which are found in hard tissues like bone, teeth and shells. Apoptosis - death of a cell which is programmed by a set of specific genes. Apoptosis of chon

专业术语—口腔生理学术语A1(英文详解)

Abductors - muscle taking a limb or the jaw away from the body. Acetyl choline - Aneurotransmitter substance found at all cholinergic synapses including those of motoneurones at the neuromuscular junc

SSS 2010-04-09

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. As scientists delve deeper beneath the oceans surface, they find bizarre creatures that have adapted to harsh and extreme environments. Now comes a new o

食品方面的词汇

A acceptable daily intake (ADI) 每人每日容许摄入量 acclimatization 气候适应 accumulate 蓄积 acetylandromedol 乙酰柽木醇毒 acceptable risk level 可接受的危险水平 acid-forming food 成酸性食品 Achromobacterium 无色菌属 Act for preventing the adulterati

VOA慢速英语2015 巴勒斯坦人将有机废物转化成天然气做饭

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VOA标准英语2012--Wastewater Key to Sustaining Life

Wastewater Key to Sustaining Life The world population is growing rapidly and is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. While efforts are underway to ensure theres enough food, one scientist is warning there may not be enough water. Professor Stanley G

英国生态公交车用大便做燃料

Britain's first bus powered by human waste has taken to the streets. 近日，英国首辆靠人类粪便供能的新型环保巴士正式上路。 The 40-seater 'Bio-Bus' is fuelled by biomethane gas, generated by the treatment of sewage and food wa

VOA常速英语2007年-ADB: Asian Governments Need to Improve Water Ma

By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 11 December 2007 The Asian Development Bank says that governments in the region need to improve the management of water resources to avoid a crisis in water security. Claudia Blume reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hon

雅思阅读词汇：探索太空生命(1)

a high spatial resolution 高空间分辨率 a xenon-lamp 氙灯 abode n. 住所，住处 absence n. 缺乏 acceptor n. 接受者 access v. 接近 aerobic adj. 依靠氧气的，与需氧菌有关的

万物简史 第424期:生命的起源(18)

Even we can tolerate it only up to a point. 连我们对氧的耐受力也是有限度的。 The oxygen level in our cells is only about a tenth the level found in the atmosphere. 我们细胞里的氧气浓度，只有大气里的大约十分之一。

万物简史 第423期:生命的起源(17)

Anniversaries were few and far between in the Archaean world. 在太古代的世界里，结婚周年纪念日是完全没有的。 For two billion years bacterial organisms were the only forms of life. 在20亿年时间里，细菌是惟一的生命形

经济学人331:运动员的表现

Science and technology 科学技术 Athletic performance 运动员的表现 Faster, higher, no longer 更快，更高已成往事 Is it time to update the Olympic credo? 是时候更改奥运会信条了？ ON AUGUST 5th millions of people will watch

经济学人:四条腿朋友的代价 粪量变能源

United States: Pet waste A crap-shoot 美国：宠物粪便，从粪便里发出的新芽 The city ponders a plan to make power from puppy poop. 在宠物粪便中提取能源，该市构建着一幅如此蓝图。 Dogs, unlike people, are capable of

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比较难以记住的GRE词汇 holistic 全面的，从整体着眼的 virtually almost virtual in fact mucus 粘液 by virtue of 由于 shrank 缩小，shrink 的过分 pool 集中备用的工人、钱或物资 syntax 句法，句子构造 grid grat

欧美人文风情第128篇:十大误解概要 - 喝八杯水必要吗?

Number ten. The Great Wall of China is the only man-made object visible from space. 第十。中国长城是唯一能在太空中看到的人造物体。 To see something on Earth from space, it would have to be pretty big, 要从太空看到地球上的