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Tropical forests in the world The world's forests are disappearing.As much as one third of the total tree cover has been lost, since agriculture began some ten thousand years ago.The remaining forests are home to half of the world's species,thus beco

英闻天下——553 Five Shark Species Put on Protection List

Five species of shark have been put on a wildlife protection list. The move has been made at the final meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Bangkok, Thailand. The decision restricts cross-border trade in the ocean

Step by Step2000 Unit9 Everybody Can Help the Environment

Unit 9 Everybody Can Help the Environment Part I Warming up Tape-script: Part I 1. Buy fresh food that doesn't need a lot of packaging. 2. Try to buy organic fruit and vegetables from farmers who don't use chemicals. 3. Save as much water as possible

【突破英文词汇】circum -- round 周围

1. circumference /səˈkʌmfərəns/ -- distance around a circle or rounded body; perimeter The circumference of a circle equals times the diameter. 圆周长等于与直径的乘积。 2. circumlocution /ˌsɜ:kəmləʊˈkju:ʃən/ -- roundabout way

Take Away English-Jason Lewis, Circumnavigator 贾森 路易斯，环球旅行者

Jason Lewis pedals his boat up the river Thames After 13 years and 46,000 miles (75,00km) a British adventurer has completed a round-the-world journey using human power alone. Jason Lewis, 40, crossed five continents, two oceans and a sea to become

VOA标准英语2011--Panama Research Institute Dedicated to E

PanamaResearchInstituteDedicatedtoEarth'sEcosystem Every year, about 1,000 scientists from around the world visit the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The Institute is one of the oldest and largest facilities of its kind in the worl

2007年VOA标准英语-Hawaii Considered America's Endangered Species

By Zulima Palacio Kauai, Hawaii 18 June 2007 The Hawaiian archipelago represents the most isolated group of islands in the world. Plants and animals that are common to many people elsewhere only made it to these islands in the last few hundred years

VOA慢速英语2011--Will Physicists Have to Rewrite The Spec

EXPLORATIONS - Will Physicists Have to Rewrite The Special Theory of Relativity? DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to EXPLORATIONS, in VOA Special English. Im Doug Johnson. This week, we hear about developments in physics that, if proven correct, could have scie

2007年VOA标准英语-More Species Threatened With Extinction

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 September 2007 A new report says the number of species threatened with extinction is escalating. The World Conservation Union, which has just released its Red List of Threatened Species, warns life on Earth will continue to

VOA标准英语2012--Bird Counts Show Species Decreasing

Bird Counts Show Species Decreasing Huntley Meadows Park in Fairfax County, Virginia, is home to a wide variety of birds. That's where Ana Arguelles and her husband, Jeff Wneck, who live next to the 588-hectare wetlands, take part in the annual count

VOA标准英语2010年-New Life for Vanishing Species

New technologies aid in conservation efforts at the National Zoo Susan Logue Koster | Front Royal, Virginia 19 July 2010 The National Zoo opened a cheetah science facility in 2007 at its conservation center in Front Royal, VA. Cheetahs are considered

VOA标准英语2011--New Species Might be Human Ancestor

New Species Might be Human Ancestor Fossils found in a South African cave might belong to a new species of early humans that holds a unique place on the evolutionary road to modern man. On a 2008 mapping expedition in Malapa, South Africa, American p

英语听力：自然百科 China's Amazing Flowers 繁花似锦的中国

China has more plants than anywhere else in the temperate regions of the world. In fact, it has almost twice as many kinds of plants as there are in the United States which is about the same size and about three times as many as there are in Europe.

畜牧业与野生动植物保护

34 畜牧业与野生动植物保护 DATE=6/8/01 TITLE=ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Farming and Wildlife Protection BYLINE=Cynthia Kirk （Start at 59

VOA标准英语2010年-Coral Reefs Breed New Species, Fossil

When we lose reefs, we lose basically the cradles of evolution in the oceans. Wolfgang Kiessling A new study out this week highlights the role that coral reefs play in evolution, adding another reason to preserve these delicate, diverse, and often be

New dinosaur species found in east China

JINAN, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists said Saturday that they have found a new species of giant theropod dinosaur in the eastern province of Shandong. The new species, described as a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex), has been named

英语杂谈：15 New Species

Researchers working for the World Wildlife Fund have warned that the effects of climate change pose a serious threat to rare species of wildlife discovered within the past year in Southeast Asia, including a fanged frog and a leopard-striped gecko. A

Australia to lose 45 species in 20 years: study

CANBERRA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Up to 45 native species in Western Australia's Kimberley region will die out within 20 years if no action is taken, latest study showed on Wednesday. The Priority Threat Management to Protect Kimberley Wildlife report,

2018年CRI Ocean explorers claim discovery of 100 new species

UK-based scientists are reporting the discovery of more than a hundred new species of marine plants and animals, including thirteen new crustaceans, as part of a deep-sea survey around the British territory of Bermuda in the Atlantic. CRI's Niu Hongl

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2763 waters

今天我们要学的词是 waters. Waters 水域，海域。North Korea launched four missiles on Monday morning, three of which landed in Japanese waters. 朝鲜星期三早上发射了四枚导弹，其中三枚落入日本海域。A crocodile sha