Can't She Type?

Lesson 38 Text A Can't She Type? The well-known banker, T. J. Ellington, was at one time in his younger days the manager of a New York office. His secretary had been with him for many years, and knew

Lesson 86 What's Your Blood Type?

Bella: What's your blood type, Luke? Luke: It's A, I think. Why do you ask? Bella: Well, mine's B. Luke: So? Bella: They say people with A blood type get along very well with those with B blood type. Luke: Really? 你是什么血型? 贝拉：卢克，

SSS 2008-05-22

This is Scientific America's 60-Second Science, I'm Cynthia Graber. This'll just take a minute. Its hot to research life in extreme environments. There are organisms that thrive in boiling hot thermal vents and in toxic stews. These extremophiles, as

SSS 2008-09-24

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Theres a Native American site in Ohio that appeared to be a fort. But recent discoveries by archaeologists at the University of Cincinnati show thats n

SSS 2009-11-26

Roughly 1,000 years ago, Europe enjoyed several centuries of balmier average temperatures. Dubbed the Medieval Warm Period, it was the last time before the present that agriculture could flourish in Greenland. This era also provided fodder for countl

托福听力短文 II-09-1

(MA) Look at our topographical map and you'll see that the middle third of the North American continent --- from the Rocky Mountains almost to the Mississippi River --- is pretty flat. This is the Great Plains. This kind of area is sometimes called

知性英语－DIFFERENT TYPE OF TEA

‘One-in-a-Billion’ Dinosaur Discovery

About 110 million years ago, a large plant-eating dinosaur covered with sharp points walked the land. Called a nodosaur, it is now the best example of its kind ever found. This new species of dinosaur is being called a one-in-a-billion discovery. Rec

SSS 2009-07-01

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Christie Nicholson. Got a minute? During the last ice age our problem was too little carbon. Unlike today where too much carbon is causing global warming. Past glacial ages occurred partly because

SSS 2009-03-12

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Adam Hinterthuer. Got a minute? Farmers fertilize their fields to get the maximum meal from their crops. But the effects of these loads of nitrogen and phosphorous extend beyond the field and past

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

Gene Mutation Linked to Type 2 Diabetes

Scientists have identified a unique genetic mutation in about 10 percent of people with type 2 diabetes(糖尿病) studied in the United States and Europe. The discovery could help some people learn if they are at risk of developing diabetes so they

VOA标准英语2012--Lake Sediment Could Better Date Ancient Finds

Lake Sediment Could Better Date Ancient Finds Radiocarbon dating is the best-known and most widely used method to determine the age of organic material, such as bone or wood or plant matter. All such material contains radioactive carbon atoms, known

TED演讲:探索世界最深洞穴(8)

What then of manned space exploration? 那载人的空间探索呢？ The government recently announced plans to return to the moon by 2024. 美国政府最近宣布了2024重返月球的计划。 The successful conclusion of that mission will result

Chinese Help Rebuild New York

The 9/11 terrorist attack in New York not only killed people. It also killed local businesses, too, as many residents and companies moved out of the devastated area. 10 years on things are finally recovering. One Chinese restaurant has been part of t

经济学人69:欢迎来到人类纪

The geology of the planet 地球的地质情况 Welcome to the Anthropocene 欢迎来到人类纪 Humans have changed the way the world works. Now they have to change the way they think about it, too 人类改变了世界运行方式，现在，人类不

澳科学家警告海平面上升问题

CANBERRA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have made the alarming discovery that sea levels have risen more in the past century than at any other comparable period in the past 6,000 years. Researchers from the Australian National University

再别康桥英文版

Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again --by Xu Zhimo 再别康桥 徐志摩 Very quietly I take my leave As quietly as I came here; Quietly I wave good-bye To the rosy clouds in the western sky. The golden willows by the riverside Are young brides in the

托福阅读备考之长难句分析

世界本没有长难句，修饰成分多了，便有了长难句。 阅读速度大部分来于短时间内理解长难句的能力。 大家在看长难句的时候，多思考，一个句子为什么这么长，常见的修饰成分到底有哪些？

天天练口语：What’s your blood type?

Bella: Whats your blood type, Luke? 贝拉：卢克，你是什么血型？ Luke: Its A, I think. Why do you ask? 卢克：我想是A型。你问这干嘛？ Bella: Well, mines B. They say people with A blood type get along very well with those with