VOA慢速英语2010年-Activists Say Fishing Limit Not Enough

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. An international group has set the limit for next year's catch of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. The limit is just under thirteen thousand metric tons. That is six hundr

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

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-12-16

Twenty-seven people died when that Indonesian fishing boat carrying asylum seekers smashed into the cliffs of Christmas Island. Around 41 of the 80 people on board of the vessel were rescued. Two asylum seekers have been transferred to a Perth hospit

英语节奏训练18

18. Twelve Cans of Tuna Fish Rag Twelve cans! Twelve cans! Twelve cans of tuna fish. Twelve cans. How many cans? Twelve, twelve. Did you say twelve? Yes, I said twelve. Twelve cans of what? Twelve cans of fish. Twelve cans of fish? Yes, fish, yes, fi

《名人传记》之李小龙如何改变世界115:李小龙漫画的前景

When Bruce Lee emerged in the early 1970s,he looked and acted like no one before A larger than life super hero who could never be beat. 李小龙在70年代初期出现时就有前无来者的形象和表演方式，战无不胜的超级英雄。 Sta

【有声英语文学名著】老人与海（3）

Part Three He loved green turtles and hawk-bills with their elegance and speed and their great value and he had a friendly contempt for the huge, stupid loggerheads, yellow in their armour-plating, strange in their love-making, and happily eating the

2007年VOA标准英语-Ultralight Boat Dances on Waves Like a Spider

By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 24 January 2007 watch New Boat Design report In Greek mythology, Proteus was a sea god capable of assuming different forms. And now Proteus also is the name of a new type of ocean-going ship that can adapt its shape to t

VOA标准英语2010年-US Will Support Ban On International T

The US announced on Wednesday that it will support a ban on the international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna. The announcement comes prior to this month's meeting in Qatar of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fau

VOA标准英语2009年-Quotas Cut as Scientists Warn That Souther

By Phil Mercer Sydney 26 October 2009 Australian customs vessel, 18 Jan 2008 Australia is cutting its catch of southern bluefin tuna by 30 percent after warnings from scientists that stocks are close to collapse. The reduction follows an internation

厄尔尼诺使热带鱼群前往加州

厄尔尼诺使热带鱼群前往加州 Thanks to El Ni?o, California's coastal waters have become more hospitable to fish from the tropics. Hammerhead sharks are among them. 由于厄尔尼诺现象，加州海岸的水域环境对来自热带的鱼来

【跟着英剧练发音】South Pacific S01E06 - C

文本： There are 150 tonnes of fish in this one haul. It used to take a fishing vessel one whole year to catch this many fish. These are mostly yellow fin tuna, plus some skip jack. As they're slower breeders than skip jack, many yellow fin are ca

【跟着英剧练发音】South Pacific S01E06 - D

文本： The fish are scooped up from the water, a tonne or two at a time. Every last fish from this school of 7,000 yellow fin and skip jack tuna is plucked from the water. With fishing techniques now so efficient, and with ever more vessels plying

【跟着英剧练发音】South Pacific S01E06-E

文本： After our cameraman left the Esperanza, Greenpeace continued their journey, and captured these images of the world's biggest purse seiner, with a capacity almost four times larger than the New Guinea vessel. It's a Spanish ship fishing for

小狐外传 第44期:房间

I want to go to my room, said Louise. 我想回我的房间，露易丝说。 Of course, said Fox. 当然， 小狐说。 I want to lie down, said Louise. 我想躺下来，露易丝说。 Of course, said Fox. 当然，小狐说。 I need soft music,

小狐外传 第18期:星期二的午餐

TUESDAY'S LUNCH 星期二的午餐 Tuesday was sunny and hot. 星期二阳光明媚，天气很热。 You may eat lunch outside, said Miss Moon. 你们可以去外面吃午餐， 月亮老师说。 Let's go! cried the class. And they all went outside

VOA标准英语2010年-So Long Sushi, US Sides With Bluefin T

In the 1970s, Carl Safina fished off the U.S. Atlantic coast for bluefin tuna, a majestic warm-blooded predator that travels at highway speeds and can weigh as much as 650 kilograms. I've seen acres and acres of bluefin tuna at the surface, exploding

2007年VOA标准英语-Philippines Tuna Industry Short of Fish as Glob

By Douglas Bakshian General Santos City 06 September 2007 Worldwide tuna catches are falling as demand strains the supply. Tuna stocks in the Atlantic and Mediterranean have dropped, in recent years, prompting a cut in catch quotas. Supplies also app

Lesson 86-2 At the Underwater World 在水底世界

Listen to the questions and check the proper answers. 1.Which is belonging to the family of sea mammals? 2.Which is bigger? 3.Which animal can swim faster? 4.Which is scarier to human? 5.Which is rare? 英语听力练习题 Listen to the questions an

Central China produces super-capacity light rail train

CHANGSHA, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The world's first super-capacity light rail train was completed Friday by China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Limited (CSR) Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd. in Zhuzhou, central China's Hunan provinc

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Super-Hot Pepper That Sent A Man To The ER

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: And now the case of the hot pepper and the horrible headache. NPR's Richard Harris took a closer look at this medical curiosity. RICHARD HARRIS, BYLINE: A young doctor named Kulothungan Gunasekaran has a knack for finding odd eve