国家地理-2008-07-21 Diving to China's Great Wall 水中长城

Members of a Beijing diving club had the chance to experience China's Great Wall in a way few others have by exploring a section of the landmark that was submerged in the cloudy waters of a reservoir. There is no doubting that the Great Wall of Chin

国家地理-2008-07-24 生存危机下的人体反应

In animals, this part of the brain evolved around the time of the dinosaurs before mammals existed. It's hardwired to beat starvation. For three days Jean-Luc has been trapped underground. He hasn't had a morsel to eat. He doesn't know it, but his b

国家地理-2008-07-26 ''环保''的高尔夫球场

Millions of Americans enjoy playing golf. But golf courses are not known to be environmentally friendly. They demand a lot of fresh water, fertilizers and herbicides to keep them looking green. Thats true of most golf courses. But lets look at one t

国家地理-2008-07-07 Realm of the Puma 安第斯山脉的美洲狮

From its northern border with Peru, Chile stretches some 2,700 miles to the bottom of South America, longer than the distance from New York City to Los Angeles. Strung out along its entire length are the Andes Mountains. Here among these rocky peaks

国家地理-2008-09-18 “圣徒”死神？

Death just isn't what it used to be. Once a month, followers attend mass at the Santa Muerte Shrine and pray to the so-called Death Saint, often depicted as a skeleton dressed in a black cloak and carrying a scythe, or in a long flowing white gown.

国家地理-2008-09-01 旅游业发展威胁吴哥窟未来

Cambodias ancient temples at Angkor Wat are under threat from the large numbers of tourists who are now visiting the site. There are fears that ongoing damage to the temples soft stone may mean they could eventually be destroyed. The temples at Angk

国家地理-2008-09-04 非洲采矿童工状况堪忧

Every week, more children arrive to work in the hundreds of primitive mines in the bush. Here they endure long hours at dangerous jobs, wringing flecks of gold from the dirt with mercury. One of them is a 12-year-old boy named Saliou. Momodou is jus

国家地理-2008-09-06 吉萨金字塔中的地下船

Visitors at Egypt's Giza Pyramids on Saturday got a rare opportunity. They were able to catch a glimpse inside an underground chamber, just south of the Great Pyramid containing the pieces of an ancient funerary boat which many believed was intended

国家地理-2008-09-08 澳洲农业每况愈下

In Australia, its not just livestock hit hard by draught, but the next generation of farmers. At 24, Robert Watt, a farmer from Alectown, a region of Australia, has had seven seasons on the farm, but not one year of profit. He says the draught, plus

国家地理-2008-09-11 旱灾的成因与影响

Its signs are subtle and slow: the earth dries; water levels fall; the rains do not come; and the land is gripped by drought. At its most basic, a drought occurs when more water is used than is replenished. It is a balance between supply and demand,

国家地理-2008-09-13 小鲸鱼错认游艇为母

Animal Conservationists in Australia expressed concern on Tuesday that a lost humpback whale calf separated from its mother could die within days, unless it finds its own mother or another mother to adopt it. The calf believed to be one or two month

国家地理-2008-09-15 狗狗天堂在美国

Transcript by myconsent (Your suggestion on improving this transcript is welcomed!) From the playful to the practical. To the cute, to the honored, dogs are everywhere in America. Today there are about 70 million dogs in United States alone, one for

国家地理-2008-09-20 印度的双胞胎村

The remote village of Kodinji in southern India, population about 13,500, is home to more than 100 pairs of twins, and 90% of those were born within the last 18 years. No one quite knows why, and no published study explains the phenomenon. At the la

国家地理-2008-09-22 Rosetta航天探测器

Transcript (by myconsent) The European Space Agencys deep space probe Rosetta transmitted high-resolution images of an asteroid millions of miles from Earth. Rosetta caught up with the Steins Asteroid Friday night in the asteroid belt between the or

国家地理-2008-09-25 西班牙的蕃茄节

Thousands of people descended on the Spanish town of Bunol on Wednesday to take part in the Tomatina festival. The annual food fight draws visitors from around the world. They pelt each other with ripe fruit until they become soaked through with tom

国家地理-2008-09-27 伦敦的骸骨展

Transcript--by myconsent(for reference only) Construction workers in London are currently busy with redevelopment activity across the city. But it often disturbs the graves of thousands of long-deceased Londoners buried deep beneath the modern city.

国家地理-2008-09-29 凯撒里亚的海底博物馆

An underwater museum is open for visitors off the coast of Israel in the ancient town of Caesarea . The Port of Caesarea was commissioned by Herod the Great , King of Judaea, and the harbor quickly became the main political and economic artery of th

国家地理-2008-10-02 人猴共处的新加坡

Transcript (by myconsent, for reference only) While some visitors to Singapore expect a high-tech city, there are also some parts of the island that still reflect how it used to look before urban development took over. In one of the main Central Nat

国家地理-2008-10-04 北极陷入“死亡螺旋”

According to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA, Arctic sea ice appears to have reached its minimum for the year at nearly 1.7 million square miles. A chilling fact, considering that this is only about 10 % more than the

国家地理-2008-05-29 Panda Sensed Earthquake 熊猫预感地震

Did the pandas in Chinas Wolong Reserve know that Mondays earthquake was coming before it hit? A British tourist watching the pandas as the quake struck offered a keen observation. They had been really lazy and just eaten a little bit of bamboo and,