国家地理-2008-05-31 Brave Bear 北极熊觅食记

In Northern Canada, winter slowly loosens its grip, and a young polar bear is hungry. It sniffs a meal already in progress, and decides to play a dangerous game, a food snatch. His opponent is larger, older, and wont tolerate a rival. A second try,

国家地理-2008-06-02 Pagan Tomb 世上最大的异教徒陵墓

The Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica [1] in Vatican City, was reopened on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The mausoleum lies a few hundred feet away from the burial plac

国家地理-2008-06-05 City of The Dead Thrives 亡者之城埃及

The City of the Dead is one of the largest graveyards in Egypt, home to thousands of tomb stones dating back as early as the 14th century. It was traditionally a burial ground for Arab conquerors and their relatives. From a distance, set against the

国家地理-2008-06-07 Sinking England 下沉中的英格兰

All may seem calm along these beautiful stretches of British coastline.But there is a battle being fought on the beaches of Britain.Its a fight for survival against the mighty force of the North Sea. Erosion of this coastline has been going on for t

国家地理-2008-06-09 Eruption Changing Galapagos 加拉帕戈斯群岛火山爆发

A volcano that started erupting on one of the Galapagos Islands last week may be changing the landscape of the island. According to the Associated Press, rangers and tour guides spotted lava flowing down the northeastern flank of the Cerro Azul Volc

国家地理-2008-06-12 Lost Pyramind Found 发现新的金字塔

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in the Sakkara area about 18 miles south of Cairo. NationalGeographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Anti

国家地理-2008-06-14 New View on Stonehenge Burials 巨石阵新解

The tantalizing mysteries of Stonehenge may have come one step closer toward being solved. New radiocarbon dates of human cremation burials there indicate that Stonehenge was used as a cemetery from its inception just after 3,000 BC until well after

国家地理-2008-06-16 Quake Lake Blasted 唐家山堰塞湖排洪成功

Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud, holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Soldiers fired at rocks to dislodge enough debris to speed the drainag

国家地理-2008-06-19 Child Labor 聚焦世界无童工日

The United Nations International Labor Organization marked the annual World Day Against Child Labor on Thursday to raise global awareness about the cycles of poverty that force millions of children into work, often denying them the chance to an educ

国家地理-2008-05-24 Fuel Cell 聚焦燃料电池

For something that could revolutionize the world, its come along very slowly. The fuel cell was invented in 1839, but there was little development until the 1950s when NASA started to use them in space where they are still used today. Now, after yea

国家地理-2008-05-26 World Food in Crisis 粮食危机搅动世界

Its being called the worlds worst food crisis since the 1970s. Around the globe, food prices have risen about 40% in the last year, sparking protests and violence in at least 14 countries, and pushing the problem to center stage at the United Nation

国家地理-2008-05-22 Bangladesh Cyclone 强热带风暴席卷孟加拉国

Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh, victims of the worst cyclone to hit the country in a decade were desperately awaiting aid on Monday as the official death toll climbed to over three thousand. With relief aid pouring in, rescue teams ba

国家地理-2008-05-19 Tornadoes 龙卷风的形成

Call them twisters or tornadoes. They are nature's most violent storms with swirling winds that can top 300 miles per hour. About 800 twisters sweep through the US every year, more than anywhere else in the world. The hardest-hit area is a swath of

国家地理-2008-05-17 Wenchuan Earthquake 汶川大地震

On Monday, an earthquake in China measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred along a fault where south Asia pushes against the Eurasian Landmass, smashing the Sichuan Plain into mountains, leading to the Tibetan highlands. In 1989, the Loma Prieta

国家地理-2008-08-14 环保教堂

At Madison Christian Community, they gather each Sunday to worship a higher power. These days, seeing the light means much more. My prayer now is God, let your light shine in my life. So, I am always happy when the sun is shining. Pastor Jeff Wild a

国家地理-2008-07-28 温室效应导致花种减少

In the Rocky Mountains of Central Colorado, the forces of nature create a landscape of alpine lakes, high-altitude ponds teeming with life and mountain meadows bursting with wild flowers. It is amidst these beautiful wildflower fields that one scien

国家地理-2008-07-31 不凡的沙滩救生员

Imagine a summer weekend on a California beach dense with bodies. But for one onlooker, this seemingly calm scene may be a series of accidents waiting to happen. How does a lifeguard know when a raised arm means I need help, not hey,this is fun? The

国家地理-2008-08-04 海湾地区重兴珍珠采集业

Tucked away in the United Arab Emirates northernmost region, a very delicate experiment is underway to bring some luster back to the regions pearl industry. Since 2005, one company has been cultivating pearls commercially, the first such modern oper

国家地理-2008-08-07 蒙古族生活日渐消失

The herdsmen of Inner Mongolia have freely roamed the plains for many centuries with their livestock grazing on fertile grasslands stretching across the horizon. But now their age-old customs are being stamped out because of relocation the Chinese g

国家地理-2008-08-09 黑峡谷国家公园

The warm glow of the summer morning settles on the slopes of western Colorado. But as the sun climbs higher, deep shadows shield the landscape that remains dark and forbidding. It is among the nation's deepest, steepest and narrowest canyons. You ma