Diamonds 钻石 Diamonds are rare, beautiful, and also quite useful. They are the hardest substance found in nature. That means a diamond can cut any other surface. And only another diamond can make a

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 有声英文阅读

从艰苦漫长的环球探险中,基因组学先驱克雷格文特忙里偷闲,为我们讲述其团队描绘海洋生物多样性的历程。到目前为止,他们已经发现了数百万的基因。

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(167) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:潜入深渊

Scientists at Harvard have confirmed a 19th century book in one of the university's libraries is bound in human skin. 哈佛大学科学家已经证实,该校图书馆一本19世纪图书的封面材料取自人类皮肤。 Conservators at the univ

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BBC News with Marion Marshall. The United States says its special forces have mounted a raid against leaders of the Islamic State group in Syria. The Pentagon said a unit of commandos,tasked with tracking down jihadist leaders, carried out the operat

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

No. 35. Its on sale today. 今天大促销(大减价、大拍卖) Practice: Listen and repeat. A. One: Everything is fifty percent off. 所有物品半价销售。 Two: It is on sale today only. 促销仅限今天。 Three: If I buy the pants, th

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 快口说英语

Exercise 4-12: Finding American T Sounds Once again, go over the following familiar paragraph. First, find all the T's that are pronounced D (there are nine to thirteen here). Second, find all the held Ts (there are seven). The first one of each is m

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 美式英语正音训练

一位1.17亿美金彩票获得者被人杀害了,Beckett和Castle被要求去调查此案,在死者的公寓里他们发现装奖金的保险箱是空的。于是他们调查了死者的账单,结果发现死者正在用想办法弥补自己曾经

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 灵书妙探 第三季

一名警员给被杀害了,Beckett和Castle负责调查。但最终他们发现被谋杀的所谓警员其实是一名穿着警服的脱衣舞郎。于是他们以身犯险,去猛男俱乐部里搜集线索。但是他们饶了一大圈才发现真

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Scientists have found dinosaur-era feathers and evidence of them in fossil impressions before. 科学家早已发现了恐龙时代的羽毛,并拥有其印在化石上证据。 But this is the first time they've discovered a full-feathered tail se

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The search for Malaysia Airlines' flight MH370 will be focused on 58 spots in a 60,000 sq km area of the Indian ocean. 对马航MH370客机的搜索将集中在印度洋60000平方公里范围内的58处地点。 Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Ti

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Top of the World 《世界之巅》 你的爱放我在世界之巅 演唱者:Carpenters 卡朋特的歌都挺好听的,一首《Yesterday Once More》大家已经耳熟能详,这首同样经典,节奏舒缓,很能让人放松。 英文歌词

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

Debris that washed up on the coast of Mozambique could be part of the wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished almost exactly two years ago, Malaysian officials said Wednesday. 马来西亚官员本周三表示,被冲上莫桑比克

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Two of the world's largest technology firms, IBM and Microsoft, are vying to tap the nascent, fast-growing market for forecasting air quality in China. 在中国的空气质量预测市场方兴未艾、高速发展之际,全球最大的两家科技公

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Science and technology 科学技术 What dinosaurs ate 恐龙吃什么 The belly of the beast 腹中发现 A chance discovery from China suggests some dinosaurs lived in trees 在中国的一次偶然发现暗示着有些恐龙在树上生活 WHAT di

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Brewing 酿酒业 Heady discoveries 令人陶醉的发现 The yeast that gave rise to lager is tracked down to South America 生产拉格(或贮陈)啤酒的酵母可追溯到南美 Aug 27th 2011 | from the print edition The Patagonian connection

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

GWEN IFILL: Have you ever worried you might lose your job to a robot? I have. Hari Sreenivasan finds it could well happen with advances in artificial intelligence, or A.I., transforming the work force. Thats the latest report in our series on inventi

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- By changing some particular brain chemicals lab mice would become hyperactive and sleep for just 65 percent of their normal time, according to a study released Wednesday by the Imperial College London. The chemicals, hista

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Jeff went online. He looked at $99 printers. Canon had a Pixma MX410. It was an All-in-One printer. He read the reviews. They were good. Plus, the Pixma was reduced to $79. That would save him $20. It was 9 p.m. Saturday. He had just spent five hours

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Remember to be polite when asking for directions and dont forget to say thank you! 问路的时候切记一定要礼貌,不要忘记说谢谢。 Are you travelling to an English speaking country? If you are one of the most important things you are

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

Father! Open up! Let me in, Im home. 爸,开门!让我进来,我回来啦! Mother! Open up! Im home. 妈妈,开门!我回来了。 I found Phyllis back. 我发现菲丽丝回来了。 Here I am. 我到了;我回来了。 Jim walked me b

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语