TED演讲:论生物多样性(2)

In so doing, I reached a frontier of biology so strange, so rich, 通过这样的方式，我来到一个非常古怪却又非常丰富的生物学领域， that it seemed as though it exists on another planet. 简直就像降临到别的星球一样。

TED演讲:论生物多样性(3)

We are living on a planet with a lot of activities, with reference to our living environment,done by faith and guess alone. 我们对于这个地球上所发生的许多现象,都只是通过信念或猜测来认知。 Our lives depend upon these cre

TED演讲:论生物多样性(4)

Soon we will be in a position to go forth in the field with sequencers on our backs to hunt bacteria in tiny crevices of the habitat's surface, 不久的将来，我们还将可以通过便携式的测序机完成这样的操作,直接寻找到那些隐

粘液助你对抗细菌

Mucus: Your Friend Against Bacteria 粘液助你对抗细菌 When you are sick with a cold or the flu, you may have a runny nose. Why is it called a runny nose? Because of the mucus flowing and dripping from your nose. Yucky! But, guess what? Mucus i

TED演讲:什么会导致口臭(1)

There is a curse that has plagued humanity since ancient times. 从古代起就有一种诅咒一直让人类饱受折磨。 The Greeks fought it by chewing aromatic resins, while the Chinese resorted to egg shells. 古希腊人通过咀嚼芳香树脂

NPR边听边练159：火鸡肉与抗生素

主餐一道：泛听练习 以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议： 1、完整听一遍，掌握

经济学人49:清洁水源 生命的银丝带

Science and Technology 科技 Clean water 清洁水源 Silver threads of life 生命的银丝带 A water filter that kills bacteria, rather than just removing them 新滤水器能够消灭细菌，而不单单是排除细菌 MORE than a billion peopl

瑞典报告称北京雾霾有60余种耐药菌

Scientists have identified bacterial genes that lead to antibiotic resistance, including several that can be resistant to most powerful antibiotics, in air samples from Beijing, which is frequently cloaked in heavy smog, 科学家已经在北京的空气

Miranda Wang和Jeanny Yao:两个年轻科学家用细

塑料一旦被制造出来，就很难消解。当高三学生汪郁雯跟姚佳韵在寻找可以生物降解塑料的细菌时，尤其是邻苯二甲酸酯，这样一种有害的塑化剂时，她们意外地在附近找到了答案。

经济学人231:清洁水源 Clean water

Clean water 清洁水源 Silver threads of life 生命的银丝带 A water filter that kills bacteria, rather than just removing them 新滤水器能够消灭细菌，而不单单是排除细菌 MORE than a billion people lack clean waterand in most

万物简史 第446期:小生物的世界(17)

The most rampantly infectious organism on Earth, a bacterium called Wolbachia, doesn't hurt humans at all, 地球上最具传染性的生物，一种名叫沃尔巴克体的细菌，根本有伤害人类， or, come to that, any other vertebratesbut

万物简史 第436期:小生物的世界(7)

In 1997 scientists successfully activated some anthrax spores that had lain dormant for eighty years in a museum display in Trondheim, Norway. 1997年，科学家们成功地激活了已经在挪威特隆赫姆博物馆休眠了80年之久的一些炭疽

万物简史 第434期:小生物的世界(5)

They have been found living in boiling mud pots and lakes of caustic soda, deep inside rocks, at the bottom of the sea, 我们还发现细菌生活在沸腾的泥潭里和烧碱池里，岩石深处，大海底部， in hidden pools of icy water in t

万物简史 第432期:小生物的世界(3)

Bacteria do it all the time without fuss, and thank goodness, for no larger organism could survive without the nitrogen they pass on. 而细菌一直在不慌不忙地干这件事。谢天谢地，要是没有它们来传送氮，大的生物就活不下

万物简史 第430期:小生物的世界(1)

20 Small World 第二十章 小生物的世界 It's probably not a good idea to take too personal an interest in your microbes. 要是你对身边的微生物过于在意，这很可能不是个好习惯。 Louis Pasteur, the great French chemist and

万物简史 第427期:生命的起源(21)

It has been suggested that the cyanobacteria at Shark Bay are perhaps the slowest-evolving organisms on Earth, and certainly now they are among the rarest. 据认为，沙克湾里的叠层石也许是地球上进化最慢的生物，也肯定是现在

10秒内可捡起掉在地上的食物吃？！别再信啦

The 10-second second rule is a 'dangerous myth' and could actually KILL you. 十秒钟的原则是危险的空谈而且可以使你致命。 Millions of people abide by the so-called ten-second rule - judging food as OK to eat if it only touches the

TED演讲视频:化沙丘为建筑

建筑系学生Magnus Larsson提出了用细菌和一种令人惊奇的建筑材料沙子本身来改造严酷的撒哈拉沙漠的计划。在此，他对这一大胆的计划进行了详细的描述。

【英语时差8,16】最成功物种

For many scientists, a species success is measured by sheer numbers. In that case, the most successful species known to man is a type of bacterium known as S-A-R-11, or SAR-11 for short. Scientists estimate that there are two-hundred and forty times

赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500 Unit155

arms n.武器（恒用复数）；怀（恒用复数） After three rounds of arms talks, both countries reached an agreement. 经过3回合的限武谈判后，两国终于达成协议。 John held his girlfriend in his arms, gently kissing her. 约翰