This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. It's one of the oldest moves in teen dating. Head to a scary movie. As soon as the scary music kicks in, your date cuddles closer for comfort. Well, so

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In the day of the dinosaur, insects had wingspans of nearly 2.5 feet. So why are today's bugs so puny? According to researchers at U.C. Santa Cruz, we may have birds and bats to thank. Their concludes appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy

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The number of US households in some stage of foreclosure took another bump-up in July. The group RealtyTrac which maintains an extensive database of foreclosure activity nationwide says foreclosure filings last month were up 7% from the previous mon

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Once there lived a young man. His name was Sindbad. He was a good merchant. He sailed around the world and sold his goods. On each voyage he had some wonderful and thrilling adventures. On one of the voyages he went to China by a ship with dates from

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CANBERRA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A rare virus that can be contracted by humans has killed a large number of Victorian pigeons after being detected in the Australian state for the first time, Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday. According to the

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The Mississippi River 密西西比河 What is the longest river in the United States? 美国最长的河是什么河? It is the Mississippi River. 密西西比河。 In fact, the Mississippi River is the longest river in north America. 事实上,密

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I had a dream Strange it may seem It was my perfect day I opened my eyes I realized This is my perfect day I hope you'll never grow old Hope you'll never grow old Hope you'll never grow old Hope you'll never grow old Birds in the sky They look so hig

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杰森玛耶兹(Jason Mraz),绰号男巫,美国创作歌手,以强大的现场演唱功力闻名乐坛。第52届格莱美奖最佳流行男歌手得主。目前杰森已推出五张录音室专辑,其中第三专《We Sing. We Dance. We Stea

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Somewhere over the rainbow way up high There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are

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Julie London不算是学院派的爵士歌手,同许多爵士歌后相比,Julie的唱功有限,但她的嗓音和唱法非常有个人特色,这也是她成为经典的地方。她的歌声特别舒缓迷人,沁入人心,而且有种清寒的

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托福阅读中很多长难句难倒了考生。今天为大家带来托福阅读中复杂句型结构详解,希望对大家托福备考有所帮助。 一、英语句子结构的原则 1、谓动单一性原则 在一个句子里,有且只有一个

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VOICE ONE: March 2006: An Afghan Agricultural Ministry worker holds two chickens caught in a house in the Kabul area This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And Im Faith Lapidus. Today we continue a series of

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the National Wildlife Refuge System that protects wildlife in the United States. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: In nineteen-oh-three, the

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仿生无桨叶风力发电机 Energy created by conventional three-blade wind turbines is cheap, sustainable and pollution-free. But according to current estimates, their fast-moving blades kill up to 300,000 birds annually in the U.S. 三叶风力发

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保护夏威夷岛上的濒危鸟类 Of the world's nearly 9,900 bird species, 13 percent - one in eight - are threatened with extinction, according to BirdLife International. Among them are two Hawaiian honeycreepers - tiny birds that live in the fo

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The shell is made of lime, and is very brittle. If you do not often give your hens some pieces of chalk or of lime to peck, they will very likely sometimes lay eggs without any shell at all. 蛋壳是石灰质的, 非常脆。如果你喂养的母鸡无

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Lesson 66 Eggs And Chicks 第66课 鸡蛋与小鸡 All birds lay eggs. But just as birds differ very much in size, so do their eggs. The eggs of the little humming-bird are no bigger than peas, while each egg laid by the ostrich is as big as twenty-f

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Todd: OK. Hello, Kevin. Kevin: Hi, Todd. How are you? Todd: Doing pretty good. Kevin: Good. Todd: Kevin we're gonna talk about nature. Kevin: OK. Todd: First of all could you tell the listener where we are? Kevin: Well, let's see. We are on, kind of

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Todd: OK. Hello, Kevin! Kevin: Hi, Todd. How are you? Todd: Doing pretty good. Kevin: Good Todd: Kevin we're gonna talk about nature. Kevin: OK. Todd: First of all could you tell the listener where we are? Kevin: Well, let's see. We are on, kind of o

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A: Whoa, whoa, whats going on? Watch out! B: Hey, watch where youre going! A: Oh, no! Im so sorry! Are you all right? B: Oh...I dont know. A: I feel terrible, I really didnt mean to knock you over. My tire, just exploded, and I lost control of my bik

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