In this barren sea of sand, it's harder for larger animals to find enough to eat. You've got to be a real specialist, like the Namib sand snake. By sidewinding, it can swim its way up the dunes. But i

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Across South Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, and Somalia, 20 million people are at risk for famine, said U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. 南苏丹、也门、尼日利亚、索马里等国有2000万人面临饥荒的威

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Words and Their Stories: Insect Expressions 词汇典故:关于昆虫的美式表达 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 There are many American expressions about inse

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How are security start-ups doing now? 那些安全领域的创业公司在做什么? The VCs are smarter now. They ask better questions. 风险投资越来越聪明了,他们越来越会问问题 From what I hear, they are interested in investing

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图片1 bet n. 赌,打赌 v.赌,赌钱 例句:I bet it will rain tomorrow. 我相信明天一定会下雨。 gamble n. 冒险 v. 赌博,投机,孤注一掷 例句:Andrew gambled all his winnings on the last race. 安德鲁把赢得的钱全

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I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction. In high school I took a bus to school an hour each way every day. And I was always absorbed in a book, science fiction book, which took my mind to other worlds, and satisfied, in a narrative form, this i

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When Jessie woke up again, she heard a lot of different sounds. The horse whinnied in the barn as Henry talked to it. She heard the chickens fussing in their yard, and a noise like a kitten crying Mew over and over. Violet was in the kitchen putting

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Five Green and Speckled Frogs 五只绿色斑点蛙 Five green and speckled frogs, 五只绿色斑点蛙 Sat on a speckled log 在斑点木条上趴 Eating the most delicious bugs, YUM YUM 吃着美味飞虫,香极啦! One jumped into the pool, 一只

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Bruce picked up the cat. The cat meowed. The cat didnt like most people. The cat liked to be alone. It liked to sleep on the sofa. It liked to sleep in the fruit bowl. It liked to sleep on top of the TV. It liked to chase bugs in the front yard. It l

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爱情病毒:人人都知我爱你 Everybody Knows I Love You 瑞士最受欢迎的摇滚天团-爱情病毒Lovebugs,红遍欧洲13国。一如许多乐团的成名故事一般,爱情病毒乐团起始于一卷录音带。主唱亚卓安(Ad

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. In 2005 two scientists won a Nobel Prize for discovering that a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori causes most stomach ulcers. One of them even chugged a

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So competition was fierce. 于是,竞争很激烈。 There was also an omnivorous and unsettling new type of predator on the scene, 而且,出现了一种新的无所不吃的、令人不安的捕食者。 one so perfectly designed for attack tha

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Not only that, we're continuing to plant one or two species and weed out the aspens and birches. 不仅如此,我们还在继续种植着那一两种单一的树木,还继续着把山杨和桦树清除出去。 These simplified forests lack compl

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形容麻烦的事情 #1.最常用的词 一说到麻烦,最常用的词就是: Trouble: 麻烦,烦恼 某件事非常的麻烦,千万不能说: Something is trouble ? 正确的用法是: Something is a lot of trouble ? Something is so mu

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A: Hi, Tom. This is Hannah calling. B: Hi, Hannah. What's up? A: I think my garbage disposal kicked the bucket. B: Is it dying, or is it dead? A: Turning on the switch is the same as not turning on the switch. B: Did it make strange sounds before it

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Ellie was in the ninth grade. Occasionally, a particular group of girls invited Ellie to their gatherings. Ellie's best friend, Suzanne, was puzzled. She said, You have nothing in common with those girls. Why do they invite you to their get-togethers

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It was the time for the camping trip. He was scared. He was scared of bears. He did not want to be eaten. He was also scared of bugs, ghosts, and poison ivy. His family packed a bug spray, and a first aid kit. His brother told him ghosts were not rea

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Todd: So, Steven you've been talking a lot about adventures you can do in your country. Do you have any stories of adventure that's happened to you in your own country of Costa Rica? Steven: Well, when I was in middle school, my school decided to tak

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Broadcast on Coast to Coast: August 29, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: September 1, 2002 MUSIC: Only You/The Platters AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster -- what to do when there's only one you. RS: We're talking abo

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It's cruel, replied Wilbur, who did not intend to be argued out of his position. 这很残忍。威尔伯回答说,它不打算被说服而放弃自己的立场。 Well, you can't talk. said Charlotte. 这个嘛,你没有发言权,夏洛说,

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