Explorations - Music Stars Share Their Trade with Kids at Grammy Camp MARIO RITTER: Welcome to Explorations in VOA Special English. Im Mario Ritter. This week, find out about the Mars Science Laboratory known as Curiosity. The American space agency l

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(200) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Three separate missions examining the moon have found clear evidence of water there. Apparently, concentrated at the poles and possible formed by the solar wind. US Geological Survey scientist, Roger Clark. Now whats astounding about this result is t

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How Far Away Is The Horizon? 地平线有多远? Heres a neat question you may have never thought to ask. How far away is the horizon? 你可能从未思考过这个简单的问题,地平线有多远? Flat Earth 地球是平的 Think about it.

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The best scientific exploration sounded like a fairytale. 当时最好的科学理论就像是童话故事。 My second grade teacher Mrs. McGonigle read it to us. 我的二年级老师麦戈尼格尔女士告诉我们。 The dinosaurs had small brai

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Lesson 54 The Meteor 流星 Words: cozy adj. 舒适的 crab n. 蟹 crack n. 裂缝,裂纹,缺点;v.破裂,裂纹 craft n. 手艺;容器;v.巧手制作 crafty adj. 灵活的,巧妙的,机灵的 cram vt. 填塞;匆忙准备(考试) cramped adj. 狭窄的 crash n. 撞碎;n.碰撞,堕落 c

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On the southern edge of Ngorongoro Swamp, the lake cats have a new opportunity to make a big kill. Buffalo have poor vision. They are only 30 meters away, but in the dim morning light, they can't see the pride. While they don't see very well, buffalo

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The next day, March 20, it stopped snowing. 第二天,3月20日,风雪停了。 The cold was a little more brisk. 天气比较寒冷一些, The thermometer marked -2 degrees centigrade. 温度表是零下二度。 The mist had cleared, and on t

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Scientists: Major Volcanic Burst Possible in Hawaii Hawaiis Kilauea volcano could soon send huge rocks and ash shooting out of its summit crater. The last time this happened was almost 100 years ago. 夏威夷基拉韦厄火山很快就有巨石和火山

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By Lisa Bryant A small bomb exploded in front of the Indonesian Embassy in Paris early Friday, injuring 10 people. Authorities are calling the explosion a criminal action. The bomb exploded at around

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Mars Rover Marks First Year on Red Planet好奇号探测器登陆火星一周年 From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This week marks the first anniversary of a major exploration effort on M

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AS IT IS 2015-09-25 Rare 'Supermoon' Eclipse Only Days Away Many people are looking forward to something unusual in the skies this weekend. In fact, astronomers note that an event like this last happened 33 years ago! People will have a chance to wit

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Stubborn Holdouts Trip Up Land Developers Before a big office complex or housing subdivision can be built, the developer must acquire all the land on which the buildings will rise. Sometimes this means buying up a lot of small parcels of land at the

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Iceland's volcano erupted Wednesday and has since been spewing ash several miles into the air. The ash clouds include particles of rock, glass and sand that can get into an aircraft's engine and cause it to stall. Selah Hennessy | London 17 April 201

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Curiosity Rover Bound for Mars The newest of NASA's Mars rovers is set to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday, November 26 and reach the Red Planet in August 2012. It's called the Mars Science Laboratory, MSL for short, or 'Curiosity' to

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Last October, a NASA rocket, traveling at a speed of 9,000 kilometers per hour, smashed into a dark crater on the moon's south pole. Upon impact, the Centaur rocket kicked up a cloud of debris and elements from the moon's surface, creating a so-calle

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Why is this diver burrowing into the bottom of this mini lake? She is literally disappearing into the sand and gravel of the waters floor, only debris and the occasional bubbles from her breathing tank are visible. She is part of the project, largely

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4MoonRabbits Oh,wow!saidAnnie.Shetookastepforward. ButJackstoodfrozen.Hewantedtogetagoodlookateverythingfirst. Hestaredattheground.Hewasstandinginalayerofgraydustasfineaspowder. Footprintswereeverywhere.Jackwonderedwhohadmadethem. Hereachedintohisp

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Mars Rover Digs Trench to Search for Evidence of Water David McAlary One of the U.S. Mars rovers has spun a wheel to dig a shallow trench in the sand in the continuing search for evidence that water o

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Ever wanted to be an astronaut? Imagine it was you, who was heading to the hot zone of the two inner planets, where would you go? What would you see? And how would you survive? The latest robotic machines have revealed more about these worlds than ev

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Topics: Famous Songs: Kumbaya; Crater Lake National Park; free time versus spare time; at the end versus in the end; booking versus reservation Words: spiritual to pass down campfire calming effect to sway crater volcano lodge rim trail indigenous pi

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