VOA常速英语2018--鼠类过多不利于岛屿生态健康

According to the study, rats have decimated seabird populations across 90 percent of the worlds island archipelagos. Professor Nick Graham of Lancaster University in Britain says at a recent visit at the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, there

VOA慢速英语2012 Health Report - Using a Mobile Phone to Improve Mother and Child Health

Health Report - Using a Mobile Phone to Improve Mother and Child Health 健康报道 - 使用手机改善母婴健康 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Different

全新版大学英语听说教程第二册 Unit14

2-14-A Passage 1: To start with, rainwater is collected in a large 3,000 gallon tank on the highest point of land on the island. The tank is so large that it measures about 12 feet in diameter. Once the tank is filled with rainwater, fish are added t

VOA标准英语2008年-Volunteers Clear Trash, Making World's Oceans C

The ocean is our planet's life-support system, but it's getting clogged with trash. Discarded beverage bottles, plastic bags and cigarette butts kill countless seabirds, marine mammals and sea turtles each year. But each September, on the third Satu

VOA标准英语2011--Illinois' Solution to Asian Carp Invasio

Illinois' Solution to Asian Carp Invasion: Eat Them The Asian carp, a species of fish brought from China to the U.S. several decades ago, is a growing concern in the midwest state of Illinois. The number of Asian carp in the states waterways has soar

VOA标准英语2012--Report: Ecosystems More Stressed Than Ever

Report: Ecosystems More Stressed Than Ever When Super Storm Sandy ravaged the U.S. East Coast and inundated New York City in late October, many wondered if such extreme weather events might be linked to climate change, the gradual warming of the plan

VOA慢速英语2011--Everglades National Park – One of the World’s Great Biological Wonders

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Everglades National Park One of the Worlds Great Biological Wonders STEVE EMBER: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about Everglades Natio

VOA标准英语2012--Earth-Conscious Hotel Guests Re-Use Towels

Earth-Conscious Hotel Guests Re-Use Towels You - yes, you - can save the planet. That message is being spread across America - not by environmental activists but by ordinary business men and women, families on vacation, truckers and salespeople who w

2006年VOA标准英语-Experts Ask 'What Now?' for Desertification

By Phuong Tran Dakar 27 December 2006 Only days away from the end of the United Nations' Year of Deserts and Desertification, four experts discuss the challenges of translating a decade's worth of research about the degradation of land in arid areas

VOA标准英语2012--Nokia, Microsoft Promote New Phones

Nokia, Microsoft Promote New Phones Competition is heating up in the world of mobile computing with Nokia and Microsoft introducing two new smart phones, the Lumia 820 and 920, at a joint announcement in New York. The devices boast wireless charging

VOA标准英语2012--New Movie Boosts Campaign to Save Polar Bears

New Movie Boosts Campaign to Save Polar Bears Polar bears are in trouble. Scientists say only 20,000 remain, and their long term survival could be at risk. The new IMAX movie, To the Arctic, is narrated by actress Meryl Streep. The movie tells the st

VOA标准英语2012--Study: Noisy Environment Affects Plants

Study: Noisy Environment Affects Plants Researchers havent given much thought to the effect of noise and noise pollution on plants. But that could be about to change. In northwestern New Mexicos Rattlesnake Canyon, gnarled juniper trees and pi?on pin

VOA标准英语2011--Species Loss Compromises Earth’s Vital

Species Loss Compromises Earths Vital Systems Scientists have long thought that diverse ecosystems like forests, lakes and streams are especially good at removing pollutants that human activities put into the environment. A new study in the journal N

VOA标准英语2012--Panel Urges Study of Nanomaterial Risks

Panel Urges Study of Nanomaterial Risks The nano market is booming. In 2009 developers generated $1 billion from the sale of nanomaterials. The global market for products that rely on these materials is expected to grow to $3 trillion by 2015. Yet wi

VOA标准英语2012--Using Technology to Improve Healthcare

Using Technology to Improve Healthcare This week (12/3-5), over four thousand people from 50 countries have gathered near Washington, D.C. to discuss how mobile technology is affecting healthcare. Organizers of the mHealth Summit say some of the bigg

VOA标准英语2009年-Australia Oil Spill Spreads Contamination

By Phil Mercer Sydney 20 October 2009 Australia's worst oil slick since the mid-1980s is now tainting Indonesian waters. Fishermen in West Timor say contaminated fish are making villagers ill. Oil began leaking two months ago, following an accident

英语听力：自然百科 Dinosaur Mummy's Meal Revealed “恐龙木乃伊”面世

With the exception of the trains that roll in the town a couple of times a day, the small ranch town of Malta, Montana is pretty quiet these days. The landscape is a far cry from what it was 77 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed the area. The no

2006年VOA标准英语-Bats Are a Major Tourist Attraction in Austin,

By Greg Flakus Austin, Texas 04 August 2006 watch Austin Bat Colony report A bat in the Austin, Texas colony In many parts of the world, bats rank with snakes, spiders, scorpions and other members of the animal kingdom that are regarded as creepy or

VOA常速英语2008年-Danube Pollution Threatens Drinking Water for M

By Stefan Bos Budapest 15 April 2008 The European Union and several key Danube organizations are urging countries along the river Danube to prevent irreversible damage to the waterway, warning the growing pollution could endanger drinking water for s

2007年VOA标准英语-Australia Urged to Protect Pristine Coral Sea

By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 September 2007 Conservationists have started a campaign to urge the Australian government to formally protect the Coral Sea, one of the country's last tropical marine wildernesses. A coalition, led by the World Wildlife Fund,