One of the odder coincidences of physical geography is the fact that there are two double islands, roughly the same size, positioned at each other's antipodes, or farthest-distant point. The islands o

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(413) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄高级美国英语

Rice had seen the same thing in Iceland, one of the few places on Earth with similarities to Mars. It too is extremely cold, and most of the water is frozen into glaciers. And also like Mars, buried u

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So we humans have an extraordinary potential for goodness, 人类为善的潜力没有尽头, but also an immense power to do harm. 但为恶的能力也不可小觑。 Any tool can be used to build or to destroy. 任何工具,在人类手里都可

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember. This week on our program, we tell you about Lake Champlain and the Finger Lakes in the northeastern United States. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Iceb

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Melting Glaciers on Climate Talk List in Paris 巴黎气候变化大会探讨冰川融化 Terrorist attacks in Paris are not expected to stop the United Nations from hosting a major climate conference in that city. Next week nearly 120 heads of state

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Im Bear Grylls. Ive served with the British Special Forces. Ive climbed to the summit of Everest and crossed the frozen oceans of the Arctic. Now, Im in Iceland, a land of huge glaciers and volcanoes. Every year, a thousand tourists need to be rescue

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But as quickly as it came, the storm lifts. And it gives me a brief chance to get my bearings. What weve got here is an ice cave. And caves can give you protection. The problem is this cornice all the way up there and how Im gonna get over this, over

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A snow hole like this will keep you out of the wind. The next thing I need do is to dig a bit of a pit down. And the reason I do that is that cold air sinks. So I dont want this cold air around me. So I want it to go down into what they call a cold w

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So in the oasis of intelligentsia that is TED, I stand here before you this evening as an expert in dragging heavy stuff around cold places. I've been leading polar expeditions for most of my adult life, and last month, my teammate Tarka L'Herpiniere

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153 印巴将讨论克什米尔领土及边界恐怖活动问题 India, Pakistan to Discuss Kashmir, Cross-Border Terrorism Jim Teeple New Delhi 12 Jul 2001 15:53 UTC India says it will discuss the di

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Recent decades have likely been the warmest and wettest on record in the Tibetan Plateau, known as the 'Third Pole' for its ice fields. The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountains represent one of the largest ice masses on earth. But the glaciers a

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1. Authorities in Southwest Pennsylvania are still searching for 2 gunmen in connection with 6 homicides at a cookout Wednesday night. Authorities say the victims include one man and 4 women, including one who was 8-month pregnant. 2. President Barac

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本期内容: Plant life on both poles is growing rapidly as the planet warms. A new study has found a steady growth of moss in Antarctica over the last 50 years as temperatures increased as a result of climate change. The continued retreat of glac

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And to get up to the branches You got be provided 为了爬到树枝上 你要有所准备 What I've got is my rag sack and those loads of kinda webbings and drawstrings and everything hanging off this. 我只有一个破烂背包 这种带子 细绳

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Christophe: Hey, Aiste, I know you're not really into running, but would you like join me running a marathon? Aiste: Join you running a marathon? What do you mean? Christophe: Well, actually, next week I am going to run a marathon in Switzerland, so

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First, listen to Coast-to-Coast Race to hear more about this race. Neelusha Memon, aged 27, was always keen on sports. In the year 2000, at the age of 16, she fell ill with a serious disease and was in a coma for four months. When she woke from the c

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This stagnant muskeg is a perfect breeding ground for mosquitos. 这片臭气蒸腾的沼泽 滋生了大量蚊子 I hate mosquitos!But mother nature has provided a solution. 我讨厌蚊子 但大自然提供了解决方法 Okay.Covering yourself wi

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At Least One-Third of Himalayan Ice to Disappear by 2100 At least one-third of the ice in the Himalayan Mountains will disappear by the end of this century because of rising temperatures, scientists said this week. This will threaten river flows that

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I'm on a raft off the coast of Alaska,keeping watch for a boat to pick me up. 我正乘坐自制筏离开阿拉斯加海岸 继续找寻救援的船只 It's noticeably colder here. 这里很明显 冷多了 The current is taking me towards a lot of t

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Sharp, hurried movements could dislodge the bollard.Seems to be holding at the moment. 突兀的大动作可能会使绳索脱离冰柱 现在看起来还能挺得住 But the longer it's forced to take my weight,the greater the chance it will collaps

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