Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Colin Lowther. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 In 1953, a flood destroyed Zeela

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They respond to touch, temperature, currents, and the cycles of the sun and the moon. And their tiny movements combined to give each colony a rhythm of its own.The polyps can't build the reef alone. For this, they need parterners that are even smalle

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A cyclone can be over 500kms across with a wind swirling around the eye of 300kms per hour.It was the most destructive force that great barrier reef must face.And in Feb,2011,this part of reef was hamered by the biggest storm in the living memory,cyc

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary accustomed to: used to tirelessly: without tiring; for long hours surge barrier: man-made protection built to keep the sea from flooding onto the land valve: a device that opens and shuts; changes the direction of fluid Nethe

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You may think you are gazing upon a sleepy coral reef in the Caribbean Sea, and of course you are. But hiding in plain sight, is a riving teeming hotbed of erotica , that makes a Hollywood hot up party seem like a trip to the dentist. This is a coral

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By Rosanne Skirble Coral reefs are home to the greatest diversity of plant and animal life found in any habitat, anywhere on the earth. But, while they are found in 101 countries and territories, the

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By Liu Enming San Francisco, California 12 October 2007 The Golden Gate Bridge -- the iconic gateway to San Francisco Bay -- has withstood 70 years of rain and shine. A marvel of engineering, it is also sadly a site where people commit suicide by thr

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1. As Ernesto moves north, tourists are returning to the beaches along the Carolinas where the surf is now calm. But further up the coast, communities are raising floodwall s and preparing for heavy r

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By Jim Teeple Bethlehem 21 December 2006 watch Bethlehem Christians Every year at this time, Christians around the world turn their attention to Bethlehem, a small city in the West Bank where, according to Christian tradition, Jesus Christ was born.

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US Immigration Barrier Removed for Married Gay Couples Swede Anna Olsson and American Michelle Bailey met two years ago, fell in love, and built a life together near Washington. Swedish pancakes have become a shared morning ritual. Neither can imagin

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Hi!everybody, this is Tod Smith with Little Things Matter.How would you like to fly first class anywhere in the world free of charge? 大家好。我是托德史密斯为您讲述小事业重要。你觉得免费坐头等舱环游世界怎么样? Eve

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The Florida Everglades are home to alligators, dozens of bird species, beautiful flowers and exotic plants. It's easy to see what attracts people to these places. But Florida's population growth, coupled with farms that require a never-ending supply

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It is also the largest green turtle breeding ground in the world. Having mated ashore, thousands of females pull themselves up the beach to lay their eggs. The record is 26,000 turtles in a single night. They turn a remote desert island into a clowde

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During the lowest tides,the water runs off and whole sections of living coral are normally beyond the water,are exposed. The level of water on the reef top decreases dramatically,getting ever shallower,and going from a stable environment,to ever chan

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All of this food makes the mangrove a great place for fish. Small residents as well as youngsters that will one day move out to the barrier reef. Reef species like these rabbit fish may look big, but they are still only 1/3 of their adult size. These

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These footprints belong to one of the biggest land animals in Australia, the cassowary, a flightless bird that's almost as tall as a person. Its cloth wouldn't look at a place on a dinosaur. And its kick is so violent that the cassowary is said to be

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今天我们要学的词是underground。 Underground, 地下。为防止辐射物质通过土壤和地下水系统的扩散, The Japanese government is considering building an underground barrier near the Fukushima nuclear power plant, 日本政府正

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5TwoEyes Whatsashipslog?saidAnnie. Itsadiaryofanoceantrip,saidJack. Hepeeredatthecomputerscreenandreadalogentry: MONDAY,JULY5 Hey,thatwasjustlastweek,saidJack.Hereadfurther: COLLECTEDROCKANDSHELLSAMPLES MAPPEDOCEANFLOOR FOUNDTINYCRACKINHULL T

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8SwimforYourLife! Jackmovedhisarmsslowly.Hemovedhislegsslowly.Hegentlypushedthewateroutofhiswayashedidthebreaststroke. Calm,calm,hetoldhimself. Annieswambesidehim.Theyheadedforthereef. Allwascalm. ThenJacksawsomethingoutofthecornerofhiseye. Adark

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The China Disabled Person's Federation has come out with new analysis, suggesting that while a lot of strides have been made toward making China more accessible to people with disabilities, more can still be done. In making the suggestion, Federation

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