Welcome to the Bottom of the World Antarctica is the highest, driest, and coldest place on Earth. It is also the remotest, a fact which accounts for its unspoiled environment. It is difficult for people to get there, and not a comfortable place for p

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 剑桥英语之常用英语

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. More than 30 deaths in 10 states set out blame down Hurricane Irene. Property damage is estimated to be in the billions of dollars. About 9,000 flights have to be cancelled. Millions of people up and dow

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. If you saw the movie March of the Penguins, or even the animated film Happy Feet, you know that male penguins take their role as parents pretty seriously

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十二)月

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. [Sports announcer:] Hello and welcome to Sports Update. In NHL action: with two seconds left in OT, Penguins winger Jean Jejune nailed a wrist shot from

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An adult wanderer may travel 5, 000 miles, sometimes to Brazil and back, in order to collect squid for its young. This enormous chick weighs 10 kilos, as much as a full-grown swan. It's the biggest of

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 冰雪童话

Huge though bergs may be, they are nonetheless usually on the move. But come the winter, sea ice forms around them and locks them solid. As winter progresses, so more and more of the sea freezes, spre

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 冰雪童话

I am at the very center of the great white continent, Antarctica. The South Pole is about half a mile away. For a thousand miles, in all directions, there is nothing but ice. And, in the whole of this

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 冰雪童话

Throughout the winter, adults come and go from their traditional breeding colonies. Antarctica is home to 2 million Kings. In this one colony alone, there are 600,000 of them. These engaging chicks ar

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An enormous iceberg in Antarctica has killed off 150,000 penguins and threatens to wipe out an entire colony, which has become trapped and unable to reach food. 南极洲上一枚巨大的冰山已经导致15万只企鹅死亡,整个栖息地的企鹅

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(五月)

A 60m squid fishing boat hit rocks early this morning near Stewart Island in rough seas. Some oil started to spill from the boat. There was concern that the oil could spread to a marine reserve not too far away. Yellow-eyed penguin live in this reser

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Newly discovered fossils in New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as an adult man. The creature was almost the same size and weight as professional Canadian hockey player Sidney Crosby, who plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Scien

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An enormous iceberg in Antarctica has killed off 150,000 penguins and threatens to wipe out an entire colony, which has become trapped and unable to reach food. 南极洲上一枚巨大的冰山已经导致15万只企鹅死亡,整个栖息地的企鹅

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

The past year has seen several dynasties reassert their dominance in U.S. sports. In this look back at 2009, the Los Angeles Lakers, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, the New York Yankees and top college teams added more trophies to their col

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

Rare black penguin in the Antarctic islands The penguin, believed to be suffering from a condition known as melanism, was spotted on Fortuna Bay, a sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, about 860 miles off the Falklands. 这只被认为患有黑化症

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语笔译

想在华尔街工作,或者想见识一下那些顶尖金融公司的面试问题的童鞋,速速过来围观!下面这12个面试题是亲身参加了面试的人分享的。说说你对某个问题的高见吧~~ It's hiring and firing season

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[00:-1.00]Penrhyn Undersea World [00:-2.00]The Best Aquarium in the West! [00:-3.00]Polar World [00:-4.00]We have polar bears and a real iceberg too! [00:-5.00]Watch the acrobatic seals at feeding time. [00:-6.00]Meet our less athletic but more frien

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we will tell how a discovery in Kenya has started a scientific debate about early human ancestors. We also will tell how peo

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(九)月

Bad weather meant that oil could not be pumped out of the ship the Rena today. The waves were too high. Pumping the oil is slow work because the oil is cold and thick. The pipe from the Rena to the oil barge is nearly 200m long and quite narrow, 7.5c

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Science and technology 科学技术 How to win at poker 怎样成为扑克牌高手 A handy tip 诀窍之一 Keeping a straight face is not enough 喜怒不形于色?不太够 A POKER face. It is the expressionless gaze that gives nothing away. 所谓

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Lesson 3 Nature 第三课 大自然 November 7 11月7日 Penguins in Sweaters! 穿毛衣的企鹅! Read it! 读读看! Susie is writing a report on penguins this week. 苏希这星期在写一篇有关企鹅的报导。 The penguins are wearing s

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