Fish live in water, but do they drink it? The answer is yes, but how fish drink water depends on where they live. Water gets into a fish's body through osmosis, the process in which water diffuses from a higher to a lower concentration. For example,

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 初学者听力文摘精选

As the temperature rises at mid-day more salt exudes from the earth surrounding the well, attracting the animals nearby. 中午气温升高,盐井边上的土层里析出的盐分增多,吸引着附近的牲口。 Shujiang has been cooking for 4

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 舌尖上的中国第一季

Old Fashioned Ice Cream Makers Have you ever seen an old-fashioned ice cream maker? Nestled inside the wooden bucket, theres a metal canister with a hand crank on top. Cranking the handle scrapes the sweet, creamy mixture from the sides of the metal

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

When my great grandma Anna came to America. She wore the same thick coat and big boots she had worn when she worked on her family's farm. But her family did not farm anymore. In New York City her father carried things on a wagon. The rest of the fam

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 听美国故事练听力

Outdated Laws Still on Books in US States If youre planning a trip to the United States, be very careful. You could easily break one of our laws and not know it. Were not talking about obvious illegal behavior, like throwing a chair through your hote

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(八月)

Rising Sea Levels Endanger Senegalese Islands 海平面上升威胁塞内加尔岛屿 Senegal's Saloum Delta region is an egregious example of how rising sea levels caused by global warming endanger coastal communities around the world. Mangrove fore

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Every day the sun's rays change thousands of tons of liquid water into water-vapour; 每天, 太阳光都能够将数千吨的液态水转化为水蒸气; and this water-vapour mingles with the air, and is carried along by the wind. 随后, 水蒸气

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Old Fashioned Ice Cream Makers 老式冰淇淋机 Have you ever seen an old-fashioned ice cream maker? Nestled inside the wooden bucket, theres a metal canister with a hand crank on top. Cranking the handle scrapes the sweet, creamy mixture from the

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A: May I take your drink order while you are looking over your menu? B: Yes, do you have a wine list? A: The wine list is on the second page of your menu. B: Do you have mixed drinks in this restaurant? A: Yes, we have a full bar here. B: I am not su

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 食物-Food

In Chen's memory,his parents were always busy taking care of their business. 阿伦的记忆里,父母始终只是店里日夜忙碌的身影 Childhood was a bitter memory for him. 童年给他留下的,是辛苦的回味 They were always busy maki

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What Liu makes is coarse salt,a must-have ingredient for the average family in the area. 阿刘生产的是未经加工的大粒盐,这是粤东沿海人家厨房调味罐里的必备 Look, it's very well crystallized and transparent.Such salt from n

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Science and technology. 科技。 Salt-tolerant rice. 耐盐大米。 Nuclear-powered crops. 核动力粮食。 Physics meets biology in a project to breed better strains of rice. 物理学与生物学的碰撞--优质大米培植。 THOSE who turn t

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美国一项最新健康报告指出,餐馆和小食店所提供的大多数食物含盐量过高,超过推荐的人体必需摄入量,这将造成健康问题。 中老年人如果每日摄入的盐量过多,还会造成高血压等疾

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The city of Cape Town, South Africa has announced new water restrictions as officials warn the water supply could run dry in three months. The order to take effect February 1 - will cut city residents daily water usage by nearly half over current res

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(一)月

Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Ancient Sea David McAlary The U.S. space agency NASA says Mars once had a shallow, salty sea that could have supported life. The evidence has come from chemical and physic

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--各类新闻

迷你对话 A: You should not have criticize your son in front of his friends. 你不应该当着你儿子的朋友的面批评他。 B: Why? He did something wrong. 为什么?他做错事情了呀。 A: I know. But at that time your blame is rubb

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 迷你对话学地道口语

英语学习笔记: not have ones heart in the right place 心术不正 She always has an ax to grind. You should take whatever she says with a pinch of salt. 她总是心怀叵测,对她说的话你得多留神 。 I was taken aback and didnt th

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 早安英文

Have you ever seen an old-fashioned ice cream maker? Nestled inside a wooden bucket, there's a metal canister with a hand crank on top. Cranking the handle scrapes the sweet, creamy mixture from the sides of the metal canister, which sits in a bath o

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第一部分 阅读理解 (75分) Passage 1 Tourism wasn't as important as it is today. In the past, only people with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More people trav

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Ruby Jones. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. 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 Diarrh

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