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(76) / 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(75) / 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

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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

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AS IT IS - A truly amazing story Hello, again, and welcome. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we talk about your health. We will advise about eating less of one thing, but more of another. Then we are off to Africa to hear about trouble in the Centr

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(四)月

Outdated Laws Still on Books in US States If youre planning a trip to the United States, be very careful.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

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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

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

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

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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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Todd: Ah, so Alan, you know, you were a baker so can you explain to the listeners: how do you bake bread? 托德:艾伦,你曾经做过面包师,你能跟听众解释一下怎么烘焙面包吗? Alan: Well, you need, to make your basic white

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special method of broadcasting. It is easier to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi changed the cou

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July 24th, 1974. What Ive stated from the beginning to be the truth has been the truth. In Washington, the US Supreme Court weighs in on the Watergate Scandal. It says President Richard Nixon must turnover subpoenaed White House tape recordings sough

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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(82) / 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(48) / 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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