They're the big, hairy spiders of our nightmares. And it's no wonder we are afraid. Tarantulas are the biggest of all the arachnids. These spiders are killing machines perfectly adapted to their habitats. And the biggest and battiest of them all is t

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2007年

Spider Widows 蜘蛛寡妇 Spiders give many of us the shivers, though they usually leave people alone. Sometimes these spectacular predators instead prey on each other. Learn more about when spiders serve themselves as dinner -- today on Earth and Sky.

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 (科普英语)Earth and Sky

What the Spiders Did 蜘蛛做了什么 That night, when everything was quiet, the kind fairy sent for the spiders. 那天晚上,万籁俱静时,善良的仙女把蜘蛛送了过去。 So the spiders came creeping, creeping downstairs from the at

发表于:2018-12-13 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 美国小学英语教材2

Scientists: Spiders Use Electric Fields to Move through Air Scientists have long wondered how spiders can use the webbing they make to fly. The 19th century English naturalist Charles Darwin commented on their behavior when very small spiders landed

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Whats five times as strong as steel, twice as tough as Kevlar, and can be stretched over thirty percent in length without breaking? The answer is spider silk. 什么东西的强度是钢的5倍?什么东西的韧性是凯夫拉的2倍?什么东西能

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 初学者听力文摘精选

(WA) Before moving on to a new topic, I want to finish up our unit on arachnids by looking at what may seem a very unusual aspect of spider behavior --- a species where the young spiders actually consume the body of their mother. Unlike most other s

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 托福听力短文

There are many dangerous animals in Australia like the crocodile for example. When I was in Australia I saw many crocodiles when I was in the north and they did look very scary with their big jaws and lots of teeth. It was quite scary. We saw them fr

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Todd: So, Aaron, in America we have this image of Australia being very rugged and all these dangerous animals. So is that true? Aaron: It's not so true, but it's not so wrong. The three main animals that are dangerous in Australia, one is the crocodi

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Christy VanArragon. Voice 2 And Im Mike Procter. 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 It is stronger than ste

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She spun her snell with silkglands on the underside of her abdomen. The threads harden on contact with air. The trap's set, but she's treading carefully. The web's only sticky in places. She can move around, but others can't. The first bite of the da

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Broadcast on Coast to Coast: May 30, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: June 2, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- etymology meets entomology! The new movie Spider-Man inspired us to untangle some spider-rel

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Odd Spider Prefers Salad In a study in the journal Current Biology, researchers report the discovery of an unusual spider, Bagheera kiplingi, that eschews meat and chews acacia tips. Karen Hopkin reports Its said that real men dont each quiche. And r

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Todd: I thought we would talk about insects. So, I warned you when you guys came over to this place that my apartment has cockroaches, spiders, and centipedes. Katia: Centipedes. It's my only problem. Todd: Really! Centipedes. Why? Because they look

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There are many dangerous animals in Australia like the crocodile for example. When I was in Australia I saw many crocodiles when I was in the north and they did look very scary with their big jaws and lots of teeth. It was quite scary. We saw them fr

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There are many dangerous animals in Australia like the crocodile for example. When I was in Australia I saw many crocodiles when I was in the north and they did look very scary with their big jaws and lots of teeth. It was quite scary. We saw them fr

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Todd: So, Aaron, in America we have this image of Australia being very rugged and all these dangerous animals. So is that true? Aaron: It's not so true, but it's not so wrong. The three main animals that are dangerous in Australia, one is the crocodi

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Todd: So, Aaron, in America we have this image of Australia being very rugged and all these dangerous animals. So is that true? 托德:亚伦,我们美国对澳大利亚的印象是,澳大利亚崎岖不平,而且有许多危险的动物。这是

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 实战口语情景对话

把握主旨题考察各段落主旨的这一特点非常重要,因为考察段落主旨就意味着无需站在全篇文章的高度来理解和做题,这样大大减小了难度。直白一点说,就是只需要关注文章局部段落,而不

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 托福英语

Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly. At least that's usually the way it goes. In most showdowns between spiders and flies, the odds weigh heavily in the spider's favor. Today, however, we'll look at a few species of fly that manage to tur

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You wanna see a trick. Yeah, what about a usual one?. One for you? Yeah? Ill do it for you. Yeah. And I'll do one for the people. Yeah, OK, whatever. I considered myself oneof the people. Youre one of the people? OK Then You'll be their representat

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