This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? As a bitter winter storm rages on the east coast, it's hard to knock being warm-blooded. But what about the metabolic cost of maintaining a high body-temperature? Well,

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十二)月

PartI Getting ready A: 1.Freezing point 2.Relative humidity 3.Calm 4.Barometric pressure 5.Wildly scattered 6.Shower 7.lows 8.Variable 9.Thunderstorm 10.Gales B. 1.the freezing point of water is 0 or

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 Listen this way听力教程

[00:02.19]Extract 1 [00:04.61]Listen to the descriptions of London and New York. [00:08.64]people often compare the cities of London and New York. [00:13.65]How do they really compare?Let's find out. [00:17.59]First of all,a piece of history. [00:20.

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高温补贴: High-temperature subsidies Twenty-eight provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions have made high-temperature subsidies standard this year, China Daily reported. Employees in northern regions such as Tianjin and Gansu are entitl

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Unit 8 Healthy Living In-Class Reading Set Your Body's Time Clock to Work for You 1 As the first rays of sunlight filter over the hills of California's Silicon Valley 1, Charles Winget opens his eyes.

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The toucan's long bill has long perplexed biologists. Darwin theorized that it attracted mates. Other suggested uses ranged from fruit peeling to territorial defense. But a report in the July 24th issue of the journal Science offers another explanati

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Part 20: Weather and vacation 1. weather Whats the weather like? Its a nice day. Its beautiful . Its a lovely day. Its an awful day. The weather is bad. Its a horrible day. 2. temperature Whats the temperature? Whats the temperature like today? Its

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unit 570 病症诊断(2) dialogue 英语情景对话 A:I've got a temperature and my stomach hurts. A:我发烧了,胃也疼。 B:How long have you been feeling this way? B:这种症状多长时间了? A:It all started the day before yesterday. A

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说一口流利的英语,从简单的单词开始。 听听,读读,背背,今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 kneel [ ni:l ] She knelt to pray. v. 跪

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The Bug Detectives Insects can accurately tell us when someone died. But their lifecycle is crucially affected by one factor above all: temperature. So sometimes, getting them to tell us their secrets

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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 peop

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The international climate conference in Copenhagen, Denmark enters its second day amid reminders global warming is already underway and calls to come up with a solid, workable deal in the days to come. Sonja Pace | Copenhagen 08 December 2009 Michel

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生病受伤时请医生看病 Do you need a doctor?用叫医生吗? Please call an ambulance.请叫救护车。 I'd like to see a doctor.我要看病。 I'm not feeling well.我觉得身体不舒服。 would you send me a doctor?你能帮我请位医

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. With temperatures approaching 100 degrees in the eastern U.S. this week, its amazing that the leaves on the trees dont simply burst into flames. Maybe one

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(六)月

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Climate change is the great environmental challenge facing the world today, but maybe we should start calling it Climates Change. Because scientists who've

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Part 3. PBSa biodegradable plastic product. Keywords. plastic, new solution, biodegradable plastic, break down, PBS. Vocabulary. PBS, biodegradable, tableware, microorganism, enzyme, degrade, dump. Environmental protection is a big issue nowadays. Wh

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What Is the Polar Vortex? Record cold weather in the United States is forcing schools and businesses to close. The polar vortex, as it is called, has also canceled flights and suspended mail delivery. The temperature in Fargo, North Dakota, dropped t

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The temperature six miles up can be -70 degrees Fahrenheit, and you would need, or at least very much appreciate, supplementary oxygen. 10公里高空的温度会降至零下57摄氏度,你需要补充氧气,至少很希望这么做。 After you

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: But this measures the availability of energy in food, not the digestibility. A calorie is a unit of energy. It's technically the amount of energy needed to heat up a kilogram of water by 1 degree

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Maybe. A change in barometric readings may be part of the reason: Atmospheric pressure often drops right before bad weather sets in; this shift could cause body tissue to expand, which can lead to swelling and pain. 也许吧,气压变化有可能是

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