(HELSINKI,Reuters)A Finnish man survived an attack by a beaver. (路透社赫尔辛基电)一名芬兰男子侥幸逃过一只海狸的攻击。 It had tried to bite his neck. 这只海狸试图咬他的脖子。 Experts say it is rare for beav

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄英语新闻听力通

One summer, when Sam Beaver was about twenty, he and his father were sitting in their camp in Canada. 一个夏天的某日,快长到二十岁的萨姆正和它的父亲坐在他们在加拿大的营帐里。 It was after supper. Mr. Beaver was roc

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 吹小号的天鹅

From Boston, Louis would lead his family to the Philadelphia Zoo and show them Bird Lake. 离开波士顿后,路易斯会领着全家飞到费城动物园,让他们看看鸟湖。 Here, he would be greeted warmly by the Head Man in Charge of Bird

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 吹小号的天鹅

Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 2 词汇典故:美国各州别名 2 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 As we told you last week, every American state h

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Lesson 100 Canada Lesson 100 Canada Canada has pieces of landscape to match every spot on the globe, except tropical jungle. In 1867, they joined the pieces together and made a new nation of it. And t

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Very soon the train slowed down at Pinedale and stopped. Six men were standing on the platform. Some of them were laughing and pointing as the Aldens got off the caboose. Benny went up to a tall man and said, Wed like to know what is different about

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Late in the afternoon, the swan was rewarded for her patience. 下午晚些时候,雌天鹅的耐心得到了回报。 She gazed down, and there, pushing her feathers aside, came a tiny head--the first baby, the first cygnet. 她往身下望去,在

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 吹小号的天鹅

The afternoon was warm; the sun was bright. 这个下午很温暖,太阳也很明亮。 The swan decided she could safely leave her eggs for a few minutes. 雌天鹅觉得暂时离开她的蛋,出去几分钟也不会有事。 She stood up. First

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barbed adj.有倒钩的,讽剌的 barbarous adj.野蛮的,残暴的 barbarity n.残忍,残暴 barbecue n.烤肉架,烤肉 barge n.平底货船,驳船 bark v.狗吠,n 树皮 barn n.谷仓 barometer n.气压

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LESSON 9 第9课 prefer 更喜欢 trapper 设陷阱捕兽者 forward 向前 material 材料 disturbing 令人不安的 dumb 愚蠢的 chiefly 主要是 gnawing 咬 America 美国 cautiously 小心翼翼的 height 高度 purpose 目的 tighter 更严格

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The Gem State, the Land of Lincoln and the Crossroads of America... Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. As we told you last week, every American state has a nickname. Here are some more of them. Idaho is known as the Gem Sta

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Mr. Beaver looked at his son as though he didn't know whether to believe him or not. 比弗先生看着他的儿子,似乎他不知道该不该相信他。 But he went into the house. In a few minutes he came back. 可他还是进了屋。几分钟后

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 吹小号的天鹅

I'm lucky, he thought. It's Sam. 我太幸运了,他想,那正是萨姆。 When Sam saw the swan, he laid down his ax and stood perfectly still. 萨姆一看到这只天鹅,就放下了他的斧子,一动不动地站在那里。 Louis walked

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Chapter 7 School Days 第七章 求学生涯 A few days after the swans arrived at their winter home on the Red Rock Lakes, Louis had an idea. 天鹅们到达他们在红石湖的冬居的几天后,路易斯有了一个主意。 He decided that sin

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Sam, if a man can walk three miles in one hour, how many miles can he walk in four hours? 萨姆,如果一个男人在一小时内能走三英里的话,那么他四小时能走多少英里? It would depend on how tired he got after the first ho

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After a while, Mr. Brickle rose to his feet and addressed the boys and the counselors. 过了一会儿,布里克先生站起来对男孩和辅导员们发表演说了。 I call your attention, he said, to a new camper in our midst--Louis the Swan. 我

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Suddenly, a wave caught the canoe and spun it around. 突然,一个大浪把独木舟打得转了起来。 Applegate leaned hard on his paddle. 阿普尔盖特拼命地靠在他的桨上。 His hand slipped, and he lost his balance. 他的手一滑,

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At last, a faint light showed in the east. Soon, creatures would be stirring, morning would be here. 终于,东方渗出了一抹微光。很快,动物们就会醒来,早晨就会降临了。 This is my moment, thought Louis. The time has come

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All the time they are at work, the beavers are constantly moving to and fro, trampling down the soft clay with their paws, 工作时间,海狸总会走来走去,用爪子踩实软粘土, and making all as smooth as they can. And it is a curious

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 英国语文第三册

Chapter 21 The Greening Spring 第二十一章 绿色的春天 Louis and Serena were more in love than ever. 路易斯和塞蕾娜比以往更恩爱了。 When spring came, they flew north, 春天一到,他们便往北飞去了, Louis wearing his

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