federal reserve chairman XX is defending fed's bound-buying program aimed at keeping the interest rates low and boosting the economy. but house republicans are skeptical. XX reports XX was testifying before the house financial committee today. chairm

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

It's an island known for its rich cultural history and environmental treasures but human activities such as tourism and deforestation threaten some of Cubas key habitats, which is why the World Wildlife Funds Julia Langer collaborates with local part

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

Todd: OK, Jose, you just said you went to the Galapagos Islands. Jose: YesTodd: Can you talk about the Galapagos? Jose: Yes, the Galapagos, as everybody knows is such a unique place and I went there and by chance I was in the same tour like with Pres

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

Alligator gar are the second largest freshwater fish in North America. Later it disappeared from the state's waterways in the 1990s. 鳄雀鳝是北美第二大淡水鱼。后来,也就是20世纪90年代的时候,水域中就再没发现过这种鱼

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(8月)

新东方4+1 听力 口语MP3-语音语调 Unit16 Part One 听辨练习 A. 词辨音 Listen, circle the corresponding number if you hear/?? /i/ in the word . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 B. 短语辨音 Write down the words you hear on the tape, then

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 新东方4+1听力口语

Small Organisms in Deep Sea Rocks Eat Methane 深海岩中的微生物吃甲烷 The gas methane has been linked to rising temperatures on Earth. But methane does not stay in the atmosphere as long as another greenhouse gas -- carbon dioxide. Scientis

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(十)月

Kyoto Protocol Takes Effect The Kyoto Protocol on global warming has come into effect after years of delays. But the landmark agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions lacks the support of the Unit

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语听者文摘

1. coral,珊瑚。 eg:The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise and pink coral. 女士们拥有绿宝石和粉色珊瑚制成的精美项链。 2. reef,礁,暗礁。 coral reef,珊瑚礁。 Great Barrier Reef,(澳大利亚)大堡礁。 eg:Bey

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 蒋健棠教你听英语广播

Topic1-The collapse of the Tibetan mastiff bubble Tibetan mastiffs used to be a coveted breed of canine in China. As a Tibetan mastiff puppy fetched a record-breaking price in what may be in world's most expensive dog sale for close to 12 million Yua

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

人类的发展也伴随着对环境的破坏,保护好环境迫在眉睫..... Chris: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English, the programme where we discuss a topical subject and introduce you to some of the interesting voc

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 一起听英语

Over 1800 developers contributed Drupal modules (third-party extensions that can be added to the core) for Drupal 5. Drupal has grown a lot bigger than me. 超过1800个开发者为 Drupal5写模块(可以被加进核心的第 三方扩展名),

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 创业成功人士访谈录

egalodon, 50 tons of pure menace in the body of a monster shark, dwarfing today's Great White. 巨齿鲨,体重达五十吨,这怪兽般的鲨鱼无比凶残,让现在的大白鲨相形见绌。 Step by step, science expands the evidence to sho

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 侏罗纪搏击俱乐部

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: more of our interview with Rob Jackson, director of the Global Change Center at Duke University with some terms you're likely to hear in the climate change debate. RS: We start wi

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

The small town of Cuatro Cienegas in northern Mexico is an oasis (绿洲) in the Chihuahuan desert. It s a valley that holds an example of what some believe is the one of the first human footprints in the Americas(美洲大陆以及附近岛屿)

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

Amazon is taking legal action against more than 1,000 people it says have posted fake reviews on its website. 亚马逊将对超过1000个据称在其网站上发布虚假评论的人采取法律行动。 The US online retail giant has filed a lawsui

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Recent decades have likely been the warmest and wettest on record in the Tibetan Plateau, known as the 'Third Pole' for its ice fields. The Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountains represent one of the largest ice masses on earth. But the glaciers a

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 cctv9英语新闻2015年

Science and technology 科学技术 Radiation and evolution 核辐射与进化 Surviving fallout 辐射尘中 幸免于难 Birds can evolve to cope with the lingering effects of nuclear incidents 鸟类能够通过进化应对核事故的残余影响

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

But about 3.5 billion years ago something more emphatic became apparent. 但是,大约在35亿年前,更加坚强的东西变得显而易见。 Wherever the seas were shallow, visible structures began to appear. 只要哪里的海水很浅,可见

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

Biologists, according to the New York Times, 据《纽约时报》说:生物学家们估计, estimate that 90 percent of lobsters are caught within a year after they reach the legal minimum size at about age six. 大龙虾大约在6岁达到法定的

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: Of course, this has detrimental effects on the whole ecosystem of the Arctic ocean while also causing physical trauma and habitat relocation in whales. In terms of sea levels, melting sea ice won

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 留美老师带你每日说英文