Don: Some people seem to need significantly less sleep than others. Yael: Tell me about it. I have a friend who swears that she sleeps only five hours a night. If she's telling the truth, then she must be bionic. She seems to have plenty of energy, a

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

图片1 In this episode Jen and Chris meet up in a crowded caf to discuss Chriss latest adventure. He is Canadian and has just come back from an exciting trip to Tokyo. They discuss about Chriss experiences in another country and culture. Here we exp

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Of course, in this century, uses for drones go far beyond war, to include surveillance, exploration, photography, racing. And one young inventor is hoping that smart drones will be able to navigate dangerous places, avoiding obstacles while searching

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年6月

1.Listen and enjoy Dance On, Little Girl Dance, dance on, little girl, in the arms of someone new. I should dance; I should twirl. My heart, it dances with you. Dance, dance on, little girl. Tell me what I've done wrong. Why should he hold you tight

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 新概念英语之全新全译·1

Day and night existed long before the first primitive cells coming into being. And that light/dark cycle left its mark on nearly every living thing, microbes, plants, insects, mammals---we all experience circadian rhythms, due to molecular clocks in

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(四)月

Flying Through a Corpse's Clues 能帮法医验尸的苍蝇 As soon as a person dies, decomposition begins. And the first visitors arrive. Within five to fifteen minutes of death, blow flies or other insects begin to colonize the body. Rabi Musah, an

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年科学美国人(七)月

46.谈论工作 常用应急场景 范例一:My job What is the most enjoyable part about your job? I think meeting people. There are people from all over the country, all over the world, all walks of life which is the most interesting part of my job. What do

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 白领口语应急

After spending a year or so as larvae under water, they transform into winged adults and take to the skies. The millions of tiny flies attract far bigger animals. As they hold a mass mating orgy along the banks of the lake, brown bears come to feed o

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2011年

今天我们要学的词是slum. Slum贫民窟。The United Nations human rights chief has slammed Israel, saying that 1.9 million people in Gaza are caged in a toxic slum from birth to death. 联合国人权事务高级专员批评以色列,说加沙

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy has become the first man ever to cross the English Channel strapped to a jet-powered homemade wing. For VOA, Tom Rivers in London reports on the hair-raising trip. Yves Rossy lands after flying across English Channel For

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

After 19 years of experimenting - and some help from his local government - a Kurdish man has realized his childhood dream. Nareeman Anwar Saleh has flown his home-built airplane over his home town of Irbil. On a dusty, windswept runway, a small yell

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(八)月

Worlds Tallest Flagpole, Flies World's Largest Flag in Tajikistan The worlds tallest flag pole, flying the worlds largest flag, now flies in Tajikistan, in the heart of Central Asia. Celebrating 20 years of independence Rising 165 meters in the air,

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Time, according to a couple of studies, is the most commonly used noun in the English language. I learned that from reading Alan Burdick's new book, Why Time Flies, a study of time that he calls a mostly scientific investigation.

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

Gut Microbes Help Keep Starved Flies Fecund不知吃么什 那由微生物来决定吧~ Just like humans, fruit flies have to eat a balanced diet. 果蝇和人类一样,也要饮食均衡. They need sugar to survive, they need amino acids to make egg

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年科学美国人(五)月

High-Sugar Diet Makes Flies Drop Like...Flies高糖饮食加速老化 I dont believe, in all my years, I have ever seen a fruit fly I would consider obese. But, thanks to the wonders of modern science, thats all about to change. Because a team of res

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年Scientific American(六)月

They dive in, feet first, tasting food with sensors on their feet. Once they've selected a mouthful, they'd salivate over it, eat it, then regurgitate it to break down any chance. They then suck up the foul soup they've made with their spongy mouth p

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2013年

By Paul Sisco Washington 28 February 2008 Air travel is growing rapidly around the world and the fuel jets burn is a major contributor of greenhouse gases. Virgin Atlantic Airlines President Richard Branson demonstrated this week that using biofuel t

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

Can You Choke a Fly? 你绝对勒不死苍蝇 Don:These dark flies are driving me badly! I wish I could strangle each of every one of them! Yal:Im sorry to say, but thats impossible. D: I realize that. I dont mean that I have to strangle all of them.

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Whats a Fly Doing in Antarctica ? 南极有苍蝇? Sometimes the biggest finds are the smallest finds. Researchers examining a segment of siltstone taken from ground along the Beardmore glacier in Antarctica found something unexpected. They found a

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

每一个孩子都是可爱的小天使,但不是每一个天使都能够幸福地飞翔。寂静的墓地里,小小的石碑上,冰冷的石头塑成一副没有表情的石像。那是被剥夺生命权利的小小精灵,永远地长眠于地

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐