《牛津阅读树》( OxfordReadingTree ),是英国牛津大学出版社组织多位儿童阅读教育专家 , 经过二十多年不断研究及发展而出版的阅读教材。这是一套针对以英语为母语的学龄前及小学孩子培养

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秋天是我最喜欢的季节,空气清新,阳光明媚。在这美丽的季节,欢迎回到Faith口语课堂-天天学,我是Faith老师。今天的英语快乐之旅开始了。 Sandra同学提问,如何用英语表达暂时,有一个英

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 27 December 2006 Only days away from the end of the United Nations' Year of Deserts and Desertification, four experts discuss the challenges of translating a decade's worth of research about the degradation of land in arid areas

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To find the answers, we need to rewind history around 14,000 years to a time when the first people set foot in North America. The continent was about to undergo a profound change, a change these new arrivals may have played a part in. Throughout the

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But even on its own, a mammoth was still highly dangerous and an attack required stealth and teamwork. One of the hunters may have acted as a decoy, distracting the animal while others surrounded it. These hunters had another trick up their sleeve. U

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The same signs appear in young male mammoth tusks, but those living in North America at the end of Ice Age laid down their stress rings three years earlier than usual. In other words, it seems that young males were leaving the herd at an earlier age.

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...and may trace their ancestry all the way back to the first dogs to enter North America. The Carolina dogs are pack animals with a strick hierarchy topped by an alpha male. Like most wild dogs, they hunt in groups. But many of the kills they make a

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Just over 500 years ago, Europeans arrived in North America. And with these colonizers came an animal that hadnt been seen here for thousands of years. The horse returned to the Americas, now tamed and carrying the Spanish conquistadors. This new for

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By the mid 1800s, the horse and the cowboy had come to symbolize the wild west. And of course, with the cowboys came cattle. As the bison quickly vanished from the landscape, cattle filled their place. Meanwhile increasing numbers of the tame horses

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This may look like a safari through the African savanna. In fact it's a theme park in Florida. And it allows people to experience a world outside their own. In some ways, they are visiting a land from another time. 14 thousand years ago, large parts

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Its also a prime hunting ground for red-tailed hawks. And they have the perfect nesting site right next to it. Theyd moved in on the top floor of this expensive Manhattan apartment block. It acts like a surrogate tree, supporting their large nest. Th

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And farming fuelled the growth of another habitat, one that would become an even bigger challenge to North America's wildlife. The modern city was born. The city is an artificial environment, built around the needs of millions of people, and yet it a

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The owls can raise anything from 1 to 12 chicks in a summer season. To survive, their young will have to quickly learn to negotiate the dangers of city life. Longer hunting trips are sometimes necessary as open land disappears. But so long as the cit

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Although many of these city foxes do get killed by cars, the population as a whole is thriving. Thats because a regular supply of water means a regular supply of prey, including voles and ground squirrels. Playing on the streets at night is dangerous

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Moose mainly browse on trees and shrubs, but they will also sample something new. They have a soft spot for pumpkins left out after Halloween. As many as 1,000 moose may enter Anchorage in winter, snowfall here is lower than its surrounding hills and

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This disused car park is a near-perfect location for raising chicks, and only a short flight from a plentiful supply of food. Skimmers get their name from their unusual feeding technique--their extended lower bill detects fish just below the water su

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But there is at least one place in Florida where the manatees benefit from humans being around. Clean, hot water released from this power plant turns a man-made inlet into a hot tub. And during winter months when sea temperatures drop below 20 degree

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This mass roosting takes place soon after the summer nesting season. Its a chance for the birds to molt before they fly south for the winter. As Vauxs swift numbers reach a peak in mid September, they attract attention from the locals. Coopers hawks

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 01 March 2006 watch Assessment report How secure is the United States? Who and what threaten Americans, their allies and interests? These and other security-related qu

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You know all, this is for me, its about the music industry, I love this industry and its been very kind to me. And the fact we get here, and we get and give something back tonight is very important. And Ive visited the schools that are benefiting fro

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