Genesis 创世记07

7The Lord then said to Noah, Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male a

【断背山】04

without saying anything about it both knew how it would go for the rest of the summer, sheep be damned. As it did go. They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun strik

CNN 2010-08-10

In the heartland of Pakistan, they fought to save their livelihood. In the village of Chachran Sharif, people depend on livestock for a living. So when rising floodwaters buried part of their village, they packed their animals on boats and headed acr

NPR 2011-01-12

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is able to breathe on her own, but doctors says theyre keeping her on a breathing tube to protect her airway, and they have cut back her sedation. Giffords is the only one of the 14 survivors of Saturdays shoo

East Africa drought: DEC appeals for funds

A group of UK aid agencies has launched a joint fund-raising appeal to help more than 10 million people affected by severe drought in the Horn of Africa. Thousands of families in desperate need of food and water have trekked for days from Somalia to

疾病跨境感染非洲牲畜

Diseases Jump Borders to Infect African Livestock 疾病跨境感染非洲牲畜 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is urging farmers to be on guard against transboundary animal diseases. Officials warn that ticks, lice and other pe

US Coastal Residents Weather Irene

Hurricane Irene is paying a visit to much of the U.S. East Coast, inspiring worry, fear, frustration, and - in some cases - a little bit of excitement. Irene is a big storm, and it is expected to move up the eastern coast of the United States to New

Genesis 创世记09

9Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the g

Genesis 创世记31

31Jacob heard that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father. 2And Jacob noticed that Laban's attitude toward him was not what it had been. 3Then the Lord sai

Genesis 创世记33

33Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two maidservants. 2He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in

【荆棘鸟】第五章 02

有时候，最好不要把安妨的意思弄得水落石出，或者是对她的话过分注意而使她更来劲儿、用她自己的话来讲，她是个能掐会算的人，倘若怜惜这孩子，他可不想听她说她怜惜的是她的将来，

China assists Laos in post-flood reconstruction

VIENTIANE, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government provided two million renminbi (about 320,000 U.S. dollars) worth of disaster relief materials to assist Lao victims of last year's flooding at a handover ceremony here on Friday. I, on behalf of t

Ecologists Call for Action on Biodiversity Loss

1. Why that two-timing! 为什么那么不专情。 2. Don't let it get you down. There are plenty of fish in the sea。 别让这件事影响你的情绪。天涯何处无芳草。 3. Are you cheating on me? Because I've been hearing some rumors。 你

10 dead, 1.9 mln affected in Beijing downpour

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The heaviest rain in six decades in the Chinese capital on Saturday has left at least 10 people dead, Beijing authorities said Sunday. About 1.9 million people were affected by the downpour which also incurred nearly 10 b

中国计划减半肉类消费受到气候活动家的好评

The Chinese government has outlined a plan to reduce its citizens meat consumption by 50% in a move that climate campaigners hope will provide major heft in the effort to avoid runaway global warming. 中国政府颁布了一项减少其公民50%肉类

“泰迪脸”萌物20年后再现天山

You could call it one of the world's longest games of hide and seek. 这可能是史上耗时最长的捉迷藏了。 For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Ochotona iliensis), a type of tiny, mountain-dwelling mammal with a teddy bear face, had elude

经济学人:农场里的失窃案 与羊有关

Rural thefts 农场里的失窃案 On the lamb 与羊有关 The revival of an old crime 旧罪新犯 CRIME has been falling in Britain since the mid-1990s, with very few exceptions. Police fret about rising online fraud and phishing scams perpetuated

PBS高端访谈:干旱和饥荒威胁着索马里牧民的生活

The United Nations has called it the worst humanitarian crisis since 1945, and, just today, the lead editorial in The Washington Post called it the worst crisis you have never heard of. Drought and famine threaten 20 million people in the war-torn co

万物简史 第511期:丰富多彩的生命(7)

This was an amazing disclosure. 这句话里包含着丰富的历史内容。 Joseph Banks was England's greatest botanist, and the Endeavour voyage that is the one on which Captain Cook charted the 1769 transit of Venus 约瑟夫班克斯是英国最伟

Sweet Bait Lures Malaria Mosquitoes

Israeli(以色列) researchers say they have developed a powerful bait that effectively attracts and kills malaria-infected mosquitoes but is completely harmless to humans and other animals. The toxic sugar bait developed by scientists at Hebrew Univ