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'Atlas Obscura' Tour Of Manhattan Finds Hidden Wonders In A Well-Trodden Place play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0007:34repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or upd
2016年NPR美国国家公共电台9月
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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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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Where purple martins had once laid their eggs in hollow threes, in time, they came to rely almost totally on people to provide nests for them. These artificial nests were made from dried out squashes known as gourds. The shape made them perfect nesti
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At first, the Europeans relied heavily on local food supply by native people. But as they settled in, their farming practices began to shape the landscape of North America. The plow allowed them to farm larger areas of land, helping to feed the expan
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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 Jim Malone Washington 07 July 2006 U.S. security officials say they have disrupted a terrorist suicide-bombing plot that targeted one or more of the rail tunnels that connect New York City with neighboring New Jersey. Three men allegedly involved
2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
By Carolyn Weaver New York 05 May 2008 New York City's largest film event, the Tribeca Film Festival, is screening 120 films this year in theaters around downtown Manhattan. The 12-day festival [which ran through May 4] was created to revive the econ
VOA标准英语2008年（五月）