Spring doesn't come easily to the Canadian Rockies. Winter never leaves without a fight. On mountainsides high above the valleys, bighorn sheep gear up for an age-old ritual. These males are bachelor rams. They are roughhousing now, but in the fall,

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

J 1.jam Their car was stuck in a traffic jam for hours. The crowds jammed the streets, and no cars can pass. 2.jar No payment will be made for empty jars, which do not need to be returned. 3.jealous When she kisses the baby, it makes the older child

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 剑桥雅思词汇精选

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(123) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(8月)

A deadly grizzly bear attack took the life of the bear trainer yesterday. The bear was the same one used in the film Semi-Pro with Will Farrell. It happened at a training facility for exotic animals used in movies and TV shows. Rachel Calderon is in

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2008年

Depicting Sexual Predators As Villains In Fiction Is Tricky play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0000:00repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plug

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

Negative Factual Information Questions,一般译作否定事实信息题,有时也被称为反向事实信息题、排除列举题或选非题,在阅读十大题型中出错率一直较高。出错的原因,往往被简单归结于粗心大意。

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 托福英语

Enduring Hazing Rafael: Go away and stop following us. Our club is for boys only. Hannah: But I want to join. Rafael: You do, huh? Did you know that to join our club, you have to go through an initiation? Hannah: Okay, Ill do that. What do I have to

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年ESL之餐饮娱乐

Native American stories and legends depict crows as witty and tricky. Modern behaviorists agree; crows are one of the more intelligent bird species. That intelligence allows them to be crafty survivors as well as, to put it bluntly, thieves. Maybe ou

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

It exploded with the force of a million nuclear bombs and unleashed the power of the sun. 它爆炸的威力相当于一百万枚核弹,释放出太阳的能量。 It set alight the entire biomass of earth and cooked the atmosphere. 它点燃了地球

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 侏罗纪搏击俱乐部

The bear could have pulled a door off a car with ease or crushed a steel drum like a tin can. 这种熊能不费力地扯下车门,或者把钢鼓踩烂就像是罐头一样。 But in the cave, a second, super-sized ice age monster was found. 不过在

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 侏罗纪搏击俱乐部

This makes hunting for the Mega Lion nearly impossible. 这就让拟狮的捕猎有了极大难度。 Without heavy cover to hide his body, he is unable to get close enough to ambush his prey. 没有严实的掩护来遮挡住它身体,它就没法靠

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 侏罗纪搏击俱乐部

When you think of alligators, the first words that come to mind probably aren't tender, loving and maternal. This video may make you think again. Here in the everglades, a mother alligator listens to the calls of her young as they hatch. Predators li

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2007年

Whistle While You Wing A study in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B finds that pigeon wing-flapping produces distinct whistles, which can warn flock-mates, when merely taking off or when actively escaping predators. Karen Hopkin reports When cr

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

US Woman Fights to Save Cheetahs Since ancient times, people have regarded cheetahs with awe for their beauty, grace and unique ability to reach speeds of up to 110 kilometers per hour. But today, the species - which once ranged across Africa, India

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(六月)

Jim在走廊上遇到同事Claire,跟Claire打招呼。 Jim:Hey Claire, you've been really quiet these last few days. Is something wrong? Claire:I've been really stressed. It's the end of the year and I've got so much stuff to do! I feel like I'm d

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 商务礼节美语

While the males fence, the females look on. Injured and weakened by the battle, the loser will be an easy target for the predators and scavengers that patrol the wilderness. Out here, there is little room for mistakes. With a clear view of the endles

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

The Jinuo people are incredibly knowledgeable about their forests, and claim to have uses for most of the plants that they find there. They have names for them all, those good for eating, and some which even have strong medicinal qualities. By workin

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力:文化博览2008年

But the visitors are not what they seem. Zhe Shuzheng and her son live nearby. Zhe has been caring for her local alligators for over 20 years, so she had a fair idea when the eggs were likely to hatch. Back home, she's built a pond, surrounded by net

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力:文化博览2008年

Beginners. As you can see, I'm back from my trip to Lake Roosevelt. We were there from Wednesday until Friday, and the time flew. It took a lot of preparation to get there; typically I overpacked some things and underpacked other things. For example:

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

The Russian composer Sergei Prokoviev once wrote a musical story called Peter and the Wolf. The different instruments of the orchestra represent the different characters in the story Peter, the cat, the bird, Peters grandfather and so on. Here is par

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