In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin arrived in Brazil in 1832, and began documenting the enormous biodiversity of the rainforest of Rio de Janeiro province. In his diary, he mentions par

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

... in the Homebase here, is the climate backer Harrison Ford, passionate about the planet. And here this morning because its climate week. And there is a new project called Team Earth, uniting businesses, non-profits, ordinary citizens who wanna joi

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Central Africa Region Named World Heritage Site A region in Central Africa with some of the last great populations of forest elephants, gorillas and chimpanzees has been declared a U.N. World Heritage Site. It consists of about 25 thousand square kil

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(七月)

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight program. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Do

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Peru is dangerous. __________1________ because they're doing something that ___________2_________. I know. I just think I should be doing something about the rainforest. It's time to make a difference! Why are they doing this? What are they gonna do

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Saving the Rainforests for Future Generations Rainforests are being cut and burned form Brazil to Indonesia at such a rate that they could well disappear from the earth's surface before the year 2050.

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Brazil is a country in South America. It covers almost half of South America and is the fifth largest country in the world! Because the country was first a colony of Portugal, the main language is Por

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(145) / 评论(0) 分类 知性英语

Rainforests are being cut and burned form Brazil to Indonesia at such a rate that they could well disappear from the earth's surface before the year 2050. They are being cleared for valuable timber and other resources to speed up the economic growth

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Rainforests rule!by Claire PowellA world like no other perhaps this is the best way to describe the world of the rainforest. No rainforest is exactly the same yet most rainforests are now distributed in the small land area 22.5 degrees north and 22.5

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Agriculture Report - From Ancient Farmers, Lessons for Today's Amazon 农业报道 - 亚马逊河流域远古耕作方法对如今的启示 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 South Ame

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Looking at a rainforest from high in the sky, you might think all the trees look about the same. 从天空高处向下看热带雨林,你可能会觉得所有的树木都是一样的。 But they are not. 但它们是不同的。 Take, for example,

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Unit 4 HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. Where do you want to go? it asked. Daisy responded immediately. Id like to see some en

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AS IT IS 2014-09-26 Deforestation Is a Threat to the Amazon 滥砍滥伐对亚马逊热带雨林是一种威胁 The country of Brazil is home to the worlds largest rainforest the Amazon. A rainforest is a kind of forest that receives at least 254 cen

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West Africa's second-largest rainforest is under threat from illicit mining and hunting according to one of Liberia's top environmental officials. More than 20,000 people are thought to be living illegally in Liberia's Sapo National Park. As part of

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This creature is much more than a passive drifter. It can move as fast as an Olympic swimmer. And it has 24 eyes, each complete with a lens that can form a detailed image. It uses its tentacles like a trawl net. When a fish makes a contact, thousands

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These huge tracks of rainforest close to the Queensland coast are essential because they regulate the flow of water and the sediment it contains. Thats important, because theres an awful lot of water here. Hot humid tropical air gives rise to vast am

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A new book by photographer Amy Gulick highlights the interconnectedness of wildlife and people in the Tongass rainforest of Alaska Vronique LaCapra | St. Louis 08 July 2010 Photo: Amy Gulick/amygulick.com Chum salmon (onorhynchus keta) on a spawning

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2006职称英语考试模全真拟试题理工类B级(二) 第一部分:词汇选择(第1-15题,每题1分,共15分) 下面共有15句子,每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横

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By Selah Hennessy London 14 October 2009 The four winners of the Swedish award known by many as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' have been announced, and one of the winners is the Congolese environmentalist Rene Ngongo. Ngongo tells VOA he will use the

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Nicola: I'm gonna laugh! Todd: OK. Hello! Nicola: Hello! Todd: Hi. What is your name? Nicola: My name's Nicola. Todd: OK, Nicola. Where are you from? Nicola: I'm from Australia. Todd: Australia! Great! And where are you from in Australia? Nicola: I'm

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