College Student Meeting Employer 大学生初识雇主 选自电影:Scent of a Woman 《女人香》 ■大学生查理找了份兼职的工作,他应约来到雇主的住处,由于是第一次面试,见一位严肃的陌生人弗兰克上校,他拘谨得很,语无伦次,而上校却语气霸道,术语连篇。 单词通缉令 1

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十月)

aquaplane n. 驾浪滑水板 ashore adv. 上岸 beaver n. 海狸 belly n. 腹部 butt v. 碰撞 crack n. 重击 dolphin n. 海豚科动物 ensue v. 接着发生 equilibrium n. 平衡 for dear life 拼命地 formation n. 队形 indignity n. 侮辱 int

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Lesson 22 Window in the Sea 海洋之窗 There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation. Marine Studio bio

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Honeybee stings are painful. But they're also fragrant. If a beekeeper gets stung by bees, it smells like banana. Dr. Stefan D?tterl, a plant ecologist at the University of Salzburg in Austria. That banana scent, he says, is a compound called isoamyl

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Old Yeller was a great smeller. Dogs in general have superior smelling abilities. They detect dead bodies, illegal drugs and explosiveseven cancer. But dogs don't just have great olfactory gear. Another reason they're amazing chemical detectors? [sni

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Strangers 陌生人 [以下一节的对话选自三部现代电影,对话发生在陌生人之间,有问候,有请求,也有初相识时的客套和含蓄,更有对陌生人的毫不客气。其中的一些表达和句子或幽默或智慧,实在是难得一见。] NO.1 Colonel Meeting Young Girl 上校初识女孩 选自电影:Scen

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And all this meat in one small area attract the scavenger, the short-faced bear. Led by his super sensitive nose, his long limbs carry him many miles a day in search of carrion. He's picked up a scent, but where's the carcass? Sometimes the smaller,

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 探索与发现2012年

But their success hasn't gone unnoticed. From many miles away, the short-faced bear can smell blood on the breeze. He sniffs his way towards the source. Meanwhile, satisfied and sleepy, the pride settles down for a snooze. More than twice the weight

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叙利亚难民涌入伊斯坦布尔部分地区变成小马士革 The Aksaray district with its cheap hotels and boarding houses, is a traditional place for exiles on the region's crises. 阿拉萨赖地区有许多价格低廉的旅馆及寄宿公寓

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搭载基本感官感觉功能手机或将成为时代新宠 Many people around the world enjoy one of the greatest marvels of modern technology every day-instant audio-visual communication. 世界上有许多人每天都在享受即时视听交流这一

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Water allows the sand grains to flow to gather and intermingle and form more complex structures. In the same way, water acts like a cocktail mixer, allowing the atoms and molecules to come together, and also may form the building blocks of life. All

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In the heat of the day, hunters can afford to slow down and rest in the shade. Its one of the advantages of a high-protein diet. Llamas originated here in North America are the regular visitors to the spring. The strange-looking tapir is common too.

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And there is something else unusual about a T-Rexs nose. The nostrils are a huge 25 centimeters apart, which means T-Rex can smell in stereo. It can triangulate an odor and pinpoint its exact source. T-Rex could walk into a crowded auditorium and in

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To eviscerate prey, Deinonychus uses both its hands and feet. These were animal that had weapons everywhere you go. Its ridiculous minor weaponry for animal like that size. Its clear its name of all for every reason to be able to dish a lot of damage

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Tyrannosaurus Rex, though, lives in an entirely different world. A male devours a Triceratops carcass. Those powerful jaws smash into the meat of the animal. Those gigantic teeth pierce down through flesh. These well-rooted teeth are there to break i

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When Marmoset s Think About Love 小猴子表达如何爱 狨猴( Marmoset ),又称指猴,是生活在在南美洲亚马逊河流域的森林中的一种世界上最小的猴子。这种猴长大后身高仅1012厘米,重80100克。新生猴只

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It is an illegal continental football craze that has been catching on at English grounds all too quickly. And the authorities have had enough. This incident happened at Aston Villas home game against Tottenham at the end of October. An assistant refe

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Wildfires Spike Wine with Smoky Notes The fires that ripped across Napa and Sonoma last year damaged some two dozen wineries, and burned others completely to the ground. 去年发生在纳帕和索马诺的大火损毁了二十多家酒厂,并将其他

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Boat Noise Means Fish Can't Learn Their Lessons If you've ever gone snorkeling or scuba divingyou know how peaceful it sounds under there... aside from the crackling sound of snapping shrimp. 你如果浮潜或者潜过水,就会知道水下听起来

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Sperm Sniff Out Their Targets 精子靠嗅觉发现卵子 Scientists who study human sperm have long wondered whether human sperm could somehow sense the presence of an egg . Then, just about a decade ago, it was discovered that sperm have protein s

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