英语听力：自然百科 南极物种大发现

Researchers have made some interesting discoveries near Antarctica. A team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey and University of Hamburg have published the first comprehensive inventory of sea-and-land animals, near the tip of the Antarct

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It's a common enough sound in summer, after the wind finally picks up on a hot and humid afternoon, as the rain starts spattering down in big, fat drops--you're in for a full-blown thunderstorm. It's much less common in winter, even during a snow sto

Horizon - Life On Mars 火星生命 - 3

Conditions on Mars were so harsh that it was hard to imagine any life surviving there. The idea of sophisticated aliens was wiped out. We know that conditions on Mars today are not very good for life.

Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 5

Other creatures benefit from the whales' industry-sea birds forage in their wake. As the whales drive the krill closer to the surface, it comes within reach of birds that are not particularly skilled

Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 4

Humpback whales. During the brief summer they gorge themselves on krill. When the krill swarms are near the surface, the humpbacks collect them by lunging . They simply open their cavernous mouths and

Horizon - Life On Mars 火星生命 - 8

But even if there had been water, life doesn't start overnight. Even a simple microbe is the product of complex chemical systems that take millions of years to evolve. Had the water lasted long enough

泰式“卷冰霜”冰淇淋风靡美国

Thai-Style 'Rolled Ice Cream' Getting Popular in U.S. This is Whats Trending Today. The weather in the Northern Hemisphere may be getting cooler, but there is still time left to enjoy frozen desserts typical of summer. One of the most traditional war

64亿公里的等待 人类探测器首次登陆彗星

A European robot probe has made the first, historic landing on a comet, but its status is uncertain after harpoons failed to anchor it to the surface. 欧洲一架机器人探测器在人来历史上首次成功在彗星上着陆，但是由于着陆器

PolyU scientists make great strides in lunar mapping

HONG KONG, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) announced Friday that its surveying experts had successfully developed methodologies for precise mapping of the Moon, after intensive analysis of the data captured by the Chi

科学美国人60秒 SSS 以毒制毒

Antifreeze Surface Fights Ice with Ice Every year, 20 million tons of salt are dumped on roads and highways across the U.S. to eliminate ice. And airlines spray up to 1,000 gallons of antifreeze on any one plane to de-ice it. But now scientists have

NASA's twin probes reach lunar orbit

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Twin U.S. spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core put themselves into the lunar orbit on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the country's space agency said. The second Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, o

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I'm almost home and dry.Then, just yards from the bank,I step into sinking mud. 我胜利在望 这时 在快到对岸的时候 我踩进了泥坑里 Back up a bit. back up. 往后退一点 后退 Man, the mud's just gone from being knee-deep to over

《荒野求生》之跟着贝尔去冒险第100期:事情变得非常棘手

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1. I know that every job has its own kind of pressure. 我知道每份工作都有自己的压力。 还能这样说： For me, it is job that has some kind of pressure on any person. I believe that pressure is evitable for people who have a job. 应用

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But about 3.5 billion years ago something more emphatic became apparent. 但是，大约在35亿年前，更加坚强的东西变得显而易见。 Wherever the seas were shallow, visible structures began to appear. 只要哪里的海水很浅，可见

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Idiom: Scratch the surface ( something superficial ) Hit the book: Complimentary Partial Pajama Long haul flight Tip the scale Well heeled Inaugural Flagship Lingering perception Free snacks, beer and wine: US airlines are trying harder to win back A

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The American space agency NASA had expected its rover called Opportunity to operate on Mars for just 90 days. But the vehicle kept exploring for 15 years after landing on the red planet. Opportunity landed on Mars in 2004. Scientists finally lost con

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The figures have since been refined and made a little more generous, 自那以后，这两个数字被更精确地测算了一遍，放宽了一点， 5 percent nearer and 15 percent farther are thought to be more accurate assessments for our zone of

万物简史 第346期:孤独的行星(11)

Under its influence divers had been known to offer their air hoses to passing fish or decide to try to have a smoke break. 据知，在氮的影响下，潜水员会把自己的空气管扔给从身边游过的鱼，或决定抽支烟歇息片刻。

摇滚歌曲:Jupiter Rising - guarded

You call me up about 2 in the morning You say I know it's late but can I see you? Somethings been on your mind Your saying that I hide behind a wall I'm frontin And you just want to get through But what happens when the honeymoon ends Then you take b