A ghost horse! Benny said excitedly as they walked back to Gullwing Cottage. Neat! Now, Benny, Jessie said gently. Its just a story. I bet Mr. Toler likes to tell stories. But it could be true, Benny insisted. Violet silently agreed with her little b

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 77 The Mystery of the Wild Pon

Ill pick you up in about twenty minutes, said Grandfather. The children scrambled out of the station wagon. When Grandfather said at breakfast that he needed to pick up some items hed forgotten at the grocery store, the children leaped at the chance

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 77 The Mystery of the Wild Pon

Unit 15 Two Farmers 第15单元 两个农夫 A Texan farmer goes into Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. 有个德州农夫去澳洲度假时遇见一个澳洲农夫,两人攀谈了起来。 The Aussie shows

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In all societies, male and female roles are regarded differently. The mother role is universally carried out by women, which is biologically based. Roles defined by sex also characterize the economic

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1. Tropical Storm Isaac is drenching Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands as it churns 10-foot waves in the region. Forecasters say the storm will likely become a hurricane tomorrow as it nears Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 2. GOP officials sa

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They can afford to--adult ravens seem to lack natural enemies. Time for a quick brush-down and they're all done--well, almost. Before man took his first step, ancient killers roamed the earth. Unchallenged, they feared nothing, until Mother Nature in

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The first thing you notice is this big lumpy mass on the end of its nose, we call that a boss. 最先会注意到的是在它鼻子末端巨大的肿块状物,我们称之为圆凸。 Well, some paleontologists believe that it housed a gigantic hor

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Two cheetah cubs think they've found an easy meal when they catch a gemsbok calf, until they are confronted by the calf's protective mother. It's morning in the Kalahari, and this female cheetah has discovered that her cubs are growing ever more ind

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A new documentary from National Geographic traces the dramatic story of a lioness and her cubs struggling to survive in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Here's a look at The Last Lions. Two mothers now battle for the survival of their young: buffalo d

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Send an alert. Missing - dozens of bison. Last seen together, two holding pens at Yellowstone National Park. Authorities say the animals escaped when someone used bolt cutters to open up a fence. As Yellowstone Public Radio's Nate

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It's morning in the Kalahari, and this female cheetah has discovered that her cubs are growing ever more independent. She calls for them, but theyve already gone out exploring. And theyve discovered a wounded gemsbok that may have escaped from a lion

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Apprentice killers wait for their taste of the chase. But they're about to learn that hell has no fury like a zebra protecting her foal. Older cheetahs know the value of patience. Soon, the herd will move on. Hungry eyes turn to one of the last-born

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Away from the herd, the dominant male mammoth is distracted from his usual routine, today he has a more urgent priority than food, a younger challenger that wants to take his place. This ritual clash of tusks will decide the future for them both. The

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One giant short-faced bear is more than a match for two lions. But in this bitter climate, lions cant afford to go without a meal for long. A mammoth calf in its first winter is a tempting sight. But mammoths are attentive mothers and they have the b

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Individually, their huge size is a powerful defense, but sticking together makes these Leviathans almost indestructible. Keeping a herd of 50-ton animals filled up, however, means traveling vast distances, grazing territory covering thousands of squa

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Caw! Caw! Awk! Awic! Awk! Jack slowly came out of his dream. He opened hiseyes with a start. He was surrounded by hazy sunlight. Where am I? he thought in a panic. Then he remembered--he was in India, on anelephant's back! He sat up. Through the haze

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Goats Get a Capitol Hill Job 山羊获得国会山工作 While members of the U.S. Congress are on vacation this month, work continues around the U.S. Capitol. Not by Congressional aides, though. A herd of goats was set loose in the Historic Congress

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Great Plains Ranching Faces Uncertain Future Theres a chill in the air as high plains winds beat against the walls of Assumption Abbey. The Benedictine monastery stands like a great stone fortress at the edge of the small town of Richardton, North Da

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By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 14 December 2006 Seymour Papert (File) A renowned professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States has been in a coma in a Hanoi hospital since December 5, after being struck by a motorbike. Seymou

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Lesson 61 Catching wild elephants in ceylon 第六十一课 在锡兰捕捉野生大象 In catching wild elephants in Ceylon, the natives choose a place near to the forest, and make a fence round it, 在锡兰捕捉野生大象,当地人选择一个附

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