VOA慢速英语2012 SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Should Whales Be Hunted or Watched?

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Should Whales Be Hunted or Watched? This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we tell about whales. Some people want to hunt the animals, while others simply enjoy

2013年美国好声音 Folsom Prison Blues - Midas Whale

Folsom Prison (johnny cash) I hear the train a coming it's rolling round the bend And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when I'm stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on But that train keeps rolling on down to San Antone When I wa

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2013-09-25

Cerumen, it's a lovely word a specially considering that's called ear wax. And we are not the only species that produce this stuff, some whales build up waxes along with lipids and carotene protein into what's called earplugs. And researchers now kno

【英语时差8,16】鲸是怎么演变成水手的？

Mammals developed from land-based reptiles two hundred million years ago, and most of the mammals we see today are still land based. A notable exception are the cetaceans, which we all know as dolphins and whales. How did they move from land to sea?

【英语4级听力】寻找美人鱼-Finding a Mermaid

Clark took his six-year-old son sailing. It was James' first time on the ocean. They were having a great time. They were finding a bunch of sea creatures. James was amazed. First, Clark spotted five dolphins. Then, James spotted a big whale. They eve

侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第79期:鲸像一辆油罐车

The biting sperm whale was powered by the up and down motion of its powerful tail fluke allowing it to reach speeds of over 25 miles per hour. 噬抹香鲸用其有力的尾鳍上下摆动来获得动力，其速度能达到每小时25英里。 The l

侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第78期:白鲨交配时吃掉自己的后代

Sperm whales form close family units for protection and to nurture their offspring. 抹香鲸形成亲密的家庭单元来保护自己并且养育它们的后代。 Great white sharks relate only during mating and will actually eat their young. 大白

侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第73期:日本发现深海怪物

Along with its massive size, powerful jaws and dagger-like teeth, investigators discovered something else. 除了其巨大体型，有力的双颌以及匕首般的牙齿之外，调查者发现了其他的事情。 Megalodon stalked its prey with an

美国学生世界地理教材 第130期:鱼儿峡湾瀑布和森林(1)

HAVE you a good imagination? 你的想象力丰富吗？ I mean, when there are clouds in the sky, can you see giants or galloping horses or rabbits with long ears or other things? 我是指，当天上有云朵时，你能看出是巨人？飞奔的骏

英语听书《海底两万里》第543期 第34章 大屠杀(4)

What's this? They're firing at us! I exclaimed. 怎么？他们朝我们开炮！我喊道。 Good lads! the Canadian muttered. 勇敢的人们！加拿大人小声说。 That means they don't see us as castaways clinging to some wreckage! 这么说他

60秒科学:会唱歌的蓝鲸

Scientists analyzed around 2,500 of those calls, and found that the second part (sound) is nearly identical in pitch every time from each whale: 16 hertz, or four octaves below middle C. And the slight variations in frequency that do exist are only a

VOA慢速英语--建立鲸鱼保护区的提议未获通过

Proposal to Create Whale Sanctuary Defeated A proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean was defeated this week at a meeting in Brazil of the International Whaling Commission, or IWC. Whales are mammals that live in the sea and

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-19

1. Rejection at the White House. Congressional Democrats don't get their way on a stripped-down spending bill for the war in Iraq. One provision even gave President Bush the right to not comply with the wartime table. 2. An arrest in the attack of t

英语听力：自然百科 海洋天堂大堡礁:堡礁内外—6

It's the talk of Minke whales,one of the smallest of great whales.The turtle has swam from far away as islands in the south pacific.But the whale have travelled considerably further,all the way from Antactic.They come to Ribonwaves,south of Rain Isla

英语听力：自然百科 大迁徙 Great Migrations—8

For the delicate monarch, it may as well be a trip to the moon. And yet somehow they do it, their tiny bodies attuned to a seasonal sundial and resonating to the invisible signature of the earth's core--its magnetic field. Around the planet, animals,

【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语906期

TYLER：Wherethe hell is it? EMILY： Whatare you doing here? TYLER：Youdo not want to mess with me right now. Where is that whale figurine that youstole from me? EMILY： Whalefigurine? TYLER：Isaw the video feed from your B.F.F. Nolan's house. I

英语听书《海底两万里》第17期 第2章 正与反(6)

If, on the other hand, we do know every living species. 这说法还是比较今人情服的。 We must look for the animal in question among those marine creatures already cataloged, and in this event I would be inclined to accept the existence of a

英语听书《海底两万里》第65期 第6章 开足马力(7)

But to get near it, the commander went on, I'd have to put a whaleboat at your disposal? 不过你去挨近它的时候，舰长说，我得给一只捕鲸艇供您使用吧? Certainly, sir. 当然要有一只，先生。 That would be gambling with

英语听书《海底两万里》第66期 第6章 开足马力(8)

We stayed on the alert until daylight, getting ready for action. Whaling gear was set up along the railings. 大家一直警戒到天亮，每个人都在准备战斗。 Our chief officer loaded the blunderbusses, which can launch harpoons as far as

英语听书《海底两万里》第45期 第4章 尼德兰(14)

But if they don't exist, my stubborn harpooner, how do you explain the accident that happened to the Scotia? 可是，固执的鱼叉手、如果海底下没有这样的动物，您怎样说明斯各脱亚号所遭遇到的事故呢？ It's maybe . .