At the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, an infant gorilla named Wumundi gets some tender loving care from a dedicated keeper and lots of attention from curious visitors. He is on with a keeper all the time 24 hours a day. Zoo spokesman Sean Anglum explains tha

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

(San Francisco,AP)Prehistoric human hunters,using spears and fire, drove many large animals to extinction. (美联社旧金山电)史前时期的猎人使用矛与火猎捕许多大型动物,迫使它们绝种。 About 13,000 years ago, large

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄英语新闻听力通

Scientists: Early Humans Were Not as Simple as One Would Think Scientists have discovered evidence that some of the earliest members of the human race, Homo sapiens, were surprisingly advanced. Scientists say these early humans knew how to use color

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(四)月

未来机器人未来或成为人类同事 一起协同工作 At the Robo Universe expo in New York City, robots are being put to work. 在全球领先的专业机器人高峰论坛暨巡展RoboUniverse纽约站上,参展的机器人们都在不停运

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(五月)

The tiny brain of this zebra finch may help scientists answer questions on how people form words to talk. Like humans songbirds learn to vocalize by imitation. Were able to not only just study the mechanisms of how vocal learning works in these songb

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Scientists Warn AI Can Be Dangerous as Well as Helpful to Humans 科学家警告人工智能对人类的利与弊 LOS ANGELES Artificial intelligence, or AI, no longer simply exists in science fiction movies and books. Scientists warn AI has and will

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(五月)

This month, the British oil company BP issued a controversial report on the cause of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico four months ago. 9月8号,BP英国石油公司就4个月前墨西哥湾漏油事故原因,发表了一份引起争议的

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Wolves Need More Room to Roam狼群需要更多生存空间 Wolves are vital players in various ecosystems. So we humans need to develop a better tolerance for wolves. And the wolves need more space. Thats according to a new study in the journal Natu

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How Did Dogs Become Mans Best Friend? 狗是如何让成为人类最好的朋友的呢? Weve all heard the phrase dog is mans best friend. But how did dogs get to be so friendly with humans? It turns out that dog domestication wasnt simply a matter

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哈马罗坎图和本罗切在芝加哥开了一家名为Moto的餐馆,尝试新奇的烹饪法和吃法。除了新奇好玩之外,这里还有一个用意:我们能一直使用新的食品科技为人类造福吗?

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AS IT IS 2014-01-06 More Diseases Now Spreading from Animals to Humans 越来越多的动物疾病传播给人类 Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we report on effort

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Shaping Human Evolution at the Smithsonian 史密森尼美国博物馆塑造人类进化过程 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. Today on the show, we visit a museum where art and science help tell the story of huma

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科学家警告人工智能对人类的利与弊 From the personal assistant Siri, to doing searches on the Internet, to the autopilot function, simple artificial intelligence, or AI, has been around for some time, but is quickly getting more complex

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(五月)

If humans are responsible for speeding the climate change currently underway, it may not be the first time. Scientists say a long time ago in Central Africa, early farmers may have contributed to the disappearance of rainforests. The question is bein

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2012年2月

Times when diseases spread throughout the world are called pandemics. The W-H-O says the next flu pandemic is likely to kill as many as six-hundred-fifty-thousand people in industrial countries. The greatest effect will likely be in developing countr

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Religion is a social concern; for it operates powerfully on society, contributing in various ways to its stability and prosperity. 宗教为一种社会关照,就维系社会稳定繁荣来说,宗教通过不同方式对社会影响甚大。 Reli

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 美国语文第五册

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: Our brains share six of the same chemicals that transmit messages as well as have the same division of regions that process sound, sight and smell. 我们的大脑和果蝇的大脑有六种同样用

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 留美老师带你每日说英文

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: Some families know their water is contaminated with germs that cause diarrhea, dehydration, even death, but what choice do they have? 有些家庭其实也了解他们所饮用的水资源有细菌

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Topic1 More Exercise, Better HealthWe all know that exercises make us stronger, but do you know that lack of exercises may kill us? According to the World Health Organization, physical inactivity is the 4th biggest cause of death. Do you exercise eno

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

Sir, even though you've cut yourself off from humanity, I can see that you haven't disowned all human feeling. 先生,您虽然跟人类世界不相往来,但我想您还没有公开否认人的情感。 We're castaways whom you've charitably taken

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 《海底两万里》中英双语有声读物