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

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

In touch with the world 和世界保持接触 The electrical equipment, too, ran the radio. 收音机也在使用电力设备。 Other Polar explorers had carried radios, but none ever had provided such equipment as Byrd took. 其他极地探险者也携

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 美国小学英语教材5

With Admiral Byrd in Little America 与海军上将伯德同游小亚美利加 Coram Foster 作者:克拉姆.福斯特 At the bottom of the world, in the South Polar Regions, Admiral Byrd and his men lived for fourteen months 在世界的底端,也

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I RUSHED UP onto the platform. 我飞跑到平台上去。 Yes, open sea! 是的!自由通行的海。 Barely a few sparse floes, some moving icebergs; a sea stretching into the distance; hosts of birds in the air and myriads of fish under the wate

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 《海底两万里》中英双语有声读物

I also saw myriads of those northernmost sea butterflies three centimeters long, which a baleen whale can swallow by the thousands in one gulp. 我又看到有无数北方的触须贝,长三厘米;鲸鱼每一口就吞食它们一大群。 The op

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I found a place near him and waited without speaking. 我站在他旁边,我等候着,不说话。 Noon arrived, and just as on the day before, the sun didn't put in an appearance. 正午到了,跟昨天一样,太阳不出来。 It was sheer

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It was eight o'clock in the morning. We had four hours to ourselves before the sun could be productively observed. 时间是早晨八点。太阳可以供我们观察利用的时间只剩下四小时了。 I guided our steps toward a huge bay that ma

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In the water, their ideal element, I must say these animals swim wonderfully thanks to their flexible backbones, narrow pelvises, close-cropped hair, and webbed feet. 我得说,它们在海水里面生活环境优越,这些脊骨活动,骨盘狭窄

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Made of solid ivory, without striations, harder than elephant tusks, and less prone to yellowing, these teeth are in great demand. 是人们争求的珍品。因此这些海马受到意外过度的猎龋不久就要被消减到最后阶段了, Acco

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Right, I said. Nevertheless, it isn't mathematically exact proof, because the equinox needn't fall precisely at noon. 是的,我说,不过这个测定从数学上看,并不是完全精确的,因为春分时间不一定是在正午。 No doubt

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It was an arduous climb over sharp lava and pumice stones in the midst of air often reeking with sulfurous fumes from the smoke holes. 我们是在充满喷火口所发出的流磺气体的大气中,沿着尖利的火石和浮石的石层,作艰苦

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I held the chronometer. 我手拿着航海时计。 My heart was pounding mightily. If the lower half of the sun's disk disappeared just as the chronometer said noon, we were right at the pole. 我的心跳得厉害。如果太阳轮盘的一半隐没的

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On February 1, 1831, the Englishman Biscoe discovered Enderby Land at latitude 68 degrees 50', Adelaide Land at latitude 67 degrees on February 5, 1832, and Graham Land at latitude 64 degrees 45' on February 21. 1831年2月1日,英国人比斯哥在南

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Welcome to the Bottom of the World 南极大陆 ── 世界最后的净土 Antarctica is the highest, driest, and coldest place on Earth. It is also the remotest, a fact which accounts for its unspoiled environment. It is difficult for people to ge

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读

模仿文本: You're with Outlook from the BBC World Service. I'm Matthew Bannister. Coming up in the next half hour, the British couple who are travelling around the world, trying out weddings in every country they come to. We'll meet them later.

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In Antarctica, everyday is (an) Olympic one. These Emperor Penguins are near the end of a two-week fishing marathon, bringing food for their hungry chicks, waiting miles away. But a challenger threatens the entire competition. A Leopard Seal waits at

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analog/analogue n.类似物;模拟 analogy n.比拟,类比 by analogy用类推的方法 analysis n.分析,分解 analytic(al) a.分析的,分解的 analyze/analyse v.分析,分解 ancestor n.祖宗,祖先

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本期内容: As the number of Chinese tourists to Antarctica soared to the No 2 ranking, experts urged the country to speed up legislation on Antarctic travel to protect the environment there as well as tourists' safety and interests. Last year, 5

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

【英文原文】 Sometimes the biggest finds are the smallest finds. Researchers examining a segment of siltstone taken from ground along the Beardmore glacier in Antarctica found something unexpected. They found a fly. Well, not exactly a fly. The

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Sleeping next to a 200-foot icefall, walking amongst a colony of 6,000 emperor penguins, and standing at the lowest point on earth... this trip is certainly one for the bucket list. Would-be adventurers with cash to burn can now follow in the footste

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