On his first foreign trip since taking office, President Barack Obama met today with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The two men talked about a variety of issues ranging from the war in Afghanistan to the current state of the economy. At a n

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

Okay, this was good evolutionarily,but now when it comes to the worldview,it is the exact reason why it's upside down. 好吧 这对进化来说是件好事,但是当涉及到世界观时这恰恰是导致结论颠倒的原因。 The trends that ar

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What Animals Are Most Like People 什么动物和人类最像 Once again we go to the mailbag. A listener writes: 我们又一次打开邮箱。一位听众写到 Dear A Moment of Science, Besides chimps, which animals do you think are the most like

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 初学者听力文摘精选

About six or seven million years ago chimpanzees and humans evolved from a common primate ancestor. Chimps went on to become the relatively small-brained, forest dwelling creatures we know and love. Humans went on to evolve large brains, spread throu

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1 Million Years B.C.: Humans Rare A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences used genomic analysis of modern humans to reveal that the population of our ancestors a million years back was below 20,000. Karen Hopkin reports At one

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

By Kari Barber Mt. Nimba, Guinea 29 February 2008 Where the West African nation of Guinea meets Liberia and Ivory Coast stands Mt. Nimba, the highest point in the region. The mountain range is home to rare plant and animal species. Because it is on t

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To do a job right, you need the right tools. Even a chimp knows that. According to a study in the American Journal of Primatology, chimps in the Congo use multiple tools to capture army ants. Youve probably seen footage of chimps using sticks to har

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Feeling listless? Unfulfilled? Looks like life have all over, what could have to show for it? You are not alone. In fact, you might not even be human. Because a new study shows that even apes can experience a mid-life crisis. The work appears in the

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美联社,新闻一分钟,hurricane,Katrina,power,1.Hurricane Katrina tread s across South Florida, leaving 5 dead, 5 missing and millions of homes and businesses without power. 2.Shiites wait for a response from Sunni Arabs to what they call a final

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This is AP News Minute. In Florida, governor Rick Scott met with local officials and business owners in the section of Miami where it's believed that more than a dozen cases of the Zika virus have been spread by mosquito bites. The governor also sat

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1. The White House signaled Tuesday that President Obama would sign a proposed compromise on the deal to curb Iran's nuclear program. Cabinet members visited Capitol Hill to sell lawmakers on the details of the final deal. 2. Police say they are inve

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New Book Blames Colonization for Spread of AIDS in Africa For European colonizers, Africas forests held the promise of untold riches ivory, rubber and minerals. But unknown to the fortune seekers, those forests also held a virus that would claim over

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保护组织推出类人猿保护计划 A new action plan has been unveiled to protect Central Africas gorillas and chimpanzees. It outlines threats to the great apes across six countries. 目前公布了一项保护中非大猩猩和黑猩猩的新行

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Everybody loves chimpsespecially their endearing entreaties. Scientists, too, love to listen to chimps chat. And they enjoy sharing these colorful commentaries with their colleagues. Now, anyone with a hankering for primate prattle can listen in. Bec

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If you have a dog, you may have noticed that sometimes it seems to be smiling. But, of course, we know that dogs don't really smile. That's just how dog mouths appear sometimes, right? Perhaps, but according to neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp of Bowling

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Monkey Mother Love Picture a mother cradling her newborn infant. She looks intently into the babys eyes, making kissing noises. Its a typical scene, right? Except that the mother and baby arent human. Theyre rhesus macaque monkeys. Until recently, sc

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A chain-smoking chimp is pulling in the crowds at a newly-opened zoo in North Korea where she has developed a 20-a-day habit. 在朝鲜一家新开张的动物园里,一只不断抽烟的黑猩猩吸引了大家的注意,她在那个动物园里养

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[Cartoon audio clip] We interrupt your regular broadcast to bring you this important news bulletin. Humans can talk. Chimps cant. Your scientific jargon staggers me, Pinky. In recent years scientists have learned that mutations in a gene called FOXP

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Chimps do it. Dolphins do it. Even crows that want to catch fish do it. But an octopus? Yes, it seems the smartest member of the invertebrate world has learned how to use a tool. Octopuses have a reputation for being clever. They can figure out how t

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Jane Goodall

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