Even fearsome wasps high in treetops, are no match for the implacable ants. They watch helplessly as their own larvae are stripped from their honeycomb cribs. Now, the porters take up their burdens, they carry the movable feast back to the unquenchab

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2011年

AS IT IS 2016-04-02 Australias Great Barrier Reef Threatened 澳大利亚大堡礁受到白化威胁 Australias National Coral Bleaching Task force says the countrys Great Barrier Reef is facing the worst mass bleaching event in its history. 澳大利亚

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(四)月

1. coral,珊瑚。 eg:The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise and pink coral. 女士们拥有绿宝石和粉色珊瑚制成的精美项链。 2. reef,礁,暗礁。 coral reef,珊瑚礁。 Great Barrier Reef,(澳大利亚)大堡礁。 eg:Bey

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 蒋健棠教你听英语广播

Pesticide Additive Could Be One Culprit in Bee Deaths 农药添加剂是蜜蜂死亡的一大诱因 Springtime is flower season. And that includes some 90 million almond trees in California. It's the largest pollination event in the U.S.and beekeeper

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年Scientific American(二)月

Almost magically, they form a temporary nest of their own bodies. The larvae and food are taken into the nursery at its centre. Tomorrow they will do the whole thing again, marching for two to three weeks to reach fresh hunting grounds, where they ca

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2011年

The nursery lies at the heart of a twitching, thriving structure, built almost entirely of the aunts of themselves. Long legs stuck together with tussle cores. They are the scaffolding, bricks, and mortar of the nests. But theyve been in one place fo

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Hello! Hen! Hello, Little Bear! 你好!母鸡!你好,小熊! Why are you so cheerful today? 你今天怎么这么高兴? Guess why? Let me see... 你猜为什么?让我想想... You cut your toenails? 你剪了脚趾甲? No, that's not

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 天才宝贝熊

Several Studies Show Oceans Face Serious Threats The worlds oceans are sick, and getting sicker every day. 世界海洋环境堪忧,而且日趋恶化。 Two new studies show the warming of Earths atmosphere is removing oxygen from ocean waters and

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(二)月

Hawaii Passes Bill to Ban Sun Care Products That Harm Coral This is Whats Trending Today Lawmakers in the American state of Hawaii have passed a bill banning sunscreens that can harm coral reefs. If the states governor signs the bill, Hawaii would be

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(五)月

Where every plant and animal helps sustain the whole.The waste from parrot fish cements the reef. Stinging anemones provide a haven to the vulnerable. Even killers play their part, preventing a population explosion that would destroy this fragile eco

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2011年

Carnivorous Bees 蜜蜂也吃肉? I guess you never heard of Trigona hypogea, a South American bee that not only collects meat from animal carcasses, but has more recently been discovered to have a taste for live prey as well. Scientists have seen

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

DURING THE DAY of January 29, the island of Ceylon disappeared below the horizon, and at a speed of twenty miles per hour, the Nautilus glided into the labyrinthine channels that separate the Maldive and Laccadive Islands. 1月29日,锡兰岛远在天

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 《海底两万里》中英双语有声读物

To the Nautilus, he said. 回诺第留斯号船上去。他说。 The longboat flew over the waves. A few minutes later we encountered the shark's corpse again, floating. 小艇在水波上飞走。几分钟后,我们碰到浮在海上的那条鲨鱼

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Agreed, I said. And steam seems to have killed off all gratitude in seamen's hearts. 这样一个秘密要跟它的发明人一同消逝,是多么不幸:尼摩船长并不回答我的话。 But since you seem to have made a special study of this

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Surely, but of great use to the world at large, Captain Nemo said. 不错,不过对全世界很有用。船长回答, The ancients well understood the usefulness to commerce of connecting the Red Sea with the Mediterranean, but they never dreamed

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今天要讲的习惯用语显然表示人们对身边那些虫子的恶感。比方说,今天要学的习惯用语:fly in the ointment。 fly是苍蝇,ointment是油膏或者药膏。可想而知小小的苍蝇掉进了一缸油膏里,可不是

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 美国俚语

The latest survey of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia reveals that an average of 35 percent of coral is now dead or dying in the northern and central sections. Experts from James Cook University say its the most extreme case of mass

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

CORAL:Yes,Marlin.No,I see it.Its beautiful. MARLIN:So, Coral,when you said you wanted an ocean view you didnt think youd get the whole ocean,did you? Oh,yeah.A fish can breathe out there.Did your man deliver(履行/实现),or did he deliver? CORA

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 跟着美剧练发音

Whats a Fly Doing in Antarctica ? 南极有苍蝇? 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

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Smallest Fish 最小的鱼 澳洲科学家宣称,他们发现了世界上最小的鱼类,这种鱼的寿命只有两个月,也不会发育出鱼鳍,牙齿和鱼鳞等构造。 这种鱼名为大型婴儿鱼(Stout Infantfish),是澳洲博物馆

发表于:2019-03-09 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest