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英语听力：2012-01-20 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—2

The penguins stay when all other creatures have fled because each guards a treasurea single egg rested on the top of its feet and kept warm beneath the downy bulge of its stomach. There is no food and no water for them. And they will not see the sun

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Weather does not discriminate between large and small farms. If it rains too much or too little, crop insurance can pay for losses. Yet insurance usually costs too much for a farmer with as little a

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Anna Boiko-Weyrauch | Sikoro, Mali 26 March 2010 In the West African nation of Mali, villagers are cutting firewood to pay their medical bills. But in an ironic twist that is making their environment more unhealthy. In the village of Kabe, about 50 k

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Two adorable red pandas appeared to be playing a game of cops and robbers in the snow. 雪地里，两只憨态可掬的小熊猫似乎在玩警察抓小偷的游戏。 One seems to tell the other one: 'Freeze, show me your hands up!' as the pair fac

英语听力：2012-01-22 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—3

But they are hungry and eager to reach their mother whos delayed feeding them on this special day. Now she lures them with the promise of milk, the only food the cubs have known since they were born, deaf and blind beneath the snow some two months ag

英语听力：2012-01-25 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—4

Day 10. And the mother has let her cubs a mile from the den. Its time to put them to the test. Theyve grown enormously in confidence, but they dont have their mothers sense of urgency. At last it seems that they are ready for their journey. And they

英语听力：2012-01-29 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—6

Midsummer on the tundra and the sun does not set. At these altitudes, the suns rays are glancing and not enough of their energy reaches the ground to enable trees to grow. Youll need to travel five hundred miles south from here before that is possibl

英语听力：2012-02-01 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—7

As we travel south, so the suns influence grows stronger. And at 50 degrees of latitude, a radical transformation begins. Summers here are long enough for broadleaf trees to replace conifers. Broadleaves are easier to eat and digest, so now animals c

英语听力：2012-02-05 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—9

The advance of the seasons brings constant change. As the suns influence diminishes in the north, so the deciduous forests of America begin to shut down, losing their leaves in preparation for the dark, cold months ahead. One season hands over to ano

英语听力：2012-02-08 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—10

The character of the forest changes as we descend, becoming ever darker and damper, favoring different kinds of animals and plants. Less than two percent of the sunlight reaches the floor. But even here there is extraordinary variety. In the Great Is

英语听力：2012-02-15 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—13

The sun beating down on tropical waters powers the weather systems of the globe. Moisture evaporates from the warming ocean and rises to create great storms. The winds generated out at sea sweep inland across the continents. As they travel across the

英语听力：2012-02-03 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—8

Deer are frequent casulties of the harsh winter. And these leopards are not above scavenging from a corpse. African leopards could never survive here. But the Russian cats have thick fur to shied them from the cold. There are only 40 Amur leopards le

英语听力：2012-02-24 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—17

Their secret is teamwork. Impala are their favourite prey. They start to hunt and the pack splits up. An aerial viewpoint gives a new insight into their strategy. As the dogs approach their prey, they peel off to take up separate positions around the

英语听力：2012-02-26 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—18

The dogs know their prey must come out or drown. Now its a waiting game. The rest of the pack are calling. Theyve made a kill in the forest and this is an invitation to join in the meal. The impala is in luck. A pack this size kills once a day and ev

英语听力：2012-02-17 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—14

All across southern Africa, all animals are journeying for the same reason. Buffalo join the great track. Nowhere else on Earth are so many animals on the move for the same urgent purpose. They are all heading for the swamps of the Okavango, a vast i

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We're really more into Batman. 我们通常都更偏爱蝙蝠侠（Batman）。 But this guy is really into Red Skull, the supervillain from Captain America. 不过有人却偏偏痴迷于《美国队长》（Captain America）里的大反派红骷髅（

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英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1021 - Costco进驻天猫，从此海淘不再麻烦？

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