(manatee 的复数) n. 海牛
plural of manatee
n. sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded

1. High winds are being blamed for a chair lift accident on Maine's tallest ski mountain. Several people fell and were hurt. Winds were about 40 miles per hour at the time, and there were about 220 people on the lift. 2. Its still a struggle to fly o

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(142) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(十二月)

Some springs would eventually emerge in saltwater, more than 20 miles offshore. Here pirates once dropped buckets overboard. It's one of the very few places on earth where the sea provides drinking water. The warm spring waters revitalize the barren

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The cormorant gives up for now. The bird has been foiled by the clarity of the water, the very thing that enables the manatee to thrive. The light through these waters helps plants flourish, and manatees are strict vegetarians. They can eat a hundred

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At first sight, manatees might look like seals or dolphins. But in fact, some of their closest relatives live on land. These toenails are the giveaway, remarkably similar to those of elephants. 13,000 years ago, two other members of the elephant fami

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This creates steam in oasis and a profusion of life. Today, these warm springs are a refuge for one of Florida's most tropical inhabitants. The West Indian Manatee wasn't present during the last ice age, but returned here as the waters warmed up. Eve

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Unit 3 We're trying to save the manatees! [00:07.34]SELF CHECK [00:09.56]1 Fill in each blank with the correct word given [00:15.44]Change the form of the word if necessary. [00:18.54]Then make your own sentences with each word. [00:22.86]2.Use the i

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Unit 3 We're trying to save the manatees! [00:08.84]Section B [00:11.06]1a Saving endangered animals is one thing [00:16.05]we can do for our world. [00:18.63]What else can we do to help save the planet? [00:23.00]Rank these items from the easiest(1)

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Unit 3 We're trying to save the manatees! [00:08.18]Section A [00:10.09]Language Goal [00:11.86]Debate an issue [00:14.26]1a Here are some words that describe animals [00:20.53]Write these words in the boxes below. [00:24.48]Then write other words yo

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Unit 15 [00:03.21]We're trying to save the manatees! [00:07.26]SECTION A [00:10.32]1b Listen and circle the words in activity 1a that victor [00:18.26]and Ginny use to describe the animals. [00:52.90]2a Listen and match the words and definitions. [01

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These were manatees, which belong to the order Sirenia, like the dugong and Steller's sea cow. 这些海牛像海马和大海马一样,属于人鱼目。 Harmless and unaggressive, these fine animals were six to seven meters long and must have weig

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Their hunting was not a fascinating sport. 但这样的打猎并没有什么意思, The manatees let themselves be struck down without offering any resistance. 因为这些海牛面对捕捉丝毫不做反抗。 Several thousand kilos of meat were

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Every year, scores of manatees are killed by boats in Floridas waters. Their plight is an ecological concern. And everyone from marine biologists to Marg

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Scientists race against time to train people to de-oil birds Nathan King | Dauphin Island, Alabama 19 May 2010 As oil from that major spill in the Gulf of Mexico reaches land, scientists are in a race against time. Just off the Alabama coast, on Daup

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The Florida Everglades, each winter, hordes(群) of manatees congregate in the warm waters here to survive the cooler weather. But they are not alone. Manatees share these waterways with boaters, and that has put them in a harm's way(危险的境

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This disused car park is a near-perfect location for raising chicks, and only a short flight from a plentiful supply of food. Skimmers get their name from their unusual feeding technique--their extended lower bill detects fish just below the water su

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But there is at least one place in Florida where the manatees benefit from humans being around. Clean, hot water released from this power plant turns a man-made inlet into a hot tub. And during winter months when sea temperatures drop below 20 degree

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The U.S. state of Florida has 1300 kilometers of beaches, all of which officials fear are at risk from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Our correspondent reports that military and wildlife officials are being deployed across the state, scouring for sign

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It may seem hard to believe that such an unusual looking animal has remained hidden for so long. 世界上存在如此相貌罕见而不为人知的动物,这似乎有点难以置信。 But scientists have only just discovered a new species of elep

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By Brian Wagner Key West, Florida 06 March 2008 Researchers in the United States are set to begin testing underwater turbine systems that can produce electricity from ocean water flows. The projects in Florida are the latest efforts to find alternati

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1. High winds are being blamed for a chair lift accident on Maine's tallest ski mountain. Several people fell and were hurt. Winds were about 40 miles per hour at the time, and there were about 220 people on the lift. 2. Its still a struggle to fly o

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