音标:[ˈmɔnəks] ;
n. 君主, 帝王( monarch的复数形式 )
n. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
n. large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed

In January,1559, Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England. She was the last of the Great Tudor dynasty, a bright star who dazzled both the nation and the world. The achievement of most stars fades qui

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BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. This week, we will tell about North Americas monarch butterfly. We will tell about a British investigation of information stolen from c

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Every year, millions of monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles to alight in one specific forest in Mexico. How do they know what direction to flutter? Scientists had thought that an insect GPS system in their brains steered them in the right dire

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Narrator: Exercise 4.2. A. Write down the numbers you hear in the following sentences: i. During the reign of Elisabeth I, the population of London doubled from 100,000 to 200,000. ii. The population of London today is anything from 7 to 12 million,

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中国女篮新星苗立杰 Signs with Monarchs Chinese female basketball player Miao Lijie has signed a contract with WNBA’s Sacramento Monarchs . Miao Lijie’s move follows that of her national t

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Chris: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Chris. Rosie: And I'm Rosie. Chris: Rosie, have you ever heard of the island of Tonga? Rosie: It sounds familiar, but Im not too sure where it is. Chris: Its a small South Pa

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Many of our medicines originate in plants. But were not the only ones who tap into nature.Theres increasing evidence that some animals seek out specific plants for their medicinal qualities. A new study shows that monarch butterflies may be among the

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One of the world's most amazing migration is about to begin in earnest: 300 million monarch butterflies spread across North America are about to converge on small forests in the mounts of Mexico. This year, the butterflies have an unusual company as

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哥伦布 (Columbus) Italian mariner and navigator; widely believed to be the first European to sail across the Atlantic Ocean and successfully land on the American continent. Born Cristoforo Colombo, between August and October 1451, in Genoa, Italy.

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英国女王发表登基60周年演讲英语演讲稿 My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, I am most grateful for your Loyal Addresses and the generous words of the Lord Speaker and Mr. Speaker. This great institution has been at the heart o

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My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, 各位上下议院的议员们: I am most grateful for your Loyal Addresses and the generous words of the Lord Speaker and Mr. Speaker. 我非常感谢主议长和议长先生的衷心赞扬。 This gre

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Today on Wordmaster, Rosanne Skirble takes us to a school in America's Pacific island state, Hawaii, where students are immersed in the Hawaiian language and culture. RS: Students at Anuenue (ah-new-new) Hawaiian Immersion School in Honolulu straddle

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As we look, we get into all sorts of uncomfortable areas. 如我们所见,我们涉及各种各样艰难的领域 We look, for example, about the fact 我们来看一个例子,现实情况是 that we share at least 95 percent of our DNA 我们用

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In a sensible compromise, entrance to the Prado is free for the last two hours of each day. 作为合乎情理的折中方案,每天最后俩小时进入普拉多是免费的。 Those who pay 15 euros to come earlier can contemplate Velazquez's Las

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And there seems no reason to doubt that if these elephants, which have now been hunted for thousands of years, by Semiramis, by Porus, by Hannibal, 因此,如果这些大象,几千年来已经遭到了塞密拉密斯,波拉斯,汉尼拔 and b

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Prince William has written movingly of the example and continuity provided by the Queen throughout the turbulent decades of her long rein. 威廉王子动情写道,女王在其漫长的任期中经历了动荡的几十年,她立下了典范,为国

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Explanation: The idea behind the words We the people is one of the most important ones in a democracy. A democracy is a government where the citizens (the people who are part of a country) vote for and elect (or choose) the people who will govern (or

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary ingest: to eat or drink tell apart: to distinguish a difference between people and things hind: back non-toxic: not poisonous resemble: to look alike mimicry: a survival technique where one species evolves to resemble another

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在2014年4月27日的托福阅读考试 http://toefl.xdf.cn/201404/9971242.html中有这样一道题:14世纪欧洲经济危机。针对这道托福考题,新东方谢真真老师来为大家普及一下关于14世纪欧洲经济危机的背景知

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In 1882 a baby girl caught a fever that was so fierce she nearly died. She survived but the fever left its mark she could no longer see or hear. Because she could not hear she also found it very difficult to speak. So how did this child, blinded and

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