Without air, there would be no fire

Without air, there would be no fire. There would be no cars or trucks, since motors need air in order to work. Without air, there would be no wind or clouds. There would be no weather, as we know it.(

听一分钟英文：Quality-质量

How important is quality to you? Its very important to me. Unfortunately, a lot of the time its also very expensive. But not all of the time. It depends on what you buy. I can buy very good quality clothes very cheaply. They are often the same qualit

走遍美国: Quality Time 黄金时间 ACT I

ACT I Where's Mom? 妈妈呢? She went to a school-board meeting. 她去参加联合校董事会会议了。 I don't know how she does it. 我不知道她怎么办到的。 She sure keeps busy. 她真的

VOA慢速英语2014 橡胶或很快能从杂草提炼

Rubber May Soon Come from Weed 橡胶或很快能从杂草提炼 People have been using products made with synthetic rubber for more than a century. But high-quality tires for cars, trucks and aircraft still must contain 40 percent or more natural ru

PBS高端访谈:濒临灭绝的虎鲸将会被放归自然?

HARI SREENIVASAN: You may have seen the documentary Blackfish that examined the treatment of killer whales at SeaWorld Orlando. Now at the Miami Seaquarium, another controversy is brewing over a whale named Lolita. The National Oceanic and Atmospheri

经济学人235:地理工程学 包含着承诺

Science and technolgy 科学技术 Geoengineering 地理工程学 Implicit promises 包含着承诺 A geoengineering experiment has come unstuck. But there will be more 地理工程试验取得突破。可期待更多。 FOR the past few years, a Eur

外贸英语：品质 Quality(二)

We are responsible to replace the defective ones. 我们保换质量不合格的产品。 It's really something wrong with the quality of this consignment of bicycles. 这批自行车的质量确实有问

外贸英语：品质 Quality(一)

The goods are available in different qualities. 此货有多种不同的质量可供。 Nothing wrong will happen, so long as the quality of your article is good. 只要商品质量可靠，就不会发

大气污染来自汽车尾气

According to the latest research, vehicles, coal-burning, airborne dust and industrial production account for 85 to 90-percent of the major airborne pollution sources in most Chinese cities. Vehicles are the biggest polluters in Beijing, Hangzhou, Gu

China needs time, room to improve air quality

BEIJING, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Disputes regarding the quality of Beijing's air have sparked criticism against the Chinese government for allegedly dismissing its responsibility to provide a better environment. The U.S. embassy in China releases hourly a

全球气温或达到历史新高

WASHINGTON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Last month was the hottest May since record keeping began in 1880, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Monday. 图片1 The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfac

VOA标准英语2010年-Dust From Farming May Affect Rainfall

New research suggests agriculture has greatly increased the amount of dust blowing off of West Africa, the world's largest source of atmospheric dust, and may have been one factor driving the decrease in rainfall in the region over the past several c

China lacks quality environment assessment agencies

BEIJING, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- China lacks quality environment assessment agencies, according to a government report issued on Monday. The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) publicized a report after a three-year survey into the country's envir

未来的日子会更加炎热?

WASHINGTON Folks sweating out the heat wave battering parts of the country may just have to get used to it. 美联社华盛顿 2010年7月8日消息：那些在肆虐美国部分地区的热浪中汗流浃背的人们也许只好逐渐适应这种天气

2022年北京冬奥会将会再次给北京带来蓝天

The Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was inaugurated on Tuesday in Beijing, a move experts believe may mark a new phase in the capital's air pollution control, efforts after the city has been regularly eng

Lawmakers propose banning arbitrary environmental monitoring

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Friday suggested formulating an environmental monitoring law to prohibit disorderly, arbitrary monitoring of the environment. China lacks a special law or regulation on the management of environmental

来自空中的钻石 捡到就归你

A diamond worth ?12,000 was shot into space this morning - and whoever finds it when it lands back on earth gets to keep it. 今天早晨一颗价值1万2千英镑的钻石被送入太空，在它落地后，谁能找到它，它就归谁。 A diamon

园艺专业英语

A alternate bearing 大小年结果 amendment 调理剂 ample 充足的 anatomical 解剖的 aneuploid 非整倍性（的） anion 阴离子 annual 一年生植物，一季生植物 anther 花粉囊，花药 anthocyanin [植]炭疽病 antibiotic 抗生

经济学人267:测量 质量效应

Science and technology 科学技术 Measurement 测量 Mass effect 质量效应 A better way to clean the world's one true kilogram 清洁世界上真正一千克的更好方法 IN SEVRES, on the outskirts of Paris, sealed beneath a triplet of bell j

经济学人467:地理工程 前景广阔

Science and technology. 科技。 Geoengineering. 地理工程学。 Implicit promises. 包含着承诺。 A geoengineering experiment has come unstuck. But there will be more. 地理工程试验取得突破。可期待更多。 FOR the past few year