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After dinner that night, nearly all the House and Hands volunteers had left for the day. The Aldens were in charge of doing the dinner dishes. That chocolate pudding was yummy, Benny said. He licked his spoon clean then dropped it into the soapy dish

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After this, there were no disasters in the quail family for nearly two months. 这件事情过后，近两周鹌鹑家族都没有出现任何灾难。 The August moon hung large and bright above the eastern hills. There was the smell of ripening fru

美国国家公共电台 NPR When Bats Squeak, They Tend To Squabble

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Animals communicate - birds sing to woo their mates, the Cubs sing Go Cubs Go, BJ Leiderman wrote our theme music, wolves howl out to their pack members and fruit bats bicker. (SOUNDBITE OF FRUIT BATS SQUEAKING) SIMON: That symphon

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Three days later, like turkey buzzards setthug on a corpse, the reporters came. 三天以后，记者来了，像兀鹰落到了尸体上。 Dried and hardened over a slow fire of green wood, the bow was ready. 尸体已在鲜叶燃成的文火上烘干

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Bubbles. Big ones entertain children and tiny ones tickle champagne aficionados. Even witches appreciate what they bring to a boiling cauldron. If you,

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One, two, three; one, two, three... Well, I left my home on hollow bones While you were curled and sleeping And I wandered far beneath a concrete star And slept along the highways But even though I am lost all the time I've got hooks in my sides that

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The U.S. Soccer Team has overcome long odds to reach the Confederations Cup semifinals in South Africa. The U.S. defeated Egypt, 3-0, and got help from Brazil, which beat World Cup champion Italy by an identical 3-0 score. USA's Charlie Davies, top,

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: The Doctor And 'The Boy In The Bubble'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: As 12-year-old old David Vetter was about to die at Texas Children's Hospital in 1984, he gave a last wink to his doctor, William T. Shearer. His wife told us Dr. Shearer carried that wink through the rest of his life. Dr. Shearer,

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Beginners. Are you musical? Which instrument do you play? There are so many to choose from: piano, flute, vioin, guitar, trumpet, drums and percussion instruments. I could go on and on. It can be fun to play an instrument, especially if you practice

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and see that its only 6:30. Im too restless to get back into bed. I walk into the kitchenette in search of coffee. All the counters and the stove are covered with stacks of dishes, magazines, and other reading material. Theres even a sock in the sink

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As well as the school, the cave houses eighteen families, together with their livestock. These could be the only cave-dwelling cows on earth. With schoolwork over, its playtime at last. In Southern China, caves arent just used for shelter; they can b

Merkel warns of bubble, calls for regulations on financial institutions

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday warned of bubble driven by improper regulations on financial institutions. Addressing business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum here, Merkel called o

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Baby Bats Can Learn Different Dialects Bats are sophisticated communicators. And not just when theyre in vampire form. New research finds that Egyptian fruit bats actually have regional dialects, depending on the bat chatter that surrounds them as th

描写动物们的声音

您是不是曾经在自己的作文或日记中描述过动物的叫声？在文学作品或影视中一些借助动物的声音渲染出来的气氛也同样扣人心弦。因此学会表达动物的声音就说明你的写作 水平又有进展啦。

Scientists to research on noise impact to marine life

PARIS, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Marine scientists and representatives from the private sector and military establishments would meet at UNESCO at the end of this month to measure noise's impact on marine life, the Paris-based UN scientific branch UNESCO s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Polar Vortex Causes Midwest States Of Emergency As Cold Pushes Farther South

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: You know it's cold in Chicago when TV video shows the railroad tracks on fire. Steel rails contract in exceptional cold. So to warm them up, transit workers stretch rope soaked in kerosene along the tracks, and they burn it. The