Lifelines of the Desert

Lifelines of the Desert The Nasca desert in Southern Peru is a vast wasteland that stretches from the Andean 1)foothills to the Pacific Ocean. In 1926 came the first commercial flights over the area a

太阳科普 第13期

When the sunspots disappeared something on the sun changed 太阳黑子消失时，太阳表面的变化导致 that cooled the Earth down. 地球温度降低 But it wasn't that the solar output changed. 改变的并不是太阳的输出量 No matter

SSS 2010-05-28

This is Scientific America's Sixty-Second-Science. I am Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Some interesting electrical activity in the clouds of ash drifting around Europe as a result of that Icelandic volcano. Models predicted that electrical charge should

英语诗歌:The Garden

Andrew Marvell (1621 - 1678) How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their uncessant labours see Crowned from some single herb or tree, Whose short and narrow vergd shade Does prudently their toils upbraid, While all f

英语诗歌:The Zebras

Roy Campbell (1901-1957) From the dark woods that breathe of fallen showers, Harnessed with level rays in golden reins, The zebras draw the dawn across the plains Wading knee-deep among the scarlet flowers. The sunlight, zithering their flanks with

NPR 2010-06-09

The government is confirming that BP's giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been producing plumes of oil deep below the water surface. We have more from NPR's Debbie Elliott. NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco says the agency has evaluated water

最后一朵菊花

最后一朵菊花 《最后一朵菊花》是托马斯.哈代的诗歌，托马斯哈代(1840-1928) 英国伟大的现实主义作家、诗人。主要作品有小说《苔丝》、《还乡》，诗集《韦塞克斯诗集》、《今昔诗集》、《

北极冰融可能造成60万亿美元损失

Arctic melt is economic time bomb The rapidly melting Arctic sea ice and permafrost is an economic time bomb likely to cost the world at least $60tn, say researchers who have started to calculate the financial consequences. 已开始计算财务后果的

The Fox and the Tiger

If only I possessed thy speed and strength！said a fox to a tiger．Isn't there anything else about me which would suit you？enquired the latter．None as far as I perceive． Not even my beautiful skin？said the tiger．Its colours are asmanifold

为什么蚊子会叮你?

Why Do Mosquitoes Choose to Bite You? 为什么蚊子会叮你? Mosquitoes have an extraordinary ability to target humans far away and fly straight to their unprotected skin. Regrettably, mosquitoes can do more than cause an itchy wound. Some mosquit

pbs高端访谈:印度东北部洪灾严重

HARI SREENIVASAN:The death toll soared today in the monsoon flooding that's ravaged Northern India. The chief minister of Uttarakhand state reportedlyreported nearly 600 people have been killed in the mountainous region. More than 30,000 others have

VOA常速英语2008年-In Niger, Cargo Changes But Sahara Desert Traff

By Phuong Tran Northern Niger 27 February 2008 For centuries, routes through the Sahara Desert have been used to transport goods. In recent years,4x4 convoys of cocaine and hashish have joined caravans bearing salt, cigarettes and fuel. VOA reporter

Right things done in Kubuqi desert: Israeli ambassador

KUBUQI (Inner Mongolia), July 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Amos Nadai, ambassador of Israel to China, spoke highly of the desertification control efforts in the Kubuqi desert of China during an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet here Saturday. It's a huge area,

听歌学英语:Desert Rose (Sting)

听歌学英语:Desert Rose (Sting) Sting英国歌手，原警察乐队的主唱。因为他独特的嗓音和音乐风格，一直被冠以诗人歌手的美称。今天我们听到的这首Desert Rose出自他2000年的专辑Brand New Day（崭新的

AP 2011-06-13

1. The search continues for 20-year-old Lauren Spierer. Police have few leads but suspect foul play in the disappearance of the Indiana University sophomore who has been missing for five days. 2. Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant in the face of the heavi

NATO Resumes Airstrikes on Libyan Capital

NATO has resumed airstrikes on the Libyan capital after a brief layoff, hitting several targets late Tuesday. Witnesses say they heard loud explosions(爆炸) in the center of Tripoli and saw plumes of smoke. Libyan state media say the bombings hit c

万物简史 第320期:美丽而危险(3)

Imagine a pile of TNT about the size of Rhode Island and reaching eight miles into the sky, to about the height of the highest cirrus clouds, 想像一下，有一堆TNT，面积相当于英国的一个郡，伸向13公里高的天空，达到了最高

英语听书《白鲸记》第932期

Started from his slumbers, Ahab, face to face, saw the Parsee; 亚哈从睡梦里惊醒过来，跟那个祆教徒面面相觑； and hooped round by the gloom of the night they seemed the last men in a flooded world. 在那朦胧笼罩的夜空中，他

神秘的月球 第12期

And the answer that occurred to me first, 我首先想到的是 was it looked like another moon peeking out behind lo. 它看起来像是从木卫一后方露出来的另一个卫星 But when she looked closer she realised it 但仔仔观察后她才发

TED演讲:如何在核袭击中生存(9)

And what happens is -- this is -- I'm going to show you now some fallout plumes. 接下来将要发生的－这是－我现在要向大家演示放射性坠尘。 Within 20 minutes, it comes straight down. 在20分钟内，坠尘直线下落； Withi