事实：怎样命名一只章鱼-How To Name An Octopus

Pre-Listening Vocabulary binomial nomenclature: a two-part system for naming species (e.g., Panthera tigris) genus: a subdivision of a family of organisms (e.g., Panthera is the genus for tigers, lions and leopards, and a subdivision of the Felidae f

国家地理-2008-06-21 China's Amazing Flowers 繁花似锦的中国

China has more plants than anywhere else in the temperate regions of the world. In fact, it has almost twice as many kinds of plants as there are in the United States which is about the same size and about three times as many as there are in Europe.

新西兰英语 755 No oil spill

A 60m squid fishing boat hit rocks early this morning near Stewart Island in rough seas. Some oil started to spill from the boat. There was concern that the oil could spread to a marine reserve not too far away. Yellow-eyed penguin live in this reser

【有声英语文学名著】战争与和平 Book 8（17）

Chapter 17 - Anatole sets off Anatole went out of the room and returned a few minutes later wearing a fur coat girt with a silver belt, and a sable cap jauntily set on one side and very becoming to his handsome face. Having looked in a mirror, and st

新西兰英语 583 Rena report

The ship, the Rena, hit a reef near the port of Tauranga on October 5th last year. As a result, containers fell into the sea and oil polluted the beaches, killing many sea birds. This week, a 20 page report gave the facts of what happened. The ship h

英语听书《海底两万里》第68期 第6章 开足马力(10)

While I was observing this phenomenal creature, two jets of steam and water sprang from its blowholes and rose to an altitude of forty meters, 当我观察这只奇怪动物的时候，两道水和汽从它的鼻孔吐出来，直喷到叫十米的高度

斯诺登希望周三离开机场

MOSCOW - Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden hopes to be granted papers by Wednesday allowing him to end his month-long stay in the transit area of a Moscow airport and move to the city center, his Russian lawyer said on Monday. Anatoly Ku

美国仅要求俄归还斯诺登 并非引渡

MOSCOW, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States does not ask Russia to extradite Edward Snowden but just wants him returned, U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said Thursday. The U.S. doesn't ask to 'extradite' but simply to return Mr. Snowden, h

俄罗斯授予斯诺登1年的临时庇护

I have just delivered documents to him from the Russian Federal Migrant Service (FMS), the Interfax news agency quoted Anatoly Kucherena as saying. Kucherena said the documents allowed Snowden to move freely within Russia and the former intelligence

斯诺登父亲通过互联网联系儿子

MOSCOW, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The father of former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden had contacted his son via the Internet despite security concerns, Snowden's lawyer said Thursday. We don't recommend using the Internet for communication, no

斯诺登的父亲感谢普京

Speaking to the state-owned Rossiya 24 channel in footage broadcast Wednesday, Lon Snowden of Allentown, Pennsylvania, thanked the Kremlin for the courage shown in keeping his son safe. Addressing his son, Lon Snowden said that your family is well an

新西兰英语 554 Debris from Rena

Debris from the Rena has reached beaches in the Coromandel. There are bags of milk powder, plastic and rope on the beaches and broken containers. The sea around the Rena is white from broken bags of milk powder. There is also oil for about 3km around

新西兰英语 555 Rena breaks in half

On October 5th 2011, the ship, the Rena, hit a reef coming into the Port of Tauranga. The ship was carrying 1300 containers. Many containers fell into the sea and heavy oil spilled from the ship and reached the beaches. Last week, there were still 83

新西兰英语 524 Most oil removed from Rena

Most of the oil has now been pumped out of the ship, the Rena, which hit a reef on October 5th. The ship carried 1700 tonnes of heavy oil. 350 tonnes leaked into the sea. This oil killed more than 1300 sea birds and polluted the sand and rocks around

新西兰英语 511“Rena” Disaster

Listen to the last two items on this website for background to the Rena disaster. The disaster from the broken ship Rena is getting worse. There is a crack in the middle of the ship which means it will sink. Salvage workers hope the back part the ste

英语听书《海底两万里》第311期 第23章 珊瑚王国(8)

The light from our glass coils produced magical effects at times, lingering on the wrinkled roughness of some natural arch, 我们的蛇形玻璃管中的光学，照在这些天然的凹凸不平的拱形建筑物上面， or some overhang suspended

英语听书《海底两万里》第161期 第11章 诺第留斯号(12)

In the first group: organ-pipe coral, gorgonian coral arranged into fan shapes, soft sponges from Syria, isis coral from the Molucca Islands, sea-pen coral, wonderful coral of the genus Virgularia from the waters of Norway, various coral of the genus

英语听书《海底两万里》第197期 第14章 黑潮暖流(11)

A triggerfish, I said. 是一条箭鱼。我于是说了。 It's a Chinese triggerfish, Ned Land replied. 尼德兰回答：是一条中国箭鱼。 Genus Balistes, family Scleroderma, order Plectognatha, Conseil muttered. 康塞尔于是低声说：箭

英语听书《海底两万里》第222期 第17章 海底森林(3)

There I saw again, but not yet pressed and dried like the Nautilus's specimens, some peacock's tails spread open like fans to stir up a cooling breeze, scarlet rosetangle, 我在这里又看到的，不是像在诺第留斯号船上风干的标本，而

万物简史 第522期:丰富多彩的生命(18)

At intervals it hands down decrees, declaring that Zauschneria californica (a common plant in rock gardens) 它不时下达命令，宣布从今以后加州倒挂金钟（一种普通的假山庭园植物） is to be known henceforth as Epilobium can