Nahum 那鸿书03

1Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims! 2The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots! 3Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of d

盘点会让你加速衰老的十个坏习惯

Sooner or later, we all start to look old. Maybe it's gray hairs mysteriously appearing at the temples, or maybe it's a handful of not quite massive, but also not quite fine lines stretching across a once smooth forehead. 总有一天，我们会变老

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.

美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-29

1. Rain keeps pelt ing Central and North Texas where evacuations are underway and residents are bracing for more severe weather. The storms are blamed for at least 11 deaths in the past 11 days. 2. The Senate drove a stake through President Bush's pl

如何做一次好的演讲

Whether youre giving a toast, presenting a project, or delivering a doomsday warning, these tips will help you look like less of an amateur during your speech. Most of us dont like giving speeches. Unfortunately, sometimes theres no way to weasel out

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

Ecuador's Saritama injured ahead of Copa America

QUITO, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador forward Luis Fernando Saritama has been injured just days before the Copa America in Argentina, coach Reinaldo Rueda said on Tuesday. Saritama was left out of the squad following a leg injury he suffered last week d

Jamaica breaks men's 4x100m relay world record for gold medal

LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Jamaica set a new world record of 36.84 seconds to win the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay Saturday at the London Olympic Games. Jamaica broke their old record of 37.04, which they set in 2011, to defend the title the

The Boys and the Frogs

A troop of boys were playing at the edge of a pond，when，perceiving a number of frogs in the water，they began to pelt at them with stones They had already hilled many of the poor creatures，when a frog that is more hardy than the rest putting h

Three million without power after early U.S. snow

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- About 3 million people are without power on Sunday after the U.S. Northeast was struck by an unusually early snow which began to fall a day before, and at least three people have died of reasons related to the snow. El

South African Schwartzel Wins Masters

South African Charl Schwartzel won the Masters golf tournament（锦标赛 ） by two strokes over Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day in a dramatic back-nine showdown Sunday. The 26-year-old closed with four straight birdies to wrap up a 6-under pa

美国语文第三册 第69期:无礼的男孩(1)

James Selton was one of the most insolent boys in the village where he lived. 詹姆斯.塞尔顿是他们村子里最无礼的男孩之一。 He would rarely pass people in the street without being guilty of some sort of abuse. 他在街上和人们迎

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《白鲸记》第813期

And an idol, indeed, it is; or rather, in old times, its likeness was. Such an idol as that found in the secret groves of Queen Maachah in Judea; and for worshipping which, King Asa, her son, did depose her, and destroyed the idol, and burnt it for a

VOA常速英语2007-South African Rugby Springboks Return to Rapturo

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 23 October 2007 South Africa's rugby world-champion, the Springboks, have returned home to a rapturous welcome following their victory over England at the Rugby World Cup in France. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from J

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