Blue

Blue is the world’s favorite color. It is also the color most often associated with intellect and authority. Most 1) uniforms are blue. In Greek and Roman 2) mythology, blue was the color of the sky

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VOA慢速英语 2007 0515b

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. On our program this week, we will tell about a possible way to control the disease malaria. Researchers have reported a decrease in th

VOA标准英语2011--Reducing HIV Risk with Painless Male Circumcision

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SSS 2009-12-10

Little girls are made of sugar and spice and, according to a study published in the journal Cell, a fierce determination to maintain their girlishness. Because it seems that a single gene keeps their ovaries from turning into testes. Scientists have

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Judges 士师记13

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VOA常速英语2007-Private Investigators, Once All Males, Now Chang

By Ernest Leong Washington 09 October 2007 Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean. That is how U.S. mystery writer Raymond Chandler once described the American detective. He took it for granted the investigator was a man. But m

剖析翻译中的“望文生义”

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Male Maturity

When I was 14, I hoped that one day I would have a girlfriend. When I was 16 I got a girlfriend, but there was no passion. So I decided I needed a passionate girl with a zest （热情）for life. In college I dated a passionate girl, but she was too

VOA标准英语2010年-US Government Considering Genetically

The US government is considering, for the first time, the approval of a genetically-modified animal for human consumption. The animal being considered is salmon, but approval could open the door for other animals as well. Those who favor the move say

英语听力：自然百科 最后的巨型淡水鳖

Conserving wildlife is a struggle all governments face, but nowhere more sole than in China, where the worlds last female rafetus turtle (斑鳖)is about to be introduced to her new home. 600 miles and 17 hours into the journey, the team arrives at t

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The Royal Plague Its good to be king, as the saying goes. But sometimes having a royal lineage isnt so great. Take the male descendants of Queen Victoria, who was the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom during most of the 19th century. Victorias s

60秒科学:Gene Stops Ovaries from Testifying

Gene Stops Ovaries from Testifying A mouse study in the journal Cell finds that a gene in females must remain active throughout her life to keep her ovaries from turning into testes. Karen Hopkin reports Little girls are made of sugar and spice and,

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Animals can predict natural disasters 动物能够预知自然灾害 There is no evidence that animals possess a mysterious sixth-sense allowing them to predict natural disasters. Their keen senses of smell, hearing, and sharp instincts alone are eno

经济学人:粒腺体影响男性寿命 粒腺体阻断

Mitochondria and male lifespan 粒腺体影响男性寿命 Power down 粒腺体阻断 Women outlive men. An evolutionary curiosity may explain this 女性比男性寿命长久。欲知为何，请看进化学分解 Mankiller? 男性健康杀手？ WH

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Gender-Jumping Toads 美国研究人员说，常用除草剂阿特拉津会令雄蛙变性为雌蛙。美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校研究人员把40只雄性非洲爪蛙放入阿特拉津浓度为10亿分之2.5的水中，发现90%雌性化

英语听力文摘 English Digest 393、单亲蜜蜂王国

Fatherless Honeybee s How male honeybee s can be without fathers? The reason lies in whats called a haploidiploid system of sex determination. Approximate ly one-fifth of the animal kingdom, including ants and wasp s , use this system. What it boils