每天一课英语口语 UNIT 073-085

[00:00.00] [00:00.00]73 Color and Life [00:04.52]Color can not only reflect one's personality but also influence one's mood. [00:12.43]What color do you like? Do you like yellow, orange or red? [00:18.94]If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader,

VOA标准英语--Tidal Energy Taking Hold In England

WASHINGTON A massive renewable energy project could change the seascape of the Welsh city of Swansea in coming years. The plan is to encase the city's lagoon in a horseshoe-shaped causeway that will serve as a giant tidal generator. The four-year pro

Identity Thieves’ New Ploy: Pharming

Identity Thieves’ New Ploy: Pharming 2 How do people pharm? Pharming scams take a few different forms: Attackers could use malicious code, such as a virus, planted on a user’s PC to track keystrok

SSS 2008-04-23

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin, this will just take a minute. Shakespeare once said: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. And that is true today as it was 400 years ago. What's different now, though, is th

科学美国人60秒 SSS Big Earthquakes May Be More Likely During New and Full Moons

Every two weeks, on the full and new moons, the sun, moon and Earth fall along a nearly straight line. The combination of gravitational forces in this arrangement creates large swings in the tides. But the celestial alignment affects more than the oc

【英语时差8,16】致命的波浪

You've heard about them, and maybe seen them in movies as they [dict]smash[/dict] apart ocean liners, or wash whole cities into the sea. What causes[dict] tidal [/dict]waves, and how are they different from the ordinary waves that wash against our co

英语博客：Xephos and Honeydew, in Minecraft.

This title is the kind that gets attention, isn't it? I first heard about these two characters a few days ago. My three boys play an on-line game called Minecraft. It's actually quite fabulous. It is an unending arena, where you can discover and crea

DC's National Arboretum a Quieter Place to Enjoy Cherry Blossoms

Each year at the start of spring, more than 1 million people travel to Washington, D.C., for one major reason: the cherry blossoms. Most of the travelers visit an area known as the Tidal Basin. During peak bloom, the Tidal Basin is bursting with colo

英语分类词汇：海啸

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华盛顿樱花再度盛开

Washington's Cherry Blossoms Signal the Start of Spring 华盛顿樱花再度盛开 EDITOR'S NOTE: This year, the U.S. National Park Service turns 100. Americans 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, formed the National Park Service in 1916 to protect the

VOA标准英语2010年-BP Well Capped, Gulf Oil Cleanup Conti

The Macondo well operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico has now been capped with a star adornment that commemorates the 11 people killed when the rig operating on the water surface above the site exploded on April 20. Clean-up efforts continue, though,

VOA标准英语2009年-Scientists Use DNA to Trace Illegal Elepha

Scientists are using DNA to trace illegal ivory from slaughtered elephants to its countries of origin in an effort to nab poachers. Researchers are trying to combat the multi-billion dollar criminal enterprise at its source. A poached elephant Since

科学美国人60秒 SSS Nobel in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi for Autophagy Discoveries

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for his discoveries of mechanisms of whats known as autophagy. Break the word down and you get auto and phagy: from the Greek for self, auto, and eating, phagein. So, se

英语杂谈：51 The One With George Stephanopoulos

[Scene: Central Perk, everyone is there except Joey.] Monica: Alright. Phoebe? Phoebe: Okay, okay. If I were omnipotent for a day, I would want, um, world peace, no more hunger, good things for the rain-forest...And bigger boobs! Ross: Yeah, see.. yo

原版英语对话1000个:271 Elephants

Adrienne: So, Rob, tell me why you don't like elephants! Rob: Why don't I like elephants? It's a long story. I was traveling in India with a friend of mine and one night we decided to spent the night in a national park, looking at wildlife, and we we

Omega Pharma-Quick Step grabs world team title

Omega Pharma-Quick Step grabs world team title THE HAGUE, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Belgian cycling team Omega Pharma-Quick Step rode to victory in the men's team time trial at the road World Championships in Limburg, the Netherlands on Sunday. The team,

Ganso could be out until 2013, says physio

Ganso could be out until 2013, says physio RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Brazil midfielder Paulo Henrique Ganso could be forced to wait until next year to make his debut for new club Sao Paulo. Ganso, who joined the Brazilian top division outf

Philippine death toll due to "Bopha" climbs to 418

MANILA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Death toll in the Philippines due to Typhoon Bopha (local name Pablo) has continued to rise to 418 based on the latest data released Friday by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). NDRRMC Exe

英文乡村歌曲：Matt Duke - Tidal Waves

So here's a note that I left by the fireplace and ash from all the notes that I've burned not long ago. It's great how severing all these ties can make things right At least less wrong than they ever were before. The days I'd sit and sieve by the win

新西兰英语 494 Godwits arrive

Once again the migratory birds, the Godwits are arriving in New Zealand from Alaska. They arrive in groups, usually the second or third week in September. Because of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral, Christchurch cannot ring the Cathedral bells