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n. 人口( population的复数形式 ); 全体居民; 特定人[动物]群
n. the people who inhabit a territory or state
n. a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
n. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

Scientists Find No Evidence of Yeti For decades, a large creature called a Yeti has been talked about in Western popular culture. It has appeared in films, cartoons, video games and more. 几十年来,西方流行文化一直提到了一种名为雪人

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

This is Scientific American Sixty Seconds Science, I'm Sophie Bushwick, got a minute? When Mexican tetra fish moved into darker caves long ago, they evolved to deal with the dark by becoming albino and going blind. A new research shows that the chang

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(一)月

(WA) Human populations near the equator have evolved dark skin over many generations because of exposure to the fierce rays of the Sun. A similar phenomenon has also occurred in other parts of the animal kingdom. The African grass mouse is a good ex

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 托福听力短文

Todd: What do you think about the zoo? Dianna: I like to go to the zoo. I like to give all the animals names, like Bert the Giraffe, but I wish the animals didn't have to be in the zoo, but I think it is good when zoos save animals, and help to make

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

We are living on a planet with a lot of activities, with reference to our living environment,done by faith and guess alone. 我们对于这个地球上所发生的许多现象,都只是通过信念或猜测来认知。 Our lives depend upon these cre

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber, this will just take a minute. Sex might seem like one of those little gifts from evolution. But its pretty inefficient from an evolutionary perspective. Itd be much easier to reprod

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(七)月

Todd: What do you think about the zoo? Dianna: I like to go to the zoo. I like to give all the animals names, like Bert the Giraffe, but I wish the animals didn't have to be in the zoo, but I think it is good when zoos save animals, and help to make

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

By Brian Wagner Miami, Florida 15 August 2007 U.S. minority population are expanding New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that black, Asian, Hispanic and other minority populations are expanding in many districts where whites were once dominant

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky . Got a minute ? February 12th is the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. But theyre linked by something else, too. Before Darwin, natural philosophers held to a poin

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(二)月

[00:00.40]It's becoming more and more of a problem [00:02.99]worldwide,isn't it? [00:04.33]Yes,I quite agree. [00:06.27]But noise pollution is generally [00:08.19]only a problem in urban areas. [00:10.79]This is because of increasing industrializatio

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(168) / 评论(0) 分类 北师大版高中英语模块8(选修)

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A study from Canada says fish farms are a threat to some populations of wild salmon. It says the danger is from sea lice, which are small organisms that feed on fish. The researchers say these para

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008年(一)月

Bat Populations Still in Decline Bats are an amazingly diverse group of flying mammals that can be found in virtually every corner of the world. Because they're mostly nocturnal and a few types feed on animal blood, bats have acquired a rather dark r

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(八月)

Todd: What do you think about the zoo? 你觉得动物园怎么样? Dianna: I like to go to the zoo. I like to give all the animals names, like Bert the Giraffe, but I wish the animals didn't have to be in the zoo, but I think it is good when zoos

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 实战口语情景对话

The second story has to do with something that I'm sure most of you have seen or will remember. 第二个故事,和那些我相信你们大多数人都见过或者记得相关事情。 Very often, countries in Africa suffer drought and floods, 非洲

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

Tasmanian Devils, pygmy-possums and native parrots are just some of Australia's threatened species. But thanks to a successful breeding season, one animal sanctuary is optimistic for the future survival of these creatures. Our reporter Li Dong has th

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

They are extremely awkward on land, and not exactly graceful in the water. But there's something endearing about these egg-laying mammals. Platypuses can only be found in the rivers, streams and lakes along the east coast of Australia. But they range

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2009年

Human demands on natural resources have doubled in under 50 years and are now outstripping(超过) what the Earth can provide by more than half, a new report has warned. And humanity carries on(继续) as it is in use of resources, globally i

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

JUDY WOODRUFF: New HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have fallen so dramatically in recent years that it may be possible to control the epidemic by 2030 and eventually end it altogether. That's the projection in a new U.N. report released in adv

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈健康系列

DNA Testing to Help Sharks Keep Fins In a study in the journal Endangered Species Research, shark fins on sale were shown to be from a specific region in which shark populations have collapsed, evidence that may help change fishing regulations. Cynth

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(164) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

回顾托福阅读的所有题型,其中有2种题型占据的比例最高----词汇题和事实信息题,前者每一场考试大约考察10-12题左右,而后者大约也会考察12题左右。因此,从每一场考试的39-42题总量上来看

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(440) / 评论(0) 分类 托福英语
学英语单词
a safe bet
air cycle machine (acm)
anti-dumping duties
antimicrosomal
archaeorniss
artificial magnetizing method
Asia Ex-Japan
auxanographic
bakhet
bank notes
basilectally
be absorbed
beam-antenna
blocking of tractor for belt work
bolona
BroadR-Reach
calcitroic acid
Campiglia Marittima
carbonaceous matter
carcinomata
circulating ring
clonked
coefficient of equivalence
Cryptocarya yaanica
demand priority access lan
denis diderots
Deutsche Genossenschaftsbank
dextromanual
dial foot
diameter of mandrel
diehead chaser
diffusion loss
dip coast
dipodomyss
do over again
dominance relationship
dorsal external arcuate fibers
ELINT, Elint,elint
fixed head disk drive
flat pin plug
fleshes out
floatation cost of bonds
fluctuate data
gubernacular cord
hampel
hand casting machine
hardware timer
Harezmians
hasell
Hematofluorometer
herpestids
imposthume
incoherent fiber bundle
independent test model
induction method
informal agreement
Invisible Empire
jaron
kinetid
label data type
lowlevel
Lubarsch's crystals
magnelle
mayska
media psychology
metallic phosphorus
misreads
MWED
nacreous varnish
new family
ohmeda
Olenekian Age
orazamide
Oregon cedar
orotund
photomeissivity
pick corners
Port Cornwallis
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
ratchet time-base
RZ
Sergachskiy Rayon
skeletonless
spaleston
special request
spivvy
stereo system
Sugar State
sumberged flame burner
synthetic modeling
tenuiloba
tortoising
trevet
triple point of water
two-axis gyro
UFO religionists
UK Intellectual Property Office
unvised
welding wire
whey paste
Xanthium mongolicum
zadaks