VOA常速英语2014--美国海军实验室成功将海水转变成燃料

US Navy Lab Turns Seawater Into Fuel 美国海军实验室成功将海水转变成燃料 For centuries, alchemists have tried to turn lead into gold. That transmutation has long been proven impossible, but another similar dream - turning water into f

VOA慢速英语2014 美国欲测试福岛辐射值

AS IT IS 2014-08-02 Americans Test Seawater for Fukushima Radiation 美国欲测试福岛辐射值 It has been more than three years since the nuclear accident at the Fukushima power station in Japan. Millions of liters of radioactive cooling water f

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch may be disappearing, and not in a good way. New research presented at the biannual meeting of the American Chemical Society reveals that polystyrene actually can break down in seawater. Polystyrene is probably better k

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He has a background in classical music. 他有古典音乐的背景。 have a background in something就是指有某方面的背景。 I have a background in special education.我有特殊教育的背景。

未来水环境让现有鱼类很难生存(有声)

Fish raised in the more acidic seawater that would result from higher carbon dioxide levels forget to flee predators. More carbon dioxide emissions lead to more CO2 dissolving in the oceans, which turns the water acidic. Those sour seas slow the grow

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More carbon dioxide emissions lead to more CO2 dissolving in the oceans, which turns the water acidic. Those sour seas slow the growth of corals. And it turns out acidic seawater also makes clownfish and damselfish suicidally bold and reckless, accor

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More government support, including subsidies and a favorable pricing mechanism, is needed for the country to use desalinated seawater to quench its thirst, a top industry expert said。 The lack of an effective pricing mechanism for desalinated water

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You might think it's your colleagues or the pressures of work that's getting you down at the office, but new research suggests it could well be the air you're breathing instead. Scientists in the US have found that the concentration of carbon dioxide

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Appeal To A Modern Palate, Native Chef Gives Tradition A Little Twist

AILSA CHANG, HOST: When I think of my favorite foods, I can tick off my favorite Chinese dishes, Mexican dishes, Italian dishes. But if you asked me what Native American dish I enjoy most, I'd be stumped. There's a growing number of Native chefs who

英闻天下——455 Over-exploitation of Groundwater

Over-use of groundwater may cause landslides. However, in costal areas it also brings seawater intrusion. Let's take a look at the problem with our reporter Zhang Wan. In a village in the costal area of Dalian, Liaoning Province, many villagers compl

China uses PM 2.5 in weather alert system

BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authority has introduced a new weather warning system for smog which will use readings of PM 2.5, a particle pollutant. The announcement comes as thick haze chokes many cities. The National Meteorol

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今天我们要学的词是background check。 Background check, 是背景调查的意思。美国总统布什最近签署了一项枪支管制法案。The legislation aims to prevent criminals and the mentally ill from gaining access to dangerous we

国务院发布十三五生态环境保护规划

The State Council released a national plan on environmental improvements for the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), detailing tasks to clean polluted air, water and soil. 国务院日前印发了十三五期间(2016-2020年)改善环境的国家规

研究人员开发新技术应对雾霾

Researchers from Xian Jiaotong University in Northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province have developed a way to eliminate air pollutants during the coal-burning process, which they hope would significantly address the countrys smog problems. 来自中国西北的

《荒野求生》之跟着贝尔去冒险第178期:绝好的救生食品

Packed with proteins and minerals,oysters are the perfect survival food, 牡蛎富含蛋白质和矿物质 是绝好的救生食品 and there's an almost endless supply. 而且几乎取之不尽 It'd be nicer sharing it with the love of your life and

英文短篇故事（纽约）384 Where Did the Oceans Go?

A huge meteorite crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Babies who were sound asleep in Asia heard the impact. The meteorite went through the ocean bottom. It created a hole deep in the Earth. All the seawater from the Atlantic started rushing into the hol

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保护环境，不要空气污染英语对话 我国最大的坏境问题便是空气污染和水资源污染严重，导致各种疾病发病率怎家。环境问题是一个全球性问题，世界携手对地球负责，才能共同解决。保护地

China strives to reduce air pollutants

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China will make more efforts to reduce PM 2.5 pollutants, as well as other pollutants, a government official said Tuesday. A national obligatory target will be set to limit PM 2.5 emission, which is a fine particulate matt

Smog choking swaths of China thinning out

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Smog blanketing large swaths of China was thinning out on Thursday, with air pollution in some cities easing, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said. According to monitoring by 10 a.m., smog-hit regions had s

万物简史 第385期:浩瀚的海洋(4)

Water is so vital to us that it is easy to overlook that all but the smallest fraction of the water on Earth is poisonous to us, 水对我们太重要了，因此我们不容易注意到，地球上绝大部分的水对我们来说都是有毒的，