TED演讲 :石油真正的代价(2)

And I think particularly now, 我认为尤其是目前 as we see ourselves in a time of environmental crisis, 我们明白人类身处环境危机时代 we can learn so much from these people 我们可从这些族群身上学到许多东西 who have

SSS 2011-10-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Used to be if spies wanted to eavesdrop, they planted a bug. These days, it's much easier. Because we all carry potential bugs in our pocketssmartphones. One t

英语语法：127 How Many Spaces After A Period?

Grammar Girl here. This week I have two topics for you: The number of spaces after a period at the end of a sentence, and whether you should use who or that to refer to people (and pets). Now here's our first listener question. His friends believe it

英文简历样例

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VOA标准英语2010年-Scientists Explain Haiti Earthquake

This was a very shallow earthquake, which means it would tend to be more destructive. Stuart Sipkin, USGS Tuesday's earthquake hit Haiti hard, with extensive damage and many casualties. Compared to the well-known seismic areas like the Pacific Rim, t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Seismic Surveys Planned Off U.S. Coast Pose Risk To Marine Life

(SOUNDBITE OF WHALE CALL) ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many animals that live in the ocean communicate with sound, like this humpback whale. (SOUNDBITE OF WHALE CALL) SHAPIRO: But these voices could soon be drowned out by powerful sonic booms set off in the oc

TED演讲:石油真正的代价(4)

Now, here you see-of course, as you go further on, 如图所示－当然，当你将视线拉远， these trucks become like a pixel. 这些卡车彷佛图中的小点。 Again, imagine those all back and forth there. 同样地，想象一下这片区域

万物简史 第85期:敲石头的人们(7)

The members met twice a month from November until June, when virtually all of them went off to spend the summer doing fieldwork. These weren't people with a pecuniary interest in minerals, you understand, or even academics for the most part, but simp

印度首富百亿美元建4G网 免费向全国提供

India's richest man is rolling out a $20 billion mobile network that could bring lightning-fast Internet to hundreds of millions of people. 印度首富正斥资200亿美元建设移动网络，或可使十亿人高速连接互联网。 Indian consum

租房英语：Grace period 宽限期

很多打算赴国外留学的同学现在已经在联系租房的事了，在国外租房的时候一定要签订正式的租约(lease)或住房合同(housing contract)，这有时候也被称为租房协议(rental agreement)。 租房合同里大家要

地震专家对尼泊尔强震有“先知”

Nepal's devastating earthquake was the disaster experts knew was coming. 尼泊尔遭遇的此次毁灭性地震是在地震专家预料之中。 Just a week ago, about 50 earthquake and social scientists from around the world came to Kathmandu, Nepa

外媒：化石燃料时代的终结？

The G7 has called for a transformation of electricity generation towards clean sources by 2050. 七国集团峰会呼吁到2050年为止要完成从电力生产到清洁能源的转变。 They said fossil fuel should not be burned in any sector of th

2.85 bln road journeys over festival period

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Transport (MOT) said Thursday that about 2.85 billion passenger-trips by roads were made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush this year, up 9.6 percent from the corresponding period last year. A t

动物变身南京市地震预报员

Chinese scientists are using animals to try to predict when an earthquake may strike, it's reported. 据报道，中国科学家正在尝试用动物预报地震。 Seismologists in Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu province, have set up seven

Earthquake Early Warning

The US Government is testing an early warning system for earthquakes, which could buy vital seconds of time in advance of a major incident. For years the US has lagged behind Japan in quake detection technology and it is hoped that this latest system

PBS高端访谈:为什么墨西哥城易受地震的影响?

Yesterday's earthquake in Mexico was the second in less than two weeks and brought back memories of the terrible tremor that hit 30 years to the day yesterday. So many are asking about why the country and region seem more prone to these earthquakes.

绿箭侠第一季 第352期:对梅林展开行动

Oh, my god. You said you were going to pull your punches! 天啊。你说你会注意力度的。 I did. Let me get you an ice pack for... everything. I'm fine. 我注意了。我给你拿个冰袋敷一下。我没事。 I need you to dig up everyth

墨西哥南部发生5.8级地震

MEXICO CITY, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Mexico on Sunday evening, the Mexico's National Seismic Service (SSM) said. The SSM said the epicenter was 10 kilometers south of Lazaro Cardenas city in the state of Michoacan. The earthqua

乌克兰东部寻求避免经济灾难

MARIUPOL, UKRAINE Smoke billows from Azovstal steel works here, one of the many gargantuan industrial assets in this southeastern port city owned by Ukraines richest man, Rinat Akhmetov. Akhmetov employs more than 300,000 people across the region. Th

万物简史 第302期:地下的烈火(10)

Tokyo stands on the boundary of three tectonic plates in a country already well known for its seismic instability. 日本已经是个以多地震闻名的国家，而东京恰好又位于三个构造板块的相遇之处。 In 1995, as you will remem