【CET 12-24备战】之六级听力（十九）

Passage Two 14. A) The Asian elephant is easier to tame. B) The Asian elephant's skin is more valuable. C) The Asian elephant is less popular with tourists. D) The Asian elephant produces ivory of a b

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hunting Conservation Group Objects To Arby's Venison

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Fast-food restaurants use all sorts of promotions to get customers through their doors. Two-for-one deals, toy giveaways, and now, venison. Yes, Arby's is the first major fast-food chain to serve a deer-meat sandwich nation

2007年VOA标准英语-Group Trying to Save Endangered Orangutans

By Nia Sutadi Santa Monica, California 30 April 2007 Orangutans are highly intelligent and are one of man's closest relatives. Found primarily in Indonesia, their name in English means People of the Forest. Just a century ago, their numbers were plen

British Vision - Issue 9 布莱尔幼子险遭绑架

Did a secret police infiltrator inside Fathers for Justice first propose the idea of kidnapping Tony Blair’s son? That's what some members of the organization now suspect. It started as a simple con

More than Half of the World’s Primates Disappearing

Scientists who study primates say that we are moving towards a time when species like gorillas will no longer be found in the wild . They say Orangutans would be gone too. And Madagascar would lose its lemurs. Jo Setchell is a primatologist at Durham

亡者归来:三分之一绝种动物再现世间

Conservationists are overestimating the number of species that have been driven to extinction(消失), scientists have said. A study has found that a third of all mammal species declared extinct in the past few centuries have turned up alive and well

The extinction of men

Neil: Hello and welcome to Six-Minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil and with me today is Rosie. Rosie: Hi there. Neil: Well, today we're talking about men. Rosie: That sounds interesting. Neil: It is very interesting especially if you'r

VOA常速英语2008年-Astronauts Opening Space Station Research Lab

By VOA News 12 February 2008 Astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis are formally opening the new laboratory at the International Space Station Tuesday. Crew members set up electrical and data lines linking the new Columbus laboratory to the stati

VOA慢速英语 2007 1016b

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today, we examine a new report about the health of the world's many plants and animals. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The orangutan is among anima

2007年VOA标准英语-More Species Threatened With Extinction

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 September 2007 A new report says the number of species threatened with extinction is escalating. The World Conservation Union, which has just released its Red List of Threatened Species, warns life on Earth will continue to

VOA标准英语2009-New Model Predicts Mammal Extinction

Researchers have developed a new computer model that they say helps determine which mammals are headed for extinction as a result of human activity. Earth is undergoing its sixth mass extinction, threatening about a quarter of all mammal species, ac

VOA标准英语2009年-Conservation Group: Climate Change Threate

By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 25 September 2009 Cambodian fishing boats at anchor in middle of Mekong River, on outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital (file photo) A conservation group says newly discovered species in the Mekong river region are at

美国国家公共电台 NPR First Step To 'Eco-Grieving' Over Climate Change? Admit There's A Problem

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A growing body of research shows climate change is bad, not just for the planet, but for our mental health. People who've lived through weather disasters are more prone to depression, suicide, post-traumatic stress. Psycholog

2018年CRI Yangtze River says no to finless porpoise extinction

The Yangtze River is a major habitant for finless porpoise, an aquatic marine mammal close to dolphins. However due to increasing human activities the number of the animal has been declining in China over the years. Provinces along the Yangtze River

2006年VOA标准英语-Large Asteroid Has 'Close' Brush with Earth

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 July 2006 A large asteroid, known as 2004 XP14, raced past the Earth early Monday. Scientists say it posed no threat to the planet, but serves as a reminder of the hazards encountered in space. -------- The rocky sp

备战英语六级听力练习题第19期

Passage Two 14. A) The Asian elephant is easier to tame. B) The Asian elephant's skin is more valuable. C) The Asian elephant is less popular with tourists. D) The Asian elephant produces ivory of a better quality. 15. A) From the captured or tamed e

2006年VOA标准英语-Iraq Study Group Ideas Spark Questions

By Al Pessin Pentagon 07 December 2006 President Bush and members of the Senate served notice on the Iraq Study Group Thursday that its 79-recommendation report on U.S. Iraq policy is not likely to be adopted in its entirety. But the group's co-chai

英语新闻视频：Sun Bears - World's smallest bear face extinction

Cambodia is home to the largest population of sun bears left in the wild. As the worlds smallest bear species, they are now facing a high risk of extinction due to the twin threat of habitat loss and illegal hunting. Charities are working hard to sav

事实：动物栖息地的缺失是导致动物灭绝的重要原因-Habitat Loss is the Leading Cause of Extinction

Pre-Listening Vocabulary habitat: the place where living things live extinction: the state of no longer existing threatened: facing a possible risk of extinction 24/7: all day and night; at all times human intervention: the involvement of humans Habi

万物简史 第496期:多灾多难的生命进程(16)

Even after stripping out the more crackpot notions there are still more theories for what caused the extinction events than there have been events. 即使去掉了不大切合实际的观点以后，解释灭绝事件原因的理论依然多子事件本